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Fantasy Golf Picks — 2022 THE PLAYERS Championship DraftKings Picks, Predictions, Preview, Sleepers

Pat Mayo breaks down his 2022 THE PLAYERS Championship DraftKings picks while previewing the course and key stats.

Pat Mayo, Ben Rasa and Tyler Tamboline discuss their favorite 2022 PLAYERS Championship DraftKings picks along with their favorite values for the week. Mayo previews the course, debates the best roster construction for the week and explains which players are best suited for DFS guaranteed prize pool (GPP) tournaments.

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2022 THE PLAYERS Championship DraftKings Notes

Field: 144 players
Cut: Top 65 & Ties after 36 Holes
Lineup Lock: Thursday, March 10
Roster: Six golfers
Salary cap: $50,000


2022 THE PLAYERS Championship: Key Stats

Strokes Gained: Approach
Par 4s Gained
Bogey Avoidance

Mayo’s Key Stats powered by FantasyNational.com


2022 THE PLAYERS Championship: Course

Course: TPC Sawgrass
Yardage: 7,189
Par: 72
Greens: TifEagle bermudagrass overseeded with Poa Trivialis/velvet bentgrass


2022 THE PLAYERS Championship: Past Winners

2021: Justin Thomas -14
2019: Rory McIlroy -16
2018: Webb Simpson -18
2017: Si Woo Kim -10
2016: Jason Day -15
2015: Rickie Fowler -12
2014: Martin Kaymer -13
2013: Tiger Woods -13


2022 THE PLAYERS Championship DraftKings Picks

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Elite Values

Jon Rahm $11,100
Collin Morikawa $10,700

High-End Value

Patrick Cantlay $9,900
Cameron Smith $9,400

Second-Level Values

Daniel Berger $8,800
Brooks Koepka $8,600

Mid-Level Values

Sam Burns $7,900
Si WOO Kim $7,300
Seamus Power $7,200
Alex Noren $7,000

Scrub Values

Joel Dahmen $6,700
Adam Hadwin $6,500

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Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. (Subscribe for video or audio). Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2020 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and Golf Writer of the Year awards, along with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Best Sports Betting Analyst award, and is a finalist for three FSWA Awards in 2022 (Best Podcast, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). His 24 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are second-most all-time.

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