This is the Daily Overlay PGA Expert Consensus. We crowdsource expert opinions and condense them down into a simple, easy to use article. If you want to do a little research of your own, we’ve got you covered with recommended stats to target. Click on a stat title below and the full leaderboard for that category will pop-up. Dig a little deeper and find some sleepers of your own. If you’re short for time, no worries. Scroll down and you’ll find a list of names that experts think you should be playing this week; ranked by frequency of suggestion.
Course: Oakmont Country Club
Location: Oakmont, PA
Yardage: 7,257
Par: 70
Defending Champion: Jordan Spieth (2015 Results)
*****RECOMMENDED STATS TO TARGET*****
- Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green
- Strokes Gained: Putting
- Good Drive %
- Scrambling
- Birdie or Better %
- Bogey Avoidance
- Par 4 Scoring
*****EXPERT CONSENSUS*****
At the time of this post, 27 experts from our grading pool have made selections for the U.S. Open (list of those who made picks can be found at the bottom of the page). The frequency with which each golfer was suggested will be denoted below. Anyone not listed was recommended at a rate of less than 20%.
Highly Touted
Jason Day $12100 – 74.1%
Matt Kuchar $8500 – 66.7%
Patrick Reed $8400 – 55.6%
Brooks Koepka $8100 – 51.9%
Henrik Stenson $9100 – 51.9%
Recommended
Charl Schwartzel $7500 – 48.1%
Jordan Spieth $11900 – 44.4%
Rory McIlroy $12000 – 44.4%
Billy Horschel $7300 – 40.7%
Retief Goosen $6300 – 40.7%
Dustin Johnson $11000 – 37.0%
Branden Grace $8700 – 33.3%
Justin Rose $10500 – 33.3%
Suggested
Bubba Watson $9500 – 29.6%
Webb Simpson $7000 – 29.6%
Adam Scott $10100 – 25.9%
Brandt Snedeker $8000 – 25.9%
Danny Willett $9600 – 25.9%
Hideki Matsuyama $9800 – 25.9%
J.B. Holmes $7400 – 25.9%
Kevin Chappell $7100 – 25.9%
Russell Knox $7600 – 25.9%
Sergio Garcia $8900 – 25.9%
Daniel Berger $7200 – 22.2%
Emiliano Grillo $6900 – 22.2%
Phil Mickelson $9300 – 22.2%
Experts who made picks:
- David Jayne – dailyfantasybootcamp.com (Preview & Picks)
- Ryan Chase – dailyfantasycafe.com
- Dustin Diez – dailyfantasyinsider.com
- Chris Durell – dailyfantasysportsrankings.com
- oreojenkins – dailyoverlay.com
- Daniel Dobish – dailyroto.com
- dfsalbatross – dailyroto.com
- dfsgolfadvice.com
- KendoVT – dfsondemand.com
- Jon Kelly – dfsreport.com
- Brad Messersmith – DraftKings Playbook
- Josh DeMaio – DraftKings Playbook
- Jason Sobel – espn.com
- Zachary Thompson – fansided.com
- Drew Phelps – fantasyalarm.com
- epattersonfs – Fantasy Golf Degenerates Blog
- fantasygolfmetrics.com (Survival Guide Tiers 1 & 2)
- Josh Culp – futureoffantasy.com
- Mike Glasscott – golfweek.com
- Ryan Knuppel – moxyball.com
- Pat Mayo – rotoexperts.com
- ezellmt – rotogrinders.com
- stlcardinals84 – rotogrinders.com (Daily Fantasy Foursome)
- Len Hochberg – rotowire.com
- DFSGolfGods – sportsdegens.com
- sportsmonte.com
- thefantasygolf.com
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