Fantasy Golf Picks, Odds, and Predictions – 2021 WGC-Workday Championship

Fantasy Golf Picks, Odds, and Predictions for the 2021 2021 WGC-Workday Championship 

The 2021 WGC-Workday Championship Fantasy Preview

At a course where he watched tournament golf as a youngster and begged for high fives from Tiger Woods, life came full circle for Max Homa on Sunday when he won the Genesis Invitational and accepted the trophy from none other than the Big Cat himself.

But for most of the 72 holes, actually, it looked as if Sam Burns was going to pull off a tremendous wire-to-wire victory – that is, until the finishing line came into sight on Sunday’s back nine.

Suddenly, Burns’ assured ball-striking deserted him, and with Homa and Tony Finau pressing hard his race was all but run.

Homa could – should? – have won the event in normal time but he somehow missed a three-footer at the final hole for birdie, and that left him needing to overcome Finau in a playoff.

And that he did, despite Big Tony having chances to win and prolong the event on the first and second extra holes. Alas, he could not, and Homa went on to clinch a trophy that he might just cherish more than any other – regardless of what he goes on to achieve in his career.

It’s from west to east this week as the PGA TOUR crosses the US for the start of the Florida Swing. Ordinarily it would be off to Mexico for the first WGC event of the year, but for obvious reasons the action is staying closer to home at The Concession course in Bradenton for the Workday sponsored WGC tournament.

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Last Week’s Fantasy Results

Our top dog last week was Patrick Cantlay. We rode the California kid into Riviera en route to a T15, which proved not to be enough to offer any substantial winnings. 

Ultimately, the Homa-Finau combo was the best 1-2 punch for your DFS roster. 

Let’s hope to wipe off the dust from last week and get hot at the WGC!

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The 2021 WGC-Workday Championship Field

You know the score with these WGC events by now, and it’s a similarly strong field from last week that heads to Florida.

The underwhelming duo of Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas will be hoping to improve upon their Riviera blues, while Dustin Johnson – hotly fancied for the Genesis – will be getting over his own frustration after being a touch under par there.

Homa and Finau can renew hostilities, and they will be joined by other Riviera top-fivers in Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Cameron Smith.

Toss into the mix a catalogue of major winners in Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and Bryson DeChambeau, Pebble Beach winner Daniel Berger, the prolific Tyrrell Hatton, Webb Simpson and more and you have a cracking golf event on your hands!

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This Week’s Course Preview

It’s a leap into the unknown with The Concession this week – this is the first professional tournament that the layout will have ever hosted!

Maybe it’s a surprise it’s taken this long, given that Jack Nicklaus is a stalwart of course design on the PGA TOUR. Here he’s teamed up with Tony Jacklin to create a layout named after their infamous meeting at the Ryder Cup of 1969, where Nicklaus conceded a two-foot putt that ultimately led to the contest being tied.

That was sportsmanship at its finest, however the duo appear to have been in less sporting mood when they drew up the blueprints for The Concession – or at they least got their hands on a job-lot of sand on the cheap.

It’s rare to see a course so brazenly covered in bunkers – fairways and greens are peppered with sand traps, and while some of those will be easier to play out than others it shows Nicklaus’ plan for a ‘championship golf course’ has come to fruition.

Measuring 7,474 yards for its Par of 72, there’s plenty for players of all lengths to get interested in at The Concession with two drivable Par 4s and a quartet of Par 5s – two of these are said to be ‘risk and reward’, and the aerial map of a couple of large lakes confirms as much.

The Bermuda greens look pretty small in stature too from the images/videos we’ve seen, and with some thick tree-lines it could be another tricky examination to follow that of Riviera a few days ago.

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Weather Forecast for Bradenton, FL

A glorious week of weather awaits the players in Florida this week.

The sun is out and it will stay there throughout the four days, with temperatures tickling a rather toasty 84˚F.

There’s very little to write about here, as according to the early forecasts there is very little chance of rain and the wind will hover at around the 10mph mark. That’s pretty tame for this part of the world.

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Last Year’s Results for the WGC-Workday Championship 

As mentioned, this is the first edition of a WGC event to stop by at The Concession, and usually at this time of year we’d be heading down for the WGC-Mexico tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec.

It was there that Patrick Reed claimed his second WGC win 12 months ago, just about holding off the steam train-like Bryson DeChambeau on an entertaining Sunday finale.

Reed was actually cantering home after making three consecutive birdies on the back nine, but whether he took his eye off the ball on 18 who knows – a bogey was not what the doctor ordered.

Luckily for him, Bryson blundered the seventeenth and so Reed was left to enjoy a victory made surprisingly easier by the ejection of Justin Thomas – he held the 54-hole lead but could not get anything going on a dismal Sunday for him.

Patrick Reed wins the 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship | Extended Highlights

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Where to Play Fantasy Golf for the 2021 2021 WGC-Workday Championship this Week

Given that this is a 71-man, no cut event, it’s very difficult to attain an edge on your competition – other than, perhaps, in your golf course analysis. With that in mind, keep it nice and tight in your contest selection this week.

• PGA $60k Dogleg: As mentioned, it is very difficult to work an edge this week, and so single-entry contests might just be the way to go. First place banks $5k from this $33 entry, and the top 20% of entries will net at least $50.
• PGA $40k Caddie: In this silver bullet contest, there’s a jackpot prize of $5k available for the winner, and as ever there’s consolation prizes for the top entries – it will be hard to take top spot, but there’s a fantastic opportunity available if you nail your line-up.

This Week’s Fantasy Notes for the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship 

It’s a case of educated guesswork this week.

You only need to look at the media content produced about The Concession to see what the players are in for, and while slightly less dense with trees than Riviera the test looks to be similar in nature.

It’s a case of finding fairways or scrambling for all your worth once more, and given the small size, undulating nature and bunker protection of the greens perhaps finding the short grass off the tee really will make a difference.

While Bermuda can be a forgiving surface at times, don’t forget how hot and sunny it’s been in Florida lately – keeping the greens well lubricated, even though this is a ‘wetlands’ track, could prove difficult. Will we see plenty of missed greens this week?

Either way, the normal suspects should shine over in the east of the country on their favorite Bermuda greens, and while we can only speculate that having extra length will be a plus this week to set up opportunities on the drivable Par 4s (and the long Par 5s), it may be best just to stick to those who are in form and who look primed to play well once again.

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