The PGA TOUR is ready to tee off for the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club this week, as an elite field battles it out for this year’s shot at the Wanamaker Trophy. The second major championship of the season should be packed with plenty of drama, especially with the LIV Golf drama swirling and the future direction of the sport unclear. It should be a great week with the top players all in the mix for the first time since the Masters. DraftKings has a wide variety of contests and formats available. If you’re teeing it up with some conservative lineups designed for cash games, my three top fantasy golf cash plays to consider are Cameron Young ($10,200), J.J. Spaun ($7,700) and Rickie Fowler ($7,400).

Make sure to also check out my top-three pivot plays for tournament lineups for the Truist if you’re looking for some less popular, under-the-radar picks. Pivot plays for tournament lineups are usually more aggressive, while fantasy golf cash game picks are safer with higher floors and lower risk. The picks in this post generally have higher ownership than my pivot plays, but they are good selections for contests where the uniqueness of your lineup is less important. Think of cash game picks as lying back and playing a par 5 as it was designed, taking three shots before reaching the green, searching for a solid birdie. Tournament picks are like going driver off the deck to try to reach the green in two — more reward if it works, but much more risk, as well.

Set your DraftKings fantasy golf lineups here: PGA TOUR Single Entry $5 Double Up.

Cameron Young ($10,200)

Somewhat surprisingly, Young has only the fifth-highest salary this week. He comes in with outstanding form, though, and he has a great shot to get a win, or at least another very high finish. He saves some serious salary compared to Scottie Scheffler ($13,900) and Rory McIlroy ($12,400), and is even cheaper than the two LIV stars, Bryson DeChambeau ($10,900) and Jon Rahm ($10,400).

Since last year’s PGA Championship, Young has finally gotten his first PGA TOUR win and has gone on an impressive run since winning the Wyndham Championship last summer. He played in the top 12 in each of his five events after that victory to close out 2025, and after ramping up early in the season, he posted four straight top-10 finishes at The Genesis Invitational, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters.

He passed Ludvig Aberg ($9,800) and won THE PLAYERS at TPC Sawgrass during that run this spring and added a second 2026 victory by dominating The Blue Monster Course at the Cadillac Championship two tournaments ago. Last week at Quail Hollow, he was in the mix again on Sunday, but a four-putt on the second hole stopped him from getting any momentum going and ended up with a solid T10 instead of another win.

In the last calendar year, Young has three wins and 13 top-10 finishes. He posted top-5 finishes at two of the three majors since last year’s PGA Championship.

Over the last three months, he paces the field in Total Strokes Gained and is second in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green.

On top of all that recent form, the 29-year-old has proven he can produce high finishes at the PGA Championship as well, with three made cuts in four appearances and a T3 in 2022 at Southern Hills, where he was just one stroke out of the playoff between Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris.

Young is on such a role that he’s a great pay-up play to build around, especially since he leaves you with some extra salary to keep you from having to get too high-risk later in your roster as well.

J.J. Spaun ($7,700)

J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open last year in Pennsylvania, and he comes to another major championship in the Quaker State with some nice momentum.

He finished T14 in Doral and T5 in Quail Hollow in the last two Signature Events. He had a huge weekend, posting 65-69 to climb into the top five. In that event, he ranked second in the field in both scrambling and driving accuracy and ranked in the top 20 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, Strokes Gained: Approach and GIR%.

His accuracy off the tee and on approach have fueled his recent run of success, and he ranks seventh in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach and 15th in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green over the last three months. Spaun also claimed a victory during that timespan by chasing down Robert MacIntyre at the Valero Texas Open.

Spaun hasn’t historically performed well at the PGA Championship, with a T35 as his best finish, but he should be able to improve on that given his recent form and good fit for this track.

Rickie Fowler ($7,400)

Fowler is another strong veteran option with good form coming into this week. He has been in contention the last few weeks and has the game and the nerves to compete on the biggest stage. At the PGA Championship, sometimes veteran options like Fowler get a few bounces and come out with a big win. Even if everything doesn’t fall in his favor, he should be able to post a high enough finish to be a good value under $7.5K this week.

He has an extended history with 44 made cuts in his 55 career major championships. He has racked up 23 top-25 finishes, including six top-25 finishes in his 16 PGA Championships. His best finish was a T3 at the PGA Championship in 2014, and he followed that with a T5 in 2017.

Fowler has struggled at times over the last several years and missed the cut in two of the last three years at the PGA Championship. He has some nice momentum coming to Aronimink this year, though, and could be ready for another bounce-back high finish.

In his 11 events this season, Rickie has seven top-25 finishes, landing him in the top 20 in FedExCup Points. He posted top-10 finishes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the RBC Heritage, the Cadillac Championship, and the Truist Championship in his last four Signature Events. Last week at the Truist at Quail Hollow, he charged with a six-under 65 on Sunday, coming up just short after a bogey on the final hole dropped him into a co-runner-up finish.

Fowler was especially good on the greens last week, ranking third in Strokes Gained: Putting. He also ranks in the top 10 in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting over the last six months and 11th in Total Strokes Gained over that span. His approach game let him down a little wobbly earlier in the season, but he has gained at least 1.0 stroke per round on approach in each of his last three tournaments.

He also posted a T8 at the BMW Championship played at Aronimink in 2018, right after its most recent major renovation. His experience and recent form give him both a high floor and a high ceiling this week at the PGA Championship.

I also included Rickie in my top value picks for the King of the Course promo this week.