The PGA TOUR is teeing it up this week for a second straight Signature Event. Last week’s Cadillac Championship featured a return to the Blue Monster, and this week’s Truist Championship features The Green Mile, the extremely difficult three-hole finishing stretch at Quail Hollow. It’s another 72-player no-cut event with a format just like last week’s, and DraftKings is back to tee off with some big GPP contests with large top prizes. My top three pivot plays for this week’s GPP contests are Ludvig Aberg ($9,600), J.J. Spaun ($7,900) and Lucas Glover ($6,200).

Let’s define what we’re searching for in this post, to be sure we’re all aiming at the same target. A fantasy golf pivot play is a golfer with low expected ownership in tournament formats but high upside. These picks go against the grain and typically come with more risk compared to popular options with similar salaries. In large-field tournaments, it’s important to differentiate your lineup with low-ownership plays like these, even though they are NOT the safest options.

These are “grip it and rip it,” boom-or-bust style options that could go off or flame out. Getting players at low ownership is critical for success in GPP tournament-style events with many entries, so making yours stand out is critical. Be sure to check out my companion post to this one that highlights my picks for cash lineups if you’re looking for safer options that raise the floor.

Let’s break down why I like each of my top three pivot plays this week!

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Ludvig Aberg ($9,600)

The top of the salary structure has some great options like Rory McIlroy ($11,700), Cameron Young ($10,100), Xander Schauffele ($10,000) and Matt Fitzpatrick ($9,900). Those players will all be popular options, but if you’re looking for a pivot play to use instead or in tandem with those big stars, check out Aberg, who is a little cheaper and still brings a very high ceiling.

The major reason Aberg is off the radar is that he has only played Quail Hollow one time in his career, missing the cut at the PGA Championship last season. The other options have all excelled in their history at this course with plenty of production. Even though Aberg hasn’t placed at this venue yet, he does have the right kind of game, with plenty of length off the tee and strong approach play, especially with his long irons.

While he couldn’t close THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass earlier this year, he still has been turning in big weeks. He posted six top-25 finishes in his last six tournaments and four top-five finishes in his last five tournaments. His T5 at THE PLAYERS was a disappointment because he couldn’t close the win but he followed it up with a T5 at the Valero Texas Open and a T4 at the RBC Heritage, sandwiched around a T21 in Augusta.

Over the last three months, Aberg is fourth in the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and Total Strokes Gained. During that span, he also ranks in the top 10 in both Driving Distance and Strokes Gained: Approach. His putter can be streaky, but when he’s dialed in, he can win any event on any course in any field.

He held the first-round lead at the RBC Heritage two weeks ago before finishing T4, and he took last week off before returning for this event and next week’s PGA Championship. Aberg remains one of the rising stars on the PGA TOUR and has a good chance to contend again this week if he continues to play so well.

J.J. Spaun ($7,900)

Even with Jake Kanpp (thumb) withdrawing just above him in the salary structure, Spaun is a solid pivot play since Harris English ($8,200), Sepp Straka ($8,100), Jordan Spieth ($8,000) and Akshay Bhatia ($7,700) are all getting so much attention this week. Spaun has proven that he can contend in good fields on tough courses, and he will look to continue his strong buildup to the PGA Championship.

Spaun won just a few weeks ago at the Valero Texas Open, and after missing the cut at Augusta, he bounced back with a T25 at the RBC Heritage and a T14 last week at the Cadillac Championship. He finished his week in Doral with his best round of the tournament, closing with a bogey-free, five-under 67. Overall, he ranked fourth in Scrambling and gained strokes in all major categories except with his flat stick.

While he doesn’t have an extremely long career track record in Charlotte, he did make the cut in each of his three career appearances. He finished T37 at the PGA Championship las tweek and posted a T18 and a T27 in his two Wells Fargo Championships.

Spaun ranks No. 3 in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach and No. 8 in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green over his last 20 rounds. Strokes Gained: Approach is the go-to stat for tough courses like this and has had the most correlation to the top of the leaderboard at Quail Hollow.

He can be a volatile player, but Spaun’s sneaky form makes him a good pivot play at low ownership this week.

Lucas Glover ($6,200)

Glover is a bargain basement flier that I like this week if you need to go ultra-cheap to stack in the stars you’re building around. Glover had a dismal start to the season but has shown some signs of life in the last few weeks and is a horse for the course at Quail Hollow.

The 46-year-old veteran’s course history in Charlotte dates all the way back to 2004, when he finished T10 in his course debut. For some context, Joey Sindelar defeated Arron Oberholser in a playoff at that event with Tiger Woods one stroke back and Phil Mickelson, Jeff Maggert and Notah Begay III also in the top 10 that season.

After that T10, Glover posted top-five finishes in 2006 and 2009 and broke through for a win at this venue in 2011. In 2016, Glover finished eighth at this event, and just two years ago he was back for another top-20 finish. Even last year at the PGA Championship, Glover made the cut and finished T37.

After five missed cuts or withdrawals in his first seven events this season, Glover seemed to find his form in the last few weeks. He finished T42 at the Signature Event at the RBC Heritage, but he could have had a much better finish if he hadn’t faded with a final-round 74. Last week in Doral, he started slower but caught fire on Sunday to surge to a T14, his best finish of the season.

Coming in off that sizzling 67 on Sunday to a track he knows so well, Glover has a good chance to post at least a middle-of-the-pack finish, which is all he needs to return elite value at this price point.