8,000-9,000
Joaquin Niemann ($8,900)
Niemann at his best has been hard to touch this year. In six tournaments played this year, he’s had three top-10 finishes (including in each of the past two weekends). Of course, he’s also missed the cut in the other three, so who knows what to make of him. But it’s clear that he’s immensely talented and truly has never been awful, even when missing cuts. There’s a reason that his price is at this point here.
Charles Howell ($8,600)
Howell wasn’t particularly great the last time we saw him as he finished at a disappointing T65 at the Memorial last week. However, he’s been playing incredibly well overall this season, only missing two cuts in 18 starts to date this year. What’s more, he has five finishes of T21 or better in his last seven tournaments. You most definitely have to like the value there.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat ($8,400)
It’s been a nice little recent run for Aphibarnrat, continuing a solid overall season with only one missed cut in 18 tournaments played in Europe and the PGA Tour. Most recently, he went T30 at THE PLAYERS, T5 in Europe at the BMW PGA and then T13 at the Memorial. Could be a nice value if he can keep this up.
Luke List ($8,300)
List’s last five tournaments have been all over the place in terms of his finishes. He missed the cut at THE PLAYERS and Valero Texas, but also went T3 at the RBC Heritage, T9 at the Wells Fargo and as solid T37 at the Memorial. He’s a high variance play, but ne that could pay off in a major way.
J.B. Holmes ($8,000)
For the most part, Holmes hasn’t been playing up to his standards this season, displaying inconsistent play and not finishing great when he actually makes the cut. Having said that, he looked back in form at the Memorial, finishing T13 and making a case to have him in your lineup this week on DraftKings.
Chris Kirk ($8,000)
Kirk may be flying under the radar a bit and his T52 at the Memorial isn’t the best finish that you’d like to see coming into the St. Jude Classic when making DraftKings picks. However, he does have a T11 at the Fort Worth and a T8 at the Valero Texas Open over the past month and a half to boost his résumé a bit.