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 28 entries in 4 pools.
Most popular pick
Scottie Scheffler
On 29% of entries
Best value golfer
Wyndham Clark
-4 at 25 points
Optimal team score
-8
188 lineups tie for best
Wyndham Clark
Scored -4 at a cost of 25 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
88
Survivors
72
Survival rate
45%
The most painful loss was Brooks Koepka, rostered by 14% of entries when the cut fell.
-8
70 of 75 points used
The best possible team under the standard 75-point cap, counting the best 4 of 5 golfers.
188 different lineups tie for this score — the bench slots were score-irrelevant, so any cheap golfers that fit the remaining cap would do.
Jordan Spieth
Widely picked at 25% ownership but finished +10 — the most-rostered disappointment.
Best
+7
Average
+42
Worst
+103
Scottie Scheffler is the most popular pick, appearing on 29% of all entries (8 entries).
Wyndham Clark is the best value, scoring -4 at a cost of 25 points.
The optimal team scored -8 under the canonical 75-point cap. The counting golfers were Wyndham Clark, Keith Mitchell, Sam Burns, Tom Kim.
Brooks Koepka was the most-rostered casualty, held by 14% of entries when the cut fell.
Tier 2 is the best value tier, averaging +3. Tournament-wide tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands so they are comparable across pools.
