Geoff Ulrich runs through the Cadillac Championship course info, player history, and noteworthy betting trends to help DraftKings Fantasy Golf roster selections.
The Cheat Sheet provides DraftKings fantasy golf players with course info, player history, and the most noteworthy trends of the week to help them with their roster selections.
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The Cadillac Championship is the first of two signature events in a row before the PGA Championship. The event has a limited field of just 72 golfers with a $20M prize purse and 3.6 million dollars going to the winner. The event takes place on Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster in Miami, FL, a venue that used to act as host for the PGA TOUR in prior decades.
This is generally an extremely long 7,500+ yard Par 72, with water and deep bunkers featured on nearly every hole. The length of this course makes it ideal for longer hitters, although technology may see this version of the course play somewhat less gruesomely than it did when it was on the PGA TOUR years ago. While this week’s event is a signature series, there are some top names that have decided against playing in order to get some rest before next week (another signature event) and the PGA Championship. As of now, big names such as Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, and Matthew Fitzpatrick have all decided against playing, although there is a great chance we’ll see all three of them next week at Quail Hollow.
Scottie Scheffler remains the betting favorite at +310 on the DraftKings Sportsbook, while Cameron Young is the second favorite at +1250.
Par 72, 7,590-yard, Greens: Bermuda
Trump Doral should be a great addition to the current PGA TOUR schedule. While it’s a typical Florida course with plenty of water, its length, open fairways, and massive bunkers make it stand out among the other, tighter Florida courses we generally see.
At over 7,500 yards, Trump Doral will play as one of the longest venues on the PGA TOUR this season, though it’s not as brutally long as it used to be, as player advancements have caught up to this length in recent years. Still, we’re very likely to see off-the-tee specialists excel this week. There are several extremely long par 4s and par 3s that will require high ball flights to hold the notably firm and fast greens, and several holes where power will allow you to bypass more water and set you up better for your approach.
Back when this event was on the PGA TOUR, it was typically a venue where we saw longer hitters like Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott excel, and for the most part, we’ve seen much of the same at this venue when it hosted LIV stroke play events in 2024 and 2025. Dean Burmester, one of the longest hitters in pro golf, won here in a playoff in 2024, and last year, the big-hitting Marc Leishman took home his first LIV Golf win at Doral, followed closely by Bryson DeChambeau, who finished just a couple of strokes back.
Overall, this is a venue where I would certainly feel OK about emphasizing Driving Distance and off- the- tee play almost as much as approach. While iron play is still wildly important on a course like Doral, where we see water in play on at least 16 holes, power and good driving mean you can cut corners and avoid big scores. Additionally, players with high ball flights (apex height) should also have a better shot at excelling, as they’ll be able to hold greens better than most.
Finally, while I wouldn’t necessarily bump it up as much as driving, around the green stats can also get a slight bump just given how hard some of the greens will be to hit this week. Scrambling around a course like this is always key, so players who have been trending well in that area could certainly find this week’s tougher conditions to their liking.
2026 Weather Outlook: The weather this week will be hot, with highs in the low 90s F on most days, and windy. Thursday and Friday both have winds rising all day with gusts into the 15mph range by the afternoon. Saturday and Sunday actually see the wind rising a bit, with Saturday expected to be somewhat windy all day. Sunday has afternoon winds that may reach 20+ mph and include some thunderstorms. If possible, targeting early morning tee times on both days will be ideal for single-round golf and first-round leader bets. Expect around the green games to get tested on the weekend as well, when the wind picks up.
2025 (LIV Golf) – Marc Leishman -6
2024 (LIV Golf) – Dean Burmester -11
2016 (PGA WGC) – Adam Scott -12
2015 (PGA WGC) – Dustin Johnson -9
2014 (PGA WGC) – Patrick Reed -4
Odds to win are one factor to consider when picking players, but not the only one, so be careful not to put too much weight on them. This section is going to detail a few of the players who have the best fantasy value compared to their DraftKings Sportsbook odds of winning this week.
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All odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook are subject to change.
Big Field Punt plays:
Jhonattan Vegas ($6,200): Vegas is a gamble almost every week. The big-hitting veteran is just as likely to miss the cut as he is to make it, but does have the sort of upside that makes him capable of popping at almost every event, especially one like this week that caters to longer drivers.
Ryan Fox ($6,800) – see below
Core Plays:
Si Woo Kim ($9,200): Kim is coming off a great RBC Heritage, where he ended up in T3. His salary and overall great tee to green, which has seen him thrive on tougher golf courses in the past, make him look like a great upper-tier value this week.
Kurt Kitayama ($7,900): Kitayama has won twice on two courses with heavy water featured already (Bay Hill and TPC Twin Cities). He’s coming in off a solid T8 at the RBC, so this sub-8k salary looks well worth taking.
1. Scottie Scheffler ($13,600; T2-T2): Scheffler comes in having finished runner-up two weeks in a row. He’ll be looking to bag another win before his PGA Championship defense in a couple of weeks.
2. Collin Morikawa ($9,800; T4-T7): Morikawa seems to have shaken off his recent injury issue. He’s posted two top-10 finishes in a row now and has won in Florida before.
3. Patrick Cantlay ($9,400; T8-T12-T7): Cantlay has had issues getting into contention, but the consistency is improving. He’ll need his putter to get hot if he wants to grab his first win of 2026.
4. Sam Burns ($9,600; T16-T7): Burns had a solid Masters and followed that up with a top-20 at the RBC. The tough greens certainly favor the elite putter.
5. Maverick McNealy ($8,800; T18-T16): McNealy has been playing solid golf, which includes a top-20 at Augusta. His length off the tee should help this week.
Min Woo isn’t coming in with the greatest recent form after flaming out at the Masters and playing mediocre at best at RBC. However, this course and event really do act as a bit of a reset for the top players who are coming in off a break, and the venue should fit Lee perfectly. One of the biggest hitters off the tee on the PGA TOUR (12th in Driving Distance) who also happens to be an elite putter, Lee has the sort of game we’ve seen thrive at Doral in the past.
Course history also lends this to being a great course for Lee. He’s posted top-10 finishes at three Florida venues already, including a T6 at Bay Hill, another tougher Florida course with plenty of water, and came close to grabbing his second win at Pebble Beach earlier this season, another venue where wind tends to play a major factor.
Overall, I think this is a great place to buy the dip on a player who should really get a great bump from the course in play this year. He’s only $8,600 for DFS and has some great win equity for a player in that range, and for betting, can still be had at +3000 or bigger on the DraftKings Sportsbook (as of writing).
Fox is another player who should benefit from the course in play this week. The big-hitting Kiwi has the power to get around Doral and has plenty of experience playing on tough, windy courses around the world, including open links courses in Ireland and Scotland, where he’s thrived in the past.
Fox has already won twice on the PGA TOUR, with one of his wins coming in Myrtle Beach, just up the road from Florida, on a course that also featured plenty of water. He’s had a bit of a rocky start to 2026, but has looked better of late, posting a T16 in his last start at the RBC and managed a top-10 earlier this season already in another signature event held at Riviera.
DFS-wise, I love the win equity he brings at this low price point. There is only a small group of players this week who have the power and finesse to seriously challenge at this venue, and Fox (while he may not be that highly ranked) deserves to be considered in that category of player. Betting-wise, a top-10 and ties bet on Fox at +630 feels like a solid value given how well the course should play to his strengths.
While this is a strong field, his +400 top 20 odds also make him a ripe placement target on the DraftKings Sportsbook.
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