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 30 entries in 6 pools.
Most popular pick
Scottie Scheffler
On 33% of entries
Best value golfer
Cameron Smith
-4 at 5 points
Optimal team score
-26
63 lineups tie for best
Cameron Smith
Scored -4 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
75
Survivors
82
Survival rate
52%
The most painful loss was Bryson DeChambeau, rostered by 20% of entries when the cut fell.
-26
75 of 75 points used
The best possible team under the standard 75-point cap, counting the best 4 of 5 golfers.
63 different lineups tie for this score — the bench slots were score-irrelevant, so any cheap golfers that fit the remaining cap would do.
Bryson DeChambeau
Widely picked at 20% ownership but finished +7 — the most-rostered disappointment.
Best
-12
Average
+20
Worst
+83
Scottie Scheffler is the most popular pick, appearing on 33% of all entries (10 entries).
Cameron Smith is the best value, scoring -4 at a cost of 5 points.
The optimal team scored -26 under the canonical 75-point cap. The counting golfers were Alex Smalley, Jon Rahm, Matti Schmid, Aaron Rai.
Bryson DeChambeau was the most-rostered casualty, held by 20% of entries when the cut fell.
Tier 2 is the best value tier, averaging -1. Tournament-wide tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands so they are comparable across pools.
