Welcome back RotoBallers. I'm back from my absence and will be looking to correctly predict the third winner in a row for this column. I will be providing you with my PGA DFS lineup picks for DraftKings, for the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. My goal as always is to help put together your optimal daily fantasy golf lineups.
In a lackluster Valspar Championship field, Adam Hadwin won the tournament by one- stroke at 14- under.
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Arnold Palmer Invitational
This will be the first time since Arnold Palmer's death, that his tournament will be held. The tournament will one held in Bay Hill, FL. Since 2011, the winner has scored in double- digits. The weather is supposed to be clear and sunny all weekend, the winner will have a handsome score. Jason Day is the defending champion.
High Cost Players - Fantasy Golf Lineup Picks for DraftKings (PGA DFS)
Build a lineup with: Henrik Stenson ($11,500)
We'll go with one golfer this week. He's my pick to win. If you take out his missed cut at the WGC- Mexico, Stenson has finished no worse than eighth in the four tournaments he's played in this year. He finished T-7 at the Valspar Championship last weekend. Stenson has a great history here: T-3 last year, runner- up year before, T-5 in 2014, T-8 in 2013, and T-15 in 2012. You get the point. Stenson loves this course and has done everything, but win. That changes this year.
Middle Cost Players - Fantasy Golf Lineup Picks for DraftKings (PGA DFS)
Tyrrell Hatton ($9,100)
I jumped on his bandwagon before the Honda Classic and he hasn't disappointed, T-4 at Honda, and 10th at the WGC- Mexico. He took last week off, didn't play in the Valspar Championship, but will be ready to go this week for the Arnold Palmer invitational.
Thomas Pieters ($8,700)
Two top- five finishes in his last three tournaments. Most recently, he finished T-5 at the WGC- Mexico. If Pieters is playing well, he will get you a ton of points, 95 last week, but he could also be way off his game and score you 22 points and get cut, like he did at the Honda Classic.
Pieters is the ultimate risk reward play.
Bubba Watson ($7,500)
Did I read this correctly? Bubba Watson at $7,500?! Wow. I understand he's at three of his last four tournaments, most recently the Valspar Championship. But this is a two- time Masters Champion. He's getting no respect and he deserves some.
Low Cost Players - Fantasy Golf Lineup Picks for DraftKings (PGA DFS)
Tommy Fleetwood ($7,200)
Not only did Fleetwood finish runner-up at the WGC- Mexico two weeks ago, but he took last week off and returns with a low, cheap price. Furthermore, Fleetwood won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the European Tour two months ago.
Ollie Schniederjans ($7,000)
He was cut at the Valspar Championship this year, but had been playing well prior to that. I think he gets his groove back.
Matt Every ($6,900)
Yes, I'm taking a player that has yet to make a cut in 2017. The only reason his price is this high– and the only reason I am picking him– he won back-to-back Arnold Palmer Invitational's in 2014 and 2015.