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PGA · Round 4 Classic · Jul 5, 2026

PGA R4 Classic — John Deere Finishing-Points Playbook

No captain. Six golfers. $50K cap. Finishing-position equity is the slate.

By Courtedge Research · Published Sunday Jul 5, for Round 4 · Powered by CourtEdge Analytics
New for Round 4: this is a no-captain DK PGA Classic slate. Six golfers, $50K cap. The optimizer now treats finishing-position equity as a primary input instead of pretending this is a normal full-tournament build.

The updated Round 4 board is now led by Chris Gotterup, Doug Ghim, Ben Kohles, Ben Griffin, and Jackson Suber by active projection. Lucas Glover and Lee Hodges remain premium finishing-equity pieces because they already own the cleanest closing-position paths.

Weather / Tee-Time Read

TPC Deere Run is in Silvis, Illinois. The weather.gov hourly grid for Sunday Jul 5 shows NE wind around 5 mph from 6 AM through 5 PM local, with isolated shower/storm risk mostly 9-22% until late afternoon. That is not enough to force a wave. For Round 4, the better edge is leaderboard position plus finishing points.

Free Top-10 Board

RankGolferSalaryProjOwnTop 5WinWhy
1Chris Gotterup
-11 · 10:34
$11,00052.521.9%19.5%1.3%Raw projection ceiling with enough win-path access.
2Doug Ghim
-14 · 11:24
$9,10050.935.4%52.2%8.9%Closing-position equity plus strong median.
3Ben Kohles
-15 · 11:34
$8,20050.740.6%61.9%13.6%Closing-position equity plus strong median.
4Ben Griffin
-9 · 09:28
$10,80050.516.8%5.5%0.1%Raw projection ceiling with enough win-path access.
5Jackson Suber
-15 · 11:24
$9,20049.730.7%65.2%15.5%Closing-position equity plus strong median.
6Ryo Hisatsune
-12 · 11:01
$9,50049.323.1%24.5%1.9%Raw projection ceiling with enough win-path access.
7Lucas Glover
-16 · 11:34
$8,00049.132.2%69.1%19.4%Closing-position equity plus strong median.
8Jacob Bridgeman
-8 · 09:10
$10,00048.59.4%1.7%0.0%Leverage scorer with realistic Round 4 path.
9Zac Blair
-15 · 11:24
$7,90048.026.8%54.6%9.9%Closing-position equity plus strong median.
10Rickie Fowler
-11 · 10:51
$8,30047.918.6%14.7%0.9%Balanced projection, ownership and leaderboard position.
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