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Puerto Rico Open: Tournament Best Bets, Buys & Fades Using Strokes Gained Data

· PGA,Golf,Chris Dell
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By Chris Dell

@MaddJournalist

To view the full spreadsheet of updated round to round data for our Strokes Gained Ratings, click here

Primer/Intro: Last fall, I outlined how we can look for strong edges after Round 1 of a given PGA tournament using strokes gained statistics, combined with a little math. Using our "Strokes Gained Ratings" (SGR) formula, we will determine our buys and fades for head-to-head matchup bets and DFS strategy from round to round. Depending on certain courses we might look at some metrics more than others as well, but the primary focus will be on strokes gained putting, strokes gained approach and strokes gained off the tee. We will also refer below to "strokes gained ball striking," which is a combination of approach and off the tee numbers. Now let's dive into how exactly we'll use these numbers below.

In order to determine our buys and fades, we will simply subtract a golfer's strokes gained putting numbers from his strokes gained approach, off the tee and/or ball striking numbers. The premise here is that putting is often unpredictable and will regress more from round to round, whereas approach and tee to green (which combined equals "ball striking") are the "sticky" stats which indicate the golfers who are/aren't playing well in the moment. Our "buy" golfers will be those with a strokes gained rating of "+3" or higher, while our "fade" golfers will be those with a strokes gained rating of "-3" or lower. If two buys are facing each other in a head to head matchup bet, then we will pass, however we especially want to look for head to head opportunities where a "buy" is facing off directly with a "fade," and so on and so forth.

Strokes Gained is broken down into four categories, and depending on a certain course/tournament, we will look to target certain stats specifically to determine out H2H, round to round matchup prop bets.

  • Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee

  • Strokes Gained: Approach

  • Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green

  • Strokes Gained: Putting

  • Strokes Gained: Ball-Striking (which is Off-the-Tee + Approach)

  • Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green (which is Ball-Striking + Around-the-Green)

The Honda Classic turned out to be a fantastic golf betting finish for our strokes gained ratings model as our overall matchup bets went 17-9-3 (including 6-0-1 on tournament 72-hole matchup bets). All in all we added roughly +5 units in profit and also cashed our late outright winner ticket on Sepp Straka 31:1 following a strong second-round performance that put him on our “top buys” list. Below you will find my list of top buys and top fades from all golfers at the Honda Classic, breaking them down into two different categories: A.) golfers who signal as buys/fades based on round 4 data; and B.) golfers who signal as buys/fades based off all rounds data (rounds 1-2 or rounds 1-4). Keep in mind for the “all rounds data” that some of these golfers only played two rounds before missing the cut. Nonetheless we have a total of 30 golfers to sift through below, including a whopping 22 who made our “top fades” list. We only have 8 golfers on our buy list, however, and will be betting some derivative props on each of them when it comes to tournament finish props, tournament matchups and longshot/outright winners. Without further adieu, let’s dive into our initial card for the Puerto Rico Open below, which starts on Thursday. To see my full list of buys, fades and best bets for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, simply click here to read Monday's article.

The asterisks to the left of a name denotes how many buy/fade threshold that golfer has passed. Those with multiple asterisks are considered stronger buys/fades than other and will be likely bet with bigger unit sizes because of this. The numbers to the right of a name denote the “strokes gained rating” score that we assign based off a golfer’s strokes gained statistics in our model. The score we will use for this weekend will be “strokes gained rating – ball striking,” which takes a golfer’s strokes gained ball striking numbers and then subtracts that golfer’s strokes gained putting numbers. While it’s usually more important to focus on the asterisks and amount of thresholds a golfer passes to make him a stronger buy or fade, it’s also important to use their “strokes gained rating – ball striking” score to determine the strength of a head to head matchup as we go from round to round. Let's explain just a tad more below:

If “GOLFER A” has a +5.5 SGR score after round 1 and is facing “GOLFER B” who has -5.5 score after round 1, then this round 2 head to head matchup will rate as a +11 and likely rank as one of best bets we have on the board. Typically we look for matchups that rate as a +4.5 or higher AND involve either one buy or one fade from round to round. If a matchup rates as +4.5 and involves two buys or two fades, we likely will pass on this matchup or make it a smaller bet than normal. If a buy is facing a fade directly, AND/OR if a matchup has a rating of +9 or higher, this will rate strongly as a best bet and we will make it a larger bet than normal. For more on this strategy, just read this article: To view my strokes gained ratings model from The Honda Classic, which includes RD4 data/”All Rounds” data, click here to view the spreadsheet:

Overall Top Buys (Using Data From The Honda Classic - All Rounds):

*Lashley +3.98 (CUT)

*Lower +1.91

*Kitayama +0.50

Overall Top Buys (Using Data From The Honda Classic - Round 4):

**Tarren +1.05

*Uihlein +2.73

Overall Top Fades (Using Data From The Honda Classic - All Rounds):

***Gomez -3.32 (CUT)

***Villegas -0.56 (CUT)

*Knous -3.30 (CUT)

*Gligic -3.29 (CUT)

*Garnett -3.18 (CUT)

*Creel -3.04

*Werenski -2.67 (CUT)

*Kraft -2.57 (CUT)

*Hardy -1.67 (CUT)

*McGreevy -1.01 (CUT)

Overall Top Fades (Using Data From The Honda Classic - Round 4):

***Creel -4.96

**Stuard -5.56

*Huh -3.55

*D. Wu -0.35

Please Note: The recommended unit sizes below can be easily calculated if you base your "unit size" on either $10 or $100 or $1,000 depending on your bankroll. To figure how much you should put down per bet, just take your typical unit size and then apply the recommendation listed below. For example, if your typical unit size is $100 per best bet, then you should be betting either $5 or $10 on the outright winners and first round leaders listed below. A "0.25 unit" bet would be $25. A "0.5 unit" bet would be $50 and a "0.75 unit" bet would be $75, and so on and so forth. You'll note for each weekend that I typically have at least 75-80% or more of my action on either tournament head to head matchup bets (72 holes) or round by round head to head matchup bets (18 holes). These bets provide us with two-way action (the ability to bet on either side) and the most EV we can get out of our strokes gained ratings model. The difference in unit sizes within our head to head bets will vary depending on how strong a buy/fade or how strong a matchup rating is between two golfers. We'll dive more into the specifics this in future articles as I further explain how to best utilize our strokes gained ratings model for actionable wagers. For now we'll keep things as simple as possible here and list everything by bet type and in order of recommended unit sizes.

Outright Winner (0.1 Units Unless Noted Otherwise):

Tarren 70:1 @ DK

Kitayama 25:1 @ DK

Lashley 35:1 @ DK

Uihlein 35:1 @ DK

Lower 80:1 @ DK

= 0.5 Units

First Round Leader (0.01 Units Unless Noted Otherwise):

Tarren 65:1 @ DK

Uihlein 45:1 @ DK

Lashley 55:1 @ DK

Kitayama 55:1 @ DK

Lower 70:1 @ DK

= 0.5 Units

First Round Matchups (0.25 Units Unless Noted Otherwise):

(1.0 Units) Lashley > Villegas @ DK -120

(0.75 Units) Kang +0.5 > Stuard @ BO -125

(0.5 Units) Lower > Gligic @ BO -125

Uihlein > Ramey @ Bet365 -115

Uihlein > Haas @ BR -122

Lashley > Haas @ Bet365 -125

Kitayama > Perez @ BR -105

Ramey > D. Wu @ BO -110

Hoag > Knous @ BO -120

Hubbard > Hardy @ Bet 365 -130

Duncan > Werenski @ DK -135

Cabrera-Bello > Huh @ BR +106

Armour > Kraft @ BR -152

= 4.75 Units

Tournament Matchups (0.25 Units Unless Noted Otherwise):

(1.25 Units) Aphibarnrat +1.5 > Villegas @ BO -145

(0.75 Units) Gutschewski > Villegas @ BR -114

(0.75 Units) Burgoon +1.5 > Garnett @ BO -154

(0.75 Units) Bramlett +1.5 > Huh @ BO -138

(0.75 Units) Ramey +1.5 > Hardy @ BO -149

(0.75 Units) Kim +1.5 > D. Wu @ BO -135

(0.75 Units) Uihlein > Stuard @ DK -105

(0.5 Units) Uihlein > D. Wu @ BR -120

(0.5 Units) Tarren > Reeves @ BR -114

(0.5 Units) Tarren > Brehm @ BO -147

(0.5 Units) Lashley > Garnett @ BR -114

(0.5 Units) Smotherman > Stuard @ BO -110

Lower > Reeves @ BO -120

Kitayama > Cabrera-Bello -114

Cabrera Bello > Huh @ DK +105

Teater > Kraft @ BO -115

Armour > Hardy @ BR -120

Seiffert > Hardy @ DK -110

= 8.25 Units

Tournament Finish Props (0.25 Units Unless Noted Otherwise):

(0.5 Units) Tarren T40 @ Bet365 -120

Lashley T40 @ Bet365 -163

Lower T40 @ Bet365 +100

= 1.0 Units

Make/Miss Cut (0.25 Units Unless Noted Otherwise):

Stuard MISS Cut +325

Hardy MISS Cut @ BR +275

Huh MISS Cut @ BO +375

D. Wu MISS Cut @ BR +335

= 1.0 Units

OPENING TOURNAMENT FULL CARD BREAKDOWN:

  • 3 tournament finish props = 1.0 units
  • 4 make/miss cut props = 1.0 units
  • 5 outright winners = 0.5 units
  • 5 first round leaders = 0.5 units
  • 13 first round matchups = 4.75 units
  • 18 tournament matchups = 8.25 units
  • Total = 16 Units

Strokes Gained Ratings Key/Abbreviations

*Asterisk(s) indicates the number of statistical thresholds a golfer qualifies as a "buy" or "fade"

Strokes Gained Putting

Strokes Gained Ball Striking

Strokes Gained Tee To Green

Strokes Gained Gained Net Rating - Ball Striking

Strokes Gained Net Rating - Tee To Green

SGR = Strokes Gained Rating

BS = Ball Striking

OTT = Off The Tee

APP = Approach

PUTT = Putting

ARG = Around The Green

T2G = Tee To Green

FRL = First Round Leader

SRL = Second Round Leader

TRL = Third Round Leader

DK = DraftKings

FD = FanDuel

CZ = Caesars

BR = BetRivers

BO = BetOnline

DSI = BetDSI

MB = MyBookie

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