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DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - The CJ Cup Byron Nelson Advice With Scottie Scheffler, Jacob Bridgeman and More (2025)

Welcome, everyone, to my DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks and advice for the 2025 RBC Heritage. I'll be providing DFS picks and analysis to help you set those winning DraftKings lineups.

New starting this year -- if you would like 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 Golf Lineup Picks for DraftKings - The CJ Cup

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 CJ Cup

Vegas Report (All Pre-Tournament Bets)

  • Top Pre-Tournament H2H Pick: (104-60-9) 63.41%
  • All Pre-Tournament H2Hs: (296-228-30) 56.48%
  • In-Tournament H2Hs (300-200-55) 60.00%
  • Total H2Hs Since 2017: (596-428-85) 58.20%
  • Outright Winners Since 2017: 51
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  • All Totals Are Entering 2025
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Let's Look at the Stats

Stat TPC Craig Ranch PGA Average
Driving Distance 294 283
Driving Accuracy 61% 61%
GIR Percentage 71% 65%
Scrambling Percentage 66% 57%
Average Three-Putts Per Round 0.39 0.54

 

Field

Field Size: 156
Cut: Top 65 & Ties
Top 20 Entrants: 2

 

Last Five Winners of The CJ Cup

2024 Taylor Pendrith -23
2023 Jason Day -23
2022 K.H. Lee -26
2021 K.H. Lee -25
2019

 

Expected Cut-Line at The CJ Cup

2024 -5
2023 3
2022
2021
2019

 

TPC Craig Ranch

7,569 Yards - Par 71 - Greens Bentgrass

You can find my premium course breakdown in my premium DraftKings article this week. 

 

First Look Into Outright Bets

Player Price
Jacob Bridgeman 60
Ryo Hisatsune 75
Lee Hodges 110

 


 

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Favorite Targets Early On Monday

Names Up Top

Of the 11 names priced $9,000 and above, only Sam Burns didn't grade within the top 12 of my overall model, and even he carried top 10 win equity marks because of his stellar statistical profile for TPC Craig Ranch.

Because of that answer, you could sell me in a handful of different directions, but I want to note that Scottie Scheffler's data is a thing of beauty.

Is $7,340 per player enough if you start with Scottie Scheffler at $13,300? That is an answer you must decide upon this week, but the profile presents a chef's kiss return.

On second thought, maybe we should stay out of the kitchen when talking about the Texan...

 

Jacob Bridgeman ($8,500)

I was hoping Jacob Bridgeman's missed cut at the Houston Open might derail popularity this week since these two venues share so many similarities.

Long courses that see increased proximity from 200+ yards. Texas venues that demand off-the-tee excellence if you want to capture the title. None of those categories are prototypical answers for a golfer who ranks 93rd in Weighted Driving. Still, there is a reason the market has reacted quickly to Bridgeman's profile for betting and likely will do the same for DraftKings.

My model ranked Bridgeman an impressive 49 spots better at this course in Expected Proximity than his baseline average. He also cracked the top 18 over the last 24 rounds when playing a venue measuring over 7,400 yards. Do note that Bridgeman carried nearly 15% ownership during that Houston mishap a handful of weeks ago and will likely do the same here, although this is a prime spot for him to perform at a respectable price tag.

 

Ryo Hisatsune ($8,300)

Here is a teaser of my model of the top seven 'Win Profiles" when taking the four years of data at the course and getting it to project what options have the skillsets that most resemble past champions:

Naturally, Taylor Pendrith's profile mimics that of a winner at the course since he won here last season, but it is also important to point out that Ryo Hisatsune was the only golfer priced over 50/1 to make the top seven of this list. 

Hisatsune's recent metrics will tell a similar story of this upside, and I viewed the 22-year-old as a prime breakout candidate if someone is capable of dethroning the inevitability of Scottie Scheffler this week.

 

Lee Hodges ($7,500)

My model had four golfers in the $7,000 section grade within the top 60 of all seven categories I ran. Those names were Alex Smalley ($7,900), Thorbjorn Olesen ($7,800), Lee Hodges ($7,500) and Sami Valimaki ($7,300). 

None of those options survived the cut when I condensed the list down to only include those who landed in the top 40 in all areas. However, Hodges has an extremely enticing data set that graded within the top 15 of this field for Weighted Strokes Gained Total, Texas Production and a combination of Long Iron Proximity + Putting + Off-The-Tee. 

I worry a little bit that anything anti-Scheffler in the outright market is going to turn into a complete waste of funds, although consider this a ripe spot to play Hodges for DFS since he pairs well with everyone on the board.

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