Daniel Berger

33-Year-Old Golfer

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$3,170,728

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$226,481

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2026 Fantasy Outlook

It was a long road back from injury for Berger, we last saw him at the peak of his powers in 2022, but an injury sidelined him for all of 2023 and greatly affected his results in 2024. This past year, however, he started to resemble the golfer he was prior to 2022. He did tail off a bit at the end of the season, but that was to be expected after playing so much golf in a short span after a long layoff. Berger is in his early-30s, so he had plenty of peak years in front of him. As long as he stays healthy, he should continue to improve and at some point, get back to the player that won four events in six years. Berger is a top 30 player if everything goes right and as such, he deserves a look in salary cap leagues this season. Read Past Outlooks

Handedness Right

Status Pro

Height 6'1"

Weight 174 lbs

DOB 4/7/1993

Birthplace Plantation, Florida

College Florida State

Country USA

Collapses in second round to miss cut

June 5, 2026

Berger posted a nine-over 81 in the second round of the Memorial Tournament to miss the cut by four strokes.

ANALYSIS
Muirfield proved to be a tough course for the field over the first two days of the tournament, but Berger got off to a nice start with an even-par 72 in the first round. He had plenty of wiggle room to work with after the cut line was set at five-over, and he was one-under through the first five holes of the second round. However, he proceeded to go five-over from holes six to nine before losing another five strokes on the back nine, which included a triple bogey on the par-4 14th. Berger struggled in his short game Friday and lost 4.36 strokes around the green, which was the worst out of the 72-man field. It's the third time this season that he has missed the cut, with the last taking place at The Masters in April. Berger is not listed in the field for the RBC Canadian Open, so his next appearance will be in two weeks at the U.S. Open Championship. He finished T46 last year, but his best outing at the major was a T6 in 2018, which was the last time that the U.S. Open was hosted at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

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Berger is trying to make his way back and prove that he can still be one of the better players in the world even after all the back injuries he has dealt with over the last few years. Prior to the start of 2024, Berger had not played on the PGA Tour since missing the cut at the 2022 U.S. Open. As expected he was pretty rusty, but did show flashes at times with five top-25s, including a runner-up at the RSM Classic. The ball-striking gives reason for optimism as Berger ranked top-15 in total driving and GIR percentage. The short game and putting needs to take a big jump forward, however, if he is ever to fully regain his old form.

Berger was troubled by the injury bug in 2022, dealing with a persistent back injury that saw him last tee-it-up at the U.S. Open in June in which he missed the cut. When healthy, he's shown that he's one of the best players in the game due to his superb iron play. It's likely we won't see Berger until 2023, but we wouldn't be surprised to see him make his way back into the top-10 in the world, if healthy.

Entering the 2020-21 season the jury was still out on Berger. Berger earned $4 million in 2017, but soon after he lost his game. It took two years to regain his form, but he eventually found it in 2020. Last season could have gone in either direction, but he managed to keep the momentum going as he posted another $4 million season. It seems like Berger is on solid footing now and he should remain a fixture in the top 30 on the PGA Tour going forward. With that said, it's hard to tell if his ceiling is much higher than R$4 million and considering his number for this season, he's not a good salary cap option.

After only posting one top-10 result in the opposite-field Puerto Rico Open in the 2018-19 season, Berger has improved immensely and emerged as one of the best players on Tour. He came into the suspension of play with three consecutive top-10s and picked up where he left off with a win, a runner-up, and two third place finishes since the re-start of play. Berger has been solid all-around, ranking in the top 15 in SG: Tee-to-green and SG: Putting in 2019-20.

Berger was playing catch up for most of the season after he was forced to miss the entire fall portion of the schedule due to a wrist injury. The Florida State product made 15-of-20 cuts last season with a runner-up and three other top-25s. After making the TOUR Championship his first three seasons on the PGA Tour, Berger will be motivated to get back to East Lake. Last season was the first season he was not ranked inside the top-25 on tour in SG: Approach, so expect him to improve greatly on No. 115 in SG: Approach and 151st in GIR percentage. He will be a solid salary cap option next season.

There aren't many players in the history of the PGA Tour that accomplished more than Daniel Berger did in his first three seasons. In his first three years on the PGA Tour, Berger won two events, finished runner-up at four other events and earned over $10 million. He came out of the gates quickly in his rookie season, when he earned over $3 million and he improved upon that number in each of the two seasons that followed. Everything was looking up heading into the 2017-2018 season and then? Well, it's unknown exactly what happened to Berger last season, but there's no denying something was off. How does a guy play that well for three seasons, then lose most of his game? Maybe it was an injury, maybe it was something personal, whatever the reason, his resume is too good to give up on him after just one subpar season.

Three years into his career on the PGA Tour and it's pretty clear that Berger is the real deal. Berger wasted no time getting accustomed to the PGA Tour three seasons ago, as he earned more than $3 million in his rookie season. Many golfers in that position regress after a rookie season like that, but Berger actually improved. He proved that his first two seasons were no fluke last season as he posted his best season to date. Berger picked-up one win and was so close to another as he lost in a playoff to Jordan Spieth on his now famous bunker hole-out. Berger appears to be a guy that's going to continue to make strides, but the bar is set pretty high this year. That said, I think he makes a slight improvement, but not big enough to warrant a salary cap selection this season.

Berger was one of the fine rookie crop from 2014 that also played well during his second season on the PGA Tour. Berger traded two runner-ups in his rookie season for a win last year at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Perhaps the most impressive accomplishment from season one to season two was his cuts percentage. In rookie season, Berger hovered in the 55% range. Last season, he upped that to nearly 90%. Berger is certainly trending upward, which makes him in interesting salary cap option this year. In draft leagues, Berger should go in the third round.

Berger didn’t get in the winner’s circle during the 2014 Web.com Tour season but certainly came close, ending the year with a second and two thirds. The two thirds came in a three-week span, impressive stuff considering a MC was the middle result. Berger’s Web.com Tour Finals was a bit spotty, as he only played three of the four events, going T19-MC-65. As a result, his Reshuffle List position is hurt, as he’ll start the 2014-2015 PGA Tour season mid-pack, in 25th. The eighth longest hitter on tour who ranked 16th in greens in regulation this past season, Berger will need to make the rookie adjustment to the PGA Tour, get enough starts, and play well in those starts to have a successful season. It’s a lot to ask, but is doable if he plays well enough.

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Ties for 23rd in Miami

May 4, 2026

Berger closed with a two-under 70 on Sunday at the Cadillac Championship to finish six-under and tied for 23rd.