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Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm have been popular PGA DFS picks for years, but daily Fantasy golf players will have to decide if they can be trusted when they set their PGA DFS strategy for the 2022 Players Championship, which tees off from TPC Sawgrass on Thursday. McIlroy, who's among the highest priced players on both DraftKings and FanDuel, has won 20 PGA Tour events in his career, including the Players Championship in 2019. However, McIlroy has missed the cut in two of his last three starts at TPC Sawgrass. 

Rahm, whose PGA DFS price is $11,100 on DraftKings and $12,100 on FanDuel, secured a top-10 finish at this event last year. Can those household names be relied on as PGA DFS picks this week? Or is it time to fade them in favor of players with a significantly lower price tag? Before you lock in your PGA DFS picks for the 2022 Players Championship, you'll want to see the latest daily Fantasy golf picks, advice and player pool from SportsLine's Mike McClure.

McClure is a DFS pro with nearly $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.

Last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, McClure included Matthew Fitzpatrick among his top PGA DFS picks. The result: Fitzpatrick secured a T-9 finish with a score of one-under par, helping him return 61.3 points on FanDuel and 56 points on DraftKings. Anybody that included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable weekend.

In addition, McClure's model is up almost $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament. This same model has also nailed a whopping seven majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now, McClure has set his sights on the 2022 Players Championship 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 Players Championship 2022. 

Top 2022 Players Championship PGA DFS picks

One of McClure's top PGA DFS picks for the 2022 Players Championship is Corey Conners at $7,300 on DraftKings and $9,300 on FanDuel. Conners is coming off a strong showing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, securing a T-11 finish at Bay Hill. 

The 30-year-old Canadian has all the tools needed to return solid value for your PGA DFS lineups this week at TPC Sawgrass. In fact, Conners enters this week's event ranked fourth in greens in regulation percentage (74.55), fifth in strokes gained: off-the-tee (.701) and 23rd in strokes gained: total (1.131). Conners is a complete steal at this price point, so confidently lock him in your PGA DFS lineups. 

McClure's optimal PGA DFS strategy also includes rostering Justin Thomas at $10,400 on DraftKings and $11,900 on FanDuel. Thomas is the defending champion of this event and he's finished T-8 or better in four of his last five starts on the PGA Tour.

Thomas has all the tools needed to return solid value for your PGA DFS lineups at The Players Championship 2022. In fact, Thomas enters this week's event ranked first in birdie average (5.58), sixth in scoring average (69.713) and sixth in greens in regulation percentage (73.84). The 14-time PGA Tour champion also ranks fifth in putting average (1.677) and seventh in one-putt percentage (44.44), making him a solid building block for your PGA DFS lineups. 

How to set 2022 Players Championship PGA DFS lineups

McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who's primed to play extremely well this week, 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 Players Championship? And which undervalued golfer is a must-roster? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete player pool for FanDuel and DraftKings, all from the expert who's made nearly $2 million in daily Fantasy sports, and find out.