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The PGA RotoBaller staff digs into their One and Done selections for the Genesis Invitational. Here are some under the radar plays and picks for this week's event.
Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud to announce the weekly PGA “One and Done” column will be back for a second season. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Josh Bennett will provide their weekly golf picks every Wednesday. The purpose of this article is to present you with alternative options to consider and hopefully make your selection a much easier process weekly. With that plan in mind, let's get started!
It was another successful week for the RotoBaller crew at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am! Though none of us tabbed Nick Taylor, both Josh and I had Jason Day, who logged a solid solo-fourth finish that was good for a nearly $400k payday. Spencer was coming off a win with Webb Simpson at the Waste Management and followed it up nicely with a T11 effort from Patrick Cantlay at Pebble Beach.
To put it simply...this is a tough crowd. The three of us have combined for a perfect 15 of 15 cuts made with each of us well over the $1 million mark. This week's Genesis has a major-like quality to the field and offers some very nice payouts. With this OAD contest being so fiercely contested, none of us can afford a huge miss this week. Let's see who the guys are rolling with at Riviera!
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For an in-depth breakdown of the top DraftKings and FanDuel plays, check out Joe Nicely's weekly Horse For The Course that highlights the best fits for the week's course. And you can also find out who the smart money is on by checking out Spencer Aguiar's PGA DFS: Vegas Report every week. Be sure to also read all of our other top-notch weekly PGA DFS and betting articles to help you win big!
One and Done Selections
Joe Nicely - Bubba Watson
Alternate - Patrick Cantlay
I feel like I've been in cruise control so far this season. Each week I've determined my pick fairly easily and have been rather decisive in my choices. Unfortunately, that has most certainly not been the case for the Genesis. This is the best field we've seen in 2020 - with nine of the world's top-10 players set to tee it up at Riviera - and is most likely the strongest collection of golfers that we'll see until The Players Championship. There is no shortage of options this week and we also must take into consideration how and where we want to use these guys throughout the rest of the season.
That's the ultimate deciding factor for me in selecting Bubba Watson this week. Bubba is very, very good on very, very few courses...and the window to use him for OAD contests closes quickly after the Masters. For that reason, I'm rolling with the enigmatic lefty at Riviera, a course where he's won three times over the past six years. In addition to the ridiculously-good course history, Bubba brings some extremely sharp form to Los Angeles. Watson has gained strokes in every major area in his last two starts at the Farmers (T6) and the WMPO (T3). So while there are tons of great options this week, Bubba is the right choice for me in this situation.
- Joe Nicely
Yearly Earnings - $1,352,718
Yearly Cuts Made - 5/5
Spencer Aguiar - Dustin Johnson
Alternate - Justin Rose
In two years of doing this contest at RotoBaller, this is the first time I have felt entirely lost on making a selection for the week. Maybe it has to do with the plethora of options available in this stacked field, but I also am terrified of being the only member of this group that doesn't roll out Dustin Johnson at the Genesis Invitational. I'm not one that usually plays defensively and might regret doing so, but I've decided to cover my bases and avoid the potential of being the lone wolf for another week.
While it is always scary to burn one of the best players in the world when his current form doesn't exactly exude confidence, you aren't going to find too many spots that are better to use the American. I've made the mistake in the past of playing him at majors, and frankly, we lose almost all win equity when going that route. WGC's are firmly on the table as a location to use him, but we are still going to have to bypass challenging fields to find success there.
From past results, Johnson has shown Riviera Country Club to be one of his favorite stops yearly, making nine out of 11 cuts since 2009. His eight top-10 results are highlighted by his victory in 2017, and his style of play makes him ideally suited to find success again. I don't anticipate being the only one that will be on DJ this weekend, but I can at least hope that I won't have to share him with both Joe and Josh. -Spencer Aguiar
Yearly Earnings - $1,609,089
Yearly Cuts Made - 5/5
Josh Bennett - Dustin Johnson
Alternate - Bubba Watson
This is a week where it’s really easy to overthink picks because of the stacked field and how many golfers are still left in the pool to choose from. There are a lot of guys playing this week with good course history, are in good form, and check off the statistical boxes. We’re starting to run out of courses that Bubba Watson tends to show up on so I am just assuming a lot of people will lean to him and save all the bigger-named players for majors and end-of-season events. For that reason, I’ll keep him in the holster for another tournament I have in mind and go with another guy with crazy good history here that is playing really well.
Dustin Johnson has one of the best records at this course next to Bubba and when he’s at the top of his game he’s almost impossible to beat. For the most part, hitting the ball really far on this course gives you a significant advantage. DJ obviously checks that box and is likely the primary reason he does so well here every year. In addition to his good history, he’s in great form too. Even though his finish last week doesn’t look great on paper, he only had one bad round that is an obvious outlier in an otherwise very good stretch of golf so far in 2020. Dustin Johnson in top form is not someone you want to miss out on, so I’m not going to do that. He can lose his putter and battle that issue for multiple tournaments in a row, so I want to jump on him now while he’s playing well at a course he’s good at. Don’t overthink it!! – Josh Bennett
Yearly Earnings - $1,914,787
Yearly Cuts Made - 5/5
Running Totals
| Joe Nicely | Spencer Aguiar | Josh Bennett | |
| Sony Open | Webb Simpson $455,400 | Abraham Ancer $27,390 | Webb Simpson $455,400 |
| American Express | Sungjae Im $162,475 | Paul Casey $63,399 | Sungjae Im $162,475 |
| Farmers Insurance | Tiger Woods $181,875 | Hideki Matsuyama $22,950 | Jon Rahm $817,500 |
| Waste Management | Jon Rahm $170,768 | Webb Simpson $1,314,000 | Hideki Matsuyama $97,212 |
| Pebble Beach | Jason Day $382,200 | Patrick Cantlay $181,350 | Jason Day $382,200 |
