Fantasy Golf Insider: 9 players to target at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational

With the European Tour's marquee BMW PGA Championship going on this week in Surrey, England, a thin field will head to Fort Worth, Texas and the Dean & DeLuca Invitational.

Just 11 of the top 30 players in the world will be present, led by No. 2 Jordan Spieth. The weather is expected to be a major factor, at least for Thursday and Friday. Check the forecast and tee times leading up to Thursday.

Here's a look at the past three leaderboards (formerly the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial; *denotes a playoff):

Per FantasyInsiders, the key stats for Colonial Country Club are Driving Accuracy (DA), Par 4 Scoring Average (P4S), Strokes Gained: Approach (SGA). These stats have been strengths of previous winners and need to be used in combination with recent form and course history when building lineups.

Top Tier, Top Dollar, Top Results

Kevin Na

Na is the statistical favorite this week, ranking 42nd in DA, third in P4S and fourth in SGA. He missed the cut at The Players Championship, but he came in a tie for fourth the week before and has now had a full week to rest and prepare. He came 10th in last year's event at Colonial and had a career-best seventh-place result in 2007, with one other top-10 showing.

Zach Johnson

Johnson's recent form has left plenty to be desired, with two finishes outside the top 50 in his past two tournaments. He has still made 11 of 14 cuts for the year, with three top-10 results. His key stats are also generally lackluster, with a 46th in DA being his best trait. Even still, Johnson's course history is nearly unrivaled in this field.

He's the sole two-time winner of the former event at Colonial, with his victories coming in 2010 and 2012. He hasn't missed the cut since his most recent victory, and can be considered a contrarian selection due to his poor performances of late.

Adam Scott

The second-most expensive player in the field, Scott offers substantial cap relief from Jordan Spieth, and he's a bit more of a sleeper despite his better form this season. Spieth was in contention last week before his disastrous final round. Scott has made all 11 cuts this year and just missed out on his fifth top-10 finish when he came 12th at The Players Championship.

Best Value With a Chance

Colt Knost

Knost has finished third and fourth, respectively, in his two most recent events. He has made 16 of 17 cuts on the season, with those being his only top-10 results. He meets the key stats requirements, ranked as the second-most accurate driver on tour at 73.46 percent.

He's a relative bargain considering the consistency, and his recent form suggests plenty of upside.

Roberto Castro

Castro lost in a playoff and finished second the Wells Fargo Championship, and he hasn't played since. It was his best finish of the season and his third top-10 result. He's a statistical favorite, ranking 18th in DA, 12th in P4S, and 43rd in SGA. He remains quite cheap considering what has become a high floor, and he has the potential for victory in a weak field.

William McGirt

Just barely being priced in the middle tier, McGirt sets up very well for this course. He ranks 31st in DA, 23rd in P4S, and 33rd in SGA. He has made four consecutive cuts, including his fourth top-10 finish of the year, at RBC Heritage. He has top-10 potential in a weak field, which would easily allow him to return superb value.

If Everything Goes Right

Franklin Corpening

The cheapest player on the board, Corpening hasn't appeared on the PGA Tour since participating in this event in 2014. The 31-year-old is a Forth Worth native who gained entry into the tournament as a sponsor's exemption. He missed the cut in 2014, but he came 14th the previous year. He has plenty of non-professional experience on the course; all he needs is to make the cut.

David Hearn

Hearn has made 11 of 19 cuts this season, but he has recently impressed with a T13 at the Valero Texas Open and a T20 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He ranks 26th in DA, 42nd in P4S, and 53rd in SGA. He has made five consecutive appearances at Colonia, with a 13th-place result in 2012 representing his best finish.

Mark Hubbard

More of a cash-game option due to his ability to make cuts but no track record of high finishes, Hubbard is sure to have a low ownership in tournaments. He played in his 21st event of the season at last week's AT&T Byron Nelson, missing just his fourth cut. He ranks 27th in driving accuracy.

Top Fades

Patrick Reed

One of the consistently longer drivers on tour, Reed is not well suited for Colonial. He ranks 107th in DA, 85 in P4S, and 90th in SGA. He's coming off a missed cut at The Players, and he's more than a month removed from his runner-up finish at the Valero. He's priced far too high to be a cash-game option, and he makes for a poor contrarian target in GPPs.

Louis Oosthuizen

Since placing 15th at the Masters, Oosthuizen finished 28th at The Players and missed the cut at last week's event. He is far too inconsistent in anything other than the most marquee events, and his high price tag carries a large amount of risk.

Chris Kirk

Kirk carries the price tag of a recent champion and the ownership levels will follow suit. The 2015 victor has just 11 of 16 cuts this year, picking up two top 10s. He ranks 91st in DA, 103rd in P4S, and 28th in SGA. He didn't rank much better in any of the stats in 2015, but he had made five consecutive cuts leading up to this event.