Over the past few weeks, we have conversed extensively in these articles about value. I don’t think we have gotten a ton of betting boards that are incredibly conducive to producing long-term upside with the onslaught of no-cut events and Korn Ferry Tour graduates making up the vast majority of these fields. Consequently, we have taken some roundabout ways to try and pinpoint an advantage for these contests during the fall swing, and I hope that has allowed everyone reading this article to find a few successful wagers.
Unfortunately, there will be much of the same here for THE CJ CUP this weekend in South Carolina, as the 78-man field and data-sensitive approach will hang over our heads to begin the event. We did see Congaree Golf Club fill in last year as a replacement venue that hosted the Palmetto Championship, but a one-off dataset can be dangerous to weigh too heavily, especially when all golfers are guaranteed four days of golf.
That provides some trepidation since all sectors get reduced for different reasons when falling under those pretenses of limited data or reduced field sizes, but we will do our best to talk about value for day one at the track and see if we can find anything worth attacking in the market on Thursday.
If you aren’t doing so already, you can find me on Twitter'@TeeOffSports. There I will provide my pre-tournament model, a powerful and interactive data spreadsheet that allows user inputs to create custom rankings for golf. That sheet is free and released every Monday, so be sure to check it out and construct your own numbers from my database of information.