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PGA DFS First Look at the Masters on DraftKings

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2025-04-07 17:06:04

Scottie Scheffler of the PGA TOUR

The PGA DFS First Look at the Masters, complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and more, will help you get an early start on the upcoming DraftKings slate that will be loaded into our PGA DFS optimizer, LineupHQ. Also, LineupHQ will be FREE during Masters week!

The Masters Field Size

The Masters Cut Rule

Weather Tools to Help with the Masters PGA DFS Picks

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Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters

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Tournament and Course Notes for the Masters

Key Statistics for the Masters

Thoughts on DraftKings Pricing & Milly Maker Strategy

As DFS players, we have not 1, not 2, but 3 chances to win $1 million this week on DraftKings. The best part is that there’s a buy-in level for everyone:

Now, the important thing to note is that you should adjust your strategy based on which Milly Maker you are entering. In the $10 contest where you are competing against 470,000 lineups, you essentially need to build the perfect lineup. While this means you can eat chalk, you want to avoid duplicated lineups as much as possible. You can do this by leaving salary off the table, getting unique with your construction around the chalk, or building very contrarian lineups.

In the $100 contest, you’ll be competing against 27,000 other lineups. I should note that this has the same max entry amount (150) as the $10 contest. You’ll have to be near-perfect to win this one as well, so I would try to avoid duplicated lineups as much as possible. The $3,333 contest has only 1,334 entries, which means you won’t have to be nearly as perfect to take it down. You can afford to eat more chalk and use up more of the salary cap, but again, you’ll have to run extremely hot with your player pool.

Here are some of the golfers who stand out initially based on their price points:

Scottie Scheffler: $12,400 – Even though he hasn’t won yet in 2025, he’s the clear favorite heading into the year’s first major. He’s won the Masters in 2 of the last 3 years and has gained at least 6 strokes ball striking in 3 straight events. The scary part is that he’s gained strokes putting in 10 of his last 13 starts.

Jon Rahm: $10,400 – The 2023 Masters Champion is going to be a staple in my tournament lineups this week. The former No. 1 in the world isn’t getting the attention he deserves despite finishing in the top 10 in 11 of his last 12 starts (including 3 on the DP World Tour).

Cameron Smith: $8,200 – It will be interesting to see the form vs. course history debate with Smith this week. He hasn’t shown much on LIV so far this season, and he didn’t do much in the majors last year outside of a top 10 at the Masters. Some courses set up well for certain golfers, and Smith has finished in the top 10 at Augusta in 4 of the last 5 years.

Corey Conners: $7,900 – We’ll see how his week in Texas goes, but he’s coming into one of his favorite events in great form after posting 3 straight top 10s in Florida. There are 3 things we can count on in life: death, taxes, and Conners crushing as the chalk at the Masters.

Keegan Bradley: $7,000 – It’s early, but my favorite value play at first glance is Mr. Bradley. He’s played great golf over the last 6 months, he’s excellent tee to green, and he’s posted back-to-back top 25s at the Masters. I’m happy to take a top 25 finish at this price point.

The Masters PGA Betting Picks at ScoresAndOdds

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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 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 5 $12,400 5/5 1 10 1 18 19 27/27 52% 70% 93% 2 20 11 3 25 9 1 3 33 4 1 7 1 41 1 2 8 1 1 2
Rory McIlroy 7 $11,100 3/5 22 59 2 67 5 31/32 47% 53% 78% 5 1 15 17 1 4 1 3 25 2 2 12 11 68 5 125 4 2 15 4 12 1 33 26 3
Ludvig Aberg 16 $10,800 1/1 2 24/28 18% 39% 50% 79 96 22 1 42 5 6 17 19 2 40 18 100 4 27 12 5 79 10 2 14
Collin Morikawa 16 $10,500 5/5 3 10 5 18 44 25/27 30% 41% 67% 10 2 17 17 2 54 1 28 22 24 16 4 12 14 2 4 4 16 9 5 75
Jon Rahm 14 $10,400 5/5 45 1 27 5 7 22/24 33% 63% 92% 9 6 6 2 87 6 7 2 1 2 5 1 7 10 5 79 10 3 49 4
Bryson DeChambeau 20 $9,900 3/5 6 54 82 46 34 20/21 10% 29% 67% 5 20 18 6 6 15 11 100 9 6 1 18 2 27 26 5 7
Xander Schauffele 18 $9,700 4/5 8 10 64 3 17 26/26 31% 50% 69% 12 72 40 30 41 13 5 2 9 1 15 12 7 8 1 2 18 5
Justin Thomas 22 $9,600 3/5 61 54 8 21 4 25/29 17% 34% 55% 2 33 36 9 6 48 2 26 3 2 7 39 30 31 62 5 125 33 8 21 5 67
Hideki Matsuyama 28 $9,500 5/5 38 16 14 1 13 26/29 24% 28% 59% 93 73 22 13 25 48 32 16 1 46 16 1 3 66 75 22 6 8 35 33 7
Brooks Koepka 30 $9,400 3/5 45 2 59 60 7 22/22 14% 23% 59% 18 35 7 33 10 6 1 16 43 27 42 26 9 26 1 9 45 45
Joaquin Niemann 28 $9,300 4/4 22 16 35 40 25/25 32% 44% 76% 33 12 1 33 5 7 23 2 15 9 2 58 6 3 32 39 7 3 26 9
Viktor Hovland 35 $9,200 3/4 71 7 27 21 17/24 13% 13% 17% 1 116 51 55 22 104 36 8 26 2 33 114 46 20 75 15 3 24 72
Tommy Fleetwood 35 $9,100 5/5 3 33 14 46 19 32/34 18% 29% 68% 62 16 14 11 5 22 21 16 6 3 3 12 16 5 22 2 100 34 15 16 20 21 26 13 49 3 7
Jordan Spieth 33 $9,000 3/5 74 4 59 3 46 20/29 7% 21% 31% 12 28 59 9 61 4 69 68 80 25 93 26 63 41 53 37 43 29 82 39 75 10
Shane Lowry 35 $8,800 5/5 43 16 3 21 25 31/34 15% 38% 62% 8 20 7 11 39 2 80 3 13 12 13 12 12 8 13 50 80 26 6 12 19 49 33 6 47 64 33
Patrick Cantlay 35 $8,700 4/5 22 14 39 74 17 25/26 12% 27% 50% 33 12 31 5 33 5 15 11 19 13 12 25 5 3 63 53 29 3 26
Tyrrell Hatton 40 $8,600 4/5 9 34 52 18 71 29/30 17% 37% 67% 33 20 23 6 1 6 2 1 10 4 18 25 2 92 3 1 26 18 63 5 14 9 4
Min Woo Lee 55 $8,500 2/3 22 64 14 28/32 9% 19% 53% 1 20 59 11 48 12 17 17 27 15 24 23 27 32 22 105 22 100 73 2 21 24 26 24 17
Russell Henley 50 $8,400 3/3 38 4 30 26/27 22% 33% 52% 30 1 6 39 5 10 30 19 4 22 30 5 49 7 27 23 10 12 33 4
Will Zalatoris 55 $8,300 3/4 9 84 6 2 22/29 3% 14% 28% 47 30 22 24 48 12 26 18 41 13 12 105 81 131 153 43 96 41 43 60 44 9 74
Cameron Smith 60 $8,200 5/5 6 34 3 10 2 22/23 17% 22% 48% 9 20 30 25 39 2 52 8 2 133 6 9 32 48 63 2 14 5 54
Akshay Bhatia 65 $8,100 1/1 35 26/36 8% 22% 42% 79 3 61 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
Robert Macintyre 55 $8,000 2/2 23 12 27/39 13% 28% 46% 9 9 11 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
Corey Conners 65 $7,900 4/5 38 74 6 8 10 32/33 12% 30% 52% 18 8 6 3 24 74 65 93 5 6 7 22 50 9 25 10 27 9 20 6 26 13 44 33 25
Tony Finau 75 $7,800 5/5 55 26 35 10 38 26/31 10% 23% 48% 56 32 133 36 5 13 102 80 15 24 13 16 12 114 5 3 8 17 18 52 12 54 2
Wyndham Clark 80 $7,700 0/1 61 23/31 16% 23% 39% 5 141 22 31 16 73 105 15 17 108 8 13 7 14 147 10 8 56 53 115 47 3 67 31
Sahith Theegala 110 $7,700 2/2 45 9 32/36 17% 28% 44% 67 36 52 54 17 57 53 52 37 36 8 56 7 2 48 46 6 143 4 53 32 12 113 12 52 2 45 28
Sepp Straka 80 $7,600 3/3 16 46 30 29/37 5% 22% 46% 28 14 5 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
Jason Day 80 $7,600 2/4 30 39 77 76 27/30 3% 17% 50% 27 8 50 13 32 3 40 19 8 33 22 9 13 23 45 96 33 43 4 59 18 26 84
Tom Kim 110 $7,500 2/2 30 16 27/36 8% 17% 33% 124 36 42 68 44 44 7 91 65 2 2 77 50 8 125 15 75 2 26 43 4 24 26 47 52 18 26 132
Dustin Johnson 80 $7,500 3/5 85 48 12 60 1 19/21 5% 14% 29% 27 54 31 44 34 33 20 31 17 52 109 13 43 7 31 76 24
Sam Burns 120 $7,400 1/3 74 29 53 25/31 10% 23% 45% 93 79 82 48 24 49 22 29 8 14 13 2 5 12 31 58 9 15 10 108 13 44 75
Matt Fitzpatrick 120 $7,400 5/5 22 10 14 34 46 23/31 3% 10% 29% 124 125 22 49 78 48 24 69 35 27 28 18 65 50 39 33 64 5 79 52 28 26 10
Sungjae Im 110 $7,300 3/5 61 16 8 83 2 28/37 11% 24% 43% 60 61 19 69 55 57 33 4 91 3 9 13 6 11 40 41 7 4 12 4 120 8 9 108 4 12 61
Patrick Reed 80 $7,300 5/5 12 4 35 8 10 26/26 0% 23% 46% 7 10 37 44 60 8 10 35 10 30 15 27 4 13 25 32 3 53 14 22 12 9
Adam Scott 120 $7,200 5/5 22 39 48 54 34 27/30 7% 27% 43% 57 96 36 37 22 37 15 3 46 57 5 2 18 10 2 39 32 42 12 108 29 30 17 14
Justin Rose 110 $7,200 3/5 61 16 69 7 23 19/29 10% 10% 24% 47 73 8 55 3 102 34 68 13 48 22 67 2 117 68 75 68 32 6 52 44 67
Sergio Garcia 80 $7,100 1/4 61 69 23 55 18/19 26% 42% 53% 3 1 18 6 2 8 20 1 18 12 5 14 40 67 2
Maverick McNealy 150 $7,100 0/0 30/37 19% 27% 49% 3 32 138 64 2 9 40 52 45 8 1 17 6 78 16 76 124 12 45 3 114 120 44 7 17 23 41 58
Daniel Berger 110 $7,100 1/2 50 55 22/35 6% 11% 40% 30 20 15 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
Keegan Bradley 110 $7,000 2/2 22 23 27/31 13% 19% 42% 47 20 5 34 65 15 6 15 5 27 1 59 22 46 81 39 32 43 2 18 21 55 17
Davis Thompson 120 $7,000 0/0 28/36 11% 19% 42% 27 10 54 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
Cameron Young 170 $7,000 2/3 9 7 76 27/33 12% 18% 39% 18 139 61 64 69 61 12 72 147 8 13 43 61 22 31 6 8 67 50 70 63 34 62 11
Billy Horschel 150 $6,900 4/4 52 43 50 38 25/36 17% 25% 44% 4 42 64 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
Thomas Detry 170 $6,900 0/0 28/37 11% 19% 41% 47 22 107 51 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
Nicolai Hojgaard 200 $6,900 1/1 16 27/37 3% 14% 35% 116 97 96 18 8 36 65 24 13 9 20 18 108 65 81 152 14 98 7 66 39 66 50 35 122 68 104 17 75
J.J. Spaun 120 $6,800 1/1 23 24/37 11% 22% 43% 70 2 31 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
Byeong Hun An 150 $6,800 1/2 16 61 27/34 12% 18% 38% 16 52 8 122 69 73 22 77 32 1 18 21 13 33 24 13 75 70 137 22 43 3 4 67 17 117
Aaron Rai 150 $6,800 0/0 29/36 22% 28% 53% 116 14 11 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
Brian Harman 110 $6,800 1/4 74 69 53 12 31/35 6% 9% 49% 1 125 40 32 17 25 53 109 21 58 12 25 25 50 45 60 21 8 21 33 24 26 47 12 72 25
Taylor Pendrith 150 $6,700 0/0 24/33 15% 27% 45% 5 38 61 69 50 9 7 45 13 8 8 13 22 5 5 72 22 16 33 21 92 10 1 11 117 36
Michael Kim 170 $6,700 0/0 23/40 10% 23% 48% 32 28 73 4 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
Phil Mickelson 120 $6,700 4/4 43 2 21 55 18/20 0% 5% 15% 6 3 23 23 50 34 60 27 41 149 37 115 22 38 33 47
Rasmus Hojgaard 200 $6,700 0/0 26/33 21% 30% 55% 32 149 133 34 72 12 22 14 2 32 4 13 82 38 1 17 3 53 60 21 4 20 71 68 132
Cameron Davis 300 $6,700 2/2 12 46 21/33 6% 9% 36% 79 141 54 63 5 18 93 13 66 6 129 5 40 118 19 26 1 52 109 50 56 133 38 49 12 21
Lucas Glover 170 $6,600 2/3 20 30 82 26/36 11% 22% 44% 8 3 36 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
Max Greyserman 300 $6,600 0/0 26/35 17% 23% 40% 128 133 22 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
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 300 $6,600 3/3 44 40 38 28/36 8% 19% 42% 123 107 19 42 39 4 40 118 40 36 6 29 33 22 22 16 81 153 22 32 4 17 79 16 3 28 25
Chris Kirk 350 $6,600 2/2 16 23 24/32 3% 3% 31% 106 42 22 56 115 62 34 105 44 90 35 24 9 50 31 44 65 26 65 99 123 43 10 17
Laurie Canter 220 $6,600 0/0 20/25 20% 20% 40% 73 2 35 1 3 42 21 14 23 43 72 17 81 25 25 93 75 43 1 7 45
Denny McCarthy 150 $6,500 1/1 45 29/33 6% 15% 52% 18 14 18 48 5 16 58 16 46 25 26 9 33 100 149 7 33 32 39 24 115 6 28 45 2
J.T. Poston 200 $6,500 2/3 30 34 76 29/35 9% 23% 46% 26 28 33 50 39 16 53 12 77 40 5 1 33 33 80 105 92 30 58 32 22 12 123 60 5 33
Harris English 220 $6,500 3/3 22 43 21 27/34 6% 15% 41% 18 30 54 24 73 1 43 119 60 14 9 6 108 108 61 50 34 63 41 58 71 18 34 28 17 117
Nick Dunlap 400 $6,500 0/1 61 22/33 6% 18% 33% 70 140 68 17 57 58 34 10 55 16 28 31 5 80 124 1 89 10 65 75 12 123 24 30 69 61 11
Max Homa 270 $6,500 3/5 3 43 48 55 61 21/31 3% 6% 29% 117 125 59 63 108 53 145 26 14 27 73 33 70 43 70 58 75 22 116 35 8 55 3 25
Tom Hoge 350 $6,400 1/2 54 39 33/39 10% 15% 41% 5 3 40 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
Nick Taylor 270 $6,400 1/2 87 29 25/36 8% 11% 25% 103 96 31 9 25 33 12 1 48 91 33 54 25 73 65 67 33 92 57 41 96 27 90 92 43 49 76
Austin Eckroat 350 $6,400 0/1 61 25/36 8% 8% 28% 70 61 34 111 55 95 13 113 77 15 17 1 46 46 18 6 82 66 75 27 74 39 85 18 63 17 64 33
Nicolas Echavarria 400 $6,400 0/0 24/40 10% 13% 35% 32 16 107 69 34 103 77 91 2 32 2 29 6 1 94 11 108 65 22 40 117 52 63 54 152 71 86 24 14 152
Matthieu Pavon 500 $6,400 1/1 12 30/36 14% 14% 28% 47 54 71 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
Davis Riley 500 $6,400 0/0 19/35 9% 11% 17% 52 7 38 6 48 91 122 96 151 59 69 73 41 76 38 46 131 150 57 50 63 1 66 30 126 14
Stephan Jaeger 270 $6,300 0/1 77 26/36 17% 19% 36% 11 36 20 54 6 44 40 80 3 36 114 2 23 39 40 118 30 125 120 33 21 58 76 21 20 18 76 1
Kevin Yu 300 $6,300 0/0 22/37 11% 19% 38% 18 12 116 45 17 16 64 80 72 44 11 91 16 94 1 127 58 73 66 131 20 31 42 61 4 67 100 39
Jhonattan Vegas 500 $6,300 0/0 21/30 3% 7% 37% 141 123 60 61 40 42 91 4 57 77 11 52 23 32 40 61 1 20 25 27 101 23 108 36
Joe Highsmith 300 $6,300 0/0 18/36 11% 17% 36% 89 22 20 51 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
Matthew McCarty 500 $6,300 0/0 30/39 23% 28% 51% 52 16 20 48 63 108 80 91 65 53 116 104 1 63 5 35 1 9 1 2 26 1 5 25 36 17 12 85 104 4 111 30 107
Adam Schenk 750 $6,300 1/1 12 22/41 5% 7% 24% 66 128 149 82 45 103 25 25 154 6 53 65 67 46 114 100 127 59 100 105 97 53 125 68 128 92 64 13 49 12 5
Brian Campbell 1000 $6,200 0/0 23/32 16% 28% 47% 134 82 64 48 1 102 51 141 23 12 7 30 95 60 10 2 97 6 56 25 85 14 46 36 48 44
Charl Schwartzel 300 $6,200 4/5 81 50 10 26 25 19/20 10% 20% 30% 2 20 46 12 33 15 42 51 11 17 24 18 35 3 76 37
Patton Kizzire 1000 $6,200 0/0 14/34 3% 15% 24% 65 103 152 96 69 77 95 80 77 40 66 65 87 43 11 1 80 142 8 49 112 20 137 10 24 23 153 109
Zach Johnson 750 $6,200 2/5 61 34 53 71 51 13/24 0% 0% 29% 18 89 79 42 48 80 21 69 96 33 53 100 26 63 78 45 20 61 83
Danny Willett 750 $6,200 3/5 45 64 12 60 25 7/20 0% 5% 10% 70 47 45 69 9 142 21 42 77 106 94 48 100 138 138 153 85 29 71 49
Thriston Lawrence 750 $6,200 0/0 21/37 16% 22% 32% 66 147 144 54 103 59 128 117 87 95 14 30 6 36 96 54 2 26 27 2 142 4 75 79 2 48 144 36 81
Bubba Watson 500 $6,100 3/5 77 78 39 26 57 17/18 0% 0% 6% 33 30 21 12 42 28 39 47 32 51 45 34 76 32
Bernhard Langer 1000 $6,100 1/4 59 69 71 29 0/1 0% 0% 0% 90
Jose Luis Ballester 1000 $6,100 0/0 0/0 0% 0% 0%
Justin Hastings 1000 $6,100 0/0 0/0 0% 0% 0%
Evan Beck 1000 $6,100 0/0 0/0 0% 0% 0%
Fred Couples 1000 $6,000 1/5 82 50 76 83 80 0/1 0% 0% 0% 76
Rafael Campos 1000 $6,000 0/0 14/38 3% 8% 18% 47 103 70 141 70 111 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
Mike Weir 1000 $6,000 1/5 61 54 59 60 51 0/4 0% 0% 0% 102 73 70 64
Angel Cabrera 1000 $6,000 0/0 0/1 0% 0% 0%
Jose Maria Olazabal 1000 $6,000 0/0 0/0 0% 0% 0%
Hiroshi Tai 1000 $6,000 0/0 0/0 0% 0% 0%
Noah Kent 1000 $6,000 0/0 0/0 0% 0% 0%

BLUE = top 10 finish
GREEN = top 25 finish
YELLOW = made cut
RED = missed cut

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