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Tournament & Field 🏆

Following a decisive win by the Americans in the Presidents Cup (hell yeah, USA!), the FedEx Cup Fall Series resumes with the PGA Tour traveling down south to The Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi for the Sanderson Farms Championship. As we can typically expect in many of these Fall Series events, the field strength is going to be on the weaker side. Only 28 players inside the top 100 of the current Official Golf World Rankings will be in attendance this week with Nick Dunlap (OWGR No. 38) being the highest-ranked golfer in the field. Even without any significant star power on site, this is still a great time of year to get familiarized with some of the lesser-known PGA talent as it can certainly help further down the road! There is plenty at stake for golfers during this time of year with the PGA futures for many players on the line, so these guys should be going all out during these FEC Fall Series events. The field is set at 132 players and the standard cut rule is back in play – the top 65 golfers (including ties) after two rounds will move on to play the weekend. Best of luck!

The Course Preview ⛳

Country Club of Jackson

Par 72 | 7,461 Yards

Greens: Champion Bermudagrass

First Tee & DFS Lineup Lock: Thursday, October 3rd at 8:05 am ET

Course Difficulty L5 Years: 29th, 35th, 43rd, 31st, 26th

Winners L5 Years

2023: Luke List -18

2022: Mackenzie Hughes -17

2021: Sam Burns -22

2020: Sergio Garcia -19

2019: Sebastian Munoz -18

The Country Club of Jackson is a traditional Par 72 setup that features four Par 3s, four Par 5s, and ten Par 4s. This has been the host course for the Sanderson Farms Championship every year since 2014, so there is some strong, reliable course history to go off of with many of this week’s golfers. The course itself is not overly difficult and a winning score ranging from 16 to 22-under has been achieved every year since 2014.

The mostly tree-lined fairways are about average in width but can feature tight landing zones which are protected by strategically placed bunkers on many holes. As a result, that will require reasonably solid accuracy off of the tee, as the rough here can be a bit penalizing. However, I will say bombers can find success here as well. If guys miss fairways but can routinely hit it 310+ yards and use a wedge out of the rough as they make their shorter approach shots, then that sort of “bomb and gouge” play style can certainly pan out favorably. The green complexes are elevated and fairly wide open, but they do possess a bit of slope and undulation while being protected by bunkers and numerous water hazards. Missing the greens on approach shots can create difficult up-and-downs. The greens themselves are made up of Bermuda grass and will run somewhat fast (around 12 on the stimpmeter), but they should also run pure and carry consistent putting lines. Overall, accurate ball strikers who don’t miss a ton of fairways OR bombers with solid wedge play will reign supreme so long as their putter doesn’t completely fail them. Since this is a Par 72 course, a little extra emphasis should go toward some Par 5 scoring metrics as well.

Weather & Tee Times ⛅

Thursday: Sustained winds only around 5 mph all day with the occasional 10-15 mph gust in the late morning. Sunny and no chance of rain.

Friday: Winds pick up a hair, compared to Thursday, but sustained speeds should stay under 10 mph all day. The morning hours will feature some 10-15 mph gusts. Partly cloudy and dry.

Weekend: Much of the same. Sustained winds stay under 10 mph with a few 15-ish mph gusts. Low-end chance for rain on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

⚖️Weather Verdict: If you’re really nitpicking, then the AM/PM wave may prove to end up with a very slight advantage since they’ll avoid the Friday morning gusts. But we’re talking about a very minimal edge. I wouldn’t construct my player pool around wave draw, but if you’re on the fence between two golfers and they’re in opposing waves, perhaps side with the AM/PM guy using weather draw as the tiebreaker.

Sanderson Farms Championship Tee Times

Key Stats to Consider 📊

1. Strokes Gained: Ball Striking (SG: App + SG: OTT) | 30%

2. Birdie or Better % | 25%

3. Par 4 Average | 15%

4. Par 5 BoB% | 10%

5. Strokes Gained: Putting | 10%

6. Strokes Gained: Around the Greens | 10%

PGA Tour Stats Page

Sanderson Farms Championship DFS Model Standouts 🏅

Below are the top 25 ranked golfers in both my overall model and my key stats model. Below that are the top 25 leaders in average finishing position over the last five and last ten starts. The players ranked on these lists do not necessarily mean they are the top golfers I’m targeting for this week's event, but many of these guys should no doubt be favorable DFS options.

Overall Model Rank: A golfer’s ranking (within the current field) in my personal DFS model, which weighs all of the key stats listed above in this newsletter, as well as factors like course history, recent form, recent average fantasy scoring results, and odds to win.

Key Stat Rank: Provides a golfer’s overall rank (within the current field) in my "key stats only" model, which considers only the key stats listed in the section above with the specified percentage weights allocated towards each statistic.

Sanderson Farms Championship DFS Cheat Sheet📑

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That will do it for our PGA preview! Best of luck this week and, once again, feel free to hit me up in the LineStar chat or on Twitter @Ryan_Humphries with any questions.