Thursday's late round 1 slate is a single-event golf card on DraftKings classic with a $50,000 cap. Lineups lock Thursday at 1:45 p.m. ET (10:45 a.m. PT). One status note: C.T. Pan carries an OUT tag, so skip him.
Blades Brown at $9,700 sets the ceiling for the slate. Our model lists his upside at 142.6, the highest on the board, and his DraftKings average of 85.1 also tops the list. Doug Ghim costs $10,000 and has a ceiling of 130.1 with an average of 74.2. Those two are the priciest plays in the top group, and the numbers back up the cost.
For salary relief, start with Chan Kim at $8,000. His ceiling of 103.0 and average of 67.7 are strong for the price. David Skinns at $7,000 brings an average of 60.0 and a ceiling of 87.8, and Matthieu Pavon at $7,100 averages 54.5 with a ceiling of 71.8. Max Greyserman at $8,300 sits in the middle: a 57.4 average and an 88.0 ceiling. Kevin Yu at $8,900 offers a 99.4 ceiling and a 65.2 average, while Johnny Keefer at $9,800 has a 108.3 ceiling and a 63.6 average, which makes him harder to fit at that price.
The fact sheet does not include ownership projections for this slate, so there is no read on where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses every dollar of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Blades Brown ($9,700) and Doug Ghim ($10,000) at the top with Chan Kim ($8,000). It rounds out the roster with Hayden Springer ($7,700), Max McGreevy ($7,500) and Kevin Streelman ($7,100). That build leans on the two highest ceilings and fills the rest with mid-priced options.
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