Pool Insights
·FinalHow the field actually played out — the most popular picks, the golfers who returned the most scoring per point, and the team that would have won it all, across 20 entries in 1 pool.
Most popular pick
Nick Dunlap
On 20% of entries
Best value golfer
Taylor Moore
-15 at 5 points
Optimal team score
-62
119 lineups tie for best
Taylor Moore
Scored -15 at a cost of 5 points — the most scoring returned per point spent.
Tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands (Tier 1 = top 10 in the world, down to Unranked), so they are comparable across every pool. Lower average score is the better value.
Casualties
56
Survivors
67
Survival rate
55%
The most painful loss was Nick Dunlap, rostered by 20% of entries when the cut fell.
-62
40 of 75 points used
The best possible team under the standard 75-point cap, counting the best 4 of 5 golfers.
119 different lineups tie for this score — the bench slots were score-irrelevant, so any cheap golfers that fit the remaining cap would do.
K.H. Lee
Widely picked at 15% ownership but finished +7 — the most-rostered disappointment.
Best
-29
Average
+62
Worst
+187
Nick Dunlap is the most popular pick, appearing on 20% of all entries (4 entries).
Taylor Moore is the best value, scoring -15 at a cost of 5 points.
The optimal team scored -62 under the canonical 75-point cap. The counting golfers were Taylor Moore, Nico Echavarria, Shane Lowry, Austin Smotherman.
Nick Dunlap was the most-rostered casualty, held by 20% of entries when the cut fell.
Tier 2 is the best value tier, averaging -7. Tournament-wide tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands so they are comparable across pools.
