Wagers and #DFS Plays for The Open Championship

I love the majors in golf. Something about these big events gets me excited to watch golf. I don’t watch a ton of golf at all. In fact, I barely watch it at all, but that all changes when a major occurs. I’m sure this has something to do with Draft King’s having a milly maker, but who can say for sure.

Last week I finally hit a golf bet and actually got into positive territory for the year in golf wagers. I feel even better as we head to this British Open this weekend. I know they want you to call it “The Open,” but I just can’t. For the British Open this weekend I am taking some flyers and most of them are non-Americans. It certainly feels like a Euro is going to win this title. Rory McIlroy is currently the betting favorite with Brooks Koepka right behind. Of course these two could easily win, but their odds are so low it’s not worth the risk to me. When I say I am taking some shots this week, I really mean it. I eliminated everyone who was under 50/1 to win. This wasn’t by choice, but it felt like the best value was with players past that point.

My Wagers for this week

To Win Eddie Pepperrell +8000 (.25 Units)
To Win Ryan Fox +50000 (.25 Units)
To Win Erik van Rooyen +10000 (.25 Units)
To Win Graeme McDowell +8000 (1 Unit)

Notice these are all non-American’s and as you wil hear all week if he makes a run, this is McDowell’s home course. His current form is awful, but I think he was looking ahead to this week.

Top 5 Graeme McDowell +5000 (1 Unit)
Top 10 Erik van Rooyen +1000 (1 Unit)
Top 20 Erik van Rooyen +450 (1 Unit)
Top 10 Ryan Fox  +2000 (.25 Units)
Top 10 Ryan Fox +4500 (.25 Units)

This is my plan one day away from the start. I am looking at all these guys to make a run and make it interesting.

In terms of DFS I have a lot of these guys on my radar. I am using these cheap guys as my core and trying to build around them. I will sprinkle in some Rory and Brooks among others, but I have yet to narrow down my player pool that much. If you wake up Thursday morning and see all the guys from above are doing poorly, that means I am too. What does everyone else think?

Baseball Record 48-26 +2009
Baseball Parlays 12-34 +112
Golf 2-11 +300