Pat Mayo and Ben Rasa discuss their favorite Tokyo Olympics golf DraftKings picks along with their favorite values for the week. Mayo previews the course, debates the best roster construction for the week and explains which players are best suited for DFS cash games and which should be deployed in guaranteed prize pool (GPP) tournaments.
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2021 Tokyo Olympics: Key Stats
Strokes Gained: Approach
Strokes Gained: Off The Tee
Sand Saves Gained
Par 4s 500+ Gained
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2021 Tokyo Olympics: Course
Kasumigaseki Country Club (East Course)
Yardage: 7,447
Par 71
Greens: Bentgrass
2021 Tokyo Olympics: Past Winners
2016: Justin Rose -16
2021 Tokyo Olympics: DraftKings Notes
Field: 60 players
Cut: No cut
Lineup Lock: Wednesday, July 28 6:30 p.m. ET
Roster: Six golfers
Salary cap: $50,000
2021 Tokyo Olympics DraftKings Picks
Elite Values
Collin Morikawa, $11,200
Justin Thomas, $10,900
High-End Values
Shane Lowry, $9,600
Joaquin Niemann, $9,200
Second-Level Values
Marc Leishman, $8,500
Thomas Pieters, $8,100
Mid-Level Values
Si WOO Kim, $7,800
Mito Pereira, $7,200
Scrub Values
Anirban Lahiri, $6,700
Kristian Krogh Johannessen, $6,100
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