 Hey everybody what's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined today by Jim Sotis of Fandle We're taking a look at the memorial, which is at the same place the last week's turner. It was that it's going on Jim Yeah, it's gonna create an interesting dynamic Greg because you have to decide how much weight Do I put on what we saw this past weekend because you saw guys like Colin Morikawa and Victor Hovland just pop off So do you go back to them again this week as they return to the exact same course or do you try to buy into some Golfers who may have struggled and try to get them while people are off So it's an interesting little dilemma here one We have not had in a very long time of the PGA Tour so I'm pretty excited to see how things go How are you doing? I'm a little disappointed to be honest because at the end of last week's show We we promised the people Tiger Woods and as I looked down the list of golfers. We're gonna discuss today There's no Tiger Woods So let's start the show right there. Why is Tiger Woods not among your six best TFS players this week? I would have been fully willing to jump on board the Tiger train if Xander Shafley hadn't been just $200 more So I was willing Greg. I was ready I was down to tango and then they gave me Xander for just $200 less So you can blame Fandall for this one for sure We'll get the Xander Shafley in just a minute or so $200 more than Tiger Woods But even more expensive than that. Well, it's one of the best golfers in the world It's Rory McElroy who is your top but more expensive golfer at $11,800 Jim how come Rory is your big-time player here this weekend? Yeah, we've talked about Rory a ton recently Greg We talked about him, you know just continuing to bind to the success and The success hasn't been in the past couple of events for Rory But I think with all the shiny objects in this field guys like Bryson D. Shambo guys like Tiger Justin Thomas Patrick Cantley guys who did really well this past weekend I could see Rory going a bit more overlooked than usual and that makes more willing to be okay with his recent You know relative struggles and potentially go with him here at $11,800 The main blemish for Rory so far or the past couple weeks has been his approach play because he's actually down One-tenth of a stroke on approach in the past three events But he's making up ground off the tee and he has been nails around the green So basically what we're saying is You know if he can just get his approach play back to where it was previously not exactly where it was It's like in the in the ballpark where it was He's still doing so well elsewhere that he could just go nuts if he can get that approach play back to the same Neighborhood where it was when he was just rattling off top five after top five And I think that's very much in the range of outcomes because it's Rory freaking McElroy Even when you include these three events where things just been a little bit okay for Rory McElroy He's still 21st in the field and approached the past 50 rounds according to fantasy national He is third in stroke sheet off the tee. He is 17th and scrambling So I'm gonna buy back in to Rory McElroy $1,000 hoping that people do overlook him given the again the shiny objects in this field I'm hoping Rory goes overlooked. I'm not you know, I'm not saying that's definitely gonna happen But I think there is a path that happening this weekend when that's the case We can get a guy like Rory McElroy at lower popularity than you'd hope I'm gonna buy in every single time given the names in the field We mentioned Tiger Woods already Justin Thomas Patrick Cantley all playing plus the guys that performed really well last week like Victor Howlin and Colin Mora-Kawa Rory McElroy for once may not be at top people's minds and Jim asked the question at the start of the show Are you gonna go to the player that really performed well last week or someone that you know has been a bit Inconsistent for all themselves in Rory McElroy. That's where we start Rory McElroy a surprise top player here this week at the Memorial All right up next you mentioned earlier Xander Shafley. He's $200 more than Tiger Woods and he fits into your lineup here He's obviously played a lot more this season than Tiger Woods has certainly since the pandemic began Xander Shafley in the line of this week for you at the Memorial. Yeah, and Greg He's one of those guys who was in the field this past weekend and Xander finished 14th Which is not bad but he did struggle off the tee and Part of his finish was aided by good putting and it's hard to project good putting because putting is super random now Those are negative things for Xander Shafley But I think the long-term form on him is so good that I honestly don't care I'm gonna go back to Xander once again this weekend at ten thousand eight hundred dollars because Xander Shafley You look at my four key stats this weekend ranks 19th in the field or better in every single Statistics and Justin Thomas is the only other guy in the field who is in the top 20 and even three of those stats and Xander checks All four boxes last year in the Memorial at this exact same event Xander Shafley gained 4.7 strokes off the tee and 1.5 around the green so even though he struggled there this past weekend in those two categories We know he can do well, especially at this specific course So I think I expect a bounce back from Xander off the tee this weekend And if he does that he has the potential to take this tournament down for just ten thousand eight hundred dollars I think he is about five hundred dollars under price this weekend over on Fandals He is going to be the guy I utilize most often in this range I think he is a great cash gameplay a tremendous tournament play And I think Xander Shafley may be the golfer I wind up using most for the Memorial this weekend Xander Shafley the golfer that may be the most Oh, but Jim's lineups price very fairly if he could just improve a little bit off the team Well, we're in a really good spot like you said 14th last week Nothing to sneeze at and one of the best players in the world I have a friend of mine that suspects in Xander every week because at some point It's going to cash consistently. Maybe that'll be this week, but certainly Xander Shafley belongs in your Fandal lineups Up next as we get a little bit less under ten thousand dollars that brings us to Joaquin Neiman who is a staple here at that three spot Here on the hurry up Neiman ninety seven hundred dollars as we said At least one of those cases Jim I imagine where if they ain't broke Well, he going with it. Yeah might as well because I think that walking Neiman kind of is the ideal Gullfer if we're gonna look at what would happen this past weekend because Neiman play really well He just didn't get public attention for it because his finish wasn't that great finish back in 31st I think that's actually a good thing for us from a DFS perspective because he played well But didn't get a lot of attention for which means he won't get inflated popularity for no reason That's a good thing for us for sure Neiman specifically gained 1.4 strokes off the tee and gained 4.1 at approach But this loss of some strokes around the green push him down to a 31st place finish But that's actually the worst to finish Neiman has ever had here at Muirfield He was sixth at the Memorial back in 2018. He was 27th last year So good finishes at this course and we know the ball striking is gonna be great altogether Neiman ranks 28th off the tee He is 15th in approach over the past 50 rounds according to fantasy national That's an addition to being a plus putter on bed grass, which is not the case for Neiman on most surfaces So he's $9,700. He's not actually my favorite golfer in this tier We'll talk about that guy in just one second, but I think that Neiman is a pretty firm second This is a really good tier on fangirl for this weekend And I want to be in it as often as possible But the guy I'll be prioritizing second most will be Joaquin Neiman here at $9,700 Joaquin Neiman your second favorite golfer in this tier and again a stable of our lineup He finished just 31st last week So again, we're taking advantage of some unheralded golfer from last week playing at the tournament having the experience Someone that is good enough on the greens here that is going to do damage for us There's a lot to like with Joaquin Neiman and to me a no-brainer But not as much of a no-brainer for you as Paul Casey is at $9,600 here A consistent player as well. The word that always comes to mind whenever we talk about Paul Casey is consistency You're getting him for under $10,000 and it seems like something you can't turn down Yeah, at least for me, it's really hard to do so and as mentioned we were talking about Neiman This is a loaded tier this weekend. You've got guys like mark leishman sung jam Like top end golfers who are in this range But to me Paul Casey is going to be number one because he checks so many boxes He's someone who does well both my ball striking and a putting perspective He ranks eighth in stroking off the tee sixth of the approach and Ben grass is the best pet putting surface for Paul Casey He ranks 25th in the field there over the past 100 rounds according to fantasy national So good off the tee good approach good putting that's kind of all you can ask for from a golfer And Casey doesn't have any recent history at Weirfield, but he has played here before he's played here six total times The most recent was back in 2016 and he did miss the cut there But he has all the tools necessary for a top 10 finish So i'm getting uh, Paul Casey in a situation where I think I could get a golfer with the top 10 upside For just 9600 dollars So again, I want to be in this tier as often as I possibly can and that does require Spend down for some golfers who are in the low 8000 range order to get back up here But I think it's worth it given guys like neiman and Casey being in this range I think it is the best tier on fan duel for this weekend I want to be here as often as possible the guy i'm going to turn to most often this tier Will be Paul Casey you follow closely by Joaquin neiman This is a tier that jim is going to live with or live within and at Paul Casey at this number Given that consistency that he mentioned and all the things that he does really well Fits really well here at the memorial a no-brainer 9600 and a loaded field in a loaded tier not easy. Paul Casey belongs in your lineup As we get to the value section of our program It's no surprise that we get to the lucas lover who's also seemingly always around our lineups here at this point He's priced at under 9000 dollars this week 8700 to be exact lucas lover once again in your lineup here jim Yeah, we are just lover lovers at this point greg and 8700 dollars. It's really hard not to I think that with lucas lover You kind of know the short game's going to suck and that's kind of an assumed disadvantage here for sure But he's been so good with his approach play since the end of the coven 19 layoff that it hasn't honestly mattered Even though his short game has still been bad He's been getting I think good finishes because his approach play has been just barters glumfer has gained at least five strokes on approach In three of four events since the end of the layoff and he gained three strokes on approach In the one exception to that so at least three uh in all four events five or more in three of those events Even though he has lost strokes around the green in all four of those events He has also lost strokes putting in two of those he has still finished in the top 25 in all four events That is how good the approach play has been for lucas lover lover ranks 35th in stroking off the tee over the past 50 rounds according to fantasy national So we know he's going to strike the ball well if he can just stumble into a couple of good putts He's got big juice for 8700 dollars I think that what we've seen from glumfer on the second and third shots since the end of the layoff is Kind of too good to pass up So I know his upside may be limited because of the short game that's going to be an issue once again this weekend But with how could he's been elsewhere? It hasn't mattered So i'm going to go right back to lucas glumfer at 8700 dollars until he gives me a reason not to Same conversation every week here jim lucas glumfer's approach is what he's doing off the tee It's just too good to pass up despite his inability to put the golf ball But that's okay because maybe you'll put it together here this week at the memorial and it'll make it work for us in our lineups One last value player to get to and that's eric van royen here eric van royen the cheapest couple we're going to talk about on today's show He's 8200 dollars. That's really really cheap Are you just getting van royen in there because of the price or because you actually like him this week? It's a little bit of both and it's also because I mentioned that I want to get to the paul kasey walking Nemen tears often as possible in order to do so without limiting my studs I've got to find guys in the lower eight thousand range and eric van royen isn't that range And I do like a lot of what he brings to the table now van royen's approach play hasn't been that good In the three events. He has played since play resume and that's concerning But it also hasn't been good or hasn't been bad enough to ignore That he's 35th in the field approach over the past 50 rounds over a larger sample. He's been very good He is 23rd off the tee as well So the ball striking over a larger sample has been very good And the off the tee play has been solid since play resumed as well So it's just been the approach being kind of weird But over the larger sample you expect him to be good in those categories And we've also seen van royen compete against tough fields. This is a really tough field for this weekend So it's important to know that a golfer can hang it with the likes of rory macaroy Dustin johnson, et cetera, et cetera van royen has proven That he can do that with what he has done in majors over the past couple years now van royen He's 250 to 1 to win. You're not going to get a win out of this guy And I think that that is always something to consider you want a golfers near london Who have the potential to have a huge weekend win? But I think that van royen has good outs to make the cuts given how good the ball striking is and He could potentially get you a top 25 finish So in a similar mold to lukas guava here and if we can get that out of a golf or $8,200 and give us access to guys Like walkie neiman and paul casey who do have that upside That's pretty intriguing to me. So van royen $8,200 I'm going back here again given how well he has proven himself to be Against these good fields and I think that the ball striking being there is enticing as well So we're going to overlook some struggles for van royen since the end of the layoff But I think the larger picture says we can trust him especially when his salary is as low If you need somehow get a top 25 finish out of eric van royen things that go down very very well for your lineup Let's just hope he makes the cut plays consistently And allows us to have paul casey in our lineups who also we expect big things from this weekend There you have it. Those are the pigs. That is the fan. They'll hurry up. Jim Good luck this weekend in more ways than one. I appreciate it. Greg. Thank you very much I'm looking forward to being back here again next week and talking to you once again. Appreciate it Absolutely. We appreciate your time tomorrow. Tom becky will join me right here on the hurry up But you're honest. I'm Greg sussman. Have a great weekend and stay safe everybody