At a mid‑$8k salary range, Matt Wallace and Thorbjorn Olesen offer cap relief without punting upside. The European duo finished 36th here last season and both boast solid course histories individually. Olesen enters with seven straight made cuts and the 5th‑best recent‑form rank in the field; Wallace’s all‑around game profiles well for alternate‑shot pressure. Polzin likes deploying them in fair‑balanced DFS builds where you still want win equity but cannot afford the Rory tier. With outright odds hovering near 40‑to‑1, he sees them as a correlated DFS/Betting stack for players seeking differentiated exposure below the marquee names.

Steve Palmer recommends backing Matt Wallace each-way at 30-1 odds for the Corales Puntacana Championship, citing Wallace’s proven success at this event as last year's champion. Wallace defeated Nicolai Hojgaard for his breakthrough PGA Tour victory here and also carries the momentum of a strong run last year on the DP World Tour, where he recently won the European Masters. Palmer emphasizes Wallace's motivation stemming from Ryder Cup aspirations and believes a morale-boosting return to a course at which he's had prior success could trigger a strong performance this week. Wallace’s recent results, including solid 26th-place finishes at both the Puerto Rico Open and Texas Open, further reinforce Palmer’s confidence in a good showing from Wallace.

Elliott Heath pinpointed Matt Wallace as a valuable outsider at +8000 for the Valspar Championship, leveraging Wallace's under-the-radar success at Innisbrook in recent seasons. Wallace finished T7 in 2023 and T17 last year at the Copperhead Course, and recently posted a solid T26 finish in Puerto Rico. Heath highlighted Wallace's desperation to make his Ryder Cup debut, adding motivation to produce immediate standout performances to impress Team Europe captain Luke Donald. This motivational drive and strong history at Copperhead make Wallace an appealing long-shot wager.