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 18 entries in 1 pool.
Most popular pick
Ben Martin
On 22% of entries
Best value golfer
Kris Ventura
-30 at 5 points
Optimal team score
-122
845 lineups tie for best
Kris Ventura
Scored -30 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
78
Survivors
70
Survival rate
47%
The most painful loss was Taylor Pendrith, rostered by 17% of entries when the cut fell.
-122
50 of 75 points used
The best possible team under the standard 75-point cap, counting the best 4 of 5 golfers.
845 different lineups tie for this score — the bench slots were score-irrelevant, so any cheap golfers that fit the remaining cap would do.
Noah Goodwin
Widely picked at 11% ownership but finished +1 — the most-rostered disappointment.
Best
-62
Average
-26
Worst
-9
Ben Martin is the most popular pick, appearing on 22% of all entries (4 entries).
Kris Ventura is the best value, scoring -30 at a cost of 5 points.
The optimal team scored -122 under the canonical 75-point cap. The counting golfers were Kris Ventura, Alex Fitzpatrick, Hayden Springer, Matt Fitzpatrick.
Taylor Pendrith was the most-rostered casualty, held by 17% of entries when the cut fell.
Tier 1 is the best value tier, averaging -27. Tournament-wide tiers use the standard auto-pool value bands so they are comparable across pools.
