A lesser-tiered PGA Tour event is just what we eye up in fantasy golf. It thins out the variance within the field and makes longshots ever more possible to win the event. Instead of needing to defeat a Scottie Scheffler or Rory McIlroy, the standard are hold to a much lower extentis held, with the Rocket Classic winner having an average pre-event World Ranking of >60th. With this fact, we pivot to 3 longshot picks for the weekend. Chandler PhillipsPhillips is among our top FanDuel picks of the week. He is also our top longshot of the week. Phillips finished T-3 at last week's 3M Open. He also has three T-15 finishes in 3 of the 4 prior events. Better yet, Phillips finished T-13 at last year's Rocket Classic. It feels as if Phillips is primed for a top-25 result with top-5 upside, and at a price outside the top-40 salaried golfers on the weekend. Aldrich PotgieterLast year's champion of the event is a long shot, ranked outside the top 40 golfers. Thus, he is a longshot pick.Potgieter won the 2025 Rocket Classic at 22-under-par, defeating Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk in a playoff. He is a young player who crushes the golf ball, ranking 1st on the PGA Tour in driving distance (330 yards per drive). As highlighted in our fantasy golf analysis, strokes gained off-the-tee will be more important than most other events. Ben JamesHis hot start to his PGA Tour career ended when he missed the cut last week at the 3M Open. Yet, James has flashed awesome upside, which makes us love him as a potentially undervalued asset in the future. James' shallow PGA Tour beginnings feature a T-4 at the Corales Puntacana Championship, a T-15 at the ISCO Championship, and a T-23 at the US Open. James has played the Rocket Classic before, previously doing so in 2024 with a T-44 result. The 23-year-old is the No. 1-ranked golfer out of the 2025 PGA Tour University Class, so we know the young man has supreme talent in his golf bag. Let's get him into the trophy room now. Closing Notes...Truth be told, the Rocket Classic is a very wide-open event. We love our top picks, as featured below. If a non-top-20 golfer in the world wins, it could be anyone who gets hot at the right time. More Fantasy Sports On SI News:Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow