GolfMagic Fantasy: Picks for 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill
GolfMagic Fantasy: Here are our picks for the 2023 PGA Championship.
The GolfMagic Fantasy game - brought to you by our friends at Callaway - launched at The Masters, and we're back this week with our picks for the PGA Championship.
GolfMagic Fantasy is free to play and there are some huge prizes up for grabs from now all the way through to our final event at the Tour Championship in August.
Our season-long winner will receive a full custom fit through the bag fitting with Callaway at one of their national fitting centres.
We all also have some incredible prizes for weekly winners.
This week the prize is a Callaway limited edition majors themed head cover and Odyssey Putter!
How do I enter a team?
To enter your team, all you need to do is sign up for a free account here.
It's quick and easy to join, and you have until the first scheduled tee time at the PGA Championship on Thursday to enter your five players, of which one of them needs to become your captain who will earn you double points!
In total, we'll have 20 events.
We've compiled a helpful guide for you on all the information you need in order to play GolfMagic Fantasy this season.
With that being said, let's get stuck into our GolfMagic Fantasy picks for the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
Ben's GolfMagic Fantasy picks
Pot 1 - Scottie Scheffler (C)
It goes without saying that at this point Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy are just that bit better than their peers when they are truly on song.
As you will be frequently told in this game: the stats don't lie.
Scheffler has been the best player from tee-to-green for the past 18 months.
Oak Hill is a proper course, set-up in a way that demands accuracy.
I mean, have you seen the rough?
Scheffler has this ability to seemingly make par from anywhere.
I like the 2022 Masters champ as my skipper this week.
Pot 2 - Sam Burns
Seems as though it's only a matter of time until Burns breaks through at a major. His driving is damn good, he strikes his irons pure and he likes tough golf courses.
Oak Hill could be the perfect set-up for Burns.
Pot 2 - Sungjae Im
Comes into Oak Hill in fine form, winning in Korea.
He's on a streak of seven straight top-25 finishes. Four of those have been top-10.
Of course, he is incredibly accurate off the tee. At the time of writing, he's ranked 13th on the PGA Tour in strokes gained off the tee.
It seems like it will be a bit of an outside bet, but I have good vibes with Sungjae.
Pot 3 - Brooks Koepka
Koepka proved more than a few people wrong with his display at Augusta National.
He says he's fit and healthy but most importantly: he looks fit and healthy.
Koepka was described as the game's 'major whisperer' by Rickie Fowler.
Oak Hill has been compared to Bethpage Black, where Koepka was triumphant at the 2019 PGA Championship.
Translation? It's a course that rewards power and discipline.
After his T-2 at Augusta National, Koepka continued his strong form in LIV Golf events, posting three top-5 finishes in his past four starts.
Pot 4 - Dustin Johnson
Johnson's form has been pretty suspect in 2023. Wasn't great at The Masters (it was his short game that really held him back).
But, he showed at LIV Golf Tulsa that he's back in the groove with a playoff victory.
He appeared as confident as ever about his game in the immediate aftermath of his victory.
It's also important to point out that during his PGA Tour career he's had several wins in the Northeast, having won at TPC Boston, Glen Oaks Country Club, Plainfield Country Club and The International.
Johnson is also a fierce competitor at the majors. He was second to Koepka in 2019 and third the year before at Shinnecock Hills.
The rules
Team selection:
You must pick a team of five golfers for each tournament in the PGA Tour season. There are no player values or salary cap for selections, however you must respect the Pots criteria, better explained in the next section. Golfers who are not in the field will not be available for selection. Golfers who withdrawal from a tournament before the start and are still within your team will not be earning any points.
Each week your team will be wiped, so you must pick a fresh team ahead of each tournament. This is to ensure that you have five active golfers in your team each week to maximize your scoring potential.
You will be able to pick a new team at approximately midday on Monday (BST).
Deadline:
You have up until the first scheduled tee-time to pick your team or make edits to your team. If you do not submit a team by this time, you will be automatically assigned five players. No team edits are permitted after this deadline.
Players pots:
Your 5 players will be chosen from 4 pots:
Pot 1 will be golfers ranked 1-10 (Official World ranking)
Pot 2 will be golfers ranked 11-25 (Official World ranking)
Pot 3 will be golfers ranked 26-50 (Official World ranking)
Pot 4 for will be all remaining golfers (Official World ranking)
Selection restrictions are as follows:
You can only pick a maximum of 2 players from pot 1
You can only pick a maximum of 3 players from pots 1 and 2 combined
You can only pick a maximum of 4 players from pots 1, 2 and 3 combined
You can only pick a maximum of 5 players from pots 1, 2, 3 and 4 combined
Which five players are making your GolfMagic Fantasy team this week? Who is your captain? Share your thoughts and comments over on the GolfMagic social media channels, or come and tell us over on the GolfMagic YouTube Channel.
