Opinion & Analysis

Redkacheek’s DFS Rundown: 2018 Dell Tech Championship

Published

8 years ago

Aug 29, 2018

Welcome back everyone, after an amazing FGWC experience last week with some of my fellow FGB members taking home around $25,000, we get another week of really nice prize pools and various contest structures. The Dell Technologies Championship is the second leg of the Fedex Cup Playoffs, being played at TPC Boston. We have lots of course history to go off of so really makes our process nice and tidy this week. Statistically, I am looking primarily at SG:T2G, Iron Play and a small dose of BoB and par 5 scoring. I have tossed around some driving distance numbers because I do see that being somewhat of an advantage this week.

Before we get into my core plays, let’s take a look at the course and what the players will be facing. The Dell Technologies Championship will be hosted this week at TPC Boston. We have a good bit of course history to go off of, even dating back to a Tiger Woods’ win in 2006, so we will definitely be considering that when narrowing down our player pools. TPC Boston will be playing as a par 71 at 7,283 yards, which for these guys is the standard in today’s game. I definitely see distance as an advantage but as you will read, this tends to be a “second-shot-and-in” type of course, so Driving Accuracy will not be weighed to heavily for me.

Scoring will mainly be set up by the players approach game and their performance on the par 5s, although every week par-4 scoring is pertinent. Scores are typically pretty low at this event with around 15 under winning each year so a player will need to be on their iron game in order to make enough birdies to keep up. Looking through statistics of the past events played here, SG: APP proved to be a very important benchmark on a player’s success that given week. Also, scoring on par 4s, specifically from the 450-500-yard range, proved key as there are a handful of long par 4s scattered throughout this layout. With all that out of the way, let’s get into my Core plays for this week…

Tiger Woods (DK $9,700)

I am approaching this week a little different. This is most likely going to be the last chance to have an edge playing cash games and single entry tournaments, so I am going to build a couple main lineups I will put in everything and then run about 100 lineups in the $6 DK Mini Main Event. So I will address these players as core for my main lineups, and as of now I do not plan to build any with an $11k-plus player.

Tiger is my first core play, and I feel really good about it. Coming of an abysmal showing last week where he lost nearly five strokes putting, his driving was actually much improved and he is still striping his irons, as he has all year. Tiger won this event back in 2006, which is somewhat irrelevant but it is still Tiger Woods and if he has won this event once he could do it again. This course is a bit more forgiving off the tee so even if he falls back into a wayward driver somewhat, I think he should still have plenty of opportunities with his irons to make birdies. After that, we are just betting on a slight improvement with his putting which should show positive regression of about six to 10 strokes.

Hideki Matsuyama (DK $8,900)

You are about to see a trend here with my balanced lineup approach, but first off as we get into the $8k range is Hideki. In the last three years at this event, he has never finished worse than 25th. He has some really nice form coming in this year as well, gaining strokes off the tee and with his irons in his prior two events and on top of that, he hit about five greens more than the field average the last two weeks. Hideki definitely has upside to win, and at that price, I really don’t “need” him to win to pay off his value. Hideki is not my favorite play in the $8k range but will definitely be one of my top plays to build around this week.

Tommy Fleetwood (DK $8,500)

Here is your free square everyone! Just kidding, there is practically never a free square in PGA DFS, but I think Fleetwood is as close as you’ll get to one. In this field, Tommy ranks inside the top 10 of GIR percentage, birdie-or-better, and par 5 scoring. He has only missed one cut on the PGA Tour in the past 12 months, which is a testament to the consistent player he is. Just like Hideki, Tommy has upside to win this week and at this price it really offers some flexibility in our lineup construction. He has never played this event, but we can use the course history for others to help us determine this is a great fit for him. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Tommy is that he gains strokes in every single category, almost every single week.

Rafael Cabrera Bello (DK $7,300)

Just like last week, Rafa is another core guy for me this week and at an even lower price. He is really a phenomenal ballstriker, so I feel great about his ability to play this course well. He finished poorly last week but I am not going to let one bad round (77-R3) persuade me to avoid him here at TPC Boston. He has only played here once, finishing 18th in 2017. Again, Rafa is a player that hits a ton of greens and even more fairways every single week, so it is easy to see at $7,300 that he would be someone to build around. He was actually over $10k just two weeks ago, so now we are in a position to grab him at a lower price, depressed ownership, and with that price it provides us the opportunity to play DJ or JT in some really solid GPP lineups.

Charley Hoffman (DK $7,300)

Charley Hoffman is perhaps my favorite play this week. He has quietly been racking up top 20s in the past few months (five of his last eight events) and finished with a sneaky top 20 last week. Statistically, it is hard to ever consider Charley a core play, but this week I am adding him to my “overweight” list. Charley has played here at TPC Boston for over a decade and in that span he has had a wide variety of finishes, but does have a win in 2010 and a third-place finish in 2015.

I see Charley trending in the right direction coming here this week, and I think he is the perfect play in a limited field to gain leverage on the field. The most tempting thing for me, is that Charley is known as a supreme iron player but the Driver can become a problem; luckily this course sets up with slightly wider fairways and less penal rough, so this should suit him even more.

Also consider

Justin Thomas
Brooks Koepka
Tommy Fleetwood
Justin Rose
Patrick Cantlay
Tony Finau
Paul Casey
Tyrrell Hatton

Good luck this week everyone!

Opinion & Analysis

5 Things We Learned: Thursday at the PGA Championship

Published

2 weeks ago

May 15, 2026

Ronald Montesano

Aronimink is not a storied club, but when Donald Ross himself proclaimed it to be as good as he can design and build, one had to take notice. Jay Sigel was the pre-eminent male amateur golfer from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. He might have called any number of Philadelphia clubs home, but he chose Aronimink. It served him well. Gary Player won a PGA Championship here in 1962, and was followed by the 1993 winner … nobody. Aronimink gave that event away to Inverness, for reasons of which it is certainly not proud. So be it. We had to wait sixty-four years for the PGA to return to Newtown Square, but here we are. Aronimink has been neo-restored by Gil Hanse and team, to return Ross features with an eye toward defense against the dark arts, errrr, high-tech equipment.

Day one saw Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau dig big holes, to the tune of plus-four and plus-six, respectively. Since the first-round lead will be minus-three at worst, many shots will need to be made up for the power couple to reach contention. By nightfall, seven golfers held the day-one lead at three-under par 67. Shots and sticks caught our attention, and we are proud to present Five Things We Learned on Tech Thursday at the 2026 PGA Championship. Thanks to InsideTourGolfer, Today’s Golfer, and GolfWRX for initial equipment research.

First, meet Min Woo Lee

Min Woo Lee, aka Dr. Chipinski, has once again thrust himself into the conversation of Can he, will he, when will he? Lee has so much talent, wins not nearly as often as we believe that he should, and has no major near-misses (much less titles) on his wiki. The young Aussie is getting older and wiser, but is he able to avoid the scarring that holds the older and wiser back from breaking through? Philadelphia offers another opportunity. Min Woo signed for five birdies and two bogeys on day one, and grabbed a share of the opening-day lead at Aronimink. Winners transcend history and the moment, and Lee will need that sort of ascent to lift the Wannamaker on Sunday.

Second, meet Aldrich Potgeiter

The young South African golfer can rip driver with the best of them. Aronimink tips out at nearly 7400 yards, but beyond the fairway bunkers that ensnare only the mortals, Potgeiter can take his chances with wedge from the rough. On Thursday, he spent plenty of time in the spinach. Like Popeye, he used his muscles to gouge and thrash and dig his way out. Six birdies against three bogeys on the card brought AP in a three deep.

Third, meet Martin Kaymer

Not a major event takes place without a where’s he been throwback moment. We know that Martin Kaymer left the PGA and DP World tours for LIV golf, but the two-time (US Open and PGA) major winner has a lifetime exemption into at least one major event, and he seizes the opportunity each May. Kaymer joined the six-seven brigade with four birdies and a solitary bogey on day one. Kaymer was never a long hitter, and the years are kind to no golfer. The German champion will need to uncork every bottle of guile and strategy in his cabinet to remain in contention. For today, though, he occupies a rung on the ladder of Tour Tech.

Fourth, meet Scottie Scheffler

Let’s see, he’s the defending champion at the PGA, and he found his way back to the top tier with five birdies against two bogeys. To be a favorite and then play up to that stature and expectation is quite difficult. Just ask Rory, Bryson, and some of the other pre-tournament heartthrobs. Scheffler’s game is complete, and to knock him off the OWGR #1 pedestal, one needs to defeat him at the majors. Aronimink is the sort of course that fits Scheffler’s game. Better yet, it unfits the game of many of his challengers. Don’t expect Scheffler to go away anytime soon. Come Sunday, he’ll be around.

Fifth, meet Stephan Jaeger

Clocking in for the unheralded players shift are Ryo Hisatsune and Stephan Jaeger. Hisatsune logged seven birdies on day one, but gave most of them back with four bogeys. Still, he’s tied at the top for a time. Jaeger pitched five birdies against two bogeys, including a run of three consecutive, from holes four through six. Odds are that one of the two will hang around through 36 holes. Odds also suggest that both will be gone by Saturday evening. Still, the PGA Championship has historically been the major most likely to be won by an under-known. Both Hisatsune and Jaeger feature on that list, so good luck, lads!

Club Junkie

Club Junkie’s Titleist GTS driver fitting results!

Published

2 weeks ago

May 14, 2026

Brian Knudson

On this episode of the Club Junkie Podcast, I head to the Titleist Performance Institute for a full driver fitting with the new Titleist GTS lineup. We dive into the fitting process, talk about what made the biggest difference in performance, and break down how the different GTS heads and shaft combinations compare on the launch monitor. If you are thinking about a new driver setup for this season, there is a lot to take away from this one.

I also get into Brooks Koepka and the gear setup he brought to the PGA Championship, including the putters that caught my eye during the week. There are some interesting equipment trends showing up at the highest level right now and we break down what stands out.

To wrap things up, I talk about reshafting a few wedges, what I learned during the process, and swapping an adaptor onto a new shaft for another build project in the shop. A gear packed episode from start to finish for anyone who loves golf equipment and club building.

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Club Junkie WITB, week 16: New Titleist GTS woods!

Published

2 weeks ago

May 14, 2026

Brian Knudson

Excited for this week’s WITB as we get to add the new Titleist GTS woods to the bag! I was fit at Titleist’s TPI facility in Oceanside California a few weeks ago and my new clubs just showed up. I am also adding a cool set of irons that I built last year some wild custom wedges into a new golf bag. Speaking of the bag I have a new Ghost Anyday Black Ops stand bag that I will be using on my Motocaddy Remote M7 electric cart.

Driver: Titleist GTS3 (11 degrees @ 10.25)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 6s

3-wood: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD CQ-7s

5-wood: Titleist GTS (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7s

9-wood: Titleist GT1 (24 degress)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7s

Irons: Bettinardi CB24 (5-PW)
Shafts: KBS C-Taper Lite 110 stiff

Wedge: TaylorMade MG5 (50-09 SB)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT 125 Stiff

Wedge: TaylorMade MG5 (56-12 SB)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT 125 Stiff

Wedge: TaylorMade MG5 (60-08 LB)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT 125 Stiff

Putter: Dan Carraher ZT Proto

Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour

Bag: Ghost Anyday Black Ops Stand Bag