Sunday's 10/25 showdown is a single-event golf slate with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lineups lock Sun 10/25 at 8:24 a.m. ET (5:24 a.m. PT), so there is little time to settle on a build.
Chan Kim sits atop our model's rankings at $7,200, with a ceiling of 103.0 and a DraftKings average of 67.2. That ceiling is nearly as high as anyone on the board, and it comes at a salary well below the top of the pricing scale. Kevin Roy is close behind at $7,600, with a 100.2 ceiling and a 68.4 average, the best average of the group. At the top end, Corey Conners at $9,800 carries a 105.5 ceiling, and Austin Smotherman at $10,400 has the highest ceiling listed at 109.5, though his 62.1 average is well short of Roy's and Kim's.
The value end is thinner but worth a look. Dylan Frittelli at $4,000 has a 58.1 ceiling and a 49.3 average, a strong return for the price. Tom Hoge at $6,800 is a step up, with a 79.3 ceiling and a 57.6 average. Danny Walker at $8,000 is the pricier option on the board, with a 79.5 ceiling and a 51.5 average, which makes him harder to justify.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd is likely to gather.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,400 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Chan Kim at captain for $10,800, then adds Corey Conners at $9,800, Taylor Moore at $8,400, Kevin Roy at $7,600, Tom Hoge at $6,800 and Jonathan Byrd at $5,000. Kim in the captain slot gets 1.5x scoring on the player our model rates highest, and the rest of the build spreads salary across four more of the top-ranked names.
Lock is Sun 10/25 at 8:24 a.m. ET.
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