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Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard

PGAMainFanDuel04-Mar-2026Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & LodgeBay Hill, FL, USA

Rankings

Blended rankings sorted by V-Score.

70 players

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Player Profile

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Rank	Player	Salary	Projection	V-Score	Edge	EdgeBand	V-Rank	Proj Rank	Diff
1	🇬🇧Fleetwood, Tommy	$11,600	64.1	100.00	63%	—	1	3	+2
2	🇺🇸Scheffler, Scottie	$14,800	84.1	100.00	35%	—	2	1	-1
3	🇬🇧McIlroy, Rory	$13,200	71.4	94.43	61%	—	3	2	-1
4	🇰🇷Kim, Si Woo	$10,800	59.8	91.10	63%	—	4	6	+2
5	🇬🇧Fitzpatrick, Matt	$11,400	62.4	90.52	64%	—	5	4	-1
6	🇺🇸Schauffele, Xander	$11,300	60.2	89.08	59%	—	6	5	-1
7	🇦🇺Lee, Min Woo	$9,100	55.9	88.48	58%	—	7	10	+3
8	🇺🇸Morikawa, Collin	$11,100	59.5	85.72	59%	—	8	7	-1
9	🇺🇸Young, CameronRisky	$10,500	55.8	83.21	59%	—	9	11	+2
10	🇺🇸English, HarrisRisky	$10,400	56.1	83.17	64%	—	10	8	-2
11	🇯🇵Matsuyama, Hideki	$10,900	56.0	82.97	64%	—	11	9	-2
12	🇺🇸McNealy, Maverick	$9,300	52.4	77.22	59%	—	12	22	+10
13	🇺🇸Henley, Russell	$11,000	55.5	75.41	63%	—	13	12	-1
14	🇺🇸Kitayama, Kurt	$9,600	53.8	71.44	57%	—	14	16	+2
15	🇺🇸Gerard, Ryan	$8,200	54.8	69.61	55%	—	15	13	-2
16	🇬🇧MacIntyre, Robert	$10,600	53.3	68.31	52%	—	16	18	+2
17	🇺🇸Cantlay, Patrick	$10,700	53.3	67.95	49%	—	17	17	0
18	🇺🇸Spaun, J.J.Risky	$8,300	50.6	67.64	60%	—	18	31	+13
19	🇺🇸Fowler, Rickie	$9,800	53.9	66.61	64%	—	19	14	-5
20	🇩🇰Hojgaard, Nicolai	$8,200	53.8	66.40	56%	—	20	15	-5
21	🇸🇪Aberg, LudvigRisky	$10,000	51.2	63.50	54%	—	21	29	+8
22	🇺🇸Coody, Pierceson	$8,700	53.0	63.38	56%	—	22	19	-3
23	🇮🇪Lowry, Shane	$9,500	52.5	62.73	60%	—	23	21	-2
24	🇺🇸Griffin, BenRisky	$10,100	52.0	62.54	47%	—	24	25	+1
25	🇺🇸Bridgeman, Jacob	$8,400	50.5	61.51	56%	—	25	32	+7
26	🇺🇸Gotterup, Chris	$10,300	52.4	61.35	38%	—	26	24	-2
27	🇺🇸Thomas, Justin	$8,900	48.3	61.12	59%	—	27	34	+7
28	🇳🇴Hovland, Viktor	$9,900	52.7	59.96	46%	—	28	20	-8
29	🇦🇺Scott, Adam	$9,200	52.4	59.42	64%	—	29	23	-6
30	🇺🇸Stevens, Sam	$7,900	47.7	55.82	56%	—	30	40	+10
31	🇺🇸Burns, Sam	$10,200	51.3	54.70	27%	—	31	27	-4
32	🇺🇸Bhatia, Akshay	$8,500	49.2	52.67	56%	—	32	33	+1
33	🇺🇸Mitchell, Keith	$7,400	51.2	52.42	60%	—	33	28	-5
34	🇺🇸Thorbjornsen, Michael	$8,000	47.9	52.06	55%	—	34	38	+4
35	🇺🇸Smotherman, AustinRisky	$7,100	38.8	51.38	55%	—	35	59	+24
36	🇬🇧Rose, Justin	$9,400	51.4	50.95	34%	—	36	26	-10
37	🇸🇪Noren, Alex	$8,300	48.2	50.90	60%	—	37	35	-2
38	🇦🇹Straka, Sepp	$8,400	47.2	47.84	50%	—	38	41	+3
39	🇺🇸Bradley, KeeganRisky	$8,600	50.9	45.54	39%	—	39	30	-9
40	🇬🇧Hall, HarryRisky	$8,100	44.1	45.50	50%	—	40	47	+7
41	🇺🇸McCarty, Matt	$7,500	44.7	45.44	55%	—	41	45	+4
42	🇨🇴Echavarria, Nico	$8,100	44.7	44.95	48%	—	42	44	+2
43	🇨🇦Pendrith, TaylorRisky	$7,800	43.8	44.39	55%	—	43	48	+5
44	🇺🇸Spieth, Jordan	$8,800	46.4	43.26	28%	—	44	42	-2
45	🇦🇺Day, Jason	$9,000	47.7	42.75	24%	—	45	39	-6
46	🇯🇵Hisatsune, Ryo	$7,300	42.8	42.12	55%	—	46	50	+4
47	🇨🇦Taylor, NickRisky	$8,000	48.0	42.03	44%	—	47	37	-10
48	🇺🇸Greyserman, MaxRisky	$7,800	43.2	37.82	36%	—	48	49	+1
49	🇺🇸Theegala, Sahith	$7,700	45.5	36.65	35%	—	49	43	-6
50	🇳🇿Fox, RyanRisky	$7,700	41.6	35.09	31%	—	50	55	+5
51	🇿🇦Potgieter, AldrichRisky	$7,100	37.2	34.42	42%	—	51	63	+12
52	🇨🇦Conners, Corey	$7,900	48.1	34.09	26%	—	52	36	-16
53	🇺🇸Berger, Daniel	$7,600	44.1	32.06	27%	—	53	46	-7
54	🇺🇸Poston, J.T.	$7,600	42.7	31.51	25%	—	54	51	-3
55	🇺🇸Dahmen, Joel	$6,700	41.9	30.76	43%	—	55	52	-3
56	🇺🇸Novak, AndrewRisky	$6,800	38.5	30.55	40%	—	56	61	+5
57	🇺🇸Campbell, BrianRisky	$6,100	21.8	29.92	56%	—	57	70	+13
58	🇺🇸Moore, Taylor	$7,200	39.6	26.04	21%	—	58	58	0
59	🇰🇷Im, Sungjae	$7,400	41.8	24.98	18%	—	59	54	-5
60	🇺🇸Putnam, Andrew	$6,300	33.7	18.93	23%	—	60	68	+8
61	🇺🇸McCarthy, DennyRisky	$7,500	39.8	18.76	10%	—	61	57	-4
62	🇺🇸Rodgers, PatrickRisky	$7,200	41.9	17.22	12%	—	62	53	-9
63	🇺🇸Kim, Michael	$7,000	37.1	16.94	13%	—	63	64	+1
64	🇺🇸Cauley, BudRisky	$6,900	37.8	11.39	8%	—	64	62	-2
65	🇺🇸Harman, BrianRisky	$7,000	38.5	11.05	7%	—	65	60	-5
66	🇺🇸Glover, Lucas	$6,600	37.1	9.54	9%	—	66	65	-1
67	🇺🇸Kirk, ChrisRisky	$7,300	40.8	5.68	3%	—	67	56	-11
68	🇺🇸Horschel, BillyRisky	$6,400	35.2	2.67	5%	—	68	67	-1
69	🇻🇪Vegas, JhonattanRisky	$6,000	28.6	1.81	7%	—	69	69	0
70	🇺🇸Hoge, Tom	$6,500	35.4	0.87	4%	—	70	66	-4

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.