For a detailed view at the Plus4 analysis for the Sony Open, check out this week’s 2025 PGA TOUR: Sony Open Preview and Player Insights. Find below the DraftKings DFS player pool I’ll be deploying this week.

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Strategy this week: Given it’s a full field and difficult to identify corollary courses, I will make stands on certain guys between $8.0 and $9.1k and distribute ownership across a number of guys in other price ranges. Also, deploying a small number of wave stacks given wind off the Pacific has destroyed a few guys in past years could get you an edge. Wind looks to be coming in late Friday – if you have a guy in the final groups needing an even back 9 to make the cut, grab a pillow buddy!

Draws

Favorite Play: Sahith Theegala ($9.1k) – The courses are a fit, the approaches are a fit, and the greenside numbers are a fit. It has been months since Sahith flashed the irons and the form has been middling for his own standards, but I expect this week to kickstart a great season.
Star Anchor: No anchor. Relatively distributed across Hideki, Henley and Connors whom all rate out in plus territory.
Biggest Misprice: Kurt Kitayama ($8.6k) – The Fall was so good for Kurt that I believe a price up to $9.5k would still have garnered ownership.
Gut Check: Lucas Glover ($7.3k) – Flashing a wee bit of form this Fall was all I needed for a guy who I believe still has winning upside.
Favorite Sub-$7,000: Ryan Gerard ($6.8k) – I’m reluctant to say too many nice things.
Punt: My player pool bottoms out at $6.6k with Frankie Capan. Carson Young ($6.7k) will anchor the bottom of many lineups.

One & Done: Theegala

Open outright bets with placements: Theegala 35-1, Straka 55-1, Novak 65-1, Glover 85-1

Overweight

1. Theegala ($9.1k)
2. Kitayama ($8.6k)
3. Conners ($10.2k)
4. Henley ($9.9k)
5. Straka ($8k)
6. Davis ($7.9k)
7. Novak ($7.4k)
8. Glover ($7.3k)
9. Stevens ($7.1k)
10. Hoey ($7k)

Mid-range filler:

1. Matsuyama ($11k)
2. McNealy ($9.2k)
3. Poston ($8.9k)
4. Eckroat ($8.7k)
5. Kirk ($7.8k)
6. Berger ($7.5k)
7. Meissner ($7.1k)

Sub $7,000:

1. Gerard ($6.8k)
2. Young ($6.7k)
3. Capan III ($6.6k)

FOMO:

1. Kuchar ($7.2k)
2. Svensson ($7.2k)
3. Hoffman ($6.7k)

Scariest Fades:

1. Bobby MacIntyre: I do not foresee Bobby Mac hitting it close enough this week… if the wind rises and it becomes a bloodbath on Sunday, Bobby floats in troubled waters.
2. Luke Clanton: Clanton will be a stud, but Hawaii is for the old guys.

GL GL GL