PGA DFS Coverage for the PGA Championship 

The excitement level gets ramped up to a 10 this week for the second major championship of the season. The tour takes a trip to Rochester, New York for the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. This venue was established over 100 years ago and has hosted 6 major championships since 1956. We will see the best players in the world compete alongside PGA Professionals of America this weekend in upstate New York. Justin Thomas will try to become the third player in the stroke play era to win the Wanamaker Trophy in back to back years. With such a strong field, it makes for an exciting weekend of PGA DFS action and I am looking forward to providing my PGA Championship DFS picks.          

 

The Field: PGA Championship  

We will obviously see the cream of the crop participate this weekend at Oak Hill Country Club. The two best players in the world, Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler tee it up once again this weekend.  Rahm won round one at the Masters.  Jordan Spieth will try to complete the career grand slam at the PGA despite withdrawing from last week’s Byron Nelson with an injury. Rory McIlory and Justin Thomas both attempt to become just the sixth man to win three or more PGA Championships in their career. Tony Finau has four wins in his last 18 starts but will be one of many terrific players in the field looking to earn their first career major like Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton, Cameron Young and more.   

The Course: Oak Hill Country Club

This course was established in 1901 and has hosted three U.S. Opens, three PGA Championships, two U.S. Amateurs, and a Ryder Cup. The last time was the 2013 PGA Championship where Jason Dufner won his first and only major title. The course was put through a massive restoration in 2020 in preparation for this weekend. The greens were reshaped, contoured and pure bentgrass laid down. We also saw lots of trees removed, bunkers relocated, championship tees added and a new drainage system installed. The venue will play at 7,394 yards which is 250 yards longer than 2013.  There are also three holes that are completely new. The course will be more challenging for these players than it was 10 years ago.  Dufner won at 10 under par and I expect the winner this weekend to be around the same number. 

The Weather: Rochester, New York

It looks like we could be dry this weekend in upstate New York. There is a 50 percent chance of rain on Saturday but that’s the only precipitation in the forecast at the moment. We will see cooler temperatures on Thursday in the upper 50s but warm up to the mid-70s as we head into the weekend. We should see temps in the upper 60s on Saturday and Sunday. The wind will be in the low teens throughout the week in Rochester. .    

How To Watch the PGA Championship

We will see extended television coverage this weekend for the PGA Championship. The coverage on Thursday and Friday will air on ESPN+ from 7a-1p ET and then over to the main ESPN network from 1-7p ET. Saturday and Sunday coverage will begin at 8a ET on ESPN+, then move to regular ESPN from 10a-1p ET and then finish on CBS from 1-7p ET.  

Coverage from Fantasy Alarm

The PGA DFS Playbook will be available on FantasyAlarm.com Wednesday morning at 10am ET.  We will also have PGA DFS example lineups available beginning at 2:30pm ET.  You can get help with your DFS lineup construction with our usual tools like our PGA DFS Lineup Generator and a run of PGA DFS projections.  Don’t forget about our Value Finder tool!  That’s available as well!

I look forward to getting more in-depth in my PGA DFS Playbook. As always, I wish you nothing but the best of luck in your games.