After a pair of tournaments in Hawaii, the PGA Tour returns to the mainland this week for the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, California. Justin Thomas, who destroyed the competition the last two weekends, is sitting this one out and finally allowing someone else to win for a change. The previously red-hot Hideki Matsuyama is also out, while Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler and a host of other stars are in Abu Dhabi chasing a bigger prize purse, leaving a relatively thin field for California. Throw in a unique format (golfers rotate through three different courses during the first three rounds, then cuts are made, then the remaining players finish on the Stadium Course), and it should be a highly interesting tournament, especially for DFS purposes. You can click through the gallery for my ideal DraftKings lineup, and you can click here for more DFS strategy, analysis and golf picks. (Getty)
Patrick Reed
Price: $11,200
With Reed's field-high price and Bill Haas' ($10,700) sparkling tournament history, I think there's a decent chance Reed flies a bit under the radar. Nevertheless, even at such a steep price, I'm perfectly fine building my team around him. He finished sixth his last time out (Tournament of Champions), he won this tournament in 2014 and he is clearly the best golfer in a watered-down field. In fact, at No. 9, he's the only player in this field ranked inside the World Top 15. (Getty)
Luke List
Price: $8,600
After piling up four Top-15 finishes in five Fall starts, List continued his red-hot ways at the Sony Open last week, finishing tied for 13th. Overall, that's now five Top-15 finishes in a row for the 32-year-old, who is playing easily the best golf of his career. Throw in a sixth-place finish at this tournament last year (one of just two career Top-10 finishes before this season) and beautiful all-around stats, and it's hard not to like the West Coast native as a mid-tier option here. (Getty)
Scott Piercy
Price: $8,300
Last week, in a fairly strong field that featured the likes of Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama, Piercy was priced at $8,900. This week, in a wide-open field that features just one Top-15 player, he's $600 cheaper. Perhaps that has to do with his 57th-place finish last week, but he was playing extremely well before that and is still nevertheless one of the better players in this tournament (ranked 36th in the world) who isn't being priced as such. Even without great course history, he represents terrific value here. (Getty)
William McGirt
Price: $7,400
Like Piercy, McGirt had a so-so performance at the Sony Open last week (T49), but don't forget that he finished eighth at the Tournament of Champions a week previous. He's seventh on Tour in GIR percentage--an important stat in previous years at this tournament--and should come in at a relatively low ownership percentage. (Getty)
David Lingmerth
Price: $7,300
I've mostly faded course-history studs to this point--mostly because I haven't loved their value than anything else--but you don't want to have a lineup that completely ignores that stat. Lingmerth has only played this tournament four times, but he has made every cut and twice made it to a playoff before ultimately finishing second, including at last year's event. He hasn't done much this season, but this is the perfect place for him to get back on track. (Getty)
Brandon Stone
Price: $7,000
Playing on the European Tour, the rising 23-year-old won at Dunhill in November and followed that up with a 31st-place finish at the BMW SA Open last week. Ranked 71st in the world, he has the same odds to win as guys like Luke List ($8,600), Kevin Streelman ($8,100), Ryan Palmer ($8,000) and Hudson Swafford ($7,900), who are priced well above him, but he's likely to get overlooked because he has had barely any exposure on the PGA Tour. (Getty)
DraftKings PGA Lineup Picks: CareerBuilder Challenge 2017