 Welcome everybody to the FanDuel hurry up. I am Sean Guasamakia. We are joined now by Jim Sinus of FanDuel.com. Jim, welcome back. Thank you Sean. I appreciate it. We got the players championship coming up this weekend. So an exciting time to be a golf fan. There is a whole heck of a lot of money on the line and a really good field. So pretty excited for this weekend. How are you doing today? I'm doing great. And the players championship is an event that I watch each and every year. It's the unofficial fifth major on the PGA Tour. Once again, they're in Florida this week, Jim. It's TPC Sawgrass in Palm Valley, Florida. And your first player up as a betting favorite, Rory McElroy. Yeah, I think that our edict here, Sean, is just going to be, again, once again. We said it like the past three times, Rory has been in the field. Keep using Rory McElroy until it starts working. Because like you said, he is the betting favorite. He is plus 650 to win this weekend. I don't think that's at that rate. I'm not leaping to bet, Rory. But from a DFS perspective, it makes a lot of sense. He is $12,200. And the second most expensive golfer is only $200 less than that. So the gap between Rory and the field from a betting perspective is much larger than the gap between Rory and the field from a DFS perspective. So I think that gives you value in DFS, even though he is super expensive at $12,200. But statistically, Rory is awesome. As he showed last year, he lines up well with TP Sawgrass as he did win here last year. He is eighth in the field in good drive rate. He is also eighth in approach and 12th around the green. And sometimes Rory can be, he was at least in the past, iffy a bit with his putter, but he's not bad on Bermuda. He is 40th in Bermuda putting over the past 100 rounds that is according to Fantasy Nationals. So no big holes in his game. His current form is elite with seven consecutive top five finishes heading into this event. And like I said, he is the past winner. I also think that Rory McElroy benefits from guys like Dustin Johnson and Brooks Kepka not being at peak form right now, which kind of whittles down the field of guys who can't hang with Rory McElroy. So for $12,200, I think he is a lock for cash games in daily fantasy. You could get some consideration to fading him in tournaments because I do expect Rory to be very popular. But I still think he's worth it. He is the best golfer in this field. He's been awesome. The stats are great. He is a past winner at this course. There are no holes here. So again, we're just going to keep on using Rory McElroy until he gives us a reason not to. Yes, Rory is playing great golf. As you mentioned, seven top five finishes for Rory. And he is the defending champ won this event last year, trying to become just the first golfer ever to win this event. The players championship in back to back years. Great play there. All right. Next up, Jim, on your list, Patrick Cantlay hasn't played in about a month due to surgery. Last played the event back in the Genesis Invitational. So it's been a while, but you like Patrick Cantlay this week at $11,400. Yeah. Anytime a guy is coming off of surgery, that's always a bit of a concern. But with Cantlay, it's it was a no surgery. So hopefully it's nothing that affects his swing any could be a bit out of practice. There is some risk there for sure. But before Cantlay had that surgery, this dude was just lightning hot. He's $11,400. And the stats are tremendous for Cantlay, specifically on his second and third shots. He ranks fifth in the field in approach the past 50 rounds. He is also 15th around the green, according to Fantasy National. And he's 41st in good drive rates. So no big holes in the game for Cantlay. He's not a great putter on Bermuda, but he's also not a negative there. He is above average on Bermuda. So you're not taking a major risk with Cantlay from a putting perspective. So pretty well rounded and he checks into 11-4. And it looks like Bryson D. Shambos probably going to be pretty popular this week, which could draw some eyes away from a guy like Patrick Cantlay at $11,400. Now, Cantlay did miss the cut here last year, but he was top 25 each of the two years before that. So he can get around this event. And he was awesome from a finishing perspective over the summer and then translating over into 2019 as well. So Patrick Cantlay, the stats line up well. He has had really good approach play numbers recently. He's a little bit cheaper than some of the other guys like John Rahm and Justin Thomas. So I'm going to go out here with Patrick Cantlay. The layoff is a bit of a concern, but I think given the nature of that layoff and given how good he was before it, Patrick Cantlay still makes a ton of sense as a second tier stud at $11,400. Yeah, Jim, Patrick Cantlay last played February 16th at the Genesis Open Invitational, due to no surgery. He hasn't played since, but he did finish 17th in that event. Has been playing well as you noted. Next up on your list, Mark Leishman, fresh off second place at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He comes in at $9,700 on your list. Seems like a good play here this week. Yeah, I think there is some concern here because he did finish second as you alluded to, and we'll talk about a couple other guys who could potentially be popular because they did do well last week, but there is some overlap between the course we were at last week and the one we're at this week, so guys who made sense there, I think also makes sense once again this week, and Mark Leishman specifically is very well rounded for a guy in his salary tier. He ranks 16th in the field in approach over the past 50 rounds, according to Fantasy National. He is also 40th in good drive rate and 33rd around the green, and the big thing about Mark Leishman is that he is a plus putter. A lot of times with guys in this range, and we'll talk about this with Matt Fitzpatrick and a couple other guys like Tiro Hatton as well, is they're going to have a major negative in their game, which makes them risky. Mark Leishman doesn't really have that. He's actually 14th in Bermuda putting over the past 100 rounds. That's good, and he's been especially good recently with his approach plays. He's gained at least 4.4 strokes or more in approach in 4 out of 5 events. Since January 1st, he has not missed a cut since the Northern Trust last year, so I think that Mark Leishman brings you a lot of safety, which I value in this tier at $9700, but as he showed last week, he's also got upside. So yeah, it feels a bit point-chasing to go with guys like Mark Leishman, like Matthew Fitzpatrick, and like Tiro Hatton, given what they did last week, but I still think there is reason to buy into all of those guys individually. Leishman well-rounded, $9700, and checks a lot of boxes, so despite the fact it does feel a bit weird to go with a guy who just had such a good event, I'm going to be going there with Mark Leishman this weekend. Mark Leishman at $9700. A little further down the list, you have Matthew Fitzpatrick at $9200, the Englishman tied for ninth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, so playing some great golf. Why do you like him this week? Yeah, when you look at the finishes, that ninth place finish for Fitzpatrick is definitely going to stand out, but he did play in pretty good golf leading into that event too. So I think he's kind of similar to Leishman, where it's not point-chasing to go after him just because he had that one big event. Matthew Fitzpatrick actually has not missed a cut since last June, and a lot of those events have been majors, tougher fields on the Euro tour, tougher fields recently on the PGA Tour as well. So he's playing against good competition, but still making cuts. He ranks seventh in this field in good drive rate over the past 50 rounds. He has 40-second approach and also a 53rd around the green. The other thing here we like with Fitzpatrick is similar to Leishman. He is a good putter in general, but actually Bermuda is his best surface by a pretty wide margin. He ranks 12th in the field in Bermuda putting over the past 100 rounds. So I think that with Fitzpatrick you're getting a guy who's a bit underpriced. It is a tough field for sure, but he's been golfing well for a long time now against tougher fields and the stats back it up. So I think Fitzpatrick is someone who brings both safety and upside for $9,200. He's been really good even before the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and he seems to fit well with this course where distance is not as much of a prerequisite for success. So Matthew Fitzpatrick, similar to Mark Leishman, where he's very well rounded especially for his salary, and that's exactly what I want when I'm trying to find value plays to go with a guy like Rory McIlroy. Speaking of value plays, your next golfer up at $9,000, fresh off his first PGA Tour win. Of course we're talking about Englishman, T-Rail Hatton, who won the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week. He's at $9,000, seems like a great value play this week, Jim. Yeah, we kind of got lucky here, Sean, because the Fandall salaries came out before the end of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which is why guys like T-Rail Hatton coming off a win can still be really cheap. But the thing about T-Rail Hatton is, again, there was reason to be on him last week heading into the Arnold Palmer Invitational as well. He had had a long layoff similar to Patrick Cantlay, but he came out of the WGC Mexico, performed really well there, performed really well the following week, and then went to the Arnold Palmer and legitimized it all with a win. The stats for Hatton are really good too. He was 13th in the field in good drive rate over the past 50 rounds according to Fantasy National. He has 34th in approach and 9th around the green. Now, a lot of those numbers were before he had his wrist surgery back in the fall, but with how well he's performed since then, I feel like it's possibly could be seeing a better Hatton than we saw before that surgery, which is certainly encouraging because he looked pretty good before then as well. Now, I think the one bugaboo with T-Rail Hatton, it's the same bugaboo as we have with Roy McElroy, we know they're going to be popular. So if you as a DFS player are someone who is averse to using players who are going to be popular, and I think the player is certainly an event where you want to be more skeptical of those guys because it is a pretty wild event at times, T-Rail Hatton is probably not going to fit your process. But if you're filling out a cash game lineup and need to lock in a value play to go with Roy McElroy, I think Hatton is the first place you turn to at $9,000 there in a cash game. You're not worrying about ownership, you just want the best plays. T-Rail Hatton very much is that at $9,000. So unless you're going at the angle of fading guys due to popularity, T-Rail Hatton is someone you need to have in your lineup. Excellent explanation there with T-Rail Hatton having the prices set before he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational. $9,000 is a great value play there, Jim. All right, your next golfer up Joel Damon. Two top five finishes last two times out. Finish top five in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, of course. And then the previous tournament in the Genesis Open Invitational. So playing some good golf, Joel Damon seems like a pretty good value play at $8,100. A great value player, matter of fact. Yeah, and finishes are good. Good finishes are way something that we want. But they're even better when they come with good stats to legitimize them. And that's what we have here with Joel Damon, because you look at the top five at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He got that top five despite losing 1.6 strokes putting, which means he actually gained 11.2 strokes T-degree in that event, which is absolutely nuts. We know Joel Damon is not going to be a good putter, but he's so good elsewhere that he can help make up for it. And that's actually a continuation of what he has done for a longer and longer sample now. He has four top 10 finishes over his past 11 events, and he's had a couple of other top 15s in there as well. And he was 12th in this event last year. So when you look at Joel Damon, you know that he knows his course and he can do well at it. We've seen him do well recently. And those good finishes had been legitimized by good stats. Damon for a pretty long time now has been a good ball striker, which is always something you want to look for. We want to look for guys with good ball striking numbers who could potentially put their way into a good weekend. With Damon, I'm not going to count on the putting, but at $8,100, he doesn't really need to putt well to pay off as he showed last week at the Arnold Palmer. So as long as he is not a major detriment on the greens, I would expect Joel Damon to be a pretty good DFS play. As you said, $8,100 was a really nice salary. Really helps you get to guys like Patrick Cantland, Roy McElroy. So Joel Damon, legitimate good finishes backed up by stats recently that allows us to buy in with a salary $8,100. Should be a lot of fun when the PGA players championship begins at TPC Sawgrass in beautiful Palm Valley, Florida. Jim, thanks for the time. Enjoy the tournament. Thank you, Sean. I appreciate it as always. It should be a fun one. Looking forward to the golf and talking to you again next week. Thanks to JimSanasFanduul.com. Don't go anywhere. Up next, best bets with Cam Stewart. Welcome back to the Fanduul. Hurry up. We are joined now by Cam Stewart of SportsGrid with his best bets for the players championship this weekend. TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Cam, what's going on? What's happening, Sean? I'll tell you, man. It's going to be a great tournament this week. We love the TPC. Very, very dangerous. Lots of water. This is one of my favorites. I've got to tell you guys, the Florida swing has been fantastic. I'm sick and tired of these guys winning at 30-35 under in California. Pebble Beach is beautiful, but the scores, man, these guys are blowing up the scoreboard here in Florida. Four under, five under. Like, the courses are killing these guys. They're really grinding. And it's been some of the best golf we've seen. And I expect great things at the players this week. All right, Cam. Let's get to your best bets. John Rom, 13-1. We did not see him last week. The world's number two at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He last played at the WGC Mexico Championship. Tied for third. He's in play 13-1. Why do you like Rom this week? Oh, I'll tell you guys. Take a look at this. Second, second, ninth, third. You want to talk about consistency, how the sun comes up in the morning. That's John Rom. This guy also, horse for the course. When he played at the player's 56-hole lead, he made a couple of mistakes down the stretch at cost of that tournament. I expect better things this time. That is a good price. When you're talking about chalk, you know you can have Rory McElroy at 6-1, or I can have John Rom, who I like, like a lot more at 13-1. Watch out for this guy. He loves Florida golf. He's so consistent. Always a top 10 machine. If you don't like him to win, guys, top five, top 10 for sure. John Rom will be there on Sunday. Give him to me at 13-1. All right, another hot golfer right now. Sung Jae from South Korea. 25-1. He won the Honda Classic. Cam, and he was tied for third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week. Plank, some good golf. 25-1. He's another one of your best bets this week. Oh, it's unbelievable. Sung Jae-im has come on tour. The guy's one of the best ball strikers. Tee to green. It's unbelievable. He could have won many more times, but he had problems with the putter. He finally got it figured out at the Honda. I love Sung Jae-im. He will play fine in the wind. Ball striking is key at the course at the players at Sawgrass. You have to be crisp. You have to be able to play in the wind. This kid has everything. He checks all the boxes, and at 25-1, one of the hottest golfers on tour, he's on fire. Give him to me, man. I love this pick. All right, next up, your former worlds number one, Adam Scott. He did not make the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but at 30-1 seems like a great value play for this week's TPC Sawgrass. Yeah, it is a very good value play. Think about Adam Scott. 30-1. No worse than 12th at this tournament the last four years. A model of consistency. Again, you have to find ball strikers here. Adam Scott is my guy. I can't believe he's 31. That's actually a great price. I'd have him in the 22-25 range. I see a little bit of value because of the good players in this tournament, but I love Adam Scott this week. Aussies can play in the wind. Watch out for Adam Scott. 30-1. I expect him to be there too. Love him for a top 10. Now some of your players that are a little bit further down the list, Daniel Berger. He was last played at the Honda Classic, did very well there. Cam, he was tied for fourth at the Honda Classic. 70-1 seems like a good shot to take. Oh, yeah. Daniel Berger, too, since injury, the guy's been great. Berger time, fellas. 70-1. I like Bergers. I'm going to take Berger this week. Look at his results. 9th, 5th, 4th. He's coming in really good form, too. Plays Florida well. Also, a Florida State Seminole. That's good, too. He knows Florida golf. He's a hometown guy. I love him this week. I think 70-1 is an amazing price with Daniel Berger. I think he can win this tournament. So when I saw that price, guys, my eyes lit up. I love Daniel Berger at 70-1. Hot player plays well at this course. He'll do fine. How about a longer shot at 125-1? That's Kevin Kisner. Missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer invitation last week. But at 125-1, why not take a shot with Kevin Kisner? Yeah, Kevin Kisner. It's one of these things, guys. Horses for courses. And he has a good track record here. He's finished second in the playoff before. He's always been around. And sometimes, to get a little bit of confidence back, you need to go to a familiar place. And he loves TPC Sawgrass. So Kisner, not in the best form. But one thing that he does is he keeps the ball in play. If you can get that putter rolling, I like Kisner. Amazing price at 125-1. We usually find him around 50 or 60-1. But due to form, we're getting more value on him. Watch out for Kevin Kisner, the Georgia Bulldog. He could be lingering. 125-1 is a great price. Let's go a little further. 151. Song Kang finished tied for ninth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 151. Why not take a shot, right? We're blowing it up, guys. Song Kang, watch out. Second, ninth. Are you kidding me? You're giving me 150-1 price on a guy that's a top 10 machine. Nobody's figuring out Song Kang has a really good game. He's been very close to winning. He loves Florida golf. As I mentioned, top 10s in both tournaments in almost one finishing second a couple weeks ago. I got to take a shot. Guys, there's going to be some flyers in this tournament. And Song Kang at 150-1, it puts you in a nice position over to the weekend to hedge. If you got him, I love that price, fellas. Watch out for Song Kang. He could really blow it up this weekend. Love the list there, Cam. The unofficial fifth major on the PGA Tour, the Players' Championship this week at Sawgrass TPC, Sawgrass in Palm Valley, Florida. Thanks for the time, Cam. Best of luck with your best bets. Yeah, let's nail one. It'd be great. So I can come visit you guys. For Jim Zanis and Cam Stewart, I'm Sean Guassamakia. We'll see you next time on the FanDuel Hurry Up.