Sunday's DraftKings golf showdown is a single-event slate with a $50,000 cap, and it locks Sun 11/1 at 10:50 a.m. ET (7:50 a.m. PT). Our model has ranked the top plays on the board, and the numbers point to a clear top tier.
Benjamin James sits at the top of the salary range at $10,200, and his ceiling of 126.3 is the highest on our list by a wide margin. His DraftKings average of 83.3 is also the best of the group. Andrew Novak at $9,300 has a ceiling of 98.5, and Jordan L. Smith at $9,100 carries a 94.4 ceiling with a DraftKings average of 66.4, the second-best average among our top plays.
The value is in the mid-range and below. Karl Vilips at $7,000 has a ceiling of 83.4, which is a strong number for the price. Jeremy Paul at $6,800 comes with a ceiling of 76.7 and a DraftKings average of 60.7, the third-best average on the list and higher than Max Greyserman's 57.4 at $8,000. Matthieu Pavon at $7,500 has a ceiling of 82.0, and Steven Fisk at $7,900 offers a 90.2 ceiling with a 59.5 average.
The sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. What the numbers do show is that the expensive options aren't the only path to upside, since several golfers priced under $8,000 post ceilings of 82.0 or better.
Our model's top lineup uses $44,600 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Benjamin James at $10,200 with Karl Vilips at $7,000, Steven Fisk at $7,900 and Jeremy Paul at $6,800, then rounds out the card with Chandler Blanchet at $6,300 and Adam Hadwin at $6,400. Set your lineups before the slate locks Sun 11/1 at 10:50 a.m. ET.
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