2017 The Memorial Tournament Recap and Expert Grades

*****OPTIMAL LINEUP*****

Jason Dufner $8700 – 128.0
Rickie Fowler $8900 – 108.0
Bubba Watson $6600 – 104.5
Anirban Lahiri $6400 – 102.5
Kyle Stanley $7400 – 99.5
Matt Kuchar $9400 – 91.0

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*****EXPERT CONSENSUS*****

Highly Touted

C – Hideki Matsuyama $10000 – 80.0%
F – Jon Rahm $11100 – 80.0%
B – Tony Finau $7900 – 73.3%
C – Byeong-Hun An $6900 – 60.0%
C – Emiliano Grillo $8500 – 53.3%

Recommended

C – Adam Scott $9800 – 46.7%
F – Dustin Johnson $12000 – 46.7%
B – Marc Leishman $6900 – 46.7%
C – Bud Cauley $8000 – 40.0%
B – Jason Day $10300 – 40.0%
A – Matt Kuchar $9400 – 40.0%
D – Patrick Reed $9200 – 40.0%
C – Phil Mickelson $7700 – 40.0%
B – Patrick Cantlay $7800 – 33.3%
A+ – Rickie Fowler $8900 – 33.3%

Suggested

F – Adam Hadwin $7600 – 26.7%
D – Brendan Steele $6700 – 26.7%
F – Rafael Cabrera-Bello $6700 – 26.7%
B – Brooks Koepka $9700 – 20.0%
A – Jamie Lovemark $6300 – 20.0%
C – Kevin Chappell $7800 – 20.0%
F – Kevin Tway $6500 – 20.0%
A+ – Kyle Stanley $7400 – 20.0%
D – Ollie Schniederjans $8300 – 20.0%
D – Steve Stricker $6900 – 20.0%
D – Webb Simpson $7900 – 20.0%

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*****TOP HONORS*****

Cody Williams – fansided.com

A+ – Kyle Stanley
A+ – Rickie Fowler
A – Jamie Lovemark
A – Justin Thomas
A – Matt Kuchar
A – Peter Uihlein
B – Jason Day
B – Marc Leishman
B – Patrick Cantlay
B – Ross Fisher
B – Tony Finau
C – Adam Scott
C – Bud Cauley
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Hideki Matsuyama
D – Charley Hoffman
D – Nick Taylor
D – Ollie Schniederjans
D – Patrick Reed
D – Sean O’Hair
D – Vaughn Taylor
D – William McGirt
F – Adam Hadwin
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm
F – Kevin Tway
F – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
F – Si Woo Kim

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*****EXPERT GRADES*****

Grades are the result of a three step process.

First, the field is sorted by raw points achieved and assigned a grade 0-5, with 5 being best.  Roughly the top 3-4% receive 5 points, the next 13-15% receive 4 points, the next 13-15% receive 3 points, and so on.  In weeks with a cut, almost all MCs receive 0 points.

Next, we follow the same method described above, but we replace raw points with salary ($) / fantasy points (pts).

Finally, we weight the two results (2x raw points grade + value grade / 3) and assign a traditional letter grade.

Ben Alberstadt – dailyfantasycafe.com

B – Marc Leishman
C – Adam Scott
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Kevin Chappell
C – Phil Mickelson
D – Steve Stricker

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dailyfantasyinsider.com

B – Tony Finau
C – Hideki Matsuyama

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Chris Durell – dailyfantasysportsrankings.com

A – Matt Kuchar
B – Tony Finau
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Hideki Matsuyama
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm
F – Kevin Tway

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epattersonfs – dfsondemand.com

B – Tony Finau
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Hideki Matsuyama
F – Jon Rahm

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Drew Phelps – fantasyalarm.com

A+ – Harold Varner
A+ – Jason Dufner
B – Bill Haas
B – Brooks Koepka
B – Jason Day
B – Marc Leishman
B – Patrick Cantlay
C – Adam Scott
C – Bud Cauley
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Hideki Matsuyama
D – Brendan Steele
D – Ollie Schniederjans
D – Sean O’Hair
D – Webb Simpson
F – Adam Hadwin
F – David Hearn
F – Jon Rahm
F – Ryan Moore

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fantasygolfmetrics.com (Survival Guide Tier 1)

A+ – Rickie Fowler
A – Matt Kuchar
B – Patrick Cantlay
B – Tony Finau
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Phil Mickelson
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm

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Josh Culp – futureoffantasy.com

A+ – Jason Dufner
A+ – Rickie Fowler
A – Kevin Kisner
A – Matt Kuchar
B – Brooks Koepka
B – Jason Day
B – Jordan Spieth
B – Marc Leishman
B – Tony Finau
C – Adam Scott
C – Bud Cauley
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Kevin Chappell
C – Pat Perez
C – Phil Mickelson
C – Stewart Cink
D – Patrick Reed
D – Steve Stricker
D – Webb Simpson
D – William McGirt
F – Adam Hadwin
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm
F – Keegan Bradley

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Seth Finkelstein – rotoballer.com

A+ – Kyle Stanley
B – Marc Leishman
B – Tony Finau
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Phil Mickelson
D – Brendan Steele
D – Patrick Reed

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Pat Mayo – rotoexperts.com

A+ – Kyle Stanley
A+ – Rickie Fowler
B – Brooks Koepka
B – Shane Lowry
B – Tony Finau
C – Bud Cauley
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Phil Mickelson
D – Nick Taylor
D – Ollie Schniederjans
F – Jon Rahm
F – Kevin Tway
F – Tommy Fleetwood

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stlcardinals84 – rotogrinders.com (Daily Fantasy Foursome)

A – Matt Kuchar
B – Tony Finau
D – Steve Stricker
F – Jon Rahm

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Len Hochberg – rotowire.com

A – David Lingmerth
A – Matt Kuchar
B – Marc Leishman
B – Patrick Cantlay
B – Ross Fisher
B – Tony Finau
C – Adam Scott
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Emiliano Grillo
C – Phil Mickelson
D – Patrick Reed
F – Adam Hadwin
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm
F – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
F – Ryan Moore

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Ryan Baroff – scout.com

A – Jamie Lovemark
B – Bill Haas
B – Jason Day
B – Patrick Cantlay
B – Shane Lowry
B – Tony Finau
C – Adam Scott
C – Bud Cauley
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Hideki Matsuyama
D – Brendan Steele
D – Patrick Reed
D – Webb Simpson
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm

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thefantasygolf.com

B – Jason Day
B – Marc Leishman
C – Adam Scott
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Kevin Chappell
D – Brendan Steele
F – Dustin Johnson
F – Jon Rahm
F – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
F – Scott Piercy

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Geoff Ulrich – thesportsgeek.com

A+ – Rickie Fowler
A – Jamie Lovemark
A – Justin Thomas
B – Jason Day
C – Bud Cauley
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Emiliano Grillo
D – Danny Lee
D – Patrick Reed
F – Jon Rahm
F – Rafael Cabrera-Bello