2018 CJ Cup at Nine Bridges Recap and Expert Grades

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

Brooks Koepka $11200 – 135.5
Gary Woodland $9100 – 120.0
Rafael Cabrera-Bello $7900 – 118.5
Ryan Palmer $6500 – 107.0
Scott Piercy $6800 – 99.0
Keith Mitchell $7100 – 95.0

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

Highly Touted

C – Byeong-Hun An $8700 – 61.5%
C – Sungjae Im $8000 – 61.5%
C – Justin Thomas $11600 – 53.8%

Recommended

C – Louis Oosthuizen $8600 – 46.2%
F – Abraham Ancer $7700 – 38.5%
A+ – Gary Woodland $9100 – 38.5%
C – Hideki Matsuyama $10400 – 38.5%
F – Kyle Stanley $8200 – 38.5%
A+ – Rafael Cabrera-Bello $7900 – 38.5%
C – Stewart Cink $7000 – 38.5%
B – Kevin Chappell $7300 – 30.8%
A – Tyrrell Hatton $9500 – 30.8%

Suggested

F – Billy Horschel $9700 – 23.1%
C – Jamie Lovemark $6800 – 23.1%
A – Jason Day $10600 – 23.1%
C – Joaquin Niemann $7600 – 23.1%

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

Len Hochberg – rotowire.com

A+ – Gary Woodland
A – Chez Reavie
A – Jason Day
A – Tyrrell Hatton
B – Ian Poulter
C – Justin Thomas
C – Sungjae Im
D – Sang-hyun Park
F – Abraham Ancer
F – Billy Horschel
F – Kevin Na
F – Whee 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.

dailyfantasyinsider.com

C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Sungjae Im

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Chris Durell – dailyfantasysportsrankings.com

A+ – Gary Woodland
A+ – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
C – Austin Cook
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Jamie Lovemark
C – Marc Leishman

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Colin Drew – dailyroto.com

A – Tyrrell Hatton
B – Adam Hadwin
B – Cameron Smith
B – Kevin Chappell
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Charley Hoffman
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Joaquin Niemann
C – Justin Thomas
C – Stewart Cink
C – Sungjae Im

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Pat Mayo – DraftKings Playbook

A+ – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
A – Jason Day
A – Tyrrell Hatton
B – Kevin Chappell
B – Si Woo Kim
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – J.B. Holmes
C – Jamie Lovemark
C – Justin Thomas
C – Louis Oosthuizen
C – Stewart Cink
F – Kyle Stanley

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Drew Phelps – fantasyalarm.com

C – Brian Harman
C – Jamie Lovemark
C – Justin Thomas
C – Louis Oosthuizen
C – Sungjae Im
F – Abraham Ancer

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fantasygolfmetrics.com (Survival Guide Tier 1)

A+ – Brooks Koepka
A+ – Gary Woodland
A – Tyrrell Hatton
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Justin Thomas
C – Sungjae Im
F – Billy Horschel
F – Kevin Tway
F – Kyle Stanley

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Geoff Ulrich – fantasygolfmetrics.com

A+ – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Louis Oosthuizen
C – Nick Watney
D – Emiliano Grillo
F – Billy Horschel
F – Kyle Stanley

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Derek Farnsworth – rotogrinders.com (PGA Cash Breakdown)

A+ – Gary Woodland
A+ – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
B – Cheng-Tsung Pan
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Stewart Cink
F – Kyle Stanley

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stlcardinals84 – rotogrinders.com (PGA GPP Breakdown)

A+ – Gary Woodland
A – Chez Reavie
B – Cameron Smith
C – Joaquin Niemann
C – Justin Thomas
C – Louis Oosthuizen
C – Stewart Cink
C – Sungjae Im
F – Abraham Ancer
F – Kyle Stanley

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Josh Culp – rotoworld.com

B – Cheng-Tsung Pan
C – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Joaquin Niemann
C – Sungjae Im
F – Abraham Ancer
F – Kevin Na

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Ryan Baroff – scout.com

A – Jason Day
B – Kevin Chappell
C – Austin Cook
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – J.B. Holmes
C – Justin Thomas
C – Louis Oosthuizen
C – Stewart Cink
C – Sungjae Im
D – Emiliano Grillo
F – Abraham Ancer
F – Charles Howell
F – Chesson Hadley

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thefantasygolf.com

A+ – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
B – Kevin Chappell
C – Alexander Noren
C – Byeong-Hun An
C – Louis Oosthuizen
C – Ryan Moore