DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - Cadillac Championship (2026)

April 28, 2026

Zach's DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks for the Cadillac Championship (2026). His PGA DFS targets and value plays for daily fantasy golf lineups.

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

After a fun team-up event in Louisiana, the PGA TOUR returns to its regular format for a pair of Signature Events, leading up to the PGA Championship. This week's Cadillac Championship is a brand new PGA TOUR event, but it's on a familiar course at the Blue Monster Course in Doral, Florida, just outside Miami. The Doral Open and a WGC event were regularly held at this venue for many years, but the PGA TOUR hasn't been back since 2016, when Adam Scott got the win. This year, the limited, 72-player field will play a no-cut event on the sprawling layout that plays long and difficult with water hazards all around the course. Elite driving and shotmaking will need to be on display for players to contend this week, so let's dive in and find some good fits from across the salary spectrum.

The RotoBaller team has you covered with details on the course, the field, the history of the event, and much more throughout the week, so be sure to check out all the coverage available at the PGA hub on RotoBaller. In this post, I'll break down six of my top DFS fantasy golf plays coming into the week.

Big Dogs: Top-Tier PGA DFS Lineup Picks

Scottie Scheffler ($13.6K)

Scheffler is the overwhelming favorite at this week's event, where Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Ludvig Aberg, and Xander Schauffele are not in the field. Scheffler is extremely expensive and will force you to find some good bargains for the rest of your roster, but he brings enough extreme upside that he's worth considering.

The World No. 1 hasn't won since his first event of 2026, The American Express. He has come very close to winning, though, finishing runner-up at the Masters and losing in a playoff at the RBC Heritage before taking last week off.

Scheffler has finished in the top 25 in each of his eight events this season, and he leads the field in Total Strokes Gained and Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee over the last six months. Scheffler is typically both long and accurate off the tee, and if he has a weakness its on the green. This course typically rewards driving and approach play, while putting is relatively easy compared to other courses.

In his two tournaments since the arrival of his second child, Scheffler has finished T2, but this week, he'll look to secure victory No. 2 of 2026. He has the skill set that The Blue Monster typically demands, and his strong overall game makes it seem like just a matter of time before he's back in the winner's circle.

If you can find workable values that allow you to pay up and build around him, Scheffler will likely deliver strong enough results to be a solid pay-up play and a decent value, even at his elevated salary.

Collin Morikawa ($9.8K)

Morikawa hurt his back on the second hole of THE PLAYERS Championship and was forced to withdraw, but he has played well in his last two events since returning, even though he has still been dealing with lingering effects of the injury and playing with lower ballspeed overall.

He took a week off after the RBC Heritage, where he finished in the top five thanks to escapes like this one:

Solid pot bunker play from a tough position by Collin Morikawa to set up a 2-putt par 👏😳 pic.twitter.com/eI6h6bo4bL

— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) April 18, 2026

Morikawa won the Signature Event at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February and has claimed four top-10 finishes in his four events since then, with the only disappointment coming at THE PLAYERS, due to that withdrawal.

Morikawa won the 2021 World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession on a similar course in Bradenton, Florida, and he has the skill set that has been successful at this track in the past. Morikawa leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and Strokes Gained: Approach over the last three months and is second in Total Strokes Gained over that span behind only Scheffler.

There is definitely some injury risk, but after a week off, he should be in better shape and has a chance to contend if he's at his best. If he's at 100%, he'll actually be a bargain at this salary.

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Underdogs: Mid-Range PGA DFS Lineup Picks

Adam Scott ($8.4K)

Scott is a little bit of an underdog as a 45-year-old, but the veteran Aussie definitely knows his way around the Blue Monster Course and comes in with some solid form for a mid-range option.

Dating back to the Baycurrent Classic last October, Scott has finished in the top 30 in 11 of 13 tournaments worldwide. During that stretch, he had top-10 finishes at the BMW Australian Championship, the Crown Australian Open, and The Genesis Invitational, which is another Signature Event held on a course where he has had success.

Scott finished in the top 25 at the Masters and took the last two weeks off. Over the last six months, he ranks fourth in the field in Strokes Gained Approach and is also in the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green. 

His tee-to-green excellence has played well at this venue in his career, with 10 made cuts in 11 appearances and seven top-25 finishes, headlined by his win in 2016. That was his sixth straight top-25 finish in Doral, which included a third-place finish in 2013 and a top-5 finish in 2015 before his win.

Scott may not quite be able to hit it as far as he used to, but his accuracy remains excellent, and his veteran knowledge of the course makes him an excellent play under $8,500 this week.

Akshay Bhatia ($8.1K)

Bhatia won earlier this season at Bay Hill, which is another water-focused Florida track, and he also has the ability to contend on difficult tracks that demand precision and power from tee-to-green.

Including his win at the Signature Event at Bay Hill, Bhatia has made the cut in six of his last seven events dating back to the WM Phoenix Open, where he finished T3. He finished T13 at THE PLAYERS the week after his win at Bay Hill, and he barely missed the cut at The Masters after a tough finish that did include this highlight:

Cut line drama. After a hole-out birdie on No. 17, Akshay Bhatia moves onto the cut line. #themasters pic.twitter.com/tfTa95clE5

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 10, 2026

After a double-bogey on the final hole cost him his shot at the weekend in Augusta, he bounced back with a T16 at the RBC Heritage in Harbour Town, where he made 21 birdies, which were tied for the most in the tournament.

Bhatia has finished in the top 20 in each of the four Signature Events this year, and this course fits his game well enough that he's a strong play just over $8,000 despite his letdown at the Masters.

Junkyard Dogs: Top PGA DFS Value Picks

Alex Smalley ($7.1K)

Smalley played his way into the field for this week's event with a co-runner-up finish last week at the Zurich Classic alongside Hayden Springer. Smalley and Springer tore up the four-ball rounds, posting a 58 on Thursday and a 62 on Saturday. They tied for the clubhouse lead with a birdie on their last hole, but the Fitzpatricks birdied the final hole to claim the win.

It was his fourth top-25 finish in his last five events, and he has made eight straight cuts, dating back to the WM Phoenix Open. He had a T14 at the Valero Texas Open, but last week's team event was his first top-10 of the year.

Smalley ranks in the top 25 in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green over the last three months, and that doesn't include his performance last week, since ShotLink data doesn't count for team events.

Smalley has the tee-to-green game to contend at this venue, and he has flashed the ability to go low in a hurry when he's dialed in.

Andrew Novak ($6.5K) 

Novak usually thrives in no-cut events like this one, although he can be a very volatile player from week to week.

He and Ben Griffin finished T10 in their title defense in New Orleans, and Novak seems to be finding some strong form with three top-20 finishes in his last four events. He finished T14 at the Valero Texas Open, missed the cut at the Masters, and then bounced back with a T16 at the RBC Heritage, where he did some good things but also had a few adventures.

I swear I've done good things this week too 🤷‍♂️ https://t.co/F7nY4hQ1bD

— Andrew Novak (@AndrewNovakgolf) April 18, 2026

Novak had two rounds of 65 at the RBC Heritage and has proven he can put up solid rounds in big events. If he strings them together, he can be a boom-or-bust play, and he has a good history of success in no-cut events, like this new event this week.

For more value plays, be sure to check out my Value Plays post coming on Tuesday on the premium dashboard.

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