Golf Top Plays: CJ Cup

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

Scottie Scheffler ($13,300 DK, $14,000 FD) – For lack of a better term, Scheffler has broken things this week; pricing, projections, volatility score, and value are all notably skewed given just how much better he is than the next-closest cohort of golfers. As such, we’re seeing optimal roster construction force us in a direction that forgoes everyone else in this range due to the abnormal distribution of optimal rates at the top, reflected by Scheffler’s 8.0 value rating that is 6.8 points clear of next best from the group $9K and above on DraftKings. Even in what most would consider an underwhelming start to his 2025 campaign, Scheffler is still first in this field over the last 12 months in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, Approach, and Tee-to-Green, ranking 11th in SG: Around-the-Green.