Golf Top Plays: THE PLAYERS Championship

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 ($12,800 DK, $13,000 FD) – Scheffler is once again the slate’s highest-priced player — by $1,300 — and with the presence of a $5,000 floor on DraftKings, it hardly matters. Scheffler remains our top overall value option, finding his way into 40.1% of our top 1,000 optimal lineups despite the tag. Though the results have fallen short of our lofty expectations for him to start the 2025 season, Scheffler has still gained on Approach and Off-the-Tee in each of his first five 2025 starts and still managed a T11 finish while losing 1.2 strokes putting at Bay Hill. Zooming out, Scheffler leads this field in Data Golf’s SG: OTT & APP and ranks fourth in SG: ARG. The best ball striker in the field, the floor is remarkably high and the price is no longer prohibitive given some of the value we have further down the board.