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Truth be told, Ben An figured “Jokerâ€� would probably win the Oscar for Best Picture on Sunday night. After all, a non-English-language film like “Parasiteâ€� had never claimed the top prize at the Academy Awards. But as the Korean film kept racking up those coveted gold statuettes, An and his wife Jamie, who were watching the telecast from their Orlando home, got more and more excited. Best Original Screenplay came first. Then, Best International Feature Film. When Boog Joon-ho beat out the legendary Martin Scorsese and the quirky Quentin Tarantino, among others, for Best Director, An pulled out his phone to take pictures of the winner on the TV screen, which he gleefully posted on his Instagram account. “Chills,â€� the 28-year-old from Seoul wrote. Related: TOUR pros: My first time with Tiger | Tiny Westlake’s big impact | Special week for APGA Tour After Joaquin Phoenix picked up the Oscar for Best Actor and Renee Zellweger won for Best Actress, it was time for Best Picture. An was beyond thrilled when “Parasiteâ€� made history. “I thought maybe, but …â€� the former U.S. Amateur champ posted with another screen shot, this time of the film’s entire entourage celebrating on the Dolby Theater stage, adding “#doyouknowparasiteâ€� at the bottom. The magnitude of the movie’s win – heralded with the headline “Can you believe that ‘Parasite’ won the Academy best picture?â€� in South Korea’s largest newspaper — was not lost on An. “I think it’s a big step forward because no one has, no one’s done this before,â€� An said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. “And that’s why we were so high in Korea and we’re so surprised about this. It’s like, it’s like winning a major; it was the first Asian to win a major — that kind of feeling.â€� Sungjae Im, who is from Jeju, South Korea, is in Los Angeles this week to play in The Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club, located about 20 miles from the theater where the Academy Awards was held. Like An, he’s seen the movie, which he called “very creative.â€� “The plot is about one family conning another wealthier family to survive and it’s brilliant,â€� Im said through a translator on Tuesday. “It’s very different from other movies I’ve watched.â€� The 21-year-old Im, who, like An, was one of Ernie Els’ picks for the International Team at last year’s Presidents Cup, says the film’s success on Sunday night was “phenomenal. “As a Korean-language movie, it must’ve been so difficult to win all those awards, but for them to win four is absolutely amazing,â€� he says. “It made me really proud to be Korean.â€� While he says “Parasiteâ€� is his new favorite movie, An says his taste in film generally runs more toward those in the Marvel universe. He was a big “Batmanâ€� fan as a kid, and more recently has enjoyed the “Iron Manâ€� series. But An was drawn toward “Parasite,â€� which he has seen twice – first on his computer and again on the plane heading to Australia to join Im at their Presidents Cup debut. Central to the satire on class discrimination in the movie are the two very different Korean families and how their lives intertwine. “I’d say it gives you a lot of things to think about because it’s strong,â€� he says. “This is mostly talking about the rich and poor and tells you about how they made it. It’s hard to describe. It’s a very well-made movie because every scene means something. “And I tried to look at it online because when you, watch it for a first time, you don’t get 100 percent of what a director is trying to tell you. So, I tried to search it online to see what all the scenes mean, and what the picture says. … “I’ve totally spent probably equal times to the movie time, like online, just finding out what they all mean all together.â€� But as much as he enjoyed following the success of “Parasiteâ€� – from the Cannes Film Festival, where it was the first Korean film to win the top prize, the Palme d’Or, to Sunday’s Oscars — don’t expect An to join the staff of Rotten Tomatoes anytime soon. “My job is to play golf, not be a critic,â€� he says with a chuckle.

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The PGA TOUR travels to Las Vegas for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin. The course will play as a par 71, measuring 7,255 yards, and move to bentgrass greens this week. Set your DraftKings fantasy golf lineups here: PGA TOUR $400K Resurgence [$100K to 1st] STRATEGY Kevin Na ($8,600) gained an enormous amount of strokes on the greens last season, and while rolling it well on these fast, bentgrass greens is great, TPC Summerlin is still a second-shot course. Golfers like Patton Kizzire ($6,300), Jordan Spieth and defending champion Kevin Na have stated how vital the approach shot is at TPC Summerlin, and the data proves it. The top five finishers have gained over two times the strokes with approach against off-the-tee and around-the-greens. Spieth went further and said, "it's more of a second-shot golf course where it requires a lot of precision from the short irons. Maybe pitching wedge to short irons." TPC Summerlin should give way to an excess of birdies, as long as the wind doesn't pick up. Last season, scores averaged -3.25 RTP on Saturday and -1.763 RTP on Sunday. The cut lines over the last two years averaged three-under-par, so birdies or better should be high on our key statistic models. Roster construction doesn't need to fit a particular type of ‘build' this week. In 2019, there were only two golfers under $7,000 who finished inside the top 12 in DraftKings scoring. Last season, that number more than doubled with five golfers under $7,000 finishing inside the top 12. We should be leaning towards rostering the expensive golfers with cheap players this week, with a smaller amount of value in the mid-range than previous weeks. GOLFERS TO CONSIDER Hideki Matsuyama – $9,900 ‘Deki's two appearances at the Shriners read 10th in 2014 and 16th in 2019, gaining an average of 7.05 strokes tee-to-green. The putting woes hurt him at Winged Foot recently, but Matsuyama still finished at a very respectable 17th place, again gaining a ton of strokes tee-to-green (+12.6). Hideki's made six straight cuts, and with other golfers like Bryson DeChambeau ($11,800), Webb Simpson ($11,000) and Matthew Wolff ($9,600) in the field, Hideki might go more under the radar than he should. Collin Morikawa – $9,800 Second-shot golf courses mean we should consider one of the best iron-players on the PGA TOUR. Morikawa should fare well on some of the more challenging holes, ranking 37th in par-4 efficiency on holes 450 to 500 yards over the last few months. He should contend when this becomes a birdie fest, ranking fifth in birdies or better gained, third in eagles and top three in approach since the restart. The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open could become a putting match, and Morikawa has gained strokes on bentgrass while struggling on poa annua and bermuda this season. Byeong Hun An – $7,100 Missing the cut three times in his last five starts is not an example of consistency, and while we shouldn't be overlooking his recent struggles, we shouldn't be reading into it too much at this price tag. An showed us his upside with a top 12 at the BMW Championship and a 22nd at the PGA Championship not too long ago. He's gained with his irons in five of his last six starts and getting him on bentgrass should hopefully help his putting woes, where he's lost 10.5 strokes on the greens total over his last two starts. Sergio Garcia ($9,100) showed us that losing strokes in nine straight doesn't mean you can't gain (and win) in your next tournament. Our collective eyes should be open to rostering An, even if it means we'll have to look away when we click the ‘roster player' button. Other golfers to consider in this range are Joel Dahmen ($7,100) and Keith Mitchell ($6,100) if you need someone cheap. Put your knowledge to the test. Sign up for DraftKings and experience the game inside the game. I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is reidtfowler) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.

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