Week 2 of the 2026 PGA Tour season takes us from Hawaii to California.

I have to admit I was disappointed not to be in the money at last week’s Sony Open.

Chris Gotterup (a winner at 40/1) was my top pick in the Mid-Range Value bracket at 17M while S.H. Kim was my Underdog (UD) at just 13.2M. The Korean was the halfway leader before banking good points by finishing 13th.

But it takes consistency across the board and others in my six-man team just didn’t do enough.

At least there was better news for one of my Season Game entries as my ‘balanced’ line-up ended Week 1 ranked 58th out of 602. Don’t forget to tweak your teams for Week 2.

For those new to the weekly FanTeam game, a quick reminder. You get 100M to spend on six players. The captain scores x1.25pts, as does the UD (Underdog), the cheapest player in your six-man squad. Those two players are key.

This week it’s the Scottie Scheffler dilemma which sounds like a good crime thriller.

Scheffler is a pricey 28.4M so that’s a lot of the budget gone if you pick him/captain him. So much so that the rest of your team would have to average just over 14.3M to compensate.

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Top Tier Picks (18M and over)

Ben Griffin (20.6M): Nope, I’m not paying that top whack for Scheffler. From the high end, Griffin looks the best of the bunch at just over 20M. With a win in Mexico in November, a top 20 at the Sony last week and a pair of top 10s on his last two visits here, it’s hard not to see Griffin banking plenty of fantasy points. He ranked 38th for Birdie Average last season.

Harry Hall (18.6M): The Englishman ranked 3rd for Birdie Average last year and 1st for Birdie or Better Conversion. It’s taken him a while to find his feet in this event but 21st in 2025 was his best to date and that could easily become a top 10 this week. Confidence increases when noting he was sixth in last week’s Sony Open where he did everything well.

Others to consider: Sam Burns (19.6M) is making his first start of the season but in half-a-dozen starts at La Quinta he has two top sixes, an 11th and five finishes inside the top 30. He’s also done well at Pebble, the other west coast pro-am. Okay, I can’t not mention Scottie Scheffler (28.4M) but, although third on debut in 2020, finishes of MC-25-11-17 in his last four starts here suggest it’s not a venue where he can separate himself from others with hotter putters. Patrick Cantlay (20.8M) is nearly always a strong performer in his home state and has four top 10s in his last six starts here. It’s a while since we’ve seen him in action which is the only concern.

Mid-Range Value Selections (14.2M up to 18M)

Daniel Berger (15.6M) removed any doubts about a lingering finger issue with sixth place at last week’s Sony Open after a closing 64. He has form here of 12-29-39-21 and was eighth with a round to go last year. Berger is also a winner at Pebble Beach so is comfortable with the much slower pace of play in pro-ams.

Michael Thorbjornsen (17.2M) surely has a huge future and flashed more signs with a third (Baycurrent) and seventh (RSM Classic) in the Fall Series. He missed the cut here last year after following a bright 65-68 opening with a poor Saturday but his ranking of 8th for Birdie Average in 2025 suggests it’s a tournament he can thrive in. A first win shouldn’t be too far away.

Others to consider: Ryan Gerard (15.2M) played himself into The Masters by flying to Mauritius and securing the result (runner-up) that took him into the world’s top 50 and he followed that December near miss with another second place at the Sony last week (20 birdies). He was 51st on debut here last year. J.T. Poston (16M) loves a birdie-fest and after seventh here in 2019 he’s posted 25-6-11-12 in the last four editions. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (15.4M) was runner-up here in 2024 after 11th in 2023 and finished 2025 with four top 10s in five starts. The first two were on the PGA Tour and the second two on home soil in December. Michael Kim (15M) looked confident with his scoring clubs last week at the Sony where only one iffy round stopped a likely top 10. The Open de France winner was sixth in this event two years ago. Justin Rose (15.8M) is a former winner at Pebble and hasn’t been outside the top 34 in three starts here. He’ll have some pep in his step after making an albatross in the TGL on Tuesday night.

Underdog Options (14M and Under)

Seamus Power (14M): The Irishman enjoys a coastal test. He ended 2025 with 11th in Bermuda and seventh at the RSM Classic and added 31st in last week’s Sony when closing with a 64 (ranked 8th for SG: Approacch). Add in course form here of 14-MC-11-21 and he’s definitely a strong Underdog (UD) option.

Nick Dunlap (14M) famously won this as an amateur in 2024 and made a decent defence (34th) last year. He has two wins in California and, after a dip, showed better form at the end of last year with eighth in the WWT and 22nd at the Dunlop Phoenix. Last week’s 61st at the Sony could have been so much better but for a blowout on Saturday (65-68-77-68). He ranked 2nd for Approach there.

Others to consider: Doug Ghim (13.6M) has now made his last seven PGA Tour cuts after 55th at the Sony (14th at halfway). The Vegas resident posted 21st in this last year and made the top five in 2021. Bud Cauley (13.4M) played a strong final 54 holes to make the top 25 at Waialae last week and can build on that here. He’s not played it since 2020 but was something of a tournament specialist with a third, a fourth and two other top 15s from his five starts in the event. Lee Hodges (13.4M) has to enter calculations if looking for cheap options. He closed 2025 with fourth at the RSM, opened 2026 with a Sony sixth and was third on debut here in 2022 (MC-MC-34 since). Eric Cole (13.2M) is 3-for-3 at the Amex (including 21st in 2024) and has made six of his last eight PGA Tour cuts. He crashed at halfway last week (67-73) but his underlying numbers were good and he should be better for the run. Chandler Phillips (13M) was greenside to congratulate his good friend Chris Gotterup on victory at the Sony. Phillips had done well himself by finishing 19th (19 birdies) and that was two starts on from second place in the Bermuda. One of his two appearances here resulted in a top 25 (2024).

That’s this week in the books from a fantasy perspective.

But while I’m here, I’ll point you towards the revamped and much-boosted FanTeam Sportsbook.

Let’s have a couple of bets too.

It won’t be the most ambitious bet you ever make but sticking £10 on both Scottie Scheffler (American Express) and Rory McIlroy (Dubai Desert Classic) to both finish Top 5 pays £34.17.

McIlroy has made the top five in each of his last five starts at the DDC and was third at the Dubai Invitational last week.

For another cross-tournament double, how about Ben Griffin (Amex) and Thorbjorn Olesen (Dubai) to both make the Top 10. That same tenner returns a few pence under £100.

Griffin is seeking a third straight top 10 in this event while Dubai resident Olesen was seventh last week and has four top 10s to his name in the DDC.

Also note that there’s a Scheffler ‘Golden Boost’ offer here.

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