DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - U.S. Open Championship (2026)

June 16, 2026

Zach's DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks for the U.S. Open 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 U.S. Open. I'll be providing DFS picks and analysis to help you set those winning DraftKings lineups. After a fun week in Canada ended with Bud Cauley (who was in last week's picks) claiming his first PGA TOUR win, the pros are headed to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club for the third major championship of the season.

The U.S. Open Championship is always one of the most difficult tests that top golfers face each year, even though it changes venues each season. This year will be the sixth time that the U.S. Open visits Shinnecock Hills. The first time was all the way back in 1896, and the last time was in 2018, when Brooks Koepka won with a score of +1 in difficult conditions. Last year, -1 was J.J. Spaun's winning score at Oakmont Country Club, and he'll be looking to defend his title. With another challenging and difficult course layout this week, who should he be on your DFS fantasy golf roster?

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

Cameron Young ($10.5K)

While Scottie Scheffler ($14.9K) and Rory McIlroy ($12.2K) are strong pay-up plays to build around, pivoting to Cameron Young saves significant salary cap space and also gives your team an extremely high ceiling since Young has exceptional form and has shown the ability to contend in tough conditions and fields.

After finally breaking through for his long-awaited first PGA TOUR victory last summer at the Wyndham Championship, Young finished 2025 with five straight top-12 finishes, highlighted by a T4 at the TOUR Championship.

He's added two more wins in 2026, claiming victory at THE PLAYERS Championship and the Cadillac Championship, both difficult courses with strong fields. He has six top-10 finishes in his 12 events this season, including a T3 at the Masters and a T26 at the PGA Championship in the two majors this season.

Left zero doubts 🏆

Cameron Young wins @Cadillac_Champ by SIX shots! pic.twitter.com/NVZIcDlanc

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 3, 2026

Young ranks 10th in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach, fifth in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green, and second in Total Strokes Gained over the last three months.

The native New Yorker is sure to get plenty of crowd support at Shinnecock Hills and will be looking to build on his already-impressive resume. He has seven top-10 finishes in majors, including a T4 at last year's U.S. Open, and he has made the cut in 10 of the last 12 majors.

If he's at the top of his game, he definitely has the potential to continue his storybook season with a win at the U.S. Open, and getting him at just over $10K leaves lots of room for a strong and balanced roster around him.

Tommy Fleetwood ($9.7K)

Fleetwood knows Shinnecock Hills well and should have good memories from his last visit in 2018. He put up an impressive 63 in the Final Round to almost chase down Brooks Koepka and finish runner-up in that U.S. Open. What makes that round even more impressive is that the field average was more than nine strokes worse. Even though his impressive charge came up short, he will use those memories as fuel as he tries to secure his first major championship.

The 35-year-old is a proven winner with 11 professional wins, including last year's TOUR Championship, which was his breakthrough win in the U.S. He also has eight career wins on the DP World Tour, including one last October in India.

At majors, Fleetwood has posted mixed results, with eight top-10 finishes in 43 career majors. He has three top-10 finishes at The Open Championship and three top-10 finishes at the U.S. Open, including his runner-up finish in 2018.

He should be very familiar with the style of the course, and he has the ability to grind out low scores in tough conditions. While he did miss the cut at the PGA Championship, he surrounded that with four top-25 finishes in his last five events, including a T5 at the Truist Championship, a T4 at the Memorial Tournament, and a T11 last week in Canada, where he was right in the mix until a less-than-ideal Final Round.

His approach game let him down last Sunday, but he still ranks in the top 15 in the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and Total Strokes Gained over the last three months. His accuracy off the tee should help him avoid the messy rough this week, and his versatility and ability to adapt to a variety of conditions should make him a great fit for the track.

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Underdogs: Mid-Range PGA DFS Lineup Picks

Wyndham Clark ($7.8K)

Wyndham Clark won the U.S. Open in 2023 at Los Angeles Country Club and recently re-entered the winner's circle with a triumph at THE CJ Cup Byron Nelson less than a month ago.

Clark missed the cut at last year's U.S. Open and damaged a locker in the Oakmont locker room, resulting in his ban from the property. This year, he'll be looking to make headlines for much better reasons, and his recent form has him trending in the right direction, especially for a player under $8K.

Clark leads the field in Total Strokes Gained over the last 30 days and ranks 10th in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach and third in Strokes Gained: Putting. He followed up his win at TPC Craig Ranch with a third-place finish at the Memorial and a T11 at the RBC Canadian Open last week. He even had some fun with the fans at The Rink.

Wyndham Clark repping the @USAHockey Jack Hughes sweater on the rink hole 🇺🇸🥇

The Canadian fans let him hear it 😂 pic.twitter.com/70WElzlC4z

— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) June 13, 2026

He has top-25 finishes in six of his last seven events dating back to the Masters, with a missed cut at the PGA Championship his only down week.

He'll need to keep his driving accuracy in line this week, but if he can do that, he definitely has the ability to contend, given how on point the rest of his game is right now. Clark is a volatile play with boom-or-bust upside, but he brings a very high ceiling for his salary and fits nicely into many roster builds.

Patrick Cantlay ($7.3K)

Cantlay is coming in under the radar and very affordable to this year's U.S. Open, but he has the history and recent form that show he can play his way to another strong finish and be a great value.

While he hasn't won since the 2022 BMW Championship, he has been playing well this season. He ranks in the top 10 in Total Strokes Gained and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green over the last three months and has five top-25 finishes in his last six events. He has gained strokes on approach in each of those six tournaments and has also excelled off the tee.

Cantlay is the kind of par-grinder that can excel at the U.S. Open, where scores are high. He finished a career-best T3 at the event two years ago at Pinehurst No. 2 behind only Bryson DeChambeau ($11K) and Rory. That T3 was at the end of a run of four straight top-15 finishes at the U.S. Open, before he missed the cut at this event last year. He did play the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, making the cut and finishing T45.

With better form this year, though, I like Cantlay as a sleeper this season, and if we get another veteran that breaks through for his first career major, Cantlay is a strong candidate to consider, especially at such a low salary.

Junkyard Dogs: Top PGA DFS Value Picks

Robert MacIntyre ($7K)

Links-style golf with unpredictable weather should play right into Bobby Mac's strengths. The 29-year-old from Scotland has had some controversial actions and opinions over the last few months, which could keep casual fans away from playing him this week, but his on-course game is a great fit for this venue, and he has proven he can play well in tough scoring conditions.

MacIntyre finished runner-up to J.J. Spaun ($7.5K) last season at Oakmont and later posted a T7 at The Open Championship, where he has three top-10 finishes in the last six events. Since this course could play similarly to the courses used for The Open, MacIntyre has a good chance to fare well at Shinnecock. Including that runner-up, he has three top-10 finishes in the last nine majors, even though he missed the cut at both the Masters and the PGA Championship this season.

He won the Alfred Links Dunhill Championship last fall on the DP World Tour and ran off an impressive string of nine top-25 finishes in 10 worldwide events. He almost won the Valero Texas Open in April at the end of that run, but he scuffled for a while after that near miss, including the two missed cuts at the two majors.

He seemed to turn things back around last week in Canada, though, where he gained strokes across every category and finished T15 at TPC Toronto. He'll look to build on that momentum and regain his form from the end of 2025 and early 2026.

The course and setup should be a solid fit for the fiery Scotsman this week, and he comes at a very attractive price point.

Kurt Kitayama ($6.5K) 

If you're looking to spend under $7K, there are plenty of strong value options to consider. Be sure to check out my full Value Plays post on the premium dashboard for even more affordable options.

Kitayama is one of the options who stands out in this salary range since he excels both on approach and with accuracy off the tee, which is what Shinnecock will demand this week. Kitayama has gained strokes on approach in each of his 19 tournaments with ShotLink data dating back to his win at the 3M Open last summer. His putter can be a little streaky, but his iron game and short game are typically excellent.

Another eagle hole-out 😲

Kurt Kitayama is 4-under in his last 4 holes to move to T2 @RBC_Heritage.

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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 19, 2026

Earlier this season, Kitayama finished T2 at the Genesis Invitational, and he added top-10 finishes at the RBC Heritage and the Cadillac Championship as well. In addition to those three top-10 finishes in Signature Events, he tacked on a T10 at the PGA Championship.

Kitayama has missed the cut in each of his four appearances at the U.S. Open and didn;t qualify for the event last season. While that history does make him high-risk, he has enough current form to still be a solid value play this week, especially after his improved results in majors and Signature Events this season.

He ranks in the top 20 in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach over the last three months and in the top 20 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and Strokes Gained: Putting over the last 30 days.

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