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 21 entries in 1 pool.
Most popular pick
Davis Riley
On 19% of entries
Best value golfer
Zecheng Dou
-11 at 5 points
Optimal team score
-62
661 lineups tie for best
Zecheng Dou
Scored -11 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 19% of entries when the cut fell.
-62
65 of 75 points used
The best possible team under the standard 75-point cap, counting the best 4 of 5 golfers.
661 different lineups tie for this score — the bench slots were score-irrelevant, so any cheap golfers that fit the remaining cap would do.
Thomas Avant
Widely picked at 14% ownership but finished +17 — the most-rostered disappointment.
Best
-43
Average
+18
Worst
+81
Davis Riley is the most popular pick, appearing on 19% of all entries (4 entries).
Zecheng Dou is the best value, scoring -11 at a cost of 5 points.
The optimal team scored -62 under the canonical 75-point cap. The counting golfers were Si Woo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama, Chris Gotterup, Michael Thorbjornsen.
Davis Riley was the most-rostered casualty, held by 19% of entries when the cut fell.
Tier 1 is the best value tier, averaging -8. Tournament-wide tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands so they are comparable across pools.
