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0:06Welcome to the Second Cup podcast. I'm
0:08Greg Ducharm and this is your Worldwide
0:11Technologies tournament preview. It's
0:14been a while since I've had the chance
0:16to speak with all of you. So, uh I guess
0:18this is the time to say what a week. And
0:21it was an incredible week. Um we didn't
0:23get a chance to really review any of the
0:25Mexico Open down at Fedanta. Uh we'll
0:28take a look at a couple of things from
0:30that tournament today, but we're going
0:31to primarily focus on what's upcoming
0:34this week at the Worldwide Technology
0:36Championship. Um so, hey, like I said,
0:39what a week. Why didn't we get a chance
0:41to get into the Dant last week? Well, uh
0:45I had a wedding. My sister got married.
0:48It was a beautiful ceremony. Um it was a
0:51wonderful time. So, we all had a great
0:53time. for those of you that are
0:54wondering. I appreciate all the warm
0:57comments that we got uh last week. So,
1:00it was great, but now we're back to the
1:02grind, back to work, digging into all of
1:05these fall events. Uh and we'll do the
1:07same in 2027 when the PGA Tour season
1:10really kicks off. So, if that's the kind
1:13of thing that you're into, well, hit
1:15that subscribe button, like the video,
1:17leave a comment. I' I've really enjoyed
1:19engaging with all of you uh on all this
1:21stuff. So, we got a lot to get into
1:23tonight. Let's get right into it um
1:26right away. And we'll start with I I do
1:29want to just look at the leaderboard
1:31from last week because there are a
1:32couple things that really stood out to
1:34me. Um this is what took place at uh the
1:38Mexico Open at Vidant World last week.
1:41Andrew Novak wins 25 under par.
1:43Incredible performance. If you're
1:45watching on YouTube, you could see this.
1:47Um, I have this leaderboard up on rickr
1:50rungood.com
1:51and Andrew Novak wins, but he shoots 61
1:55and 62 in rounds two and three. 6162.
1:59This was incredible. There were a couple
2:01of other things that really stood out to
2:03me with Andrew Novak. And over all four
2:06days, he was either first, second, or
2:09third in proximity to the hole. First,
2:13second, or third. You look at Steven
2:15Fisk and Chris Ventura who were right
2:17behind him in second. Andrew Novak
2:20averaged 10 feet closer in his proximity
2:23to the hole for the week. Just
2:25absolutely incredible stuff from him.
2:27And then to add to it, he gained 8.9
2:308.19 strokes putt in and lost four on
2:34Sunday. Lost four strokes put in on
2:36Sunday. Still gained eight for the week.
2:39Still won by five. Just incredible stuff
2:42from Novak. Um he played from the
2:44fairway and when he did he was
2:47absolutely lethal and absolutely dialed
2:49in with those irons. So huge win from
2:53Andrew Novak. Um it was a great
2:55performance from Steven Fisk who and
2:58Chris Ventura. They come in to tie for
3:00second. They shoot 63 on Sunday. Great
3:02performances from them. A big move from
3:05Mackenzie Hughes in the FedEx Cup. He
3:08moves all the way up to 101st in the
3:10FedEx Cup standings. And I got to say
3:12with the RSM Classic coming up, um I
3:15know we have we have uh you know three
3:17more tournaments. We have this we have
3:19uh we'll go to Austin and then we're
3:22going to play the RSM for the final
3:24event of the fall. And I think that this
3:26week, this T4 finish for McKenzie Hughes
3:29gives him a great chance to get into the
3:31top 100 and keep his card for next year.
3:34Ben Griffin we haven't seen a whole lot
3:37of um haven't seen a whole lot of him
3:39this fall. The end of the season last
3:41year wasn't great and he showed up
3:45showed up in a big way. Got the putter
3:47going again. Gained over five strokes
3:49putting uh finishes in the top 10. Um in
3:53fact top five T4 for him. Eric von
3:56Royant same thing. Haven't seen much of
3:57him. Uh haven't seen many great
4:00performances from him but big T6 finish
4:02here. headed now this week to a golf
4:05course that he's won on at Alcardell.
4:07We'll get into that in a little bit. Um,
4:10so while I have this scorecard up, let's
4:12go over some of our results, some of the
4:14bets from last week. We actually got
4:16four rounds in this week, but uh, and I
4:19didn't have a grid for you. It's been,
4:21like I said, what a week. It's been a
4:23little crazy for me, so I I haven't had
4:26notebooks. I haven't had official grids.
4:28Uh, the work's still being done. and I
4:30just haven't had the time to really
4:32dress it up the way I like to. Uh the
4:35matchup we had was Kada Nakajima over
4:38Jordan Smith at plus 105. Jordan Smith
4:41played great. He finished tied 16th and
4:43beat Kada Nakajima by two uh with a 64
4:47on Sunday. So that was, you know, kind
4:50of a a crushing defeat in the only
4:53matchup that I offered last week. Um I
4:56am gonna just jump off of this. I I'll
4:59show myself here back on screen. Uh
5:02finishing positions, we had all top 20s
5:05again and we had some good results here.
5:07A couple good wins. Blades Brown top 20.
5:10He finished tied 19th which is good
5:12enough for a top 20. So that hits that
5:14was at plus 128. Cristian Bazidenhout
5:17also finished T19. We had him for a top
5:2020 plus 205. So that was very effective
5:25as well. Chan Kim and Kevin Roy. I liked
5:28them for top 20s and they missed the
5:30cut. Uh so we went 5050 on the finishing
5:33positions outrights. We took Ben James
5:37and Neil Shipley. They both finished
5:39tied 16th. So nice showings. Uh but it
5:42wasn't Andrew Novak and that was um you
5:46know unable to cash but nice to hit on
5:49the top 20s. So looking ahead to the
5:51worldwide technologies championship, we
5:54have, you know, I would say uh quite a
5:57few top 20s. I I've been finding a lot
6:02of success with them and the way that
6:04we've been going through and building
6:05these models, it's really showed a lot
6:07of value and I think the the value is
6:10really shown in the top 20 market. So
6:12we're going to put a little bigger
6:14emphasis on that. Um, I'm I've been
6:17getting frustrated with the matchups
6:18lately.
6:20I I've been much more effective with the
6:22finishing positions. So, we're going to
6:24lean into that a little more tonight.
6:25There are actually no matchups that I
6:28liked. Uh, so, but I have extra top 20
6:31finishing positions and a couple
6:32outrights that I think are really
6:34interesting and we're going to dive into
6:37all of that. Before we do, um, we have
6:41to take a look at the golf course, which
6:43I think is pretty interesting. So, I'm
6:45I'm going to go ahead and share my
6:47screen again here. Like I said, I don't
6:50have a notebook. Normally, I I like to
6:52summarize all of this data. Uh, and and
6:55I think that kind of gives us a a good
6:57idea of some notes to read through. I
6:59don't have that tonight, but these are
7:01the winners. This is just the
7:03spreadsheet. This is like the raw data
7:05that I have. And this is what the
7:08winners looked like entering the week.
7:09We also have what the winners did the
7:11week of. So Ben Griffin won this
7:13tournament last year at 29 under and he
7:16won by two. Austin Ecro won the year
7:19before at 24 under. He won by one. And
7:22Eric Vonroyan won at 27 under in a
7:27memorable finish. I believe he shot 29
7:29on the back nine, maybe 28. Uh but it
7:32was a 62 to close for him and he won by
7:35two. So, really impressive stuff from
7:37Eric Vonroyan. Now, the past couple of
7:39seasons, we haven't had any strokes gain
7:41data at this venue. Uh, but there were
7:44still a couple of things that I wanted
7:46to take a look at. That's why all this
7:47is blank because there's just no data.
7:50Um, but look at these guys making 30
7:53birdies. Um, really impressive. 27
7:56birdies and three Eagles for Vonroyan.
7:59And then uh Ben Griffin and um Austin
8:03Ecro made 30 birdies and they're making
8:06less than six bogeies. So really you
8:09really got to go low. Now this is a
8:14fascinating aspect right here. Look at
8:16the fairways these guys hit. 51 51 and
8:1952
8:22out of 54 fairways. That is remarkable.
8:25um you're not going to miss very many
8:28fairways and it almost almost eliminates
8:32driving. I I think there's a world where
8:34that really favors long shots and it
8:37favors distance.
8:39I I'm not leaning too heavy into the
8:42distance this week. I I do think it's
8:44something to pay attention to. I do
8:45think it's important. I think there are
8:48some other avenues where you can have a
8:49lot of success here. I I don't think
8:51distance is the most important thing.
8:54Um, but you can look at accuracy and
8:57throw it out the window because
8:58everybody is pounding fairways this
9:01week. Same with greens and regulation.
9:04You know, they're the Greens are over
9:058,000 square feet here um on the 7,400
9:08yard golf course. Everybody hit over 60
9:11greens. All three winners. 63 from Ben
9:14Griffin, 60 from Ecro, 62 from Eric
9:18Vonroyan. This is one of those places
9:20where you can take stroke scanned around
9:22the green and completely throw it out
9:25the window. You can just throw it right
9:27out the window. It doesn't mean
9:28anything. Uh and then when you see that
9:31number of greens of regulation, this is
9:32what it takes as far as putts. About 110
9:35putts, you know, 110 to 115 putts is
9:39going to get the job done when you're
9:40hitting 60 greens or more. Um it's at
9:43least going to get you into the mix. So
9:45that's pretty typical. Nothing really
9:48stands out there. This was just a there
9:51are a couple of really interesting
9:54statistics. This doesn't mean anything.
9:57Um, but all three winners finished the
10:00weekend with 6663.
10:04All three shot 66 in the third round.
10:06All three shot 63 in the final round. I
10:09said Eric Vonroy shot 62. He shot 63. So
10:13did Ben Griffin. So did Austin Ero. So,
10:17um I guess come Sunday you're going to
10:19have to shoot 63. That's just what it
10:21takes around here at El Cardonal. Um and
10:25this is of course a Tiger Woods venue.
10:28So, yeah, couple of couple of
10:30interesting things. Um I find it to be
10:32fascinating. Another anomaly here. Maybe
10:36all three winners were in a tie for
10:38fifth after round two. Exactly. Tie for
10:41fifth after round two. Just fascinating
10:44to me. Um, again, doesn't really mean
10:47anything. Maybe it's something to watch
10:49on Friday night. Uh, who's in that tie
10:52for fifth and that's probably going to
10:54be the guy to go 6663 over the weekend.
10:57Just an interesting tidbit. All right,
10:59let's take a look at what these guys
11:01looked like entering the week. Um, Ben
11:03Griffin was 12th in the world. Ecro was
11:0562nd in the world. Von Royan 193rd in
11:09the world. This was a really big
11:11comeback win for Von Royan. But um I
11:14would say they're all pretty solid
11:16players. Ben Griffin obviously last year
11:19was having an elite year. This was the
11:22week when he switched to a mallet putter
11:24and just kind of went crazy. Um but you
11:28know this is the these are not wild long
11:32shots. They're just um really good
11:35players. Pretty good drivers. Uh, all of
11:37them inside the top 81 in uh, strokes
11:41gained off the tee. All in the top 90 in
11:44driving distance. Again, it doesn't
11:46sound like a big deal. Top 90. Like, my
11:48goodness. This is why I I'm not using it
11:51as a reference point at all. Ben
11:55Griffin's not short by any means. You
11:57know that when you watch him play, but
11:59he's 73rd in driving distance last year
12:02coming in. It's a full season of uh you
12:05know, it's a full season of data. He
12:07hits it plenty far. He's just not the
12:09longest guy. Uh Austin Ecro, same thing.
12:12He's 88th in driving distance. He's long
12:14enough. That's all we're looking for
12:16here is long enough.
12:18I mentioned how driving accuracy just
12:21doesn't really mean anything. Um Ben
12:23Griffin was 105th, Von Royan was 131st,
12:27and Ecro was 19th. and you look at what
12:30they did for the week and it doesn't
12:31really make a huge difference.
12:33Everybody's hitting fairways this week.
12:35Um, so not a big deal. I I really don't
12:38think driving is much of a factor at
12:41all. While all these winners are decent
12:44drivers, I I just don't think it weighs
12:46into the model a single lick. Approach
12:50plays a different story. Ben Griffin was
12:5324th entering the week. Austin Ecro was
12:5627th and Von Royan was 95th which was
12:59one of his better statistical
13:02categories. So I do think iron play is
13:04an opportunity to really separate
13:06yourself kind of like we saw from Andrew
13:08Novak last week. Short game I mentioned
13:11it doesn't mean anything. Um it it lit
13:14it means nothing to me this week. You
13:16can out hit your short game. If you see
13:19a guy with a bad short game, don't be
13:22afraid. This is the week to utilize it.
13:25You're going to have to hit the ball
13:26well and you're going to have to putt
13:27well. But like we so often see,
13:30you know, what does putting matter? It
13:33matters a whole lot during the week. I'm
13:35not sure it means anything at all
13:37entering the week. So, we have some
13:39tactics, some techniques that we'll use
13:41to assess the putting, try to figure out
13:42who's going to putt well. Uh, but Ben
13:44Griffin was 18th and putted great. Um,
13:48Von Royan was 130th and Ekro was 132nd
13:51for the year coming into this
13:53tournament. So, and again, they all had
13:56very similar number of putts, hit very
13:58similar number of greens. It just
14:00doesn't doesn't really mean much. Uh,
14:03good T green players. 18th for Ben
14:05Griffin, 52nd for Ecro, 137th for Eric
14:09Vonroyan. Obviously, he um was just not
14:14playing great before coming in and
14:16striping it around this golf course.
14:19Proximities
14:21uh didn't really do much for me.
14:23Everything else is kind of the same
14:25story. We did see some pretty good
14:27recent form. Ben Griffin was coming off
14:29a second, tied 10th, tied 12th, tied
14:32ninth, tied 11th in his five previous
14:35starts. For Ecro, you had a couple of
14:37T46s, a tied 18th, and a tied sixth in
14:41his five previous starts. And even Von
14:44Royan, who again, he kind of stands out
14:46as the weaker player with all these
14:49previous stats. He finished tied 23rd in
14:51his previous start, tied 16th right
14:54before that, tied 30th right before
14:57that. So, he was having a decent fall
14:59and then to end the prior season, he
15:01missed a couple of cuts.
15:03Um, course history, Vonroyan obviously
15:06didn't have any. Uh, everybody else
15:09finished top 25. So Ben Griffin had a
15:12T-23 and a T-24. Ecro had a T-23 before
15:16their win here. So I I do think there's
15:19something to that. It's it's not the
15:21stickiest course. It's probably middle
15:22of the pack and quote unquote
15:25stickiness. Um but I I also am a little
15:29cautious with that because we've only
15:30had three events here. So I think
15:32there's a chance that course history
15:34starts to you know there's definitely a
15:37course type. Definitely a course type.
15:40You got to hit long approach shots
15:42close. Um, with big greens, big pass
15:45palum greens.
15:47That's kind of your key to success. So,
15:49we're going to spend a lot of the a lot
15:52of energy in the model trying to figure
15:55out who is going to play really well
15:57with their irons, uh, who's going to
15:59give themselves a lot of good looks for
16:01birdie and who has a good chance of
16:03having a spike putting week on these
16:05pass palum greens. All right, so let's
16:08get right into that. We'll we'll switch
16:10over here. I'll show you the model that
16:13uh that we've created and how we go
16:16about doing it. So, these are the
16:19players. This is kind of the total
16:21ranking. We'll walk through that in a
16:23little bit, but these are the metrics
16:24that I included. We have uh strokes
16:28approach over the last 24 rounds. It's
16:30weighted at 15%.
16:33Let's take a look at some of the leaders
16:34in that category. Oh, surprise surprise.
16:37There's Ben Goals. Chris Kirk second,
16:40Billy Horschel, Ryan Gerard, Trace Crow,
16:43uh you got Lucas Glover, Jackson Kovven,
16:46Ben James, Luke Clanton,
16:48and Tom Hogi is 10th in that category.
16:52There's Blades Brown, by the way, number
16:5411 in the approach category. Strokes
16:58game putting over the last 12 rounds.
17:00Again, that's a a a fairly small window
17:03that I like to use when it comes to
17:05putting. And there are more approach
17:08buckets and more putting buckets that
17:10are coming up in just a little bit in
17:12this model. Um, but here this is these
17:15are the best putters over the last 12
17:17rounds. Weighted at 10%. Sammy Valamaki,
17:20he came in tied second last year uh at
17:22this venue. Trace Crowe, Michael Kim,
17:25Vince Whley, AJ Uert, Adrienne Dumonte
17:28De Chesar, uh Alvo Ortiz, Garrick Higgo,
17:32there's Blades Brown again, and Sheamus
17:34Power, and there's Luke Clinton at
17:36number 11. Very interesting. Tita Green,
17:41you know, I did uh 10% last 36. So, what
17:45I did my adjustment for this week, I
17:48narrowed the Teta Green bucket a little
17:51bit. And because short game is so
17:55minuscule to me, I went to 10%. I
17:58normally do 15 or 20% for the TD Green
18:01play. Um I I took down the importance of
18:04that. I took down the weight of that a
18:06little bit. Uh just because I I think
18:10it's better you're better off looking at
18:11approach and off the tea. Um you know,
18:14ball striking is probably a better view.
18:17But tea green is so generally important.
18:19It does give us a good idea of who the
18:20best players are. So I included it to a
18:23smaller degree in a smaller window than
18:26normal. But you got Chris Ventura,
18:28Blades Brown, Jackson Kovven, Ben James,
18:32Ryan Gerard. Th right there, those are
18:34like your three favorites. Kven, James,
18:37Gerard, no surprise. You got Ben Kohl's,
18:40Austin Hit, who just won the Kornferryy
18:42Tour finals. Um he's their number seven
18:46in the TD Green performance. Jackson
18:48Suber, Marco Penge. He's going to be
18:52probably fairly popular this week. Um,
18:56he seems to fit the mold to a lot of
18:59people. I'm I'm not necessarily in a
19:01place where I trust him. Kevin Roy,
19:04number 10. I trusted him last week.
19:06Kevin Roy kind of let me down, but he
19:08does model out pretty well. I did
19:11strokes gain total over the last 24
19:13rounds um that at 15%. So this is maybe
19:18a little lower than normal but not much.
19:20Um pretty, you know, I I like to get a
19:22total idea who are the best players in
19:25this field. I did narrow this window.
19:29Okay, so I wanted some recent form. If
19:31you look at what we just went over with
19:33those winners, they all had they they
19:36were having a pretty good fall. You
19:37know, their last three events leading in
19:39were was pretty good for all three of
19:42them. So, I wanted to add some weight to
19:45recent form. And the best way to do that
19:47is strokes gain total, but I typically
19:50get a wide range of strokes gain total.
19:53And the adjustment I made in this was
19:56narrowing that. So, let's go 24 rounds.
19:59Okay, we're talking about the last six
20:01tournaments or so. Um, I'd be even
20:04comfortable going 12. I I think narrower
20:06is just better, but in this instance, I
20:09I found this to be the best at 24 last
20:1124 rounds. So, you got Ben James, Austin
20:15hit Blades Brown, Jackson Kovven, Alvaro
20:19Ortiz, Ben Kohl's, Ryan Gerard, Sheamus
20:22Power, Chris Kirk, and Neil Shipley.
20:26There's Marco Penge at number 11, and
20:28Michael Kim number 12. Uh, so pretty
20:32good there. We got a couple of um these
20:36are what's called distribution buckets.
20:38So, how often how often does someone
20:41gain two or more strokes approaching the
20:43green? This one I went with a really
20:45wide range. Did over the last hundred
20:47rounds, but it has a pretty small weight
20:50of just 5%. This is guys like Ben
20:53Kohl's, Ameliano Glo, uh Chris Kirk, Ben
20:57James, Zack Blair, Zack Bosshu, which by
21:00the way, um Ryan says in the comment,
21:03"I'm really, really high on Zack Bosshi
21:06this week." Me too, Ryan. I'm right
21:08there with you. I think Zack Bshu is set
21:10for a great week. This is a reason why
21:12this is an indicator that he's a very
21:15consistent iron player. you know, 17% of
21:19the time he's going to gain two or more
21:22strokes approaching the green with just
21:24his iron play goes a long way. You know,
21:27that's I mean, it's less than once every
21:29tournament, but it is relative to this
21:34field, it's sixth best in the field.
21:36Even Ben Kohl's and Ameliano Grio who
21:38are tied for first, Chris Kirk too, they
21:42do it less than once a tournament as
21:43well at just 21%. So, Zack Bshu is right
21:46there. Ryan Gerard, Lucas Glover, Paul
21:49Peterson, those guys are right there.
21:51Billy Horchel's number 10 as well at a
21:5415% clip. Now, when you go to three or
21:58more strokes,
22:00uh, same deal. Last 100, 5% weight. Now,
22:04you see this just doesn't happen very
22:06often. So, it's 8% for Luke Glover, who
22:09Lucas Glover who leads the way. Ben
22:11James at 6.1%.
22:14Uh Ryan Gerard, Ameliano Greo, Zack
22:17Blair. These guys are all right in that
22:19six six% range. David Skins, there's
22:23Sammy Valamaki again. Uh Ben Kohl's, no
22:26surprise. Carl Phillips,
22:29uh Keith Mitchell, they're all in that
22:315% range. You know, Johnny Kefir, Mark
22:34Hubard, they do it from time to time
22:37upon occasion. Um I I did a very similar
22:41thing with putting. I wanted to include
22:42some putting distribution. So this is
22:45last 100 rounds weighed at five. How
22:48often do guys gain two or more strokes
22:49putting
22:51Alvaro Ortiz leads the way. You got to
22:55be careful with that. Um not a lot of
22:57his rounds are PGA Tour rounds, but
23:01wonderful player nonetheless. Has played
23:03in the Masters. Michael Kim is number
23:06two and you got Rasmus Hoygard, AJ Ur,
23:09McKenzie Hughes, Bo Hustler, Peter
23:12Malnady, Sammy Valamaki, Harry Hall.
23:16These are kind of usual suspects. Maybe
23:17Sammy Valamaki is is not a guy I would
23:21expect to be there, but everybody else
23:22on this list is a great putter.
23:26Rasmosygard probably wouldn't expect him
23:28to be there either, and he's a number
23:29three 20% of the time. Now, how often do
23:33you go nuts, gain three or more strokes
23:35putting? This happens less often again.
23:38Michael Kim, top of the list. In his
23:41last 100 rounds, he does it 11% of the
23:44time. Gains three or more strokes in a
23:47round. Really impressive. Ryan Gerard's
23:49number two. That's impressive. There's
23:51Blades Brown at number five. My boy CBZ
23:55at number seven. Denny McCarthy, no
23:57surprise, he's at eight. Sammy Valamaki
24:00again there at number six.
24:03Um, all right. Then I got into
24:05opportunities. This is how often do you
24:07hit it inside of 15 feet?
24:1036 last 36 rounds weighted at at a five.
24:15Um, you got Ben Martin, John Perry.
24:18These are some really good iron players.
24:19Lucas Glover, Tom Hogy, Chris Kirk. It's
24:23different than strokes gained approach.
24:26Um, it doesn't care what your bad shot
24:28is. You know, it it doesn't matter if
24:31you hit it into the water. It doesn't
24:33matter if you shank it into the woods.
24:36It's just counting how often do you hit
24:38it inside of 15 ft. So, this is a this
24:41is a pretty good metric. I like the
24:43opportunities metric. Um, I like it as
24:45long as you have some strokes gain
24:48approach metrics in there as well, which
24:51we do with approach distribution and
24:54strokes gain approach in general.
24:57Um, strokes gain, pass palum. We have
25:00pass palum greens. Who are the best
25:02players? I did last 50 rounds for this
25:05and I weighed as at a 10. I think this
25:07is actually pretty important. Who are
25:09the best putters on this surface? We
25:12combine that with the guys who have been
25:14the best putters over the last 12 rounds
25:16and now we have a way to figure out who
25:19has the best chance of putting the best
25:21this one week. Sheamus Power top of the
25:24list. Love to see that. Ben Griffin
25:27number two.
25:29John Vanderland. Aldrick Pocket.
25:33I I don't I don't like the looks of
25:35Pocket other than this. Trace Crow. I'm
25:38very interested in Trace Crow. Davis
25:41Riley, Ben Silverman, he has my
25:43attention. Marty Doe, he's
25:47lingering around.
25:49You know, he never really catches my
25:50eye. He's lingering around. He He won't
25:53seem to go away. Pearson Cudy played
25:55great last week. Uh, also on past Palum
25:58Greens. Neil Shipley played pretty well.
26:00There's Sammy Valamaki again. There's
26:02Cristian Baziden again. So, you see
26:05there's some usual suspects.
26:08Um, I did strokes gain easy easy golf
26:11courses. Uh, last 36 rounds
26:15on easy golf courses. Um, weighted as a
26:19five. We don't need to go through these
26:21names, but Blades Brown top of the list.
26:24Um, Sheamus Power does pretty well.
26:26Keith Mitchell does pretty well. Um, but
26:28I didn't put a huge weight on that. I'm
26:31much more inclined to look at El
26:33Cardinell. So, this is the best course
26:35history here. I did the last 36 rounds.
26:38That's basically just going to
26:39incorporate every every round that has
26:42taken place here. I weighed this to a
26:4410. You got Sammy Valamaki, top of the
26:47list. Nick Dunlap, remember I said
26:50everybody hits fairways here. Uh could
26:53be a good thing for Nick Dunlap. Garrick
26:55Higgo, who by the way we have uh right
27:00here 17 Kuga. Love long shots. Higo,
27:03Lowour, Hustler, Ventura. This week we
27:06have seen some of those names. Now
27:08Garrick Higgo popping up here as well as
27:11a great course history guy. Jackson
27:13Suber, Patrick Rogers, Ben Griffin, no
27:18surprise uh as a winner here. Matt
27:21Cooer, Justin Lowour, Dylan Woo, Austin
27:24Ecro, there's Hustler, uh who you
27:27mentioned, he's number 11 on this list.
27:30Andrew Putnham has my interest as well,
27:32number 12. Um, you got Max Grazerman,
27:37there's Ben Silverman 15th, Taylor
27:39Pendrth. So, that's um that's how I went
27:42through and created this model. And then
27:45let's just look quickly up. So, this is
27:47the overall score. Uh, it's kind of like
27:50a leaderboard or power rankings. And the
27:53thing that I really like about this is,
27:56you know, we go through what the golf
27:58course looks like, right? What what is
28:00important on the golf course. We make
28:03adjustments to our base model. The base
28:05model is we got to have some approach in
28:07there. We got to have recent putting. We
28:09got to have recent form. We use strokes
28:11gain total for that. TA green such a
28:14great predictor. That's always going to
28:16be in there. Um course history is going
28:18to be in there all the time. And then
28:20are there little adjustments? Are we
28:22looking for spike putters? We looking
28:23for a specific surface? Uh spike
28:26approach players? All those kind of
28:28things we can weave into the model as
28:30well. and we come out with the total
28:32score. And here's the cool thing about
28:35the total score is right next to it I
28:38have um their salary. And this is their
28:42DraftKing salary. So, it's a great tool
28:44for making lineups. It's actually what
28:46this is built for. But I I think it also
28:49really, you know, it can point you in
28:52the right direction for value in the
28:54odds boards as well. Um, like this is
28:58not the same list as the the favorites.
29:02Of course, Ben James is number one.
29:04Okay, Blades Brown's number two. Those
29:06guys are, you know, they're heavy
29:09hitters in this field. Uh, they're
29:11expected to do well. They're both in the
29:13$9,000 range on DraftKings. There's a
29:16couple of 10K guys. Ryan Gerard, number
29:18nine in the model. He's at 10,200.
29:21Um Jackson Kovven at 10,400 the most
29:25expensive player he's number three in
29:28the model. Um so you know it would tell
29:31you Blades Brown may be a better value
29:33this week than Jackson Kovven maybe. But
29:37when you're dealing with margins this
29:40close
29:41I'm going to still go through and do
29:43normal analysis. I'm not really
29:46concerned that Blades Brown is two,
29:48Jackson Quin is three. That means their
29:50model likes them. That's all it is. And
29:52it's no surprise to see these favorites
29:54in here. But what was really interesting
29:57to me is, okay, Sheamus Powers number
29:59four, he's 8,100. Sammy Valamaki number
30:03five, he's 7700. Christian Bazidenho
30:067,900 is number six. That has my
30:10attention. I'm really going to pay
30:11attention and look into that. Alvaro
30:14Ortiz is number eight in the model. He's
30:16at 7,200.
30:19Again, I've double checked that. I'm I'm
30:21not overly interested in it at that
30:23point. Um, yes, he can play. Doesn't
30:26really have my attention.
30:29There's Gerard at he's top 10 in the
30:31model. Obviously,
30:33right there belongs there. Ben Griffin
30:36at 11. You got your usual suspects. Ben
30:39Kohl's always models out well. 12th in
30:42the model is actually disappointing for
30:44Ben Kohl's, but I I still think you can
30:46ride that horse. I I wouldn't bet him to
30:48win, but he fits the bill. Trace Crow at
30:52number 13 here really has my attention.
30:56I am a huge fan of what Trace Crow has
30:59going on. And at 7,700, I I you know,
31:02there's a lot of good value on him.
31:04There's good value on him all over the
31:06markets. So, I like Trace Crow. Harry
31:08Hall at 17 catches my attention. Ben
31:11Silverman at 16. He's a $6,000 guy.
31:15Okay, he's really going to catch my
31:16attention. Love what I'm seeing out of
31:19Ben Silverman. We'll talk about him in a
31:20little bit. Um Luke Clanton at 7400,
31:27number 20 in the model. We got to talk
31:30about him because I think this could be
31:32a smash spot for him. Really excited
31:35about that one. Um, so as I do this, you
31:38know, I I I look down to like uh Neil
31:41Shipley.
31:43Then if you can hear that, I apologize.
31:47Sounds like a smoke alarm. I think it's
31:48my neighbors.
31:51I don't think that's going on in my
31:52house. Hopefully everything's okay over
31:55there. Anyway, I digress. Neil Shipley,
31:59number 25 in the model. Um, really good
32:03value on him. Zack Bosshu 26 in the
32:06model. Uh Ryan, I really like him, too.
32:10Um let's see. Mackenzie Hughes played
32:12great last week. He's there at number
32:1429. Zack Blair's at 28. This isn't the
32:17spot for him. I don't like this golf
32:20course for him. I didn't like last
32:21week's golf course for him either. This
32:23just isn't the spot for him. So, you
32:25know, that's basically what the model
32:27look. Look, here's Keith Mitchell at 33.
32:29He's at 9600. That's kind of
32:31questionable value. the model's okay on
32:34him. I I think his advantage kind of
32:37gets taken away here. Uh but you got a
32:40Hayden Springer at 6,900 or Justin
32:42Lowour at 6,800. They're much more
32:45attractive than Keith Mitchell at 96 and
32:48they're they're rated in the model
32:50pretty close together. Um so that that's
32:53basically what we're looking at here. Um
32:55but I want to get through and pick some
32:57of these guys out. Look,
33:00Ben James, Blades Brown, Jackson Kovven.
33:03Uh, these are the top three guys in the
33:07model. I'm fine with all of them. You
33:10want to You have a good feeling on any
33:12of them in and outright. Uh, I prefer
33:16Ben James and Jackson Quinn as winners
33:19uh over Blades Brown. Blades Brown's in
33:22a tough place with odds, but I think
33:25he's a great value in DFS.
33:27You know, I don't I don't like the top
33:2920 market for Blades Brown. I don't like
33:32the outright market for Blades Brown
33:34either, but he's very solid player. I
33:37think the best place to play him is in
33:38DFS, and he he would make sense to me
33:41there, depending on ownership, of
33:44course. Um, but there's a lot of other
33:47value here. So, we're going to get into
33:48it. Again, I don't have an official card
33:51here, but we're going to go through and
33:52look at some of these profiles because a
33:54lot of these are really useful. I want
33:58to start with outrights, and I'm going
34:00to go right to Luke Clanton. Okay, Luke
34:04Clanton is at 69 to1, 7,400 on
34:09DraftKings. Okay, now I want to take a
34:13look at the overview for him first. I
34:17love this page right here. This is like
34:18the Madden rating. So, he's pretty long
34:21off the tee, decently accurate, hits a
34:24lot of greens.
34:27Maybe strokes gained off the tea. He
34:29struggles, right? He's only a 37 there,
34:31which is peculiar given these distance
34:34and accuracy are much better. That means
34:36he's taken penalty shots.
34:39Not really a factor this week. So, this
34:42is a red mark. This is a bad mark that
34:44I'm not worried about at all. stroke
34:46game approach. I'm very worried about
34:48that. It's his best category, his best
34:50area, an 83. We'll call him the Madden
34:54rankings. He's an 83 in approach play
34:57around the green. That's his worst
34:59category.
35:01He could hit 65 greens this week for all
35:04I know. Um could easily hit over 60
35:07greens, which means he's only going to
35:09miss 12, which means I'm not worried
35:11about his short game. putting. I'm very
35:15interested in putting. Don't necessarily
35:18care about year-long putting statistics.
35:21Uh I care about recent ones. So, he's a
35:2427 in putting. It looks like a weakness.
35:27It's something we got to investigate
35:28further. He's fine. TA Green kind of get
35:32the total aspect here. He can make
35:34birdies um kind of average in that
35:37category. But the strengths are approach
35:39play distance. It's kind of the
35:42strength. Green's a regulation. These
35:44are the strengths which I like. I I want
35:47those things this week. The weaknesses
35:49around the green I do not care about and
35:52putting I do care about. So that's what
35:55we got to take a deeper look at. So now
35:58let's go over here to results
36:00and see how Mr. Clanton has been
36:03playing. T-29 last week in Mexico, T11
36:08in Bermuda, T7 in Utah, and he did miss
36:13the cut at the Builtmore, but three
36:15really good starts in the fall. And his
36:18approach play has been good at times.
36:22There's at least been a spike. I mean,
36:24in Utah, he gained over eight strokes
36:26approaching the green. Had a good week
36:28in Bermuda as well. Wasn't great last
36:31week. But here's the thing. This is why
36:34Luke Clanton is on my outright card.
36:37Last three events putting, he's gained
36:39over two and a half strokes. Um, and he
36:42putted well, gained three and a half
36:44strokes at the Rocket Classic as well.
36:47So, um, but that was such a long time
36:49ago, but really this fall he's played
36:52four events and he's gained over two and
36:54a half strokes in three of them. So,
36:56this is a guy that is taking one of the
36:58weaknesses and it's trending in the
37:01right direction in a big way. Another
37:03weakness is irrelevant and the strengths
37:07are looking great. Everything looks
37:10really strong to me. Take a look at his
37:13course history. He's only played here
37:14once. It was last year. He finished tied
37:1746th. Um, I'm I'm fine with that. I'd
37:21like that to be a little better, but I'm
37:23at at 69 to1. I'm fine with it. Uh, so I
37:28love what we're seeing out of Luke
37:30Clanton. I I think he's a very smart
37:32outright, you know, very worth the risk,
37:35I should say, when it comes to an
37:37outright market.
37:40Harry Hall is next. Uh, he's at 31 to1,
37:44which is kind of in the range we've seen
37:46a lot of winners lately. Um, I I like
37:48this I I like this mark. I like this
37:51number. Uh, so we're getting taking a
37:54look at the overview here. We'll go into
37:57the same category.
37:59Distance is fine with Harry Hall. This
38:02may be a concern. He struggles with
38:04greens of regulation. Um, struggles with
38:07accuracy. I'm not worried about approach
38:10plays above average. His short game's a
38:13strength and I don't really care.
38:15Although maybe it's more valuable for
38:17him because he misses greens. But I
38:18think this green and regulation number
38:20is going to go way up because the greens
38:22are huge here. But we got to look at his
38:24approach play cuz it's average. He
38:26misses a lot of greens.
38:29Um but his putting is a strength as well
38:31which is which is a good thing.
38:33Everything else is pretty much above
38:35average. Driving accuracy is below
38:37average. Greens of regulation below
38:39average. Strokes gain off the tea below
38:42average for Harry Hall. Huge fairways.
38:45Not worried about the driving accuracy.
38:47Huge greens. Not worried about the
38:50greens in regulation. Great short game.
38:52Great putting in above average approach.
38:55This works for me. Let's look at what
38:58he's done recently. Okay, remember
39:01average approach play. Yet he's gained
39:05strokes approaching the green a lot
39:08since the Windom Championship.
39:11One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
39:15straight events. Harry Hall's gain
39:18strokes approaching the green. Yes, some
39:20of them, three of them were on the U DP
39:24World Tour, but you got a T-23 last week
39:27in Mexico, T13 in Utah. Uh, European
39:31Masters, he finished third. There's some
39:34really good starts here for Harry Hall.
39:37And as you already know, he's a great
39:40putter as well. Gained five and a half
39:42strokes last week. Uh basically gained
39:46strokes putting very frequently. Maybe
39:49had a couple of difficult stretches uh
39:52in Europe, but for the most part, he's a
39:55great putter and is capable of picking
39:58up five, six, seven strokes putting for
40:00a week. So really like what I'm seeing
40:02out of Harry Hall and I think he it
40:04makes him a outright candidate because
40:09he has a lot of he has spike
40:10capabilities with iron play and spike
40:13capabilities with putting. I I think it
40:16really works. Let's just check his
40:18course history. Um so this Ed elk he has
40:21a T14 in 2024, missed the cut in 2023.
40:27Um, but really strong performance the
40:29last time he played. Uh, so yep. Love
40:33what I'm seeing out of Harry Hall. So I
40:35I like Clanton and I like Hall as
40:38outright
40:40top 20s. Uh, I like Luke Clanton as
40:43well. He's at plus 220. So I have
40:46Clanton in two places because I I do
40:49think there's a really strong
40:50possibility that he plays well and is
40:53not ready to win. I still at at that
40:56number at 69 to1 I think it's worth
40:59taking a shot. It's worth him getting
41:01onto the grid. Um but um I also I think
41:07there's good reason to include him in in
41:09the top 20 market especially at plus
41:11220. So we got Luke figured out. Big fan
41:16of him this week. Let's take a look at
41:19Ben Silverman.
41:22All right. Ben Silverman rated out
41:24pretty well in our model as well. Uh
41:27where was he exactly? He was somewhere
41:29around the 17 mark.
41:3416. Ben Silverman was 16th. So let's
41:37look at the overview for him. Driving
41:41distance is a weakness. Okay. I don't
41:44necessarily like that. Very accurate. I
41:47don't care. Greens of regulation very
41:49good. Um, it will be this week as well.
41:53Everything else is above average for
41:54him. Putting is a strength and and like
41:58I said, everything else above average.
42:00So, the big weakness for Ben Silverman
42:02is distance. I don't think that's that
42:05big of a deal. Let's take a look at his
42:07results. See what we get this week. Um,
42:10see what we have coming in here. Vidanta
42:13World big golf course, wide fairways. He
42:16averaged 300 yards off the tea, finished
42:18tied 19th. Bermuda, small golf course.
42:22Uh, distance definitely not a factor
42:24there. He finished tied third. Utah
42:27missed the cut. Builtmore tied 43rd. So,
42:30it's been a solid fall for Ben
42:32Silverman. And I really like what I'm
42:34seeing with his approach play. Uh, gain
42:37he's gained over three strokes
42:38approaching the green in three of his
42:41last four starts, which is all of the
42:43fall events. And in Bermuda, he picked
42:46up six strokes approaching the green.
42:48But even on a bigger golf course like
42:50last week at Vidanta World, um he's
42:53still able to pick up three strokes.
42:55Now, the weakness for him would be the
42:57putting. Uh it just hasn't been great
42:59this fall and and he's still able to put
43:02up a top five finish while losing
43:04strokes putting. I think that's a really
43:06good sign and it it gives me hope that
43:10Ben Silverman could potentially pop. You
43:13know, maybe on on second thought, maybe
43:15at 92 to1, he should have been uh an
43:18outright card for me, but I got him here
43:20at plus 260 for a top 20. Uh and I
43:25believe he's played pretty well here,
43:26too. Yes, one start at El Cardinal T-21.
43:31That was last year, 2025. So, um I think
43:35the golf course can work for him as
43:37well.
43:39Let's move on to one of my favorites.
43:43One of the favorites in the model. This
43:45is Trace Crow. Trace Crow is 58 to1 to
43:49win. Uh but I like him in the top 20
43:53market at plus 200. Um very good at just
43:57about everything for Trace Crow. Uh he's
44:01long. He's
44:04below average in accuracy. Again, don't
44:06care about that. hits a lot of greens.
44:10Um, a good 80 approach player. Very
44:13good. Terrible short game. Biggest
44:16weakness. Again, like I said, I don't
44:18care about that one lick. Uh, very good
44:21putter,
44:22very good at everything else. And look
44:24at this. He's in the 100th percentile
44:26and birdie or better percentage.
44:28I mean, I didn't really factor that into
44:30the model and I don't think it's really
44:34worth doing, which is a story for a
44:37different day. But I don't hate seeing
44:39that. I I like seeing a guy that makes a
44:41lot of birdies. Um, and so that's a nice
44:44thing to check off the list. Let's see
44:46how old Trace Crow has been playing this
44:48fall. Uh, Asheville T24,
44:52Utah T3, Bermuda T34, Vidantto World
44:56last week T11. Look at the approach
44:59play. Gained 10 strokes approaching the
45:01green in Utah. Picked up another five
45:04last week. gained strokes in every
45:06single event. Putting has also been
45:09sensational. Uh, seven strokes putting
45:12last week, five the week before that in
45:14Bermuda, gained strokes putting every
45:17single week this fall. Uh, these metrics
45:20look great for Trace Crow. And he has
45:24one start here, which was two years ago,
45:272024, and he withdrew. Um,
45:31don't love that. Don't love that. But it
45:34is a factor in the model and it's a it's
45:38actually a pretty big factor in the
45:39model and he still rates out pretty well
45:42where uh Trace Crow is number 13 in my
45:47model which includes that course
45:49history. So I I really like what I'm
45:51seeing out of Trace Crow top 20 for him
45:53plus 200.
45:55All right, let's move on to Michael Kim.
45:59This one just feels he's at plus 148 for
46:02a top 20. I'm pretty high on Michael Kim
46:06as well. We'll take a look at the
46:08overview here just to get a general
46:10sense. Things he struggles in accuracy,
46:14greens of regulation, strokes gained off
46:16the tea. Those things are all going to
46:18get a bump this week. What's interesting
46:21is the greens of regulation are very
46:23low. Strokes gain approach much better.
46:26It's a signal to me that he's rather
46:28aggressive and he likes to hit it close.
46:31Um, generally that's very similar to
46:33Harry Hall. They're aggressive iron
46:35players. Um, everything else pretty much
46:38average except putting which is very
46:40good for Michael Kim. Uh, he's a 92 in
46:44the Madden ratings. So, I love to see
46:46that. Let's take a look at the results
46:48page for Michael Kim. T7 at the Bay
46:52Current and a T7 at the uh FedEx Open
46:56Def France and he also played in
46:58Asheville where he finished tied 24th.
47:00So, three starts in the fall, two on the
47:03PGA Tour, all three top 25 finishes and
47:07he's available at plus 148 for a top 20.
47:10I I think ultimately Michael Kim is just
47:12a very talented player and a very good
47:17player in this field who's
47:20not quite priced there. 38 to1. I mean,
47:23I guess that's probably pretty fair.
47:25It's probably pretty darn fair. Uh but I
47:28like it for a top 20 quite a bit.
47:31Putting has been great. Um picked up
47:33over three strokes putting in all of
47:35these events in the fall. that picked up
47:38strokes approaching the green in two out
47:40of the three so far this fall. Bay
47:43current being the only one where he lost
47:45over in Japan. I think we see a better
47:47performance from him this week in
47:49Mexico. So, I like Michael Kim there.
47:52Last but not least is Cristian
47:54Bazidenhout.
47:55Uh CBZ, I want to go back to the well
47:58here. Um, last week CBZ really rated out
48:03well in long on long golf courses, which
48:07caught my attention cuz he's a short
48:10hitter as you're going to see here.
48:12Driving distance, he's a 34, right? He's
48:15a very accurate, but he loses strokes
48:17off the tea. But I know that he can
48:20handle long golf courses, so I'm I'm not
48:22overly concerned about that. Then look
48:25at everything else. Strokes gain
48:27approach 85 around the green I don't
48:29care but 96 putting in 93 ta green 76
48:34total 88 birdie or better percentage 78
48:38you don't think of Christian Bazidenhow
48:40as a birdie maker but he is so I see a
48:44lot of these ratings just in general
48:46being very high he's a very good player
48:49with essentially one weakness and it's
48:52distance but he plays really well on
48:55long golf courses
48:56Um, so I'm all in on that. It's It's
48:59boring. It's not exciting, but it works
49:02here. It works in a big way. Look at the
49:05finishes in the fall. Um, he did play
49:08the Builtmore and he missed the cut.
49:11Then he went to the President's Cup and
49:13I think he performed pretty well,
49:15although they lost. Then T32 in Utah,
49:19T17 at the Bay Current, T19 at Vidanta
49:23World. Uh I think he's going to make it
49:25three in a row here uh at the Worldwide
49:28Technologies Championship. Gained
49:30strokes approaching the green in his
49:32last three uh and gained significant
49:35strokes putting in two out of his last
49:36three as well. Six gained six strokes
49:39putting at the Bay current and over
49:42three and a half at the uh Bank of Utah
49:45Championship. So the putting's good, the
49:48approach play is good. We know he plays
49:50well on long golf courses.
49:54We don't quite get the odds we did last
49:56week where we had him at plus 205. This
49:58time we get him at plus 160, but I'm
50:00still going back to the well.
50:02Absolutely. Going back to the well on
50:04CBZ. Let's just check one more thing.
50:06We'll look at his course history. Um,
50:09and he played here
50:122021. That's not even here. Not even
50:15here. So, no no history at uh El
50:18Cardinal. El Camilleani finished tied
50:2115th.
50:23Not going to do us any good this week
50:26though. But yep, love the fit. Love the
50:28fit for CBZ. Uh so that's all we have
50:32for you here uh today as far as those
50:34players are concerned. We'll just recap
50:36them quickly. I like Luke Clanton and
50:39Harry Hall uh as outrights. 6,900 for uh
50:43I'm sorry, 69 to1 for Clanton, 31 to1
50:46for Harry Hall. Um, those are solid
50:49outrights to me. We got Ben Silverman at
50:53plus 260 for a top 20. Luke Clanton at
50:56plus 220 for a top 20. Trace Crow plus
50:59200 for a top 20. Michael Kim and
51:02Cristian Bazidenhout plus 148 plus 160
51:06for a top 20 as well. We'll keep track
51:08of those throughout the week. It's
51:11really who my model liked and who I
51:13picked out even diving in uh a little
51:16further from that. So again, really
51:20interesting stuff. I can't wait to see
51:21how how the um new model continues to
51:25perform. Of course, it changes week in
51:27and week out, but it's been very helpful
51:29in identifying these kind of guys that
51:32hit those top 20 markets regularly. Um
51:35very effective in finding value plays in
51:38DFS.
51:40and it's
51:42moderately effective in picking out
51:44rights. I think that's it's the least
51:46effective in that. Um but it can
51:48definitely pick some value plays in
51:51other markets which I think is the
51:53primary purpose. And um I think that's
51:56ultimately the best form of analysis.
51:58It's one thing if you could pick an
52:00outright. There's a lot of luck involved
52:02in that. Um, when you can really hammer
52:05these guys that you just know are going
52:06to play well, that should play well and
52:08do, that's a that's a good way to make
52:12an investment and it's a good way for me
52:14to analyze it as well because I need the
52:16stats to back it up. You know, I don't
52:18want to be just drawing names out of a
52:20hat and hoping that it works. So, you
52:23know, I want to have some really serious
52:25analysis like we do here. And I think
52:28the model's a really helpful tool for
52:30that. If you want to continue to get
52:32that serious in-depth analysis, player
52:35analysis like this, we're doing it each
52:37and every week right here on the second
52:39cut. We'll also have round recaps for
52:41you, tournament recaps as well on
52:44Sundays, um, which we're going to
52:46continue to do throughout the fall. This
52:49Friday is a little up in the air. I'm
52:51not sure. I have a uh, my son has a
52:53hockey tournament. I'll be in a hotel
52:55and I don't know yet if I'm going to be
52:57able to do anything on Friday. Sunday at
52:59some point I will. Uh so we'll at the
53:02very least have a Sunday recap for you
53:05which I'm really looking forward to. Um
53:07this is your preview for the Worldwide
53:12Technologies Championship at El
53:14Cardonal. Uh really looking forward to
53:16this Tiger Woods design, seeing who can
53:19go out there and make a ton of birdies
53:22this week. Hopefully we picked all the
53:23right guys. Hey, I'm Greg Ducharm.
53:26Thanks so much for watching us here on
53:27the second cut. Until next time, let's

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