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Arnold Palmer Invitational

PGAMainDraftKings04-Mar-2026Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & LodgeBay Hill, FL, USA

Rankings

Blended rankings sorted by V-Score.

121 players

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Rank	Player	Salary	Projection	V-Score	Edge	EdgeBand	V-Rank	Proj Rank	Diff
1	🇺🇸Scheffler, Scottie	$14,200	80.0	100.00	14%	—	1	1	0
2	🇬🇧McIlroy, Rory	$11,700	69.1	99.17	64%	—	2	3	+1
3	🇺🇸Young, CameronRisky	$8,100	63.9	95.35	59%	—	3	7	+4
4	🇺🇸Henley, Russell	$9,000	65.7	93.33	63%	—	4	5	+1
5	🇬🇧Fitzpatrick, Matt	$8,900	62.4	91.67	64%	—	5	10	+5
6	🇦🇺Lee, Min Woo	$7,500	63.7	91.55	58%	—	6	8	+2
7	🇬🇧Fleetwood, Tommy	$10,300	64.7	91.48	63%	—	7	6	-1
8	🇺🇸Fowler, Rickie	$7,400	59.7	91.30	64%	—	8	13	+5
9	🇰🇷Kim, Si Woo	$9,300	69.5	91.02	63%	—	9	2	-7
10	🇺🇸McNealy, Maverick	$7,600	59.5	90.85	59%	—	10	14	+4
11	🇺🇸Schauffele, Xander	$9,600	63.3	89.91	59%	—	11	9	-2
12	🇺🇸Morikawa, Collin	$9,800	68.9	88.28	59%	—	12	4	-8
13	🇺🇸English, HarrisRisky	$7,500	58.3	87.54	64%	—	13	18	+5
14	🇸🇪Aberg, LudvigRisky	$8,700	60.6	86.84	58%	—	14	12	-2
15	🇯🇵Matsuyama, Hideki	$9,500	61.3	81.39	64%	—	15	11	-4
16	🇦🇺Scott, Adam	$7,300	57.1	78.49	64%	—	16	22	+6
17	🇺🇸Kitayama, Kurt	$7,500	59.1	76.42	57%	—	17	15	-2
18	🇳🇴Hovland, Viktor	$9,100	59.1	76.17	62%	—	18	16	-2
19	🇺🇸Spaun, J.J.Risky	$7,400	56.2	75.40	60%	—	19	28	+9
20	🇺🇸Knapp, Jake	$7,600	55.9	74.19	56%	—	20	30	+10
21	🇬🇧MacIntyre, Robert	$8,800	58.4	73.47	57%	—	21	17	-4
22	🇺🇸Cantlay, Patrick	$8,200	57.0	73.17	58%	—	22	23	+1
23	🇺🇸Burns, Sam	$8,400	52.9	72.60	62%	—	23	43	+20
24	🇸🇪Noren, Alex	$7,200	56.8	71.97	60%	—	24	24	0
25	🇦🇹Straka, Sepp	$7,600	57.7	71.91	59%	—	25	20	-5
26	🇺🇸Griffin, BenRisky	$8,300	56.5	71.52	57%	—	26	27	+1
27	🇺🇸Theegala, Sahith	$7,000	52.9	70.73	58%	—	27	42	+15
28	🇩🇰Hojgaard, Nicolai	$7,500	54.9	70.22	56%	—	28	32	+4
29	🇺🇸Coody, Pierceson	$6,700	53.0	69.15	56%	—	29	40	+11
30	🇺🇸Spieth, Jordan	$7,700	52.3	69.03	58%	—	30	47	+17
31	🇺🇸Bridgeman, Jacob	$7,900	56.1	67.43	56%	—	31	29	-2
32	🇺🇸Mitchell, Keith	$7,000	52.8	66.65	60%	—	32	44	+12
33	🇺🇸Bhatia, Akshay	$7,700	57.5	66.48	56%	—	33	21	-12
34	🇮🇪Lowry, Shane	$8,600	56.8	64.99	48%	—	34	25	-9
35	🇺🇸Berger, Daniel	$7,100	56.7	63.81	58%	—	35	26	-9
36	🇺🇸Bradley, KeeganRisky	$7,200	51.5	63.16	64%	—	36	52	+16
37	🇺🇸Castillo, Ricky	$6,200	51.7	61.62	55%	—	37	50	+13
38	🇺🇸Gerard, Ryan	$7,400	58.3	61.31	55%	—	38	19	-19
39	🇨🇦Conners, Corey	$7,100	55.3	61.16	61%	—	39	31	-8
40	🇬🇧Hall, HarryRisky	$6,900	53.6	61.09	55%	—	40	37	-3
41	🇺🇸Stevens, Sam	$6,900	52.1	60.59	56%	—	41	48	+7
42	🇨🇦Pendrith, TaylorRisky	$7,100	50.3	59.80	57%	—	42	55	+13
43	🇺🇸Gotterup, Chris	$9,200	54.5	59.35	21%	—	43	34	-9
44	🇺🇸Thorbjornsen, Michael	$7,400	52.0	58.05	55%	—	44	49	+5
45	🇺🇸Thompson, Davis	$6,900	54.0	57.67	55%	—	45	36	-9
46	🇨🇦Taylor, NickRisky	$7,200	53.0	57.32	60%	—	46	41	-5
47	🇺🇸McCarty, Matt	$6,700	53.2	56.71	55%	—	47	38	-9
48	🇺🇸Greyserman, MaxRisky	$6,700	48.0	56.67	56%	—	48	62	+14
49	🇿🇦Bezuidenhout, Christiaan	$7,000	54.6	55.59	55%	—	49	33	-16
50	🇩🇰Hojgaard, Rasmus	$7,300	48.4	55.05	50%	—	50	59	+9
51	🇬🇧Rose, Justin	$8,500	53.2	54.55	25%	—	51	39	-12
52	🇯🇵Hisatsune, Ryo	$7,100	52.6	53.82	52%	—	52	45	-7
53	🇦🇺Day, Jason	$7,800	50.8	53.66	39%	—	53	53	0
54	🇳🇴Reitan, Kristoffer	$6,500	47.5	53.18	55%	—	54	68	+14
55	🇺🇸McGreevy, Max	$6,500	51.6	52.86	55%	—	55	51	-4
56	🇨🇳Dou, Zecheng	$6,000	41.4	52.80	55%	—	56	100	+44
57	🇨🇦Yellamaraju, Sudarshan	$6,000	41.6	52.41	55%	—	57	98	+41
58	🇨🇦Ewart, A.J.	$6,000	40.4	52.37	55%	—	58	107	+49
59	🇨🇴Echavarria, Nico	$6,800	52.4	52.02	54%	—	59	46	-13
60	🇺🇸Bauchou, Zach	$6,100	40.8	51.91	55%	—	60	105	+45
61	🇺🇸Meissner, Mac	$6,600	48.1	51.74	55%	—	61	60	-1
62	🇺🇸Smalley, Alex	$6,500	48.0	51.59	55%	—	62	61	-1
63	🇺🇸Thomas, Justin	$8,000	49.0	51.59	28%	—	63	57	-6
64	🇺🇸Smotherman, AustinRisky	$6,400	46.8	50.93	55%	—	64	71	+7
65	🇳🇿Fox, RyanRisky	$6,500	45.8	50.70	56%	—	65	76	+11
66	🇺🇸Brennan, Michael	$6,700	46.4	50.61	53%	—	66	72	+6
67	🇬🇧Smith, Jordan	$6,800	47.7	48.84	46%	—	67	65	-2
68	🇩🇰Olesen, Thorbjorn	$7,000	48.4	48.80	43%	—	68	58	-10
69	🇨🇳Li, Haotong	$6,400	47.6	48.70	54%	—	69	66	-3
70	🇺🇸Keefer, Johnny	$7,100	44.7	48.63	40%	—	70	83	+13
71	🇬🇧Rai, Aaron	$7,200	54.2	48.47	38%	—	71	35	-36
72	🇬🇧Penge, Marco	$7,200	45.7	47.20	35%	—	72	77	+5
73	🇺🇸Clark, Wyndham	$7,300	45.4	46.10	29%	—	73	80	+7
74	Hoey, Rico	$6,800	47.9	46.09	40%	—	74	63	-11
75	🇨🇦Hughes, Mackenzie	$6,300	44.7	45.58	49%	—	75	85	+10
76	🇰🇷Kim, S.H.	$6,100	43.8	44.95	51%	—	76	89	+13
77	🇺🇸Roy, Kevin	$6,200	44.4	44.80	49%	—	77	87	+10
78	🇰🇷Im, Sungjae	$6,400	47.8	42.60	42%	—	78	64	-14
79	🇺🇸Homa, Max	$7,300	45.8	42.21	20%	—	79	75	-4
80	🇺🇸Moore, Taylor	$6,200	45.2	41.47	43%	—	80	81	+1
81	🇺🇸Dahmen, Joel	$6,100	50.5	40.92	44%	—	81	54	-27
82	🇩🇪Jaeger, Stephan	$6,400	41.0	40.91	36%	—	82	104	+22
83	🇿🇦Higgo, Garrick	$6,600	42.4	40.55	31%	—	83	94	+11
84	🇺🇸Rodgers, PatrickRisky	$6,700	45.1	40.27	30%	—	84	82	-2
85	🇺🇸Poston, J.T.	$6,700	49.2	40.17	29%	—	85	56	-29
86	🇯🇵Kanaya, Takumi	$6,300	44.5	40.13	37%	—	86	86	0
87	Yu, Kevin	$6,500	41.9	40.09	32%	—	87	97	+10
88	🇺🇸Whaley, Vince	$6,400	41.3	39.96	34%	—	88	102	+14
89	🇺🇸Hodges, Lee	$6,300	43.9	39.36	35%	—	89	88	-1
90	🇺🇸Finau, Tony	$6,800	41.9	39.26	23%	—	90	96	+6
91	🇺🇸Mouw, William	$6,300	41.5	38.73	33%	—	91	99	+8
92	🇺🇸Koepka, Brooks	$7,800	45.7	38.60	10%	—	92	78	-14
93	🇺🇸Fisk, Steven	$6,300	39.3	38.41	32%	—	93	108	+15
94	🇩🇪Schmid, Matti	$6,900	43.0	37.83	18%	—	94	92	-2
95	🇺🇸Cole, Eric	$6,400	41.3	37.59	27%	—	95	103	+8
96	🇺🇸Novak, AndrewRisky	$6,600	46.0	37.53	24%	—	96	74	-22
97	🇫🇮Valimaki, Sami	$6,600	43.2	36.28	21%	—	97	91	-6
98	🇺🇸Ramey, Chad	$6,100	41.3	35.80	30%	—	98	101	+3
99	🇦🇷Grillo, Emiliano	$6,500	43.6	35.51	22%	—	99	90	-9
100	🇫🇷Pavon, Matthieu	$6,000	38.8	35.33	31%	—	100	109	+9
101	🇿🇦Potgieter, AldrichRisky	$6,600	38.7	35.22	18%	—	101	110	+9
102	🇺🇸Woodland, Gary	$6,500	38.4	35.19	20%	—	102	112	+10
103	🇺🇸Phillips, Chandler	$6,100	38.7	35.16	28%	—	103	111	+8
104	🇺🇸Hubbard, Mark	$6,200	42.0	34.98	25%	—	104	95	-9
105	🇦🇺Vilips, Karl	$6,100	36.1	34.52	26%	—	105	115	+10
106	🇺🇸Kim, Michael	$6,800	46.0	33.81	14%	—	106	73	-33
107	🇺🇸Riley, Davis	$6,000	36.5	33.76	27%	—	107	114	+7
108	🇺🇸Cauley, BudRisky	$6,600	47.1	33.44	17%	—	108	70	-38
109	🇺🇸Walker, Danny	$6,000	31.9	32.49	24%	—	109	120	+11
110	🇿🇦Van Rooyen, Erik	$6,200	35.4	31.82	19%	—	110	116	+6
111	🇦🇺Davis, Cam	$6,100	31.1	31.36	19%	—	111	121	+10
112	🇺🇸Highsmith, Joe	$6,300	32.0	30.68	15%	—	112	119	+7
113	🇺🇸Schenk, Adam	$6,200	32.4	30.54	16%	—	113	118	+5
114	🇺🇸Campbell, BrianRisky	$6,000	33.9	30.03	19%	—	114	117	+3
115	🇺🇸McCarthy, DennyRisky	$6,900	47.1	29.57	10%	—	115	69	-46
116	🇺🇸Glover, Lucas	$6,800	47.5	19.31	5%	—	116	67	-49
117	🇺🇸Putnam, Andrew	$6,300	42.6	18.36	6%	—	117	93	-24
118	🇺🇸Kirk, ChrisRisky	$6,400	45.4	14.48	4%	—	118	79	-39
119	🇺🇸Harman, BrianRisky	$6,900	44.7	11.21	2%	—	119	84	-35
120	🇻🇪Vegas, JhonattanRisky	$6,200	37.4	5.45	2%	—	120	113	-7
121	🇺🇸Hoge, Tom	$7,000	40.5	3.18	1%	—	121	106	-15

Rankings Legend

V-Score

Conviction score used to rank players in this view.

Projection

Raw projected DFS points baseline.

Edge

Salary-relative mispricing quality after reliability controls.

EdgeBand

UNDERPRICED

Strong salary value. Priority target if role/risk align.

VALUE

Positive value zone for salary efficiency.

FAIR

Neutral pricing. Use for lineup structure.

PRICEY

Needs clear upside or leverage reason.

OVERPRICED

Salary exceeds model value. Usually fade.

Optimization Profiles (Icons + Rules)

Top Projection

Projection benchmark profile for baseline comparison.

Rule: Requires salary + projection core coverage >= 70%.

Varsity

Balanced profile for most slates and contest styles.

Rule: Requires salary + projection core coverage >= 70%.

Edge

Value-focused profile when salary inefficiency is the edge.

Rule: Requires salary + projection core coverage >= 70%.

Red Hot

Form-tilted profile for ceiling-driven tournament builds.

Rule: Requires at least 4 Red Hot eligible golfers.

Horse for the Course

Course-history weighted profile for venue-repeatability slates.

Rule: Requires at least 3 Horse for the Course eligible golfers.