DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - The Genesis Invitational (2026)

February 18, 2026

Spencer's DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks for the Genesis 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 Genesis Invitational. I'll be providing DFS picks and analysis to help you set those winning DraftKings lineups.

New starting this year -- if you want to see a deeper dive into my DraftKings analysis and thoughts for the week, you can click that link and find my beefed-up version, including more picks, data, analysis, and PGA DFS models.

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Fantasy PGA DraftKings Lineup Picks - Genesis

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.

PGA DFS Rankings Wizard - Spencer's Model (And More)

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• The Genesis

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
• Units: +341.218 Units
• All Totals Are Entering 2026
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In-Tournament Head-To-Head Bets For Rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4

• Lifetime Record:
• (361-250-69) 59.08%
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• Twelve first-round leader wins over the last few years.
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GAIN ACCESS

Let's Look at the Stats

The Genesis Field

• Field Size: 72
• Cut: T50 & Ties
• Top 20 Entrants: 18

Last Five Winners of the Genesis (Riviera)

Expected Cut Line

Riviera Country Club

7,322 Yards - Par 71 - Greens Poa

Course history will land in my Premium DraftKings article this week!

First Look Into Outright Bets

Check my Vegas Report and the Discord chat room.

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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)

Overall: (+327.863 Units) pic.twitter.com/tuaDfwFXlo

— Spencer Aguiar (@TeeOffSports) November 21, 2023

Favorite DFS Plays for the Genesis

Harris English ($7,900)

There is something to be said about when my model dislikes a player in the week prior, yet they post a top-25 on the leaderboard before entering a contest that should suit their game better. I know that is coming from an 80-man field, but it means something to me when someone can pop where they shouldn't and deliver top-12 returns in the following week.

There are many more names we can add to this profile if we get rid of the mandatory top-25 (Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, etc.). However, English's past course history and current onslaught of driving data make him worthy of being this week's Jake Knapp—a golfer who is way too cheap and probably still way too under-owned.

English ranked first in my model when using only 2026 data points for off-the-tee returns and landed a top-15 "Course Fit" for a profile that has generated back-to-back top-12 showings at Riviera Country Club. Consider this a bargain price and a lower than projected ownership mark.

Jason Day ($7,700)

I've been very vocal this week in the Discord channel about Jason Day in head-to-head markets. I thought the Aussie drew a very beatable group of options when diving into the Jordan Spieths or J.J. Spauns of the world.

Day is a course history savant who often pops up at the same venues year after year. The stats don't necessarily have to align with that answer. However, when they do, we see some of those high-end finishes begin to form in the profile.

I have never been shy in the long-term duration I use for running my math. It sometimes delivers a slow return for in-form players, but Day's projection is a fun one to dive deeper into when we move the data to apply only 2026 stats.

I always run a 'Weighted Strokes Gained Total' dispersion mark (If you want a deeper dive into that, I have talked about it on both podcasts I have been on this week). It usually looks at that longer-term data, but the yearly stats had Day as the third-best course fit when extrapolating those metrics for how Riviera Country Club plays each year for top-10 performers.

Since it is easier to explain verbally, here are the two podcasts I did this week:

King of the Draft

Back 9 Bets

$7,500 (Or Less)

I have mentioned Ryan Fox's name this week more than I have ever throughout my eight years in this space. 

Fox is a very interesting 'Course Fit' candidate inside my model and pairs really well in all roster constructions this week.

If Fox does perform, the audience will not be forgiven on 'King of the Draft' because of your guys' prevention of my lineup being exactly where I wanted it to be for the event. Fox is way too cheap for the price and delivers a skillset that surpasses all the other $6,000 options. 

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