Travelers Championship PGA DFS Showdown Picks: Round 2
June 26, 2026
Travelers Championship PGA DFS Showdown Picks: Round 2 (June 26, 2026)
Round 2 of the Travelers Championship is a single-round DraftKings Showdown slate, a different game from the weekly main slate: six golfers, a $50,000 cap, one round of golf, and no captain multiplier. The main slate locked Thursday, so this is the live golf DFS for June 26, 2026. These picks come from the Stokastic PGA Sims run on the Round 2 slate specifically, not the full tournament. New to the format? Start with our PGA DFS strategy guide; otherwise, here is how we are approaching the Round 2 board.
In Summary
- Slate: Travelers Championship Round 2, a single-round DraftKings Showdown — six golfers, a $50,000 cap, no captain.
- Top Projected Play: Scottie Scheffler (48.17 projected points), but at 25.1% projected ownership he is a chalk anchor, not a leverage edge.
- Best Value: Daniel Berger ($6,300, 38.62 projected points) headlines a deep $6K tier that makes Showdown a value-builder's format.
- The Tactic (Tournaments): salary matters less over one round, so unused cap is fine — our sample GPP build spends just $45,700 of the $50,000 cap to land a high-ceiling, low-duplication lineup. In a single-game cash contest, do the opposite: spend toward the top tier and prioritize floor over uniqueness.
Top Round 2 Showdown Plays
- Scottie Scheffler (Golf G, $13400): 48.17 proj pts, 25.1% projected ownership, -0.14 leverage
- Tommy Fleetwood (Golf G, $10300): 44.71 proj pts, 18.7% projected ownership, -0.06 leverage
- Xander Schauffele (Golf G, $10400): 44.36 proj pts, 19.5% projected ownership, -0.08 leverage
- Ludvig Aberg (Golf G, $10200): 44.2 proj pts, 17.6% projected ownership, -0.05 leverage
- Sam Burns (Golf G, $9500): 43.77 proj pts, 16.7% projected ownership, -0.04 leverage
- Cameron Young (Golf G, $9400): 43.51 proj pts, 15.0% projected ownership, -0.03 leverage
When we build a single-round Showdown, we read the Sims differently than we do a four-round main slate: one round compresses the field, so the projection gaps between golfers shrink and ownership leverage matters more. The Sims have Scottie Scheffler projected highest for Round 2 at 48.17 points, but he is also the chalk of the slate at 25.1% projected ownership, and that combination grades his leverage slightly negative (-0.14) in our model — on our scale, any negative number just means a golfer is higher-owned than his projection alone justifies. He is a fine play, just not a differentiator. The sharper single-round value sits in the tier right behind him: Tommy Fleetwood (44.71), Xander Schauffele (44.36), and Ludvig Aberg (44.2) all project within half a point of each other in the low-$10K range. Stepping down to Sam Burns or Cameron Young costs only about a point of projection while freeing up real cap space, and in a one-round slate that salary flexibility is the edge, because a single hot round from a mid-priced golfer can outscore a favorite over 18 holes just as easily as it can over four days. We also lean on the Sims' ceiling projection more heavily in a Showdown than on a main slate: 18 holes is a small sample, so a golfer's upside matters more than his floor, and the model's ceiling number is where we separate the value plays that can actually win a single round from the ones that just survive it.
Run the Round 2 board yourself. Take these single-round projections, ownership, and ceilings into the Stokastic PGA Sims and build by win probability across thousands of simulated contests instead of eyeballing the slate. Code PGADFS10 takes 10% off your first Stokastic+ payment: Start with the PGA Sims.
Value Plays For The Round 2 Showdown
The single-round format lives and dies on cheap golfers who can post a low number, and the Sims flag a few worth targeting in the $6K range:
- Daniel Berger ($6,300): 38.62 proj pts, 6.4% projected ownership, the highest-projected value play on the board.
- Andrew Novak ($6,300): 37.93 proj pts at just 4.8% projected ownership, nearly Berger's projection for less attention.
- Taylor Pendrith ($6,200): 37.86 proj pts, 4.7% projected ownership, a long hitter whose distance travels round to round and gives him a real birdie-or-better ceiling.
- Denny McCarthy ($6,100): 37.03 proj pts, 3.8% projected ownership. Putting is the noisiest skill round to round, so don't bank on it being reliable in a one-round sample, but that same variance is exactly why an elite putter's single-round ceiling spikes when the flat stick gets hot — the upside you want in a GPP.
Any two of these let you afford a stud or two up top while staying well under the cap. For more on how cheap-plays-plus-studs construction works, see our DFS tournaments guide.
How To Build A Golf Showdown Lineup
Showdown construction is not main-slate construction, and it splits by contest type. In tournaments, salary matters far less over a single round, so leaving cap unspent is fine and is often how you land a low-duplication lineup that can win outright, because the field rarely duplicates Showdown rosters. In cash games, do the opposite: spend toward the highest-floor six and never sacrifice projected points for uniqueness, since beating half the field has nothing to do with being different. Either way, lean toward birdie-or-better upside over safe pars, since one round rewards aggression, and weigh the tee-time wave: if conditions split between the morning and afternoon groups, the easier wave is worth targeting. There is no captain or multiplier in golf Showdown, so your score is simply the best six one-round totals, every roster spot carries equal weight, and one cold round from a high-salary golfer can sink the whole lineup. We pressure-test every build in the Sims: the model simulates the round thousands of times, and the tool surfaces how often each golfer lands in an optimal lineup, so we weight by win probability rather than chase the highest raw projection. And we never run the same six golfers in both a cash game and a large-field tournament, which is one of the most common DFS mistakes.
A Sample Round 2 Showdown Lineup
Here is one $50,000 build that puts the single-round principles to work: two mid-priced golfers from the top tier, then four value plays the Sims still project north of 37 points, leaving $4,300 on the table to keep the lineup unique.
| Golfer | Salary | Proj Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Tommy Fleetwood | $10,300 | 44.71 |
| Ludvig Aberg | $10,200 | 44.2 |
| Daniel Berger | $6,300 | 38.62 |
| Andrew Novak | $6,300 | 37.93 |
| Michael Kim | $6,400 | 37.73 |
| Taylor Pendrith | $6,200 | 37.86 |
| Total | $45,700 | 241.05 |
This build skips Scottie Scheffler entirely, not because he is a bad play but because a single round does not require paying $13,400 for the top projection. Spreading that salary across four value golfers the model still likes gives you more ways to win and a roster the field is unlikely to duplicate — a tournament edge. The $4,300 left unspent is a feature of a GPP Showdown build, not a mistake; in a cash game you would instead spend up for the highest-floor six.
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FAQ
Who is the top Round 2 Showdown play for the Travelers Championship? The Stokastic PGA Sims project Scottie Scheffler highest for Round 2 at 48.17 points, though his $13,400 salary and 25.1% projected ownership make him more of a chalk anchor than a leverage play. Fleetwood, Schauffele, and Aberg make up the next tier, all projecting within a point of each other in the low-$10K range.
Does golf Showdown have a captain or multiplier like NFL and NBA Showdown? No. Golf Showdown has no captain or MVP multiplier. Your lineup score is the combined total of your six golfers' single-round scores, so every roster spot is weighted equally.
How is a Showdown slate different from the weekly main slate? The main slate covers all four rounds and locked Thursday morning; a Showdown is a single round (here, Round 2) with its own salaries. Salary matters less over one round, duplicate lineups are rarer, and you are building around one day of form rather than a full week.