Saturday's weekend PGA Tour slate is a single-event, classic-format contest with a $50,000 salary cap. It locks Sat 11/7 at 10:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. PT), so there is a short window to get lineups set.
At the top of the board, our model's ranking leans on ceiling. Benjamin James is $10,800 with a ceiling of 117.7 and a DraftKings average of 84.6, the highest ceiling among the top plays. Blades Brown is $10,100 with a ceiling of 113.3 and the best DraftKings average in the group at 85.5, which is a strong number for that salary. Ryan Gerard ($10,600, ceiling 108.0), Jackson Koivun ($10,200, ceiling 105.4) and Ben Griffin ($10,400, ceiling 93.2) round out the premium tier, though Griffin's ceiling is the lowest of the five.
The value plays sit lower on the salary scale. Keith Mitchell is $9,300 with a ceiling of 112.2, close to Brown's upside at a lower price. Jordan L. Smith, at $8,600, carries a ceiling of 105.2, and Zachary Bauchou, at $8,400, sits at 104.7. Those two offer ceilings in the same range as Koivun and Gerard at noticeably lower salaries.
The fact sheet does not include ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Check the status tags before lock. DraftKings lists Jackson Suber, Johnny Keefer, Marco Penge, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Mackenzie Hughes, Kevin Roy and Sami Valimaki as MC, and Denny McCarthy as OUT.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000 and includes one of the premium names, Blades Brown at $10,100. Around him, it uses Ben Kohles at $9,500, Seamus Power at $7,800, Trace Crowe at $7,700, Sudarshan Yellamaraju at $7,500 and Alvaro Ortiz at $7,400. It is a balanced build that pairs one top-tier play with a cluster of mid-priced options.
Lock is Sat 11/7 at 10:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. PT).
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