Golf Top Plays: The Masters

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

Jon Rahm ($10,000 DK, $11,900 FD) – The slate’s starting point is a glaring omission of World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler ($14,000 DraftKings), who is still our top overall golfer on both base projection and ceiling, but checks in as a -2.0 value. A quick glance might suggest we don’t like Scheffler this week, but it has much more to do with his price and the overall salary structure at this year’s Masters that elevates others, like Rahm, above him. Rahm is still second in this field over the last 12 months in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and is third in SG: Off-the-Tee, 16th on Approach, and 22nd Around-the-Green. Rahm’s long irons have been particularly strong over the last 12 months, ranking in the 95th percentile in proximity (27.8 feet), according to Data Golf, from 150-200 yards. History at Augusta is no problem, with Rahm boasting finishes of fourth, T9, T7, T5, first, and T14, gaining .42 strokes above expectation across 36 total rounds.