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PGA DFS: First Look at Pricing for The Masters

We’ve made it! It has been a thrilling start to the 2024 PGA TOUR season with plenty of surprises, twists, and turns. The new calendar and newly christened Signature Events have all been leading up to the first major of the year. As they usually do for a major championship, DraftKings dropped the prices early for this year’s trip to Augusta National, which is jam-packed with new storylines to track and storied traditions to consider.

Here are some things that stood out at first glance in each price range.

Note: FantasyLabs has partnered with Betsperts Golf and the Rabbit Hole! Sign up for the biggest database of golf stats available on the internet and get 25% off a yearly sub with our link! 

Unless otherwise noted, all Strokes Gained metrics referenced in this article come via the Rabbit Hole.

Prices will increase the day after the Masters, so take advantage and get grandfathered in at Betsperts’ lowest price now!

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    The Top Range

    Can Anyone Challenge Scottie Scheffler?

    Scheffler has been other-worldly so far this season. He won back-to-back weeks at Bay Hill and THE PLAYERS Championship in Florida and followed that up with a T2 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, where he was one shot from forcing a playoff. He made the cut in all eight of his events in 2024 with an amazing seven top 10s. Even when he hasn’t won, he’s been in contention right to the end.

    He comes in as the top player in the FedExCup Standings by a wide margin and also sits comfortably atop the OWGR. His dominant form is only enhanced by elite course history with four top 20s in his four trips to Augusta National, including his 2022 three-stroke victory.

    DraftKings showed just how heavy of a favorite Scheffler is by giving him a $12,100 salary, which is almost $1,000 more than any other golfer in the field. He’s still likely to be extremely chalky, but it’s hard to totally ignore him since he has so many things going in his favor right now and has proven he can dominate in difficult events against elite fields. There isn’t a box that Scottie doesn’t check now that his Strokes Gained: Putting has stopped holding him back.

    Will LIV Equal Leverage?

    Two of the top four golfers in the field come from the LIV Tour, with Jon Rahm bringing the second-highest salary behind Scheffler and Brooks Koepka behind only Rory McIlroy. Both Rahm and Koepka have proven they can contend with the best in the world at majors, and Rahm is the defending champion at Augusta. They have been out of sight, though, for most of the general golf fans, which could mean they bring good leverage, depending on their ownership projections.

    Rahm has finished in the top 10 in each of the four LIV tournaments he has played, and Koepka has three top 12s, followed by a 28th-place finish in Hong Kong. What do those results mean compared to the recent results on the PGA TOUR? That’s one of the big questions fantasy players must answer when considering LIV options. The competition, courses and format of LIV tournaments are all vastly different than what LIV players will face at the Masters. However, their ownership may drop so much that they end up being potential places to get leverage.

    Running It Back

    Two key players with salaries in this price range have been dealing with back problems. Their health will be key to monitor before Round 1.

    Wyndham Clark finished runner-up to Scheffler at both the Arnold Palmer Invitational and THE PLAYERS Championship, and he also claimed a win already in 2024 by going low and blitzing an elite field at the Signature Event at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am back in February. He was battling a bad back before the Houston Open and opened with a 70. He said he felt better as the week went on, though, and shot a 68 in the Final Round to move up to a solid T31.

    If he’s healthy, Clark has shown he has the game and the guts to contend in majors. The reigning U.S. Open champion will be making his Masters debut. Famously, just once since 1935 has the Masters’ winner been making his debut: Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. If anyone has the game to flip the script on that fun factoid, though, it might be Wyndham.

    The other back to track is Will Zalatoris.  Zalatoris missed the 2023 Masters while recovering from back surgery, but he finished second in 2021 in his tournament debut and followed that up with a T6 in 2022. He has worked his way back with seven tournaments in 2024 and made the cut in five of them with two top 10s, including a runner-up finish at The Genesis Invitational, which was a Signature Event.

    DraftKings placed his salary at $9,200, and his ownership projections at that level will be fascinating to watch. His story is already an impressive comeback, and he could take it to the next level if he contends on Sunday.

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    The Middle Range

    Morikawa & Max Might Make Balanced Lineups Marvelous

    The middle range is loaded with good golfers that you can piece together into a balanced lineup if you pass on all the options in the top range. Two of the tastiest are Collin Morikawa and Max Homa, who have each shown a very high ceiling at their best.

    Morikawa won the ZOZO Championship last fall to snap a winless drought but hasn’t been in the best form yet in 2024. He has made the cut in 4-of-6 tournaments, with his only top 10 coming at the Sentry to start the year. Still, his iron game is elite, and his feel for Augusta National was apparent in his four previous appearances at the Masters. He finished in the top 20 each of the last three years, including a T10 last year and a solo fifth in 2022.

    Homa is another winner on the PGA TOUR who lands in this salary range. He has claimed six PGA TOUR wins and had his best finish at a major last year at The Open Championship, where he ended up T10. He made the cut in each of his last two trips to Augusta National after missing the cut in his first two career appearances.

    Those aren’t the only recognizable names in this range, though, with Dustin Johnson, Tony Finau, Cameron Young, and Bryson DeChambeau all in the $8,000s.

    Rising Stars or Experienced Vets

    In the $7,000s, there are two distinct strategies to consider. The first is going with rising young stars. Sahith Theegala broke through for his first PGA TOUR victory last fall and added top 10s at The Sentry, the WM Phoenix Open, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and THE PLAYERS Championship so far in 2024. He finished in the top 10 at the Masters last year and could be a great value at $7,700 if he contends this year.

    Min Woo Lee and Tom Kim are also young players with high ceilings that have shown promise.

    The other way you can go in this price range is to target players with strong histories at Augusta National. Patrick Reed was on his way to being a Masters specialist before heading to the LIV Tour. He has eight made cuts in 10 appearances at the event with four top 10s including his win in 2018. Adam Scott is even cheaper than Reed at only $7,100 and has made the cut in 20-of-22 appearances at The Masters, including 10 top 25s and his memorable win in 2013.

    Russell Henley is another play worth a look that drops somewhere in the middle. He is still a rising star, and he also has great experience on this track. He finished in the top 31 in each of his last six trips to the Masters and finished T4 for his best career showing last season.

    Now in beta testing: our PGA DFS SimLabs Lineup Generator that creates advanced DFS lineups using the power of simulation.

    The Lower Range

    Tiger Lurking?

    Making his first start of 2024, Tiger Woods checks in with a salary of $6,800. While he’s definitely a long shot, it’s hard to totally count the Big Cat out. Woods has obviously crushed Augusta in the past and had his huge comeback for the ages in 2019. He made the cut in both 2020 and 2022 but had to withdraw last year.

    Tiger just making the cut would be amazing at this point given his lack of playing competitive golf lately, but at this salary, all you need is a made cut to be a great value. He’s worth at least a look with his salary this low.

    Foreign Exchange

    If you opt to go elsewhere for your cheap plays, check out the infusion of foreign talent in this price range.

    Frenchman Matthieu Pavon has impressed on the PGA TOUR since coming over from the DP World Tour. He won the Farmers Insurance Open and finished third the next week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. After a mediocre Florida Swing, Pavon bounced back in his tuneup on the DP World Tour at the Porsche Singapore Classic, finishing fifth. Pavon could be a great buy at $6,900.

    Nicolai Hojgaard from Denmark posted two top 10s earlier in 2024. Veteran Adam Hadwin from Canada has been boom-or-bust this season but posted three top 10s in his last seven events. History also shows that South Africans can post good results here, and Erik van Rooyen started the year strong after winning the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico last fall. He has five top 25s in his last seven events.

    All those foreign players come in under $7,000 with plenty of upside.

    Searching for Fliers

    Another strategy to differentiate your lineup is to find just the right cheap flier. Eric Cole and Keegan Bradley could be popular options in this price range, while Nick Dunlap and Jake Knapp are also cheap options that grabbed their first PGA TOUR win this year.

    Taylor Moore made the cut and finished T39 in his Masters debut last year, and he is coming off back-to-back strong weeks at the Valspar (T12) and the Houston Open (T2). His salary of $6,400 is way too cheap. Peter Malnati also comes in with some momentum after winning the Valspar and finishing T36 in Houston. This will be the PGA TOUR veteran’s first appearance at the Masters.

     

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We’ve made it! It has been a thrilling start to the 2024 PGA TOUR season with plenty of surprises, twists, and turns. The new calendar and newly christened Signature Events have all been leading up to the first major of the year. As they usually do for a major championship, DraftKings dropped the prices early for this year’s trip to Augusta National, which is jam-packed with new storylines to track and storied traditions to consider.

Here are some things that stood out at first glance in each price range.

Note: FantasyLabs has partnered with Betsperts Golf and the Rabbit Hole! Sign up for the biggest database of golf stats available on the internet and get 25% off a yearly sub with our link! 

Unless otherwise noted, all Strokes Gained metrics referenced in this article come via the Rabbit Hole.

Prices will increase the day after the Masters, so take advantage and get grandfathered in at Betsperts’ lowest price now!

Tool Highlights

    • Build unlimited custom stat models with official PGA TOUR data.
    • Hundreds of filters to find the exact data split you’re looking for.
    • Save custom reports and run them again with next week’s field.
    • Download anything you right to your computer with the click of a button.
    • See expert models each week.

    The Top Range

    Can Anyone Challenge Scottie Scheffler?

    Scheffler has been other-worldly so far this season. He won back-to-back weeks at Bay Hill and THE PLAYERS Championship in Florida and followed that up with a T2 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, where he was one shot from forcing a playoff. He made the cut in all eight of his events in 2024 with an amazing seven top 10s. Even when he hasn’t won, he’s been in contention right to the end.

    He comes in as the top player in the FedExCup Standings by a wide margin and also sits comfortably atop the OWGR. His dominant form is only enhanced by elite course history with four top 20s in his four trips to Augusta National, including his 2022 three-stroke victory.

    DraftKings showed just how heavy of a favorite Scheffler is by giving him a $12,100 salary, which is almost $1,000 more than any other golfer in the field. He’s still likely to be extremely chalky, but it’s hard to totally ignore him since he has so many things going in his favor right now and has proven he can dominate in difficult events against elite fields. There isn’t a box that Scottie doesn’t check now that his Strokes Gained: Putting has stopped holding him back.

    Will LIV Equal Leverage?

    Two of the top four golfers in the field come from the LIV Tour, with Jon Rahm bringing the second-highest salary behind Scheffler and Brooks Koepka behind only Rory McIlroy. Both Rahm and Koepka have proven they can contend with the best in the world at majors, and Rahm is the defending champion at Augusta. They have been out of sight, though, for most of the general golf fans, which could mean they bring good leverage, depending on their ownership projections.

    Rahm has finished in the top 10 in each of the four LIV tournaments he has played, and Koepka has three top 12s, followed by a 28th-place finish in Hong Kong. What do those results mean compared to the recent results on the PGA TOUR? That’s one of the big questions fantasy players must answer when considering LIV options. The competition, courses and format of LIV tournaments are all vastly different than what LIV players will face at the Masters. However, their ownership may drop so much that they end up being potential places to get leverage.

    Running It Back

    Two key players with salaries in this price range have been dealing with back problems. Their health will be key to monitor before Round 1.

    Wyndham Clark finished runner-up to Scheffler at both the Arnold Palmer Invitational and THE PLAYERS Championship, and he also claimed a win already in 2024 by going low and blitzing an elite field at the Signature Event at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am back in February. He was battling a bad back before the Houston Open and opened with a 70. He said he felt better as the week went on, though, and shot a 68 in the Final Round to move up to a solid T31.

    If he’s healthy, Clark has shown he has the game and the guts to contend in majors. The reigning U.S. Open champion will be making his Masters debut. Famously, just once since 1935 has the Masters’ winner been making his debut: Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. If anyone has the game to flip the script on that fun factoid, though, it might be Wyndham.

    The other back to track is Will Zalatoris.  Zalatoris missed the 2023 Masters while recovering from back surgery, but he finished second in 2021 in his tournament debut and followed that up with a T6 in 2022. He has worked his way back with seven tournaments in 2024 and made the cut in five of them with two top 10s, including a runner-up finish at The Genesis Invitational, which was a Signature Event.

    DraftKings placed his salary at $9,200, and his ownership projections at that level will be fascinating to watch. His story is already an impressive comeback, and he could take it to the next level if he contends on Sunday.

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    The Middle Range

    Morikawa & Max Might Make Balanced Lineups Marvelous

    The middle range is loaded with good golfers that you can piece together into a balanced lineup if you pass on all the options in the top range. Two of the tastiest are Collin Morikawa and Max Homa, who have each shown a very high ceiling at their best.

    Morikawa won the ZOZO Championship last fall to snap a winless drought but hasn’t been in the best form yet in 2024. He has made the cut in 4-of-6 tournaments, with his only top 10 coming at the Sentry to start the year. Still, his iron game is elite, and his feel for Augusta National was apparent in his four previous appearances at the Masters. He finished in the top 20 each of the last three years, including a T10 last year and a solo fifth in 2022.

    Homa is another winner on the PGA TOUR who lands in this salary range. He has claimed six PGA TOUR wins and had his best finish at a major last year at The Open Championship, where he ended up T10. He made the cut in each of his last two trips to Augusta National after missing the cut in his first two career appearances.

    Those aren’t the only recognizable names in this range, though, with Dustin Johnson, Tony Finau, Cameron Young, and Bryson DeChambeau all in the $8,000s.

    Rising Stars or Experienced Vets

    In the $7,000s, there are two distinct strategies to consider. The first is going with rising young stars. Sahith Theegala broke through for his first PGA TOUR victory last fall and added top 10s at The Sentry, the WM Phoenix Open, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and THE PLAYERS Championship so far in 2024. He finished in the top 10 at the Masters last year and could be a great value at $7,700 if he contends this year.

    Min Woo Lee and Tom Kim are also young players with high ceilings that have shown promise.

    The other way you can go in this price range is to target players with strong histories at Augusta National. Patrick Reed was on his way to being a Masters specialist before heading to the LIV Tour. He has eight made cuts in 10 appearances at the event with four top 10s including his win in 2018. Adam Scott is even cheaper than Reed at only $7,100 and has made the cut in 20-of-22 appearances at The Masters, including 10 top 25s and his memorable win in 2013.

    Russell Henley is another play worth a look that drops somewhere in the middle. He is still a rising star, and he also has great experience on this track. He finished in the top 31 in each of his last six trips to the Masters and finished T4 for his best career showing last season.

    Now in beta testing: our PGA DFS SimLabs Lineup Generator that creates advanced DFS lineups using the power of simulation.

    The Lower Range

    Tiger Lurking?

    Making his first start of 2024, Tiger Woods checks in with a salary of $6,800. While he’s definitely a long shot, it’s hard to totally count the Big Cat out. Woods has obviously crushed Augusta in the past and had his huge comeback for the ages in 2019. He made the cut in both 2020 and 2022 but had to withdraw last year.

    Tiger just making the cut would be amazing at this point given his lack of playing competitive golf lately, but at this salary, all you need is a made cut to be a great value. He’s worth at least a look with his salary this low.

    Foreign Exchange

    If you opt to go elsewhere for your cheap plays, check out the infusion of foreign talent in this price range.

    Frenchman Matthieu Pavon has impressed on the PGA TOUR since coming over from the DP World Tour. He won the Farmers Insurance Open and finished third the next week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. After a mediocre Florida Swing, Pavon bounced back in his tuneup on the DP World Tour at the Porsche Singapore Classic, finishing fifth. Pavon could be a great buy at $6,900.

    Nicolai Hojgaard from Denmark posted two top 10s earlier in 2024. Veteran Adam Hadwin from Canada has been boom-or-bust this season but posted three top 10s in his last seven events. History also shows that South Africans can post good results here, and Erik van Rooyen started the year strong after winning the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico last fall. He has five top 25s in his last seven events.

    All those foreign players come in under $7,000 with plenty of upside.

    Searching for Fliers

    Another strategy to differentiate your lineup is to find just the right cheap flier. Eric Cole and Keegan Bradley could be popular options in this price range, while Nick Dunlap and Jake Knapp are also cheap options that grabbed their first PGA TOUR win this year.

    Taylor Moore made the cut and finished T39 in his Masters debut last year, and he is coming off back-to-back strong weeks at the Valspar (T12) and the Houston Open (T2). His salary of $6,400 is way too cheap. Peter Malnati also comes in with some momentum after winning the Valspar and finishing T36 in Houston. This will be the PGA TOUR veteran’s first appearance at the Masters.

     

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About the Author

Zach Thompson writes NBA, MLB, NFL, golf and soccer content for Fantasy Labs. Zach's fantasy experience dates all the way back to high school when he would manually tabulate fantasy football scores using Tuesday morning's newspaper. Even though he was raised on the island of Guam on the opposite side of the world, Zach is a hardcore Boston sports fan who loves playing fantasy sports in almost any format. He's always in search of a great bargain play and keeps a close eye out for rising talent that can provide leverage. Zach joined the FantasyLabs team in 2022 and is also a contributor for DraftKings Network.