Editor’s Note: We may not write up every player we consider to be a top play. Be sure to consult the chart at the bottom of the page. This article will update to reflect any injury or weather news.
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Below, you will find the players we consider the best for the slate. These do NOT account for ownership, but they do account for salary. In other words, Jon Rahm could be our No. 1 play in the high range… but he could also be a bad tournament play because he projects for 60% ownership in an extreme example.
This article is for cash games (contests in which roughly 50% of the field gets paid out, such as a head-to-head or double-up). For tournaments, our focus should be more on the projected ownership and projected ceiling columns in our projections table.
With that said, these are our Top Plays considering the following factors: median projection, lower volatility, upside, and value. They are listed in price descending order. At the bottom, you’ll find suggested rankings by site once salary is accounted for.
HIGH-PRICED
Si Woo Kim ($9,900 DK, $11,300 FD) – Even with Scottie Scheffler’s ($14,500) runaway win at The American Express, it’s fair to say no golfer has had a better start to their 2026 campaign than Kim, who has already notched finishes of T11, T6, and T2, gaining strokes Off-the-Tee and on Approach in each of those three events. Over the last 12 months, Kim has ranked third in this field in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and is fifth in Driving Accuracy, 10th in Approach, and fifth in Around-the-Green. His lack of Distance (96th) won’t be as much of a hindrance at TPC Scottsdale as it may be at other tracks.
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