April 8, 2025
Joaquin Niemann has been in excellent form to start the year, recording two wins on LIV in his first five events. He looks to carry this momentum into The Masters, where he has made the cut in four straight appearances, including two top-25 finishes. To continue his success at Augusta, Niemann will need to excel from tee to green, an area where he has been strong this season. He ranks eighth on LIV in strokes gained from tee to green, gaining 1.14 strokes per round. His approach and around-the-green play have held him back in previous Masters appearances, but he has made improvements in these areas this year, gaining 0.15 strokes per round on approach and 0.60 strokes per round putting. Additionally, he ranks in the 98th percentile in proximity from 150–200 yards over the past 12 months, a key range that accounted for 37.8% of approach shots at Augusta last year. Given his recent success, Niemann offers strong upside at his $9,300 price tag on DraftKings for fantasy managers.
--Dakota Legg - RotoBallerSource: Data Golf
July 30, 2024
Depending on your affinity for LIV Golf, Joaquin Niemann is arguably enjoying the best stretch of golf in his young career heading into the Olympics. Since the end of the 2023 LIV season, the 25-year-old Chilean star has appeared in 17 events, picking up three outright victories to go along with ten additional top-10 results, including his T2 finish at LIV Golf United Kingdom last week. And while he has not played at Le Golf National before, he could be in line for a solid showing as he ranks 13th in greens-in-regulation percentage and third in birdie-or-better percentage over the last 24 rounds. Niemann will be looking to improve upon his 10th-place finish at his first and only Olympics in 2021, and fantasy managers would be wise to have some exposure to him in this year's rendition.
--Ryan HickeySource: PGA Tour
May 14, 2024
Joaquin Niemann has been outstanding on the LIV Tour this year. He has seven straight top-25 finishes, including four top-five finishes, two top-10 finishes, and one win. His most recent appearance on the PGA Tour was at the Masters Tournament, where he finished T22. Niemann's performance at the PGA Championship has been mixed; he missed the cut in 2023 but finished T23 in 2022 and T30 in 2021. One important thing to note is that over the last year, Niemann ranks in the 93rd percentile in proximity to the hole on approach shots from over 150 yards in the rough. Niemann could be overlooked this week, but his recent form makes him worth considering for DFS lineups.
--Ian Christenson - RotoBallerSource: Data Golf
May 17, 2023
Joaquin Niemann is flying under the radar this week heading to the PGA Championship. The 24-year-old finished T16 at the Masters in the first major of the season and has followed it up by playing some pretty good golf in the LIV Golf League. The Chilean has back-to-back T8 finishes in Singapore and Tulsa. While an eighth place finish in a 48 player field isn't anything crazy, Niemann appears to be trending in the right direction. He has shot -5 or better in four of his past five rounds and looks to be playing with the some serious confidence.
--Matt Miller - RotoBallerSource: Golf Live 24
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