
Welcome everyone to my DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks and advice for the 2025 Texas Children's Houston Open. I'll be providing DFS picks and analysis to help you set those winning DraftKings lineups.
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PGA DFS Rankings Wizard - The Texas Children's Houston Open
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- The Texas Children's Houston Open
Vegas Report (All Pre-Tournament Bets)
- Top Pre-Tournament H2H Pick: (104-60-9) 63.41%
- All Pre-Tournament H2Hs: (296-228-30) 56.48%
- In-Tournament H2Hs (300-200-55) 60.00%
- Total H2Hs Since 2017: (596-428-85) 58.20%
- Outright Winners Since 2017: 51
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In-Tournament Head-To-Head Bets For Rounds 1,2,3 and 4
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- (300-200-55) 60.00%
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Let's Look at the Stats
Stat | Memorial Park | PGA Average |
Driving Distance | 293 | 283 |
Driving Accuracy | 55% | 61% |
GIR Percentage | 62% | 65% |
Scrambling Percentage | 56% | 57% |
Average Three-Putts Per Round | 0.49 | 0.54 |
Field
Field Size: 156
Cut: Top 65 & Ties
Top 20 Entrants: 4
Last Five Winners of The Texas Children's Open
2024 | Stephan Jaeger | -12 |
2023 | ||
2022 | Tony Finau | -16 |
2021 | Jason Kokrak | -10 |
2020 | Carlos Ortiz | -13 |
Expected Cut-Line at The Texas Children's Open
2024 | 2 |
2023 | |
2022 | 1 |
2021 | 2 |
2020 | 4 |
Memorial Park
7,435 Yards - Par 70 - Greens: Bermuda (Overseeded)
You can find my premium course breakdown in my premium DraftKings article this week.
You can find Todd Mcgill's free breakdown here
First Look Into Outright Bets
Player | Price |
Min Woo Lee | 50 |
Max Greyserman | 75 |
Nicolai Hojgaard | 125 |
Matti Schmid | 225 |
Jacob Bridgeman | 50 |
Fantasy Golf Lineup Picks for DraftKings (PGA DFS)
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Final 2023 Golf Betting Results:
(Individual breakdowns of all sections in thread) @RotoBaller2023 (+16.634 Units)
2022 (+67.485 Units)
2021 (+68.846 Units)
2020 (+37.015 Units)
2019 (+27.743 Units)
2018 (+55.88 Units)
2017 (+54.26 Units)Overall: (+327.863 Units) pic.twitter.com/tuaDfwFXlo
— Spencer Aguiar (@TeeOffSports) November 21, 2023
Favorite Targets Early On Monday
Min Woo Lee ($9,600)
You don't have to look any further than the betting market to see that much of the projected win equity for the event appears up top with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. We can get into the nitty-gritty of the exact percentage and who deserves a larger piece of the pie between those two names. However, getting that total to be less than 20% is hard when taking an aggregated return from both options. I would venture to say you are closer to 25-30%, especially since my model has taken a liking to McIlroy's predisposition to dominate tree-lined, wet tracks historically.
All of that suggests that my playability ratings (ownership aside) in the $9,000 section should be primarily obsolete since I don't see a massive discrepancy in win equity between those names and the choices in the next $8,000 tier. Nonetheless, the data retrieval I got from Min Woo Lee placed him as my model's third choice on the board in a market that doesn't view him quite that highly on Monday.
I am a big believer that outliers from the norm mean something when you typically don't get answers as strong (or weak) during other contests from that golfer. It also doesn't hurt that past trends have indicated my model has been rather accurate in projecting Lee this season.
If we dive into the last few examples, my model placed Lee 31st for safety at the PLAYERS (20th place finish), 32nd at the Arnold Palmer (missed cut), fifth at the Cognizant (11th) and 48th for upside at the Genesis (48th finish).
All of that has demonstrated a somewhat standard return in expectation and makes my fourth-place rank for Lee in Houston that much more enticing since it is accompanied by the Aussie ranking next to Rory McIlroy as the only two golfers in this field to crack the top 25 of all seven statistical categories that I weighed for the tournament.
Jacob Bridgeman ($8,400)
I weighed Carry Distance and Proximity from 200+ heavily in my model. I say that because this isn't some random return from a golfer who got a pass for ranking 72nd when diving into individual grades for each of those two metrics. Those concerns did weaken his profile, but my hope is that his lack of distance and the heightened price tag will get the industry to look the other way this week.
Believe it or not, Bridgeman graded as a favorite over most of the $9,000 section in my model (not quite everyone) and skyrocketed with his projection when I weighed short-game and non-distance-related topics more heavily.
I don't expect this to be everyone's cup of tea, but that is a nice answer for a golfer who is in some of the best form of anyone in this field.
Matti Schmid ($7,000)
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Schmid ranked eighth in my model for Weighted Scoring, fifth when combining Carry Distance/Proximity From 200+ Yards, and cracked the top 20 for Strokes Gained Total when gearing the metrics toward Memorial Park.
His three top-28 finishes over his last four starts shouldn't be ignored for a golfer who landed in the top 60 in all seven categories that I weighed. That return made him one of only 10 players to accomplish that feat, including ranking as the only option who did it at less than $7,800 on DraftKings.
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