July 16, 2024
Dustin Johnson showed good form at last week's LIV Tour Andalucia, finishing T17. He has achieved two top-20 finishes in his last three LIV Tour events. However, despite performing well in the 2024 LIV Tour season, Johnson has struggled in the Major Championships. He missed the cut at the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open, but managed to finish T43 at the PGA Championship. Looking at recent Open Championships, Johnson has generally performed well, except for missing the cut in 2023. He finished tied for sixth in 2022 and tied for eighth in 2021. Despite his recent form being decent, his difficulties in the Major Championships this year make it difficult to justify including him in DFS lineups this week.
--Ian Christenson - RotoBallerSource: Data Golf
June 11, 2024
As we cruise into the summer stretch of golf in 2024, it's safe to say that Dustin Johnson had a surprisingly rough spring stretch, as he placed in the top 10 on the LIV Tour just once since his win on February 10, missed the cut at The Masters, and placed T43 at the PGA Championship a few weeks ago. The 39-year-old has lost his approach touch of late, and his usually clutch putting hasn't been able to save him like we're used to. However, Johnson does have a T4 finish in 2014 to hang his hat on here at Pinehurst No. 2, so perhaps this tough track is the jump-start the South Carolina native needs to get back on track. Fantasy managers get a nice discount on DJ, as he's going for just $7,400 on DraftKings. However, there's plenty of risk baked into that price, and the upside we saw in his T10 finish at LA Country Club last year seems much further than a season away at this point.
--Tommy BellSource: PGA Tour
May 14, 2024
Dustin Johnson is likely to be a polarizing option for fantasy managers this week. The 24-time PGA Tour winner and two-time Major champion undoubtedly has the pedigree and skill set to contend at any event anywhere in the world, just as he's proven on the LIV Tour in recent months. Johnson has an outright victory and two other top-10 finishes in his seven starts on LIV this season, including a T7 in his most recent start in Singapore two weeks ago. But as is the case with many LIV golfers teeing it up at the PGA Championship, fantasy managers may have concerns with LIV's 54-hole, no-cut format and how that will translate to a traditional Major format. While Johnson does have two top-10 finishes in his seven Major appearances since joining LIV, he's missed the cut in his last two Major starts at The Open Championship and the Masters, both of which saw him lose over eight total strokes to the field. It would not be wise to count Johnson out at Valhalla, but fantasy managers choosing to invest his in $8,000 DraftKings salary may want to choose the route of limited exposure.
--Ryan HickeySource: PGA Tour
April 10, 2024
Much like his LIV colleague Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson feels like the kind of player that only turns his game up when it truly matters. The 2020 Masters winner has won once on the LIV Tour this season, but recent finishes outside the top-20 make fantasy golf managers have to question which DJ will show up this week. At $8,800 on DraftKings, there is clear value if the pin-seeking, putt-making California native shows up this week, but good luck figuring that out ahead of time. For now, consider Johnson one of the biggest high-risk, high-reward options on the PGA DFS board for The Masters.
--Tommy BellSource: PGA Tour
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