PGA DFS: Projections, Optimizer and Course Fit
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Golf is a variance sport, so build for it
A golf slate has no defence, no game script and no minutes. What it has instead is an enormous spread of outcomes: the best player in the field wins a given week only a small fraction of the time. That makes golf the sport where a projection is least able to tell you what will happen and most able to tell you what is priced wrong.
The practical consequence is that ownership and cut risk matter more than the top of the projection. A golfer who misses the cut scores almost nothing for two of the four days, so floor in golf is mostly the probability of playing the weekend at all.
What each golf tool is for
Strokes gained is the base skill measure, split by tee to green and putting, because those two decay at very different rates. Course history and course fit ask whether that skill set matches the specific test this week, which matters more at courses with an unusual profile than at a standard setup.
The projections fold in a sportsbook prior, so the model is anchored to the market rather than disagreeing with it for no reason. Weather matters through the tee time draw, because an early and late wave can play in genuinely different conditions.
Frequently asked questions
Are the PGA DFS tools free?
Yes. Every golf tool on this page is free to use, and the whole golf pipeline is built on free data sources.
What is strokes gained?
A measure of how many strokes a player gains or loses against the field baseline, split by part of the game. Tee to green is the more stable half and putting is the noisier half, so they should not be weighted equally.
Does course history actually predict anything?
Weakly on its own, because the sample per player per course is small. It is more useful as a check on course fit, which asks whether a player's skill profile matches what the course asks for.
How much does weather matter in golf DFS?
Mostly through the draw. When one wave plays in calm conditions and the other plays in wind, the difference can be larger than the skill gap between the golfers you are choosing between.