The main golf slate on DraftKings runs Thursday 11/05 with a $50,000 salary cap. It is a single event, and lineups lock Thursday 11/5 at 8:30 a.m. ET (5:30 a.m. PT).
Our model's ranking puts Benjamin James at the top at $9,900. His ceiling of 152.6 is the highest among the leading plays, and his DraftKings average sits at 84.6. Blades Brown is right behind in the same salary tier at $9,500, with a 146.8 ceiling and an 85.5 average, the best average of the group. Both offer more top-end upside than the pricier names above them.
At the very top of the board, Ryan Gerard ($10,200) and Jackson Koivun ($10,400) carry ceilings of 123.9 and 120.5. Koivun's 82.3 average is solid, but that is a lot of cap for a ceiling well below James or Brown. Ben Griffin at $10,000 shows a 107.1 ceiling and a 64.5 average, the weakest numbers among the top plays.
Value is where the sheet gets interesting. Zachary Bauchou at $7,800 has a 120.5 ceiling, the same as Koivun's at a much lower salary. Jordan L. Smith at $8,300 posts a 118.3 ceiling and a 67.6 average. Keith Mitchell, at $9,600, offers a 129.3 ceiling if you want a middle path.
We have no ownership figures for this slate, so there is no read on where the crowd will land. Note that Aldrich Potgieter, Luke Donald and Adam Schenk all carry an OUT tag on DraftKings and should be avoided.
Our model's top lineup spends $49,600 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs James at $9,900 and Brown at $9,500 with Ben Kohles ($8,500), Trace Crowe ($7,700), Zac Blair ($7,200) and Zecheng Dou ($6,800). Lock is Thursday 11/5 at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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