This week on the PGA Tour, we head on over to the Philadelphia Cricket Club for the 2025 Truist Championship. The oldest country club in America hosts this signature event, meaning that $20,000,000 and 700 FedExCup points are up for grabs. Formerly known as the Wells Fargo Championship, we see an extremely strong field of 72 of the worlds best players. Who will bring home the win?

Let’s dive in!

 

Truist Championship 2025: Daily Fantasy Golf Picks & Projections

While this event has traditionally been held at Quail Hollow, we get the Philadelphia Cricket Club this week with Quail Hollow hosting next week's PGA Championship. While this is the oldest country club in the United States, this will be the first time we see this venue on the PGA Tour. While the Wells Fargo had been the most recent named sponsor of the event, Truist has taken over and presents a new look to a classic event.

 

Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course: Course Breakdown This Week

Wissahickon is the best of the three courses at Philadelphia Cricket Club, cracking the top 100 courses list in 2024-2025. Playing at Par 70 and just over 7,100 yards, this course offers a more unique spin on the distance aspect of the players. While some holes, such as the course signature Par 5 7th hole, where a longer carry is needed to clear the well known hazard off the tee, distance alone is not how this course is beaten. With bunkers throughout, accuracy is of larger importance off the tee given their strategic placement. That said, this is the first time this course has hosted a PGA tour event so we are going into this a bit more blind than usual.

When looking at a hole-by-hole breakdown, we see why the 7,100 yard total distance is a bit misleading. Given the par 70 nature of the course, the lack of Par 5s is where most of that number goes. When looking at the Par 3s, we do have the shortest at just 122 yards, while the other 3 play over 170 yards, including the 240 yard 8th hole. Par 4s this week range from 365 yards to 517, and the 2 par 5s both play over 540 yards. Distance clearly still plays a factor just in a much different way than we’re used to, as the emphasis projects to be more on long iron approach as opposed to off the tee. 

As a result of this being the first time PCC is hosting an event on tour, we will be putting larger emphasis on your traditional scoring stats. Birdies or Better Gained, Strokes Gained: Tee-To-Green, Total Driving, and Approach from 150+ will be our leading stats this week in my model. Our top 10 in the field in some of these stats include:


SG: Approach: Sepp Straka, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas, Tom Hoge, Michael Kim, Shane Lowry, Xander Schauffele, Nicolai Hojgaard, J.J. Spaun.

SG: OTT: Keith Mitchell, Taylor Pendrith, Robbert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Byeong Hun An, Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners, Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay,  Aaron Rai.

 

Truist Championship 2025 Field: Golf DFS

As a signature event, the 72 qualified players in the field feature many of the world's current best. While the field will be without world no. 1 and last weeks winner Scottie Scheffler, it still boasts the other 9 of the OWGR top 10 players. Additionally, OWGR’s 24th and 38th ranked players, Billy Horschel and Tom Kim will not be in the field, with Horschel resting an injury and Kim headlining this week’s alternate event in Myrtle Beach. Last years winner Rory McIlroy is the man in most people’s targets this week, especially given he is the current Major champion and a 4 time winner here, as players look to tune up for next weeks PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Only 4 players in this field are not currently in the OWGR top 100, with Brian Campbell, Rickie Fowler, Garrick Higgo, and Michael Thorbjornsen representing these spots. Multiple previous winners are in the field as well, with Wyndham Clark, Max Homa, Jason Day, Brian Harman, and Rickie Fowler teeing it up.

 

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PGA Best Bets & Predictions: 2025 Truist Championship (13-20 Overall, +1.65 Units)

  • Byeong Hun An: Top Asian Golfer (+320)
  • Corey Conners: Top 10 (+275)
  • One and Done Picks
    • Corey Conners
    • Aaron Rai
 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: Top Tier

Rory McIlroy ($12,000 DraftKings/$13,000 FanDuel)

Given Rory’s recent form, and how we project this course to play, it’s going to be hard to not have him in lineups this week. Rory has been the best player on tour in 2025, having gathered 3 wins and has finished no worse than T17th. All aspects of his game have been strong, even though we did see a bit of a falloff with the game around the greens at the Zurich. Overall, he projects to be well worth the investment.

Justin Thomas ($10,000 DraftKings/$11,800 FanDuel)

JT is another player who is simply going to be hard to ignore. The putter is maybe as good as we’ve ever seen it from him, his long-iron approach game has been some of the best on tour as well. His driver has been a bit of a struggle, as he remains a bit squirrelly with it at times but overall he projects to be one of the favorites yet again.

Jordan Spieth ($9,200 DraftKings/$11,500 FanDuel)

Spieth has bounced back in a big way over the last 4 events he’s played, with 3 top 15 finishes during this span and no worse than a T18th finish. He’s shown improvements in all parts of his game, as the putter, wedges, irons, and driver have all been bright spots for him at times. Coming off his best round in recent memory with his 62 on Sunday at the Truist, he’s going to be hard to ignore, even in a stacked field. We know Spieth has elite upside any given week, and I think he’s going to show it here.

 

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: MID-TIER

Corey Conners ($8,800 DraftKings/$11,000 FanDuel)

Conners is exactly the type of player who I want to target this week. He’s played strong golf in 2025, with 5 straight top 20 finishes prior to his T49th finish at RBC. He’s accurate off the tee, has strong approach numbers, and has been solid enough both around the green and with the putter. Conners is certainly a better play on DraftKings given the built in discount, but I’m going to love seeing his name in my lineups this week.

Sepp Straka ($8,700 DraftKings/$10,700 FanDuel)

Straka has played strong golf of late, and fits the new look that this event will give us. He’s one of the more accurate drivers on tour, and has consistently put up great numbers on approach. He’s been on of the better scorers as well this year, and his lack of missed cuts is showing the major growth we’ve seen from him in 2025. If he can keep this up, he may be playing his way into an elite finish.

Aaron Rai ($7,700 DraftKings/$9,200 FanDuel)

Rai projects to be one of the better values I’m finding this week. He’s played well in 2025, has played some of the comparison courses well, and has shown no major holes thus far (outside of a few bad weeks with the putter). His accuracy off the tee projects to be near the top of the field, and as long as the rest of his game remains intact, he should be able to easily beat many of the more costly players in the field.

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: VALUE TIER

Sahith Theegala ($6,900 DraftKings/$8,800 FanDuel)

Theegala has been a bit of a boom or bust play in 2025, as his game has shown greatness and downfall sometimes on back to back shots. But if there’s one thing I love, it’s a boom-bust play in a strong field. Theegala has shown the ability to go extremely low, but he also presents some of the biggest bogey risk in the field. In a week where someone like him may be lowly drafted, he’s the guy with the upside to shake up an entry.

Michael Thorbjornsen ($6,900 DraftKings/$8,200 FanDuel)

Thorbjornsen is another type of bet that I’m willing to make. He has strong recent performance with two top 5s in his last 3 starts. He’s been both long and accurate with the driver, and while the rest of his game has struggled, if he can even just be generally neutral with the remaining clubs in the bag, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with. 

Jacob Bridgeman ($6,400 DraftKings/$8,400 FanDuel)

If you look at Bridgeman’s 2025, you’ll notice the theme I took with the value tier this week. Bridgeman has missed cuts, finished top 3, and just about everything in between. When he’s on, the putter is elite, the irons are strong, and the driver keeps him in play. His profile is a bit off from what we’re looking for, but I’m not sure that there is a better value to upside play.

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