Tour Championship Bets, Stat Ranks, East Lake Changes + NFL Picks/Schedule
AND Early DK NFL Strategy Link
ONE AND DONE IS OVER
Shout out to Nick Rinker for taking home the grand prize of $80,000. And thank you to everyone who played this season. We increased the prize pool to $800,000 guaranteed for 2024 with everyone finishing inside the Top 10 earning 5 figures. AND if everyone comes back next year (and helps spread the word) I’m pushing for for a cool million to be guaranteed in the pot, which would either mean bumpng the yearly fee to $250 or trying to get 1100 more people to sign up. An extra $50 over the course of the season is like $1.25 a week, but I know the jump from $125 to $200 wasn’t for everyone and I wouldn’t want to alienate people who really enjoy playing.
If you have a preference either way, reply to the newsletter and let me know which you’d prefer. I’m sure Fantasygolfchampionships.com will be sending out a survery at some point too.
SEASON LONG NFL POOL
Well, if you enjoyed the One and Done, you’re gonna love the NFL Props Pool I’ve put together. This is a test year for the event, and all you need to play to get a piece of the $25K in bonus money is an Underdog Account and to punch in your Underdog User Name into the google form. All the rules are in that form, but essentially, it’s a season long contest that’s determined by the amount of props you get correct on a percentage basis over the 18 Weeks. You need to make a minimum of 180 picks to qualify and the highest pick percentage wins $5,000. Second is $3,000. Third and fourth are $2,000 a piece.
SUBMIT UD HANDLE TO REGISTER FOR PME NFL Pick’em CONTEST
Here’s the fun part, you just do it as a part of an Underdog pick’em entry for any amount. So, it doesn’t matter if you pout down $1 or $1000 on the picks, they count the same in the contest. And you still win your entries, this is all just bonus money. If you don’t have an UD account, use code MAYO for a deposit bonus up to $1000. And if you have an account and are looking to deposit, this Friday (8/30), underdog is offering a 10% redeposit bonus with code MAYO as an FYI. May as well squeeze as much out of it as possible.
Use code “MAYO” at underdog for a deposit bonus up to $1000
EAST LAKE/BRITISH MASTERS BETS
Tommy Fleetwood — Unsurprisingly, Tommy Lad rebounded from a career worse -8 SG:PUTT in Memphis back into the positives at the BMW. The driving and irons, they remained as steady as ever. So, now, Tommy has a chance to pull a full Tommy: Win the 72-Stroke tournament without coming close to actually winning the overall.
Sam Burns — Top 5s in both playoff events to date, beyond his scorching flat stick, Burns in the midst of his most consistent approach stretch since last summer. He’s gaining over two strokes per event with his irons over this past four starts. That’s not very much for someone to win, but eclipsing 6 strokes on the greens is well within his purview at the moment. That can cover up non-elite T2G totals.
Tom Hoge — It’s been months since Hoge put together elite approach weeks in a row. Yet after leading all players in Denver, it feel actionable again at a course where irons and putting and win the day. Of concern, Hoge’s dropped strokes with his putter in five straight, but he’s now back on Bermuda. Hoge’s been marginally positive on Bermuda greens over the past two years. And he did gain +4.0 SG:PUTT in his only appearance at East Lake
Taylor Pendrith — Pendrith’s approach play disappeared on the weekend in Denver after positioning himself in contention, but the peaks have been spectacular the last few months. He just needs to rid himself of those horrible low rounds. Of his past 12 rounds, he has five where he’s gained over 2.2 (or more) strokes on approach. He has another three over 2.8 on the greens. If he can produce two of those this week, he’ll be one of the lowest players from the back end of the field.
PME SCHEDULE
NOTE: I may actually keep up with the Golf bets show over the swing season if there’s interest for that.
Both Win totals shows are now LIVE, Thursday will have Tambo and I going over DK NFL strategy, Friday Week 1 player rankings, Sunday a NEW Cust Corner, Monday Win totals draft then we’re on to the regular schedule. So PUMPED!!!!
Oh, and I’m giving away $500 to one of you if you Sub, Rate, and Review (5 Stars) the audio version of the show. Do it on both and get double the entries. Even if you’ve done it before… DO IT AGAIN!!!!
Apple: http://bit.ly/PMEiTunes
Spotify: https://goo.gl/VboemH
In fact, here’s an advanced link to Thursday’s Tambo Show…
WATCH: NFL DraftKings Strategy — Quick Tips, How to Research, Lineups, Stacks | How to Win at DFS NFL
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Restoration: Andrew Green/2024
Course: East Lake
Yardage: 7,490 (up from 7,346)
Par: 71 (up from 70)
Greens: Bermuda
Average Green Size: 6,238 sq. ft.
Acres of Fairway: 29 (up from 24)
Acres of Rough: 70 (down from 90)
Number of Sand Bunkers: 78 (up from 74)
Number of Holes Water is in Play: 8 (up from 6)
This past year the course was completely rebuilt from the ground up in 10 months and had a 13-week grow-in period. The restoration was committed to environmental stewardship. Restoration highlights include: using a 1949 aerial photograph for guidance of shaping; reshaping fairways and green complexes; fairway conversion from Meyer zoysia to Zorro zoysia; greens conversion from Mini-Verde bermuda to TifEagle bermuda; bunker placement in fairways and around greens; stream reclamation between No. 6 and 7; converting No. 14 to a par 5; adding a variety of tees for members.
East Lake GC is a Donald Ross-designed course like Sedgefield (Wyndham Championship) and Detroit GC (Rocket Mortgage Classic). There has been real correlation between the Wyndham and TOUR Championship historically. Brandt Snedeker, Camilo Villegas and Henrik Stenson have won both since 2008, while proven Wyndham performers Billy Horschel, Ryan Moore, Jim Furyk and Bill Haas have all experienced success at East Lake, too. Both are courses that are rarely overpowered by length and allow the entire field birdie opportunities. Problem is, many of the elite players never play at Sedgefield.
Here are the per round leaders on Ross courses over the past 12 rounds.
New Scorecard
There are now 4 Par 3s over 200 yard and six Par 4s 450+ yards, so I rigged up a new stat model for this week which is only for the past 8 rounds, since those 8 rounds can all be measured against each other since everyone (minus Hideki) played each of the past two weeks. Will the elevation from last week throw it off? Probably, but this is the best I got.
NFL Underdog Season Play
Use code “MAYO” at underdog for a deposit bonus up to $1000 and tail this entry with this link.
Beyond the $1000 bonus code MAYO can get you, and the $25K in bonus money, there are more ways to squeeze some extra out of Underdog over the coming week.
Thursday, a Travis Kelce FREE SQUARE will appear in the lobby for TNF.
Friday, a 10% re deposit bonus for existing players with code MAYO
Plus, there’s a sweat free token in the lobby waiting for you right now.
— PM