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Joe Nicely's Masters Bible, providing DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks and value plays for The Masters. His extensive look at every golfer participating in 2025.
Hello, PGA DFS fans, and welcome to the 2026 Masters DFS Bible! There are lots of annual traditions surrounding the year's first major championship, and for the last nine editions of this prestigious event, this extensive preview has become part of my Masters routine and preparation.
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DraftKings DFS Player Preview for the Masters
The Masters is my favorite golf tournament, and it's the event where it all started for me here at RotoBaller when I published the first Masters Bible on this site in 2018. If you've been able to check out any of my previous 'Bibles', then you know the deal here. I will be jamming in as much DFS info as I can on every single player in the Masters field. You will see write-ups for all the players you know and love from the top of the salary scale all the way down to the bottom of the barrel.
The golfers are listed in descending order of their DraftKings price, just like you would see on DK when building a lineup. When I first began writing this article, there was only one "Milly Maker" to strategize for, while this year DraftKings is offering the chance to win a million bucks in three different contests, with buy-in levels of $10, $100, & $3,333.
Some players are discussed more in-depth than others. I try to mix in stats, DFS info, Masters history, and strategy, as well as my thoughts on each player that's reviewed. You can use this preview as a quick reference to get some thoughts on a specific golfer, or you can spend some time with it and become familiar with the field. However you choose to use it, if you find just one thing that's helpful or interesting or entertaining, then I'll feel as though I've done my job.
My goal with this write-up always remains the same...to create a piece that will be helpful to those of you who might be making your first PGA DFS lineup, while also being additive to those who grind PGA DFS week in and week out. Ok, enough with all the formalities, let's get to the golfers for the Masters!
High-Priced PGA DFS Plays
Note: Late additions to the Masters field will be added as they become available on DraftKings salary scale
Scottie Scheffler - $14,000
Though he already has a win on his 2026 resume, Scheffler heads to the Masters with some very real questions about the direction his game is currently headed. Relatively speaking, the world's No. 1-ranked player has still been good this year, though the ball-striking numbers - particularly the irons - simply aren't at the levels we're used to seeing from the big Texan.
While it's a small sample size, Scheffler currently ranks 80th on the PGA Tour in SG: Approach on the year - a position that would've been unthinkable just a few short months ago.
From a DFS perspective, Scheffler still offers the highest combination of floor and ceiling on the slate, though his DraftKings price has been noticeably juiced for this year's Masters. For all the concerns about his recent form, it's difficult to envision a bad outing on an Augusta National layout on which he's won twice and has never finished worse than T19 in six career Masters starts.
Rory McIlroy - $11,600
Set to defend his Masters title following last year's storybook victory, like the aforementioned Scheffler, McIlroy's form has ebbed a bit in recent outings after a strong start out of the gates in 2026 - some of which we can attribute to a back spasm that forced him to withdraw from the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Still the best driver of the ball in the world, we well know that the 36-year-old has all the tools needed to succeed at Augusta National. If anything, I would argue his shot-making ability has actually grown over the last couple of years.
🚨🏆😮💨 Rory McIlroy spoke at the PGA Champ about his reaction to holing the Masters winning putt: “I’ve tried not to watch it because I want to remember the feelings… I’ve never felt a release like that before & may never feel a release like that again.”pic.twitter.com/VGjUB5E7IT
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 14, 2025
If we push aside statistics, it's interesting to take a more narrative-type view of McIlroy. Will he be loosened up with the unimaginable pressure of winning the Grand Slam now gone? Will all the demands that go along with being the reigning Masters champion prove to be too much to overcome? Defending a Masters title is a herculean task that's only been done three times (Nicklaus, Woods, Faldo) in the event's history.
McIlroy is a natural landing spot to start DFS lineups for those who don't want to pay the freight on Scheffler's jumbo price tag. Taking into account that Rory is always a popular public play, I expect his ownership to be sizable despite some recent underwhelming outings.
Bryson DeChambeau - $10,200
LIV players don't feel as much like wild cards as they did a few years ago when the alternative pro circuit was in its start-up phase. Most of the questions about how competitive LIV golfers can be in major championships have been asked and answered. That's especially been the case for DeChambeau, who has put together a sterling track record in majors over the last two years, including a victory at Pinehurst for the 2024 U.S. Open title.
Overall, he's recorded top-10 finishes in six of his last eight major starts, including career-best finishes at the Masters (T6 & T5).
In addition to his recent success at Augusta, Bryson heads to the 2026 renewal in red-hot form. He's won back-to-back LIV starts in Singapore and South Africa with the driver remaining the biggest weapon in his arsenal. He, somewhat surprisingly, stands third on LIV in GIR % this season, though I'll attribute that to the large number of wedges he's hitting.
I still have very real concerns about iron play that's been a huge hindrance for him in recent major championship appearances, as well as his chipping around Augusta National's treacherous greens.
DeChambeau's "Mad Scientist" reputation has faded a bit in recent years, as he's settled into his game nicely. Despite that - and even considering his recent form and Masters finishes - I remain somewhat reluctant to push all my chips in the middle on Bryson, which could, admittedly, just be my personal biases creeping in.
That said, he certainly will remain firmly in the mix for me when constructing lineups for this slate, though I imagine my overall exposure to him will be under the field.
Jon Rahm - $10,000
Like the aforementioned DeChambeau, Rahm's 2026 results on the LIV circuit have been spectacular. The Spaniard has notched a win in Hong Kong and three additional runner-up finishes in five LIV starts this year.
After a relatively disastrous campaign in the majors in 2024 - his first year away from the PGA Tour - Rahm rebounded nicely last season, posting top-10 finishes in both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship, as well as a T14 at Augusta National. Outside of that 2024 wobble, his Masters track record can only be described as elite, with a victory and four additional top-10s across his nine career starts.
While we're still a ways out from solid ownership projections as of this writing, I expect the Spaniard to be something of a pivot option at the top of the board. I'd be very interested in getting overweight on Rahm relative to the field if that's indeed the case.
