The Cheat Sheet provides DraftKings fantasy golf players with course info, player history, and the most noteworthy trends of the week to help them with their roster selections.

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The Field

The Wyndham Championship is the final 2026 PGA TOUR regular season event and represents the last opportunity for players to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. The tournament features a full field of 144 players, with the low 70 and ties advancing through the 36-hole cut. Once play concludes on Sunday, only the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings will earn a spot in next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship, making this one of the more exciting regular-season events of the year, as there is a lot on the line for many players in the field.

While several of the game’s biggest stars are resting ahead of the postseason, the field still boasts plenty of firepower. Defending champion Cameron Young returns looking to successfully defend his title after a breakout season that includes victories at THE PLAYERS Championship and the Cadillac Championship. Other headliners include Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Tom Kim, Jordan Spieth, and reigning PGA Champion Aaron Rai.

As always, much of the attention will be on the FedExCup bubble. Players hovering around the crucial top-70 cutoff—including Andrew Putnam, Mac Meissner, Keegan Bradley, Jordan Smith, and Ricky Castillo—enter the week needing a strong finish to extend their seasons. With playoff spots, elevated-event eligibility, and job security all on the line, expect plenty of urgency from the middle and lower portions of the field.

The Course

Sedgefield Country Club—Greensboro, North Carolina

Par 70, 7127 yards; Greens: Champion Bermuda

Sedgefield Country Club is a Donald Ross-designed course that’s hidden inside the suburbs of Greensboro, North Carolina, and has been the host of this event since 2007. Sedgefield isn’t long at around 7,100 or so yards, and in past years it’s yielded some low scores—including recently in 2018 when the winner (Brandt Snedeker) shot 59 in round one. The greens are Bermuda (since 2012), and they can be slightly tricky, but as they have matured, scores here have gotten lower. Of the last nine winners, seven have now reached 20 under-par or better at this event. This is important to note as players with affinities for Bermuda grass tend to have a big advantage as the green complexes always yield some monster-putting weeks.

The course itself is a nice mix of semi-challenging holes and some extremely moderate-to-easy ones. As a traditional par 70, there are two very reachable and very birdie-able par 5s on this track, and any player hoping to be in the mix will have to play these two well under par for the week. Winners have tended to play these holes nearly a shot better than par for the week.

Eight of the 12 par 4s on the course measure in at under 450 yards in length and can be had for birdies by players going well with their irons. These holes aren’t drivable, and they do require accurate tee shots and place a large emphasis on short iron play. That makes Sedgefield more of a positional course and a big reason why we have seen so many veteran winners at this venue over the last decade or so (four winners of 40+ years of age since 2015).

As for how important iron play is at Sedgefield, four of the participants from the 2021 six-man playoff gained over 5.0 strokes for the week on approach, and the top three finishers from 2023 all gained over 4.0 strokes on approach. 2024 winner, Aaron Rai, gained over 8.8 strokes on approach alone. Last year’s champion Cameron Young gained over 3.0 strokes on approach but went white-hot on the greens, gaining over 10+ strokes putting for the week, which led the field. Assuming you are capable of clubbing down and finding fairways, approach and putting are pretty much all that matter this week for the pros.

Other comparable venues with tighter fairways and Bermuda greens include Harbour Town Golf Links, Waialae Country Club, and TPC Sawgrass. Leaderboards at those courses are a decent starting point to see who might handle this week’s layout the best.

2026 Weather Outlook: The early forecast for this week’s Wyndham Championship looks relatively favorable, with only scattered thunderstorms in the forecast during the opening two rounds before drier conditions arrive for the weekend. Temperatures should remain in the mid-to-upper 80s throughout the tournament, while winds are expected to stay fairly modest, generally in the 5-10 mph range with occasional afternoon gusts.

Thursday currently carries the highest chance of weather interruptions, with scattered afternoon thunderstorms possible. Friday also features a chance of pop-up storms.

The weekend forecast is much cleaner. Saturday and Sunday are expected to feature warm temperatures, light winds, and only a small chance of isolated showers, creating ideal scoring conditions if the forecast holds.

At this stage, I don’t see a meaningful weather edge for either tee wave. If thunderstorms develop Thursday afternoon as currently projected, the early/late (AM/PM) wave could receive a slight advantage by getting in their round without interruption, but delays could also give the PM/AM wave a softer course to deal with over their first 36-holes. Balancing between the two waves is likely the best course with so much uncertainty as to how a rain stoppage may play out.

Last 5 winners

2025 — Cameron Young -22 (over Mac Meissner -16)

2024 — Aaron Rai -18 (over Max Greyserman -16)

2023 — Lucas Glover -20 (over Russell Henley -18)

2022 — Tom Kim -20 (over Sungjae Im & John Huh -15)

2021 — Kevin Kisner -15 (def. Si Woo Kim, Adam Scott, Kevin Na, Roger Sloan & Branden Grace in a six-man playoff)

Winning Trends

Eight of the last 13 winners of this event recorded a T12 or better at Sedgefield CC before their respective victory here.

Of the last 12 winners of this event, only two have finished outside the top 15 in Driving Accuracy on the week (Reed 2013 and Snedeker 2018). 

Six of the past seven winners of the Wyndham gained over 4.0 strokes on approach in at least one of their previous four starts prior to winning this event.

Winning Stats and Course Overview

Cameron Young (2025 — 22-under-par)

Lead-in form (most recent first):

MC The Open Championship

T14 Genesis Scottish Open

T4 Rocket Classic

T25 Travelers Championship

T4 U.S. Open

Strokes Gained (2025 Wyndham Championship):

SG: OTT — +4.6

SG: APP — +3.1

SG: TTG — +8.9

SG: ATG — +0.2

SG: PUTT — +10.3

SG: TOTAL — +19.2

Eight of the Par 4s measure in between (or very close) 400-450 yards in length. With plenty of shorter holes, the approach shot distribution tends to fall far more in the 150-175 yard range and 125-150 yard range.

Driving accuracy tends to be higher than normal, with the field hitting over 65% of the fairways in 2019; four of the last five winners here have ranked in the top 10 in driving accuracy for the week.

Finding Values on DraftKings Sportsbook

Odds to win are one factor to consider when picking players (but not the only one, so be careful not to put too much weight on them). This section is going to detail a few of the players who have the best fantasy value compared to their DraftKings Sportsbook odds of winning this week.

Keith Mitchell (+4000, $7,800)

Comparable players:

Harris English (+4100, $8,300)

Mac Meissner (+5000, $8,100)

Keegan Bradley (+4000, $8,900)

Jordan Smith (+5800, $7,500)

Comparable players:

Brian Harman (+6200, $8,200)

Alex Noren (+5900, $7,900)

Ben Kohles (+5900, $7,700)

All odds are provided by DraftKings Sportsbook and are subject to change.

HORSES FOR COURSES

1. Webb Simpson (best finishes: Win-2011, 2nd-2019, T3-2020) — Even in the twilight of his career, Webb remains synonymous with Sedgefield Country Club. The 2011 champion has eight career top-10 finishes at the Wyndham Championship, including runner-up and third-place finishes during the last decade. His precision-first game has always been a perfect fit for Donald Ross designs, and few players own a better long-term course history here.

2. Aaron Rai (best finishes: Win-2024, T7-2025) — Rai has quickly become one of the premier course horses at Sedgefield. He captured the 2024 Wyndham with elite ball striking before backing it up with another top-10 during Cameron Young’s runaway win last season. Few players in the field have a better combination of recent course history and current pedigree.

3. Brandt Snedeker (best finishes: Win-2007, Win-2018, T5-2019) — Snedeker’s putting has always made him dangerous on Sedgefield’s Bermuda greens, where he shot a career round of 59 in his 2018 win. A two-time Wyndham champion, he continues to return because this remains one of the few courses where experience and precision can overcome a lack of distance.

4. Lucas Glover (best finishes: Win-2023, T7-2020) — Glover arrives with both course history and confidence at Sedgefield. His 2023 victory kick-started one of the best stretches of his career, and his elite iron play continues to make him a natural fit on this positional layout where approach play is king.

5. Sungjae Im (best finishes: 2nd-2022, T6-2019, T9-2025) — Sedgefield has quietly become one of Im’s best venues. He owns four top-10 finishes here since 2019 and has repeatedly excelled with his elite approach play and accuracy. While his overall form has fluctuated over the past two seasons, this remains one of the courses where he’s most capable of contending.

Recent Form

1. Hideki Matsuyama ($9,500; T5–T3–T14–T14–T65) — Matsuyama enters with four consecutive top-14 finishes, including a T3 at the 3M Open and a T5 in his latest start. His recent consistency is backed by excellent tee-to-green play, and he has been much sharper than several of the golfers priced around him.

2. Blades Brown ($7,800; T6–T5–T11–T22–T12) — Brown may have the strongest sustained recent form of any golfer in the field. He has finished inside the top 12 in four of his last five starts (some are KF Tour starts) and has not placed worse than T22 during that stretch. His immediate results are significantly better than his DFS salary suggests, making him one of the clearest form-based targets on the slate.

3. Ryan Gerard ($9,300; T8–T9–T26–T44–MC) — Gerard has produced consecutive top-10 finishes against strong fields, placing T9 at The Open before finishing T8 at the Rocket Classic. He has now improved in each of his last four starts and enters the Wyndham with much stronger momentum than his early-summer results suggest.

4. Jackson Koivun ($10,100; T31–Win–T10–MC–T23) — Koivun followed his dominant five-shot victory at the 3M Open with a respectable T31 at the Rocket Classic. He also recorded a T10 at the ISCO Championship and a T23 at the U.S. Open, giving him three top-31 finishes and a victory across his last five starts.

5. Matt Wallace ($7,500; T5–T40–MC–T33–T2) — Wallace can be inconsistent, but a runner-up and a T5 in his last five starts give him considerable tournament upside at a low salary. He’s showing signs of more good things potentially coming soon.

DRAFTKINGS DFS STRATEGY

Big Field Punt Plays

Matti Schmid: Schmid continues to quietly trend in the right direction after a breakout Top-5 at the PGA. The German ranks among the better iron players in this field over the last few months and has shown he can contend against stronger competition.

Aaron Wise: Wise remains one of the biggest boom-or-bust options in the field. When his irons cooperate, he still possesses the ball-striking ability that once made him a PGA TOUR winner. He’s flashed positive tee-to-green numbers in recent starts, and could contend again if the putter heats up.

Justin Lower: Lower enters with some encouraging recent form after putting together several solid finishes this summer. He tends to excel on positional layouts where keeping the ball in play is more important than overpowering the course. He offers sneaky top-15 upside at likely single-digit ownership.

Core Plays

Denny McCarthy ($7,200): McCarthy continues to pair elite putting with improved iron play throughout 2026, and when his approach game is merely average, he almost always finds himself on the first page of the leaderboard. His course form here makes him too good to ignore at this price.

Billy Horschel ($7,100): Horschel’s game is built for Sedgefield. He’s been one of the better all-around ball strikers in this field over the last couple of starts, and continues to gain strokes with his irons. If the putter cooperates, he has legitimate win equity this week on a course he’s contended at before.

Chris Kirk ($7,400): Kirk’s accurate driving and reliable iron play remain a perfect fit for this style of golf course. He’s quietly found his form over the past several starts and continues to excel on shorter, strategic layouts where precision is rewarded. Expect another solid week of tee-to-green play with plenty of birdie opportunities.

Contrarian Click

Justin Thomas ($9,400): Thomas will likely be overlooked after an inconsistent stretch, but his upside remains among the highest in the field. More importantly, Sedgefield shares Donald Ross architectural traits with Aronimink, where Thomas produced a T4 finish at the 2026 PGA Championship. Thomas’ creativity and ability to separate with elite iron play make him an excellent tournament pivot if ownership stays low.

MY PICK: Alex Smalley ($7,600)

At his mid-range salary, Smalley stands out as one of my favorite values on the board.

The American enters the Wyndham Championship playing some of the most consistent golf of his career. He followed a solid summer stretch with a T18 finish at The Open Championship, where he gained strokes off the tee and on approach, continuing a trend of strong tee-to-green play in 2026. Even when the results haven’t popped, Smalley’s ball-striking has remained a strength, making him an attractive target on a second-shot golf course like Sedgefield. At Royal Birkdale, he gained strokes in both SG: Off the Tee and SG: Approach but lost nearly three strokes with the putter. Once that club gets figured out, we’re likely to see more great golf from him, similar to the T2 career finish he put up at the PGA Championship (on another Donald Ross course in Aronimink) this May.

The North Carolina native also benefits from playing in familiar conditions on Bermuda greens, and his profile aligns with what has historically succeeded at Sedgefield. Smalley isn’t reliant on overpowering a golf course. He creates opportunities through quality iron play and consistent tee-to-green performance, exactly the formula that has produced many Wyndham contenders over the years, including recent PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai, who also secured his first career PGA win on the Ross-designed Sedgefield in 2024.

At his current DFS price, Smalley looks underpriced relative to both his recent form and his underlying ball-striking numbers. He’s one of my favorite mid-tier tournament plays this week and someone I’d be comfortable being overweight on in GPPs. If you’re looking for an outright long shot, he’s also worth consideration, as his recent statistical profile and results at big events this year suggest he’s capable of vastly outperforming his odds.

MY SLEEPER: Aaron Wise ($6,500)

Despite a couple of poor starts in a row I’m prone to giving Aaron Wise the benefit of the doubt as a great boom or bust target once again this week. Wise reminded everyone of his ceiling just a couple of weeks ago with a T3 finish at the ISCO Championship, his best result in several seasons and a performance that showcased the kind of tee-to-green game and elite ball-striking numbers that once made him one of the Tour’s brightest young talents.

Last week wasn’t nearly as productive, but the encouraging takeaway is that it wasn’t his long game that let him down. Wise struggled on the greens, losing over 4.0 strokes with the putter over four rounds, while still showing flashes of the solid ball-striking that fueled his run at ISCO. Putting is volatile, and with the surface flipping to Bermuda this week on a venue that Wise is more familiar with (and has had success on in the past), a bounce-back performance on the greens for him may not be out of reach.

Sedgefield also has a history of producing surprise winners and rewarding players who arrive with improving form rather than long résumés at the course. Wise certainly fits that mold. If he can pair the tee-to-green game he displayed at ISCO with even an average putting week, he has more upside than most players in his price range.

For DFS, Wise profiles as the ideal boom-or-bust tournament option. He’s also worth a look in the outright and placement markets if you’re searching for a true longshot capable of making a Sunday run.