For the first of four major championships this season, the Masters will be played at the world-famous Augusta National Golf Club (par 72, 7,555 yards, bentgrass greens) this week. This field consists of 95 players and there will be a top-50 and ties cut after the first two rounds.
For this highly anticipated major, DraftKings is offering three separate Fantasy Golf Millionaire contests that all pay out $1 million to first place. The entry fees for these contests are $10, $100 and $3,333, so there is an option for every type of DFS player. You will need to find some low-owned plays that perform well to contend in a Fantasy Golf Millionaire and below, I have featured some of my favorite contrarian DFS options from each price range for the Masters.
Jon Rahm ($10,400)
As a LIV Golf player, Rahm is naturally going to come with decently low ownership and he is an elite contrarian target for the Masters. The Spaniard won the 2023 Masters by four strokes and he has finished inside the top-10 in five of his eight starts at Augusta National. Rahm has two 7-under 65s on his resume at this par 72 and he hasn’t finished worse than T-9 in five starts on the LIV Golf tour this season while gaining strokes in every major category in three of these five starts. Rahm ranks third in LIV points this season and he leads the circuit in birdies.
Rahm carries the third-best odds to win the Masters at +1200 on DraftKings Sportsbook, but he is only the fifth-most expensive option for DFS. Rahm is well overdue for a win and he should remind the golf world that he is one of the best players on the planet with at least a top-five finish this weekend.
Hideki Matsuyama ($9,500)
Coming off back-to-back missed cuts, most DFS players are going to ignore Matsuyama this week. Though his recent rough patch isn’t ideal, Augusta National is a great place for Matsuyama to regain his form. Matsuyama took home the green jacket in 2021 and he has finished inside the top-20 in eight of his last 10 starts at Augusta National. While Matsuyama has missed two cuts in a row, he has still produced five top-25 finishes in nine starts this season, including a three-stroke win at the Sentry to begin this campaign. During that victory, which is Matsuyama’s 11th win on the PGA TOUR, he shot a tournament-record -35.
For the season, Matsuyama ranks 11th in SGT2G, third in SG ARG and seventh in par five performance, setting him up perfectly for his return to Augusta National. For four years running, the winner of the Masters has finished the major top-six in all three of these categories.
Min Woo Lee ($8,500)
Lee should be in store for a career-best showing at Augusta National. The 26-year-old has been solid at the par 72, finishing T-14, MC and T-22 in his three Masters starts. Lee now returns to Augusta National playing the best golf of his career, sitting at a career-high No. 22 in the world golf rankings. Lee is on the heels of a win at the Houston Open and he has finished inside the top-20 in five of his seven starts this season.
Being in strong form with both your driver and as a short-game player is essential in contending at Augusta National, and Lee checks both these boxes. This season, he ranks seventh in SG ARG and 40th in total driving. Lee always gets overlooked in these stacked fields – he was only rostered by 3% of the field in the Millionaire Maker for THE PLAYERS Championship last month – and he is an elite GPP play at only $8,500.
Cameron Young ($7,000)
Young has been inconsistent this season, making only 5-of-10 cuts, but his game appears to be trending in the right direction just in time for the Masters. Last week at the Valero Texas Open, Young finished T-18 while nearly gaining strokes in every major category. Despite the windy and challenging conditions at TPC San Antonio, the 27-year-old shot under par in three of his four rounds and he finished the event 11th in GIR.
Young will now look to build off this showing at Augusta National, where he has thrived. At the last two Masters, Young has finished T-7 and T-9. Augusta National being a driver-heavy course suits Young’s game – he ranks 49th in total driving this season – and he always rises to the occasion of competing at major championships. Young has advanced to the weekend in nine of his last 11 starts at a major and five of these finishes have impressively been top-10 results. Young’s erratic record this season should keep his ownership low and he is a sensational gamble to take in the Millionaire Maker at this low salary.
Phil Mickelson ($6,700)
Mickelson has been thriving on the LIV Golf tour, finishing T-3, T-19 and T-6 in his last three starts on the circuit. The lefty gained strokes with his driver and irons during all of these finishes, and Mickelson ranks 12th in LIV points this season. The veteran is certainly in compelling form and the timing is perfect with Augusta National up next.
Very few players in the world know this renowned venue better than Mickelson. He has made 28-of-31 cuts at Augusta National and has won the Masters three times. Mickelson has finished inside the top-10 a whopping 13 times at Augusta National, including a runner-up just two years ago. Having experience at this par 72 is a clear advantage and Mickelson has top-20 upside this weekend, despite being 54 years old. Given his age and that he is a LIV player, Mickelson shouldn’t be a popular DFS option.
