3M Open 2022 Heavy Petting

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If golf research were sexual...you'd be rounding 2nd base after this.

Here are a few key things to know that may not have been covered on the podcast enough. Keep these in mind when narrowing down your bets and/or player pool.

• Only 10 other courses on the PGA Tour have played easier since 2015 than TPC Twin Cities

• TPC Twin Cities falls in the Top 10 of all regular tour stops since 2015 in average Driving Distance at 292 average

• TPC Twin Cities falls in the Top 10 easiest of all regular tour stops since 2015 in Fairway Hit % at 69.7% on average. The average fairway width is 36 yards and slightly wider than average on Tour. It is in the top 10 in terms of missed fairway penalty.

• TPC Twin Cities has been in the Top 10 highest GIR % at 74.3% on the PGA TOUR since 2015.

• TPC Twin Cities has been in the Top 10 highest penalty stroke average on the PGA Tour since 2015.

• Arnold Palmer design which consists of 3 Par 5’s, 4 Par 3’s and has pure bentgrass greens. Water comes into play on 15 holes. 

• Perfect form has NOT been a requirement here as Champ had an 11th at the John Deere the week before but 2 MC’s prior. Thompson had an 8th at Heritage, followed by nothing better than a 46th prior to winning. Wolff had a MC, MC, and a 50th before his win.

• 2021 was the 1st time the 3M was played AFTER the Open Championship

• All 3 winners thus far have been 125/1 or longer pre-tournament.

• Over 30% of the approach shots have come from 175 yards and greater.

• Per Data Golf, Matt NeSmith has almost a 10% chance of finishing Top 5 and is only $7,500 in DK salary

• Per Data Golf, Tom Kim has slightly over 9% chance of finishing Top 5 and is only $7,300 in DK salary

• Per Data Golf, the projected optimal lineup this week consists of S. Im ($10,000), C. Tringale ($8,899), B. Steele ($8,300), N. Hardy ($8,000), M. NeSmith ($7,500), and J. Kim ($7,300). Total salary is $49,900 with projected points of 473.9

1. Strokes gained T2G leaders from last year's 3M: 1. Percy 2. McNealy 3. Barnrat 4. Long 5. Reavie 6. Stuard 7. Todd 8. Watney 9. Lingmerth 10. Garnett2. Rounds gained % putting leaders on bent grass: 1. Todd 2. Tringale 3. Schenk 4. Taylor 5. Davis 6. Poston 7. Merritt 8. Hossler 9. Gligic 10. Ryder3. Strokes gained T2G leaders in the last 3 calendar months: 1. Finau 2. Riley 3. Steele 4. Theegala 5. Jaeger 6. Im 7. Poston 8. Reavie 9. Grillo 10. NeSmith4. On courses 7200-7400 yards, long rough & bent greens, your top 10 in total strokes gained: 1. Matsuyama 2. Fowler 3. Finau 4. Day 5. Lebioda 6. Hadwin 7. Sloan 8. Im 9. Gotterup 10. Riley5. Top 10 JUST strokes gained ball striking on courses 7200-7400 yards, long rough, & easy to average scoring: 1. Matsuyama 2. Finau 3. NeSmith 4. Merrick 5. Glover 6. Davis 7. Lee 8. Garrigus 9. Day 10. Moore6. Top 10 in birdies or better gained the last 50 rounds: 1. Matsuyama 2. Riley 3. Brown 4. McNealy 5. Svensson 6. Lee 7. Finau 8. Hoge 9. Cink 10. Grillo7. Top 10 in GIR's gained at TPC Twin Cities (min 8 rd): 1. Watney 2. Finau 3. Hadwin 4. Moore 5. Hoag 6. Dufner 7. Hickok 8. Cink 9. Long 10. Ghim8. Top 10 in GIR's gained the last 12 rounds: 1.Steele 2. Sigg 3. Long 4. Poston 5. Reavie 6. Buckley 7. Grillo 8. Kohles 9. Davis 10. Hadley9. The two highest approach shot distribution buckets this week are 200+ & 150-175, your top 10 in proximity: 1. Glover 2. Finau 3. Fowler 4. Duncan 5. Murray 6. Smotherman 7. Hodges 8. Lee 9. Hoge 10. Matsuyama10. Top 10 projected points per salary dollar (good values): 1. Im 2. Steele 3. J Kim 4. Nesmith 5. Riley 6. Tringale 7. Finau 8. Pan 9. Long 10. Matsuyama

 Change Your Golf Betting Process NOW! We just simply can't stress to you enough how badly you need to watch this and take notes. Rufus has been a professional golf bettor for over 10 years, betting an average of $1.5 million per major. He enlightened the hell out of us with this interview. Don't ignore this content if you bet or play DFS.