PGA DFS First Look at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on DraftKings and FanDuel

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The PGA DFS First Look at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and more, will help you get an early start on the upcoming DraftKings and FanDuel slates that are loaded into our PGA DFS optimizer, LineupHQ.

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Odds, Salaries, Course History, and Recent Form

Form includes all the major tours (PGA TOUR, DPWT, KFT, LIV).

Golfer Odds DK Salary FD Salary Cuts 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Cuts Top 5% Top 10% Top 25% LW -2W -3W -4W -5W -6W -7W -8W -9W -10W -11W -12W -13W -14W -15W -16W -17W -18W -19W -20W -21W -22W -23W -24W -25W -26W -27W -28W -29W -30W -31W -32W -33W -34W -35W -36W -37W -38W -39W -40W -41W -42W -43W -44W -45W -46W -47W -48W -49W -50W -51W -52W
Scottie Scheffler 4 $12,000 $13,200 4/4 1 4 1 15 24/24 54% 75% 92% 3 25 9 1 3 33 4 1 7 1 41 1 2 8 1 1 2 1 1
Rory McIlroy 9 $10,800 $12,600 5/5 21 2 13 10 5 28/29 45% 52% 76% 17 1 4 1 3 25 2 2 12 11 68 5 125 4 2 15 4 12 1 33 26 3 19 21 21
Xander Schauffele 20 $10,100 $12,100 3/3 25 39 24 23/23 35% 52% 74% 30 41 13 5 2 9 1 15 12 7 8 1 2 18 5 5 2 25
Ludvig Aberg 16 $9,900 $11,800 2/2 25 24 23/25 20% 44% 56% 1 42 5 6 17 19 2 40 18 100 4 27 12 5 79 10 2 14 8 25
Collin Morikawa 22 $9,800 $11,400 1/3 64 73 9 23/25 28% 36% 64% 17 17 2 54 1 28 22 24 16 4 12 14 2 4 4 16 9 5 75 45 64
Patrick Cantlay 30 $9,500 $10,800 2/2 36 4 22/23 13% 26% 48% 5 33 5 15 11 19 13 12 25 5 3 63 53 29 3 26 68 36
Justin Thomas 28 $9,400 $10,900 2/2 12 21 22/26 15% 35% 54% 9 6 48 2 26 3 2 7 39 30 31 62 5 125 33 8 21 5 67 64 82 12
Hideki Matsuyama 28 $9,300 $11,100 4/5 12 91 20 18 56 25/26 27% 31% 65% 13 25 48 32 16 1 46 16 1 3 66 75 22 6 8 35 33 7 6 12
Tony Finau 60 $9,200 $9,900 1/2 24 81 23/27 11% 26% 52% 5 13 102 80 15 24 13 16 12 114 5 3 8 17 18 52 12 54 2 122 45 13
Tommy Fleetwood 30 $9,100 $10,700 3/5 66 61 20 10 103 28/30 20% 30% 67% 5 22 21 16 6 3 3 12 16 5 22 2 100 34 15 16 20 21 26 13 49 3 7 35 66
Sam Burns 55 $9,000 $10,400 3/5 30 101 9 86 36 24/27 11% 26% 52% 24 49 22 29 8 14 13 2 5 12 31 58 9 15 10 108 13 44 75 76 45 30
Sungjae Im 40 $8,900 $10,600 5/5 18 21 20 21 3 25/34 12% 26% 47% 69 55 57 33 4 91 3 9 13 6 11 40 41 7 4 12 4 120 8 9 108 4 12 61 142 31 18 91
Russell Henley 45 $8,800 $9,700 3/3 4 53 13 24/25 16% 28% 44% 6 39 5 10 30 19 4 22 30 5 49 7 27 23 10 12 33 4 93 4 41
Maverick McNealy 55 $8,700 $10,200 2/3 73 49 70 28/33 18% 27% 48% 2 9 40 52 45 8 1 17 6 78 16 76 124 12 45 3 114 120 44 7 17 23 41 58 45 9 41 13
Will Zalatoris 50 $8,600 $10,500 4/4 4 53 38 10 19/26 4% 15% 27% 24 48 12 26 18 41 13 12 105 81 131 153 43 96 41 43 60 44 9 74 114 4
Daniel Berger 65 $8,500 $9,700 0/0 19/32 6% 13% 31% 25 12 2 117 21 77 2 62 20 39 35 7 121 45 74 154 102 78 85 21 137 45 36 13 50 45 135 85 91
Keegan Bradley 55 $8,400 $10,100 5/5 36 10 11 10 42 24/28 14% 18% 39% 34 65 15 6 15 5 27 1 59 22 46 81 39 32 43 2 18 21 55 17 76 125 36
Viktor Hovland 55 $8,300 $10,300 5/5 36 10 2 49 42 16/21 10% 10% 14% 55 22 104 36 8 26 2 33 114 46 20 75 15 3 24 72 62 36
Shane Lowry 49 $8,200 $9,800 2/3 3 67 86 28/31 16% 32% 55% 11 39 2 80 3 13 12 13 12 12 8 13 50 80 26 6 12 19 49 33 6 47 64 33 29 19 3 4
Sepp Straka 70 $8,100 $9,600 1/5 57 73 96 102 91 26/34 6% 15% 38% 11 69 15 7 1 30 15 9 69 29 38 27 13 61 40 22 75 61 22 56 5 5 100 8 5 12 95 16 57 78
Wyndham Clark 60 $8,000 $9,900 3/4 2 34 96 68 21/28 14% 21% 39% 31 16 73 105 15 17 108 8 13 7 14 147 10 8 56 53 115 47 3 67 31 2 2
Robert Macintyre 60 $8,000 $9,800 1/1 36 24/36 14% 25% 42% 63 6 40 17 53 15 7 7 19 25 12 5 16 97 7 80 50 1 97 15 75 1 85 8 13 67 126 33 125 32 60 6
Tom Kim 66 $7,900 $9,500 2/2 52 34 25/32 9% 19% 34% 44 44 7 91 65 2 2 77 50 8 125 15 75 2 26 43 4 24 26 47 52 18 26 132 142 52 62
Taylor Pendrith 60 $7,900 $9,500 1/2 101 42 22/30 13% 27% 47% 69 50 9 7 45 13 8 8 13 22 5 5 72 22 16 33 21 92 10 1 11 117 36 76 125 68 105
Corey Conners 70 $7,800 $9,600 4/5 18 21 11 3 70 28/29 7% 24% 45% 24 74 65 93 5 6 7 22 50 9 25 10 27 9 20 6 26 13 44 33 25 13 18 41
Akshay Bhatia 80 $7,800 $9,400 0/0 25/33 6% 21% 42% 9 9 32 22 37 32 4 24 45 12 80 64 81 2 8 16 22 60 99 92 42 18 33 1 11 17 74 115
Matt Fitzpatrick 80 $7,700 $10,000 4/5 60 14 9 10 9 22/28 4% 11% 32% 49 78 48 24 69 35 27 28 18 65 50 39 33 64 5 79 52 28 26 10 5 60 21
Jason Day 80 $7,700 $9,400 3/4 36 10 31 119 25/28 4% 18% 46% 50 13 32 3 40 19 8 33 22 9 13 23 45 96 33 43 4 59 18 26 84 35 36
Michael Kim 80 $7,600 $9,200 0/0 20/36 8% 19% 42% 6 13 13 2 135 43 77 11 12 30 5 77 76 65 152 74 24 80 78 52 14 85 20 82 14 93 64 33 114 23 137 86
Ben Griffin 80 $7,600 $9,300 1/1 14 32/42 12% 24% 48% 4 4 44 36 69 102 7 45 15 8 24 22 67 11 37 50 7 93 125 39 5 31 65 53 2 71 153 16 13 14 39 36 17 74 55 91
Min Woo Lee 80 $7,500 $9,200 1/3 44 112 115 26/29 7% 14% 48% 11 48 12 17 17 27 15 24 23 27 32 22 105 22 100 73 2 21 24 26 24 17 132 54 44 2
Adam Scott 90 $7,500 $9,100 2/4 60 31 26 81 25/27 7% 30% 48% 37 22 37 15 3 46 57 5 2 18 10 2 39 32 42 12 108 29 30 17 14 45 60
Si Woo Kim 80 $7,400 $9,300 3/5 30 39 26 120 97 28/33 3% 12% 45% 24 21 12 80 51 77 32 152 6 18 5 50 118 43 26 33 32 15 56 123 16 13 18 26 17 6 30
Sahith Theegala 110 $7,400 $8,900 2/3 6 14 103 29/32 19% 31% 47% 17 57 53 52 37 36 8 56 7 2 48 46 6 143 4 53 32 12 113 12 52 2 45 28 9 6
Denny McCarthy 90 $7,300 $9,100 3/4 48 61 26 97 26/30 7% 13% 47% 48 5 16 58 16 46 25 26 9 33 100 149 7 33 32 39 24 115 6 28 45 2 35 48 68
Aaron Rai 90 $7,300 $8,700 1/2 53 103 27/33 24% 27% 52% 4 37 40 80 15 14 70 4 42 21 43 16 1 75 4 7 2 19 14 32 39 4 121 58 7 106 35 23 19
Davis Thompson 80 $7,200 $9,000 2/2 53 42 26/33 12% 18% 39% 94 13 36 58 51 93 36 60 5 41 33 12 66 46 1 2 9 27 90 17 2 112 18 45 21 106 93 47 24
Thomas Detry 110 $7,200 $8,800 1/1 24 26/33 12% 21% 42% 53 1 48 15 53 5 36 13 37 137 30 137 31 46 105 9 26 58 14 41 56 4 67 28 2 17 62 142 118
Billy Horschel 100 $7,100 $9,000 2/4 84 2 86 36 23/33 15% 24% 42% 25 55 95 9 21 77 51 47 96 69 1 23 22 10 7 2 106 53 41 15 24 8 52 1 108 7 12 82 9
Max Greyserman 110 $7,100 $8,700 0/0 25/32 19% 22% 41% 11 24 49 79 48 7 24 4 2 28 33 2 2 13 21 26 31 21 113 107 40 123 40 136 7 33 15 47 128
J.J. Spaun 100 $7,000 $8,800 1/2 73 52 22/34 6% 18% 41% 2 34 130 33 15 29 3 139 30 6 34 25 128 26 3 9 29 44 23 10 78 99 26 112 51 36 122 64 105
Cameron Young 110 $7,000 $8,900 3/3 36 10 13 25/29 14% 21% 41% 69 61 12 72 147 8 13 43 61 22 31 6 8 67 50 70 63 34 62 11 2 54 36 4
Patrick Rodgers 110 $6,900 $8,600 4/5 25 84 38 57 24 29/38 8% 18% 45% 18 25 3 122 22 56 70 93 17 9 24 67 11 76 37 33 33 37 5 34 31 15 72 45 115 29 5 153 74 95 82 25 6
Sam Stevens 120 $6,900 $8,600 0/0 31/37 8% 19% 38% 102 31 44 17 2 51 59 42 67 6 22 23 37 37 98 64 29 57 34 10 2 14 71 10 62 40 14 57 64 120 18 103 97
Byeong Hun An 125 $6,800 $8,300 3/4 8 117 43 56 24/31 13% 19% 35% 122 69 73 22 77 32 1 18 21 13 33 24 13 75 70 137 22 43 3 4 67 17 117 120 8 21
Brian Harman 120 $6,800 $8,500 1/3 12 117 81 29/32 3% 6% 47% 32 17 25 53 109 21 58 12 25 25 50 45 60 21 8 21 33 24 26 47 12 72 25 95 2 12
Stephan Jaeger 150 $6,700 $8,200 2/2 44 52 23/32 19% 19% 31% 6 44 40 80 3 36 114 2 23 39 40 118 30 125 120 33 21 58 76 21 20 18 76 1 74 44 68 3
Nick Taylor 120 $6,700 $8,300 3/5 12 84 32 75 56 24/33 9% 12% 27% 9 25 33 12 1 48 91 33 54 25 73 65 67 33 92 57 41 96 27 90 92 43 49 76 64 26 12
Harris English 170 $6,600 $8,000 4/4 21 2 26 9 25/31 6% 16% 39% 24 73 1 43 119 60 14 9 6 108 108 61 50 34 63 41 58 71 18 34 28 17 117 19 21
J.T. Poston 120 $6,600 $8,500 1/3 55 96 115 25/31 10% 26% 42% 39 16 53 12 77 40 5 1 33 33 80 105 92 30 58 32 22 12 123 60 5 33 45 55 66
Aldrich Potgieter 125 $6,500 $8,400 0/0 15/30 10% 23% 37% 2 15 109 127 42 2 8 90 119 10 103 24 79 48 153 74 6 60 146 110 74 30 48 93 130 97
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 170 $6,500 $8,100 4/5 44 96 20 7 18 27/33 9% 21% 45% 42 39 4 40 118 40 36 6 29 33 22 22 16 81 153 22 32 4 17 79 16 3 28 25 9 13 44 68
Lucas Glover 125 $6,400 $8,400 3/5 30 108 74 66 103 23/33 9% 18% 42% 69 31 88 3 118 21 30 42 24 3 3 13 114 136 117 23 45 140 65 12 43 16 33 17 25 11 74 30 35
Cameron Davis 170 $6,400 $8,100 1/4 18 73 99 75 21/30 7% 10% 40% 63 5 18 93 13 66 6 129 5 40 118 19 26 1 52 109 50 56 133 38 49 12 21 142 18
Isaiah Salinda 200 $6,400 $8,200 0/0 19/27 11% 22% 44% 39 3 42 80 105 77 24 7 13 17 19 137 50 30 17 69 32 12 48 91 61 8 44 68 133
Andrew Novak 20 $6,300 $7,800 0/0 21/32 9% 22% 50% 111 13 78 13 3 153 77 35 2 16 67 86 23 52 24 70 7 20 14 71 54 30 58 53 17 114 9 8
Max Homa 175 $6,300 $8,000 5/5 8 14 17 10 24 21/28 4% 7% 32% 63 108 53 145 26 14 27 73 33 70 43 70 58 75 22 116 35 8 55 3 25 64 8
Nick Dunlap 200 $6,300 $7,900 1/1 48 22/30 7% 20% 37% 17 57 58 34 10 55 16 28 31 5 80 124 1 89 10 65 75 12 123 24 30 69 61 11 106 48 53
Joe Highsmith 170 $6,200 $7,500 0/0 16/32 9% 16% 31% 1 17 88 80 66 124 11 5 16 6 55 13 80 44 114 87 78 57 139 90 71 82 87 51 21 140 6 132 86
Brian Campbell 270 $6,200 $7,600 0/0 23/29 17% 31% 52% 48 1 102 51 141 23 12 7 30 95 60 10 2 97 6 56 25 85 14 46 36 48 44 68 3
Austin Eckroat 150 $6,200 $7,700 1/1 36 23/33 9% 9% 30% 111 55 95 13 113 77 15 17 1 46 46 18 6 82 66 75 27 74 39 85 18 63 17 64 33 45 36 1 38
Matthieu Pavon 400 $6,200 $7,200 1/1 52 28/33 15% 15% 30% 42 44 63 73 129 48 17 57 62 52 40 15 33 46 64 50 143 15 5 65 144 67 30 49 12 5 106 52 28
Jacob Bridgeman 150 $6,100 $7,400 0/0 19/33 0% 12% 42% 2 34 95 80 21 77 139 12 14 29 46 11 124 12 19 100 87 105 31 110 14 46 67 23 83 21 122 23 28 78
Chris Kirk 200 $6,100 $7,300 4/4 44 39 5 8 22/29 3% 3% 34% 56 115 62 34 105 44 90 35 24 9 50 31 44 65 26 65 99 123 43 10 17 26 44 28
Justin Rose 300 $6,100 $7,300 0/5 60 91 85 120 91 17/26 12% 12% 23% 55 3 102 34 68 13 48 22 67 2 117 68 75 68 32 6 52 44 67 106 60 64
Max McGreevy 210 $6,100 $7,200 0/0 21/33 21% 27% 45% 4 25 88 145 109 77 11 23 3 52 1 84 92 40 74 1 49 116 57 2 3 81 30 22 121 3 37 107 34
Tom Hoge 500 $6,100 $7,100 3/5 12 73 32 73 15 30/36 6% 11% 39% 67 54 128 17 29 45 8 45 56 104 7 29 13 46 74 72 75 3 96 45 17 23 38 41 18 14 54 12 28
Adam Hadwin 300 $6,000 $7,500 1/3 52 73 102 21/31 10% 16% 26% 69 9 65 91 59 29 53 114 41 50 28 93 114 34 27 88 3 78 60 52 42 49 5 114 52
Mackenzie Hughes 350 $6,000 $7,200 2/2 30 61 27/33 12% 24% 36% 126 52 36 40 58 138 6 5 67 8 4 58 28 19 16 46 33 145 53 7 100 6 41 39 14 3 26 30 122
Jackson Koivun 400 $6,000 $7,400 0/0 0/1 0% 0% 0% 108
Eric Cole 350 $6,000 $7,100 1/2 21 105 28/41 10% 17% 34% 111 55 122 22 68 68 5 52 15 6 87 16 73 46 18 7 31 46 7 6 45 75 45 105 71 79 68 33 49 108 33 93 21 137
Rafael Campos 2000 $6,000 $7,000 0/0 12/33 3% 9% 21% 111 34 95 129 125 93 57 90 1 77 127 70 85 13 80 35 124 125 143 78 133 125 99 71 9 14 136 138 76 18 38

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GREEN = top 25 finish
YELLOW = made cut
RED = missed cut

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