Squad Up Daily Fantasy PGA Preview: Valero Texas Open

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The Squad Up PGA game features a couple of different tournament types. The main weekly contests will focus on the entire tournament, with golfers receiving both positive and negative points for scoring; any golfer finishing inside the top 10 at the end of the tournament will also get a placing bonus. The other contest will occur daily for each round. These will focus solely on in-round scoring without rewards for the standings.

Lineups consist of five golfers. Unlike other daily fantasy PGA sites, Squad Up divides each individual roster spot into its own player poo. The player pools are based on the Official World Golf Rankings, with the overall caliber of each pool being relatively similar.

Sample Tournament Lineup

Per FantasyInsiders, the key stats for TPC San Antonio are Driving Distance (DD), Par 4 Efficiency: 350-400 Yards (P4E), Strokes Gained: Approach (SGA), and Birdie or Better Percentage (BP).

Group 1

• Top Play - Keegan Bradley (48K): Bradley enters this week with four consecutive made cuts, but he has finished inside the top 30 just once, a 15th-place showing at the Houston Open. He has made the cut in two tries at the Valero Texas Open, finishing 37th last year and ninth in 2011. His top statistical advantage is a rank of fifth in P4E.

• Value Target - Nick Taylor (25K): Taylor doesn't match the bomber/scorer profile geared toward success at TPC San Antonio, but he finished 21st in his first appearance at the course in 2016. He has made five of his past six cuts, finishing as high as 10th at Pebble Peach.

• Fade - Zach Johnson (77K): Like Taylor, Johnson doesn't match the course at all. The key difference: Johnson costs triple the salary. He is the fourth-most expensive player in this tier and has failed to crack the top 20 in each of his past two attempts. He finished sixth in 2014, but he missed the cut in 2010.

Group 2

• Top Play - Brendan Steele (76K): Steele, who finished 13th last year, won the event in 2011 and has two more top 10s in four other appearances. One of those was a missed cut in 2014, but he has made each of his 12 cuts this season, picking up a win at the Safeway Open and two other top 10s.

• Value Target - Cameron Smith (36K): Smith doesn't have the distance of other recommendations mentioned here, but he still ranks 31st on tour in BP. He'll make his debut at this event amid a recent stretch in which he has made four of his past five cuts. While it's not worth much this week, Smith does rank 48th on tour in Strokes Gained: Putting (SGP).

• Fade - Branden Grace (108K): Grace finished 11th at last week's RBC Heritage and ninth at last year's Valero Texas Open. Last week's result was his best finish of the season, as he has missed the cut in two of his 11 events since October 2016. He had finishes of 30th and 79th in his other two appearances at TPC San Antonio.

Group 3

• Top Play - Tony Finau (64K): Finau has made just one appearance at this event, finishing 68th in 2015. He is a statistical favorite, ranking 13th in DD, 28th in BP, and 35th in SGA. His rank of T170 in SGP has held him back from competing in other events this season, but he'll be able to compensate at this week's course.

• Value Target - Cody Gribble (25K): Those looking to follow the mold of last week's winner, Wesley Bryan, should be targeting Gribble. A native of Dallas, he's more familiar with this course than most. He'll make his debut in this event with ranks of 19th in BP and 49th in DD.

• Fade - Anirban Lahiri (59K): Lahiri ranks ninth in BP, which is the best rank in the field, but he ranks outside the top 100 in DD and SGA. He'll also be making his tournament debut, following up a 44th-placed finish at the RBC Heritage. He missed his previous cut.

Group 4

• Top Play - Kevin Chappell (92K): Chappell enters the week with five consecutive made cuts this season, topped with a seventh-placed result at the Masters. He finished fourth at last year's Valero, and he was the runner up in 2011. He ranks just 169th in BP, but he is 39th in DD.

• Value Target - Xander Schauffele (25K): Schauffele has made just five of 11 cuts this season. He snapped out of a slump of six consecutive missed weekends with a 30th-placed showing at the Puerto Rico Open and hasn't played since. Even with his struggles this year, he ranks 34th in DD and 24th in BP. Less emphasis on his short game could lead to a much better showing than he has demonstrated of late.

• Fade - Luke Donald (50K): Donald awoke from his annual hibernation in time for another top finish at the RBC Heritage as the runner-up to victor Wesley Bryan. He finished 13th at this event last season, one of just two other appearances inside the top 20. His salary is entirely indicative of last week's results, and owners should not be counting on a follow up.

Group 5

• Top Play - Ryan Palmer (49K): Palmer finished fourth and sixth here in 2016 and 2015, respectively, and is coming of an 11th-place showing at the RBC Heritage. The native of Amarillo, Texas ranks 32nd in DD and 12th in SGA this season.

• Value Target - John Peterson (25K): Yet another Texas native, Peterson hails from Fort Worth. He missed this event due to injury in 2016, but he finished 11th in 2015, his best of three career appearances. He missed the cut at the RBC Heritage, but he'll need to rely much less on his inadequate short game.

• Fade - Soren Kjeldsen (72K): Kjeldsen enters the tournament with name value but the wrong player profile. He ranks just 41st in P4E, 124th in SGA, 172nd in BP, and 202nd in DD. He has previously relied on his putting for top finishes, but it won't be as much of a factor on the relatively easy greens of TPC San Antonio.

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