Sleeper Picks
The new PGA Tour season is upon us and this will be a jam packed year with 50 events on the schedule most of them to be played in 2021. There are 6 majors in total and for all types of fantasy golf players there will be non-stop golf to watch.
Although I have shifted much of my fantasy golf to DFS playing mostly at DraftKings and FanDuel, I still have two year long fantasy golf leagues that I have been in for years and with every start to a new PGA Tour season I have to look at what guys underperformed the previous year and now would be considered sleeper picks for my fantasy golf league for the year.
- 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational Sleeper Picks Sam Burns - Came close a couple of weeks ago at the Genesis Invitational to picking up his first career PGA Tour victory. He led until Sunday but fell to 3rd place when others outplayed him.
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This year is a bit different because I always include new PGA Tour card rookies into my sleeper picks. I have made some nice teams with rookies that graduate from the Korn Ferry Tour including last year with Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler and the previous year with Sungjae Im. Unfortunately this year the Korn Ferry 25 who qualified for a card don’t get to play on the PGA Tour except for a few tournaments and some sponsor exemptions because with Covid, many of the tour players from last year were affected so this year they got to keep their card and thus the rookies got put behind the top 150 money earners from last season.
The rookies get to return to the Korn Ferry Tour and play for next year and some alternate events however if any player wins 3 tournaments on the Korn Ferry Tour, they will get bumped up to PGA Tour status.
Regardless, I will only focus my sleeper picks on guys that were on the tour last year, have their card but underperformed in their money earnings and will be a great pick up for a yearlong fantasy golf team.
Many of the names below aren’t sleeper picks in the real sense of the word as they are still some of the better golfers in the world but because of the circumstances picking them will help you win your full season golf league
Top 2021 PGA Tour Sleeper Picks
Justin Rose
Justin Rose was bad last year Covid, or no Covid but Justin Rose isn’t this bad yet I don’t think. He is a major champion and still ranked in the Top 20 in the world as this is being written so he will get to enter all the majors and the WGC tournaments which are all the big money prize events. Rose may not be able to compete with some of the other big names on Tour but he will get back to respectability in 2021 and make more than the sub $1 Million he made last year.
Brooks Koepka
Koepka became a bigger sleeper pick for 2021 when he announced that he is skipping the first of the two US Open’s on the schedule to heal up some of his injuries. That is a bit concerning for a guy to skip a major but given how hard the Winged Foot course was going to be it may make some sense to skip it. Koepka is still a great golfer and like Rose will be in all the big events so him winning more than he did last year is almost a lock…if he is healthy enough to play this year.
Tommy Fleetwood
Fleetwood was about to start playing the big PGA Tour events when Covid hit and when golf started up again Fleetwood took his time returning from the UK and then had to quarantine for a couple of weeks. By the time all that was done, his season never really got on track. Listen, Fleetwood is a good young golfer and will one day win a major and many had predicted that he was poised for a breakthrough last year…so bank on the breakthrough to happen in 2021 instead.
Sam Burns
If you truly want a sleeper pick for the 2020-2021 PGA Tour season then look at Burns. Formerly an NCAA player of the year, Burns has been on Tour for a couple of years with so-so results. At this point in his career he will either make a jump to the next level or fight to keep his card in the future. I am banking on him playing in as many events as he can to get a more comfortable footing on the money standings by the end of the year and with more events played come more chances for a win.
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Doc Redman
Redman has some decent showings in the second half of last season and makes me think that he could make the step up this year. For a season long fantasy golf league he is worth it to take a flier on in hopes that he plays in enough weaker field events that he has some big finishes or even a win.
Maverick McNealy
McNealy seems to have been around forever and yet he only had his first full season last year. He qualified at 18 into the 2014 US Open and had played in the odd event since but in his first full PGA season he had three Top 10’s and was OK. This kid has some talent and could make a jump this year to another level.
After a wild week at The Concession, the PGA Tour pushes northeast about 110 miles and zeros in on Bay Hill. The stunning par-72 layout is a tremendous test of golf, one that Tiger conquered eight times between 2000-2013. Then again, if Matt Every can win here in back-to-back years, it’s safe to say that anything can happen at Arnie’s Place.
After sifting through odds at a bunch of different sites, I’ve got a four-pack of Arnold Palmer Invitational sleeper picks in mind.
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Jason Day and Marc Leishman are getting a fair amount of attention this week, but I’ve got my eye on another man from Down Under. Cameron Davis has quietly connected on 13 of his last 14 cuts and has already posted a 3rd and a 6th this season.
It’s worth noting that the recently turned 26-year-old is making his debut in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but he did finish 8th at the 2020 Honda Classic (the last time he played a golf tournament in the state of Florida).
Among the 123 teeing it up at Bay Hill, Davis sits 3rd in SG: Tee-to-Green in 2021, behind only Viktor Hovland and Paul Casey. Once Cameron’s putter heats up, a W figures to be imminent.
Lanto Griffin +10000
Thanks to a 7th-26th-22nd stretch over his last three starts, Lanto Griffin strolls into Orlando with plenty of positive vibes. The 2019 Houston Open winner has a solid all-around game, as evidenced by finishing 18th in last year’s FedEx Cup standings.
What captivates me about Lanto as one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational sleepers are the productive starts he’s gotten off to in each of his six starts in 2021.
| Lanto Griffin – First Round Scores in 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tournament | First Round Score | To Par |
| Sentry Tournament of Champions | 71 | -2 |
| Sony Open | 68 | -2 |
| The American Express | 69 | -3 |
| Farmers Insurance Open | 66 | -6 |
| The Genesis Invitational | 69 | -2 |
| WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | 70 | -2 |
Hanging out at +1000 at BetOnline, investing a few shares in Griffin isn’t the worst idea.
One of the streakiest players on tour could be on the verge of hitting his stride. 67-69 over the weekend at The Concession included 11 birdies and an eagle, but there’s more to be excited about when you study Brendon Todd’s scorecards from last week.
Todd makes his hay by hitting fairways and holing putts; when he’s on, he can be tough to beat. Right on cue, Brendon clocked in 2nd in driving accuracy at the WGC-Workday Championship (hit 89.29% of fairways) and finished 6th in SG: Putting.
Going back to January 1st, Todd leads this field in SG: Around-the-Green and ranks second in putts per GIR. 18th at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Keith Mitchell +17500
Forget about Keith Mitchell’s three missed cuts in a row heading into the API. Mitchell has never fared well on the West Coast during his career, but he flips a switch anytime he lands in the Sunshine State.
Case in point – the winner of the 2019 Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens finished 6th here in 2019 and 5th in 2020. Set to make his third appearance at Bay Hill, +17500 odds are awfully intriguing for this boom or bust play. Especially when you consider that Keith is lurking at +12000 at some of the other top golf betting sites.
Are you on board with any of these sleeper picks for the Arnold Palmer Invitational?
For a deeper dive into this week’s venue, this guide to Bay Hill Club and Lodge details what the players will face. Those expecting a flurry of birdies and thinking someone will get to 20-under-par try again.
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Just four players broke par in 2020; only one man broke 70 during the final round (Matthew Fitzpatrick, 69). Tyrrell Hatton shot 73-74 over the weekend and won, becoming the first player on the PGA Tour to shoot over-par in the third and fourth rounds and go on to win since Geoff Ogilvy at the 2006 US Open (72-72).
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Now that you’ve got few longshots to latch onto, it’s time to get acquainted with my best bets for the API.