{"id":56648,"date":"2026-08-26T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/56648\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:58:24","slug":"pga-dfs-lineup-advice-top-golfers-2026-tour-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/56648\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA DFS Lineup Advice: Top Golfers (2026 TOUR Championship)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final 30 golfers standing at the top of the FedExCup rankings will tee off from East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, at the 2026 TOUR Championship. This is the second year this final playoff event will be played without starting strokes, meaning any golfer in this field has the chance to win the FedExCup trophy and pocket a $10 million payday.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s FedExCup champion, Tommy Fleetwood, will look to defend his title as an 18-1 betting favorite. No surprise, Scottie Scheffler remains the outright betting favorite at +340 odds, reflected in his DFS salary at an expensive $14K. Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele are the only other golfers in this field priced at $10K or above.<\/p>\n<p>East Lake Golf Club is a par 70 spanning 7,440 yards. TifEagle Bermudagrass greens will run up to 13.5 feet via Stimpmeter, while water hazards, 3.5-inch rough, and tree-lined fairways are also hazards to avoid. Fairways are Zoysiagrass, and there are plenty of bunkers guarding these average-sized Bermudagrass greens. It\u2019s a test for every club in the bag this week.<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/2026\/08\/pga-dfs-lineup-advice-top-golfers-2026-bmw-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PGA DFS Lineup Advice: Top Golfers (2026 BMW Championship)<\/a> picks didn\u2019t have much production at Bellerive Country Club last week. Gary Woodland (Tier 3) posted huge value with a T4 finish. Ludvig \u00c5berg\u2019s T16 (Tier 1) was the only other notable performance. Tommy Fleetwood (Tier 1), Viktor Hovland (Tier 2), Kurt Kitayama (Tier 2), and Nico Echavarria (Tier 3) all slid outside the top-20 with underwhelming performances.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s our final DFS contest with the PGA Tour\u2019s top-ranked golfers. I\u2019ve locked in to find the six best prospects to target when building lineups for the 2026 TOUR Championship on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The final 30 golfers standing at the top of the FedExCup rankings will tee off from East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, at the 2026 TOUR Championship. This is the second year this final playoff event will be played without starting strokes, meaning any golfer in this field has the chance to win the FedExCup trophy and pocket a $10 million payday.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s FedExCup champion, Tommy Fleetwood, will look to defend his title as an 18-1 betting favorite. No surprise, Scottie Scheffler remains the outright betting favorite at +340 odds, reflected in his DFS salary at an expensive $14K. Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele are the only other golfers in this field priced at $10K or above.<\/p>\n<p>East Lake Golf Club is a par 70 spanning 7,440 yards. TifEagle Bermudagrass greens will run up to 13.5 feet via Stimpmeter, while water hazards, 3.5-inch rough, and tree-lined fairways are also hazards to avoid. Fairways are Zoysiagrass, and there are plenty of bunkers guarding these average-sized Bermudagrass greens. It\u2019s a test for every club in the bag this week.<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/2026\/08\/pga-dfs-lineup-advice-top-golfers-2026-bmw-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PGA DFS Lineup Advice: Top Golfers (2026 BMW Championship)<\/a> picks didn\u2019t have much production at Bellerive Country Club last week. Gary Woodland (Tier 3) posted huge value with a T4 finish. Ludvig \u00c5berg\u2019s T16 (Tier 1) was the only other notable performance. Tommy Fleetwood (Tier 1), Viktor Hovland (Tier 2), Kurt Kitayama (Tier 2), and Nico Echavarria (Tier 3) all slid outside the top-20 with underwhelming performances.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s our final DFS contest with the PGA Tour\u2019s top-ranked golfers. I\u2019ve locked in to find the six best prospects to target when building lineups for the 2026 TOUR Championship on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Follow me on X at <a id=\"article-content__anchor \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_MacKay_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Matt_MacKay_<\/a> for more betting picks and analysis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content__paragraph\"><a id=\"article-content__anchor \" href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/YaVeB7J9hK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img id=\"article-content__img\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100507 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/728x90.webp\" alt=\"Join the Best Sports Betting Discord Server and Connect with Fellow Betting Fanatics!\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PGA DFS: Top Golfers (TOUR Championship)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/acq-bet-and-get?referrer=singular_click_id%3d00c352e4-3db5-45ff-a44e-0bfc9c9996ca&amp;wpcid=255224&amp;wpcn=NFLPlayoffs2023&amp;wpcrid=xx&amp;wpcrn=FP1&amp;wpscid=xx&amp;wpscn=Bet5Get200&amp;wpsrc=1756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DraftKings Salary: $50,000\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TIER 1<\/p>\n<p>Golfer<\/p>\n<p>DK $<\/p>\n<p>Xander Schauffele<br \/>\n$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Ludvig \u00c5berg<br \/>\n$9,700<\/p>\n<p>Xander Schauffele has been a wagon at East Lake. Despite a fairly quiet year for the multi-major champion, Schauffele is still priced as a top-3 option on DraftKings this week.<\/p>\n<p>Schauffele has never finished lower than T7 in eight trips to the TOUR Championship. In 2026, he\u2019s ranked 11th in total strokes gained, including 13th SG: Off-the-Tee, seventh in scrambling, and 22nd in par 4 scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Ludvig \u00c5berg is my other favorite Tier 1 golfer this week. The Swede is a steady force, recording three straight finishes of T16 or better. \u00c5berg has gone 16-T21 in two trips to East Lake.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, \u00c5berg ranks sixth in total strokes gained. This includes 19th in SG: Off-the-Tee and SG: Approach, while sitting 11th in proximity and fifth on 200+ yard approach shots. He\u2019s also 27th in putting average and sixth in birdie average this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettingpros.com\/appDownload\/?tag=bp-articles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bp-app-cta.jpg\" alt=\"Download the BettingPros Mobile App\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TIER 2<\/p>\n<p>Golfer<\/p>\n<p>DK $<\/p>\n<p>Wyndham Clark<br \/>\n$9,400<\/p>\n<p>Russell Henley<br \/>\n$7,500<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off his third win of the season, Wyndham Clark remains a value in DFS lineups heading into Atlanta. He\u2019s logged four top-5 finishes in his last seven events, with two of those resulting in outright wins.<\/p>\n<p>Clark has gone 3-8 in just two appearances at East Lake Golf Club. He didn\u2019t play here in 2025. Clark is ranked 18th in SG: Approach, 16th in SG: Putting, leading the PGA Tour in putting average. As a result, he\u2019s seventh in scoring average and fourth in birdie average in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Henley is another \u201chorse for the course\u201d at East Lake. He\u2019s gone 12-T3-T14-T4-T2 in five trips to the TOUR Championship, firing a 61-66 to open last year\u2019s play.<\/p>\n<p>Henley has an outright win in 2026. He\u2019s also ranked eighth in SG: Putting, leads the PGA Tour in driving accuracy, and sits sixth in scrambling. Henley is 10th in putting average and eighth in par 4 scoring.<\/p>\n<p>TIER 3<\/p>\n<p>Golfer<\/p>\n<p>DK $<\/p>\n<p>Tom Kim<br \/>\n$6,800<\/p>\n<p>Gary Woodland<br \/>\n$6,600<\/p>\n<p>Tom Kim holds a ton of value below $7K in lineups this week. He\u2019s had a much better season compared to last year, carding a win at the Scottish Open and stringing together four top-10 finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Kim is among the best in this field with his irons, ranked fourth in SG: Approach. He\u2019s eighth in proximity, 11th in scrambling, and top-5 in scoring average and par 4 scoring in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll anchor our lineups with Gary Woodland. The 42-year-old remains one of the best power hitters on the PGA Tour, ranked ninth in total driving and sixth in driving distance, averaging 323 yards per swing.<\/p>\n<p>Woodland is also a top-20 golfer for 200+ yard approach shots. His short game has flaws, although his tee-to-green ability has led to Woodland sitting 13th in par 4 scoring. Two top 10s in his last three events give Woodland momentum in his first outing at East Lake since 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bettingpros_app_launch_1470650.png\" alt=\"BettingPros App 3.0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Matthew MacKay is a featured writer for BettingPros and FantasyPros. For more from Matthew, check out his <a id=\"article-content__anchor \" href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/news\/correspondents\/matthew-mackay.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">archive<\/a> and follow him <a id=\"article-content__anchor \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_MacKay_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@Matt_MacKay_<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/2026\/04\/pga-dfs-lineup-advice-top-golfers-2026-masters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA DFS Lineup Advice: Top Golfers (2026 Masters)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final 30 golfers standing at the top of the FedExCup rankings will tee off from East Lake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1401],"class_list":["post-56648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-xander-schauffele","tag-xander-schauffele"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}