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 50 entries in 1 pool.
Most popular pick
Davis Riley
On 14% of entries
Best value golfer
Brooks Koepka
-6 at 5 points
Optimal team score
-42
42 lineups tie for best
Brooks Koepka
Scored -6 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
50
Survivors
73
Survival rate
59%
The most painful loss was Davis Riley, rostered by 14% of entries when the cut fell.
-42
75 of 75 points used
The best possible team under the standard 75-point cap, counting the best 4 of 5 golfers.
42 different lineups tie for this score — the bench slots were score-irrelevant, so any cheap golfers that fit the remaining cap would do.
Davis Riley
Widely picked at 14% ownership but finished +19 — the most-rostered disappointment.
Best
-31
Average
+50
Worst
+167
Davis Riley is the most popular pick, appearing on 14% of all entries (7 entries).
Brooks Koepka is the best value, scoring -6 at a cost of 5 points.
The optimal team scored -42 under the canonical 75-point cap. The counting golfers were Jacob Bridgeman, Cameron Young, Xander Schauffele, Sudarshan Yellamaraju.
Davis Riley was the most-rostered casualty, held by 14% of entries when the cut fell.
Tier 1 is the best value tier, averaging -6. Tournament-wide tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands so they are comparable across pools.
