Expert Picks: THE PLAYERS Championship

With a brand new season comes a brand new evolution for Expert Picks. Below are picks and evaluation for each betting and fantasy, as followers have

new updates to the PGA TOUR Fantasy Gametogether with in-tournament rostering options, in 2026. Each week our panel of specialists will supply picks and evaluation for the fantasy recreation, together with perception on who will captain their roster for further factors. Users can submit their rosters by way of PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf.

Our Golfbet specialists will even share betting picks which have caught their eye.

How it really works: Each week, our specialists from PGATOUR.COM will make their choices in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Each lineup consists of 4 starters, together with a captain, and two bench gamers that may be rotated after every spherical. Adding to the problem is that each golfer can be utilized solely 3 times per every of the three segments.

Aside from the knowledgeable perception under, Golfbet’s Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the sector on this week’s version of the Power Rankings.

WILL GRAY (Senior Manager, TOUR & Golfbet Editorial & Distribution)

• Viktor Hovland, Top 10 end (+360): I used to be excessive on Hovland final week at Bay Hill, the place I completed T13, and this week’s examination asks comparable questions. Expect his ball-striking to maintain him within the combine.
• Tom Hoge, Top 20 end (+700): The course file holder has completed T3 in two of the final three years, and his good weeks in La Quinta and Pebble Beach have been superb. The North Dakota native feels comfy at TPC Sawgrass.

CHRIS BREECE (Senior Content Manager, Golfbet)

• Collin Morikawa (+170) over Scottie Scheffler, 72-hole matchup: You will nearly by no means discover a time when a boneheaded transfer looks like the suitable play. Given this particular second, +170 for Morikawa is just too good of a quantity to disregard.
• Daniel Berger, Top 20 (+194): He’s been in rivalry right here way more than folks notice. While his disappointment from final week may very well be seen as a hindrance, I see it as a constructive for a hungry participant who’s in type at a spot he is comfy.

JIMMY REINMAN (Digital Content Manager)

• Adam Scott, Top 10 end (+430): Over 4/1 for the veteran in his 25th begin at TPC Sawgrass to make just a little noise. Coming off a solo fourth at Riviera and a T11 at Bay Hill, the 2004 winner right here is 11th on TOUR Tee-to-Green and is touching 180-plus mph ball pace on the age of 45.
• Sudarshan Yellamaraju, To Make The Cut (+105): Canadian rookie Yellamaraju has been quietly {golfing} his ball. He has solely missed one reduce in six begins (on the funky The American Express) and had his greatest end of the season with a T17 down I-95 at PGA National. Top 50 on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, Approach and Putting.

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