DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - The Arnold Palmer Invitational (2026)

March 4, 2026

Spencer's DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks for Arnold Palmer Invitational (2026). His PGA DFS targets and value plays for daily fantasy golf lineups, and golfers to avoid.

Welcome, everyone, to my DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks and advice for the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational. I'll be providing DFS picks and analysis to help you set those winning DraftKings lineups.

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Fantasy PGA DraftKings Lineup Picks - Arnold Palmer

Below are some of my favorite picks for DraftKings. We also have tons of other great weekly PGA articles, DFS analysis, tools, and DFS advice. Be sure to read our other fantastic articles regarding this week's event.

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• The Arnold Palmer

Vegas Report (All Pre-Tournament Bets)

• Top Pre-Tournament H2H Pick: (104-60-9) 63.41%
• All Pre-Tournament H2Hs: (353-277-34) 56.00%
• In-Tournament H2Hs (361-250-69) 59.08%
• Total H2Hs Since 2017: (714-527-103) 57.53%
• Outright Winners Since 2017: 55
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In-Tournament Head-To-Head Bets For Rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4

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• (361-250-69) 59.08%
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Let's Look at the Stats

The Arnold Palmer Invitational Field

• Field Size: 72
• Cut: T50 & Ties - Within 10 of the lead
• Top 20 Entrants: 18

Last Five Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Expected Cut Line

Bay Hill Club & Lodge

7,466 Yards - Par 72 - Greens Bermuda

Bay Hill has one of the highest rollover predictability rates between seasons on tour, which isn't exactly the narrative you might expect from a venue that has generated various strokes-gained interpolations over the last five years. We have seen approach play, around-the-green production, and off-the-tee acumen take turns holding the highest precedence for success during that iteration of the contest.

The fact that putting is the lone answer missing from that list might help to better define unpredictable putting returns and merge them into something more sustainable from a yearly perspective. However, this is a venue where you can't "really fake it until you make it."

All four strokes gained metrics are vital, and it is one of the reasons in-event correlations produce a steady distribution across the board and generally heighten quality play at a higher rate than most stops on tour. Essentially, good golfers across the bag separate themselves from the pack at a dispersion rate that shows why Bay Hill rewards the best players in the world.

One of the reasons for that is that we are looking at a 7,466-yard difficult scoring test that features 85 sand traps, nine holes with water, and brutal rough that makes stopping your ball on fiery fast greens nearly impossible if you aren't approaching from the fairway.

It is not to say that quality production can't still be found on your four par-five locations or three sub-400-yard par-four holes. Still, when you remove those seven sites from the mix, the other 11 zones have somewhere between a 5-18% higher rate to make bogey or worse than they do to generate a birdie or better.

Overall, an all-around game will go a long way for those trying to succeed, but that answer always limits the metrics since it opens the playing field to all game types to find upside.

First Look Into Outright Bets

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Final 2023 Golf Betting Results:
(Individual breakdowns of all sections in thread) @RotoBaller

2023 (+16.634 Units)
2022 (+67.485 Units)
2021 (+68.846 Units)
2020 (+37.015 Units)
2019 (+27.743 Units)
2018 (+55.88 Units)
2017 (+54.26 Units)

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Favorite DFS Plays for the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Here are all the golfers to move over 10% on Bookmaker between Tuesday and Wednesday (implied probability getting higher for their win). Some of these names I am not in on this week, but it does help to show where sharp movement is happening.

Model

I ran a portion of my model to eliminate anyone outside the top 45 for either overall or upside. With that threshold in place, I also eliminated anyone to feature a negative grade in both overall rank versus DK price and overall rank versus ownership. That included two outlooks of upside and overall. The last requirement I attached was to remove anyone who drifted on Bookmaker by over 1% between Tuesday and Wednesday.

That list left a very large group of golfers, but I like the idea of showing all names and letting people use my model to dive a little deeper into my ranks.

Best Values From The List Above

***Please note that this list is going to always skew toward this range because it is taking a look at the DK difference versus the overall rank.

Pierceson Coody ($7,600)

I've said my peace with Pierceson Coody this week.

I spent an entire King of the Draft show trying to make the audience give him to me, ultimately watching him get drafted by them.

Coody ranked sixth in my model for weighted scoring and 12th for in-event correlation. I remain a believer that a massive breakout is about to occur.

Jacob Bridgeman ($7,700)

After winning at the Genesis, Bridgeman looks like he is going to come in under 10%.

In a lot of ways, this is a much better course fit for him than where he just won.

Ryan Gerard ($7,200)

Gerard disappointed at the Cognizant because of the short game. The ball-striking metrics have been popping for a few weeks and might be about to propel him up the leaderboard.

Jordan Spieth ($7,400)

Spieth is boom or bust, although eight straight rounds of shooting par or better is a nice return for him. In the crazy world of my model, the safety metrics are looking promising.

Nicolai Hojgaard ($7,600)

The course history helps to explain some of the weighted course answers above, but the form is hard to ignore.

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