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Tony Finau is one of the biggest names in the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic field, and he's also coming off his third career PGA Tour victory last week. But Finau hasn't had the best success at Detroit Golf Club as he placed 53rd in his only previous start at this course. So, PGA DFS players will have to decide if they'll weigh recent results over course performance if they choose to roster Finau in PGA DFS lineups.

Others like Cameron Tringale, Doc Redman and Maverick McNealy don't have the resume of Finau, but they have had more success in Detroit. All have multiple top-25 finishes at this course and the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic will be just the fourth event in tournament history. So, what should you do with golfers like Finau or Will Zalatoris, who carry name recognition but have underperformed as PGA DFS picks in Detroit? Before you lock in your PGA DFS picks for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic, check out the latest daily Fantasy golf picks, advice and player pool from SportsLine's Mike McClure.

McClure is a DFS pro with over $2 million in career winnings, and he's been red-hot on his PGA Tour picks this season. McClure is also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every tournament 10,000 times, taking factors like statistical trends, past results and current form into account. This allows him to find the best PGA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any PGA DFS player.

Earlier this month at the John Deere Classic, McClure included J.T. Poston among his core PGA DFS picks on FanDuel and DraftKings. The result: Poston recorded his second-career PGA Tour victory, shooting 21-under par. Anybody that included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable weekend.

In addition, McClure's model is up nearly $10,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament. This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now, McClure has set his sights on the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic and revealed his optimal PGA DFS advice, strategy and player pool. Head to SportsLine now to see his top daily Fantasy golf picks for the Rocket Mortgage Classic 2022. 

2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA DFS picks

One of McClure's top PGA DFS picks for the Rocket Mortgage Classic 2022 is Patrick Cantlay at $10,700 on DraftKings and $12,000 on FanDuel. The reigning FedEx Cup champion will be in the thick of things to defend his crown as he ranks sixth in FedEx Cup standings, in addition to fourth in Official World Golf Ranking. This will be his first trip to Detroit Golf Club, but Cantlay has been lighting up courses left and right over the last three months. Seven of his last eight tournaments have resulted in top-15 finishes and four of those were top-5 finishes.

Putting will be very important at this course and Cantlay is among the best in that regard, and many other regards for that matter. He ranks 19th in putting average (.521), 16th in one-putt percentage (42.52 percent), and his efficiency on the greens has allowed him to post the fourth-best birdie average (4.48) on tour. All three winners in the history of the Rocket Mortgage Classic have shot at least 18-under-par, so someone who can consistently break par like Cantlay will be the perfect building block for your PGA DFS lineups.

McClure's optimal PGA DFS strategy also includes rostering Brendan Steele ($7,500 on DraftKings, $9,800 on FanDuel). After notching just one top-10 over his first 14 events of the season, Steele has found whatever was missing from his game and has been a different player over the last three months. He has three top-10s over his last six tournaments, including a ninth-place finish at the PGA Championship, which marks his best-ever finish at a major.

Steele's strength is off the tee and there's a path to success at this event relying on those shots. He ranks fourth in strokes gained: off-the-tee (.779), and it was just two years ago that Bryson DeChambeau won this tournament while ranking first in that same stat during the 2019-20 PGA Tour season. Steele is also a tremendous second-shot golfer who ranks among the top 15 percent in both greens in regulation percentage (68.52 percent) and strokes gained: tee-to-green (.971). There is a precedent to golfers like Steele excelling in Detroit, so you can see why McClure is high on him.

How to set 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic DFS lineups

McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who's primed to play extremely well, giving you a huge return on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel. Picks like these could be the difference between winning your PGA DFS contests or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.

So what are the top PGA DFS picks for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic? And which undervalued golfer is a must-roster? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete PGA DFS player pool for FanDuel and DraftKings, all from the expert who's made over $2 million in daily Fantasy sports, and find out.