The PGA TOUR has arrived at Augusta National for the trip down Magnolia Lane for the first major championship of the season. With all the history at Augusta and so much prestige on the line, it’s a great week for every golf fan! DraftKings is here for the celebration with a wide variety of contest formats, including some big GPP contests with massive top prizes, including tournaments with a $1 million top prize. My top three pivot plays for this week’s GPP contests are Tommy Fleetwood ($9,300), Jacob Bridgeman ($7,400) and Michael Kim ($6,700).
Let’s be sure to define what we’re searching for in this post to be sure we’re all aiming at the same flagstick. A fantasy golf pivot play is a golfer with low expected ownership in tournament formats but high upside. These picks go against the grain and typically come with more risk compared to popular options with similar salaries. In large-field tournaments, it’s important to differentiate your lineup with low-ownership plays like these, even though they are NOT the safest options.
These are “grip it and rip it,” boom-or-bust style options that could go off or flame out. Getting players at low ownership is critical for success in GPP tournament-style events with many entries, so making yours stand out is critical. Be sure to check out my companion post to this one that highlights my picks for cash lineups if you’re looking for safer options that raise the overall floor of your lineup.
Let’s break down why I like each of my top three pivot plays this week!
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Tommy Fleetwood ($9,300)
This week’s Masters is unique and exciting because it doesn’t have a clear runaway favorite. Scottie Scheffler ($14,000) hasn’t been dominant this season, Rory McIlroy ($11,600) and Collin Morikawa ($9,500) are both dealing with injuries, while Bryson DeChambeau ($10,200) and Jon Rahm ($10,000) come from LIV Golf with good momentum as well. With so many suitable options at the top but each coming with uncertainties, Fleetwood is sneaking in a little under the radar. Morikawa will likely be the only player near the top with lower ownership than Fleetwood, but the injury risk with Morikawa makes him extremely high-risk.
Fleetwood is the reigning FedExCup Champion after claiming his first PGA TOUR win at the TOUR Championship last year. The 35-year-old from England had been knocking on the door multiple times, but he finally claimed his elusive PGA TOUR prize. Since then, he’s kept right on playing extremely well, posting his eighth career win on the DP World Tour in October at the DP World India Championship and adding a runner-up in Abu Dhabi and a T3 at the DP World Tour Championship before the end of 2025. He’s started 2026 in great form as well with four top-10 finishes in his five PGA TOUR events, including a T10 in San Antonio last week.
Over the last six months, Fleetwood ranks eighth in the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and 10th in Total Strokes Gained. He led the field in Scrambling last week and ranked T3 in GIR%. His tee-to-green game looked to be in good shape, since he ranked in the top 10 in both Strokes Gained: Approach and Stroked Gained: Off-the-Tee.
While he hasn’t won a major in his career, Fleetwood has a good track record at Augusta. He missed the cut in his debut in 2017, but he has made the cut in each of his last eight appearances. He has five top-25 finishes in his career, including four in the last five years. He finished T3 in 2024 and T21 last year.
This week at Auguts, Fleetwood is a little cheaper, allowing more roster flexibility if you want to pair him with another star as well
Jacob Bridgeman ($7,400)
The risk with Bridgeman is obvious since it’s his Masters debut. As will be highlighted throughout the week multiple times, only Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 won at Augusta in his first attempt (since the inaugural champion). Each of the last 46 champions has played the Masters at least once in this event before claiming the title.
Bridgeman comes to his Augusta debut with plenty of upside, though, and he can be one of the best pivot plays on the board since he brings so much upside despite the risk. The 26-year-old from Clemson has already proven he can contend on tough tracks in elite fields.
In his eight starts this season, Bridgeman has finished no worse than T18, with four top-10 finishes. Earlier this season, he claimed his big, dominant breakthrough win at The Genesis Invitational, but even after that win, he’s continued to post strong results. He finished T5 at THE PLAYERS Championship and a T14 at the Valspar in his most recent start.
Over the last three months, Bridgeman is ranked first in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting and fourth in Total Strokes Gained per round.
His current form and fit for the course are strong, but since he hasn’t played this event before, there’s extra risk rolling with him this week. Despite that risk, though, he’s a strong pivot play due to his high ceiling.
Michael Kim ($6,700)
Some of the most popular plays as bargains this week are Maverick McNealy ($7,200), Jake Knapp ($7,400), Adam Scott ($7,200) and Ryan Gerard ($6,800). One sleeper worth considering who is much less popular and can help your GPP tournament lineup is Michael Kim ($6,700).
Kim is a flier play that can be very streaky, but he comes to Augusta with good momentum. He finished T2 last week at TPC San Antonio, tied with Robert MacIntyre ($8,600) behind J.J. Spaun ($7,200). Kim has missed three cuts this season, but he has three top-35 finishes in his last four tournaments.
In 2018, Kim missed the cut in his Masters debut after getting his long PGA TOUR win at the 2018 John Deere Classic. After a few rough seasons, Kim has found strong form in the last couple of years. He had seven top-25 finishes and made the cut in 22 of his 27 events to finish in the top 50 of the FedExCup Playoffs in 2025. He also won the FedEx Open de France last September on the DP World Tour and added top-25 finishes at the DP World India Championship and the DP World Tour Championship. Kim also has a pair of top-25 finishes on the PGA TOUR this season, with last week’s T2 his two best showings.
He returned to Augusta in 2025 as part of his recent resurgence and finished T27 last year, and he went on to make the cut in three of the four major championships last season.
Kim is risky since he can be streaky, but he brings a high ceiling this week at Augusta National.
