DraftKings Player Gets Married, Wins $1 Million Masters Contest

Rick Arnett / Apr. 11th, 2018

Craig Rosengarden and regularly play DraftKings fantasy golf. It keeps us up to date on what players are hot and not. Of course we also strive to get the big prize each week. Our best ever is $750–not bad but not nearly what one person won on Sunday.

This lucky guy did win the $1 million 1st prize for last week’s Masters. And he got married on Masters Friday. Eventful week, no?

Drew Mathews described himself as a former professional golfer in an interview with RotoGrinders, but he didn’t catch any of the action during the final round because he was busy driving back to Florida in an eight-person van from Nashville, where he had just gotten married Friday night.

“The really surreal part when I had the gut feeling I may be near the top was when I was getting notifications of all these people adding me as friends on (DraftKings) and following me on Twitter,” Mathews said. “So I just had this odd feeling something was happening.”

Mathews submitted 20 different lineups into the “Millionaire Maker” contest, but the winning combination featured four players that finished T-5 or better: Patrick Reed, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson. Rounding out the seven-figure lineup were Charley Hoffman (T-12) and Russell Henley (T-15).

Mathews got plenty of points from Reed, who was owned in only 8.9 percent of entries, but what helped put him over the top was an ace on the 16th hole during the final round from Hoffman, which earned bonus points in the DraftKings scoring system.

Mathews said he and his new bride plan to “stay in our lane” after his big score, although he does expect to put a portion of the fantasy proceeds toward buying a new house.