Expert Picks: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches

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 consultants will provide picks and evaluation for the fantasy sport, together with perception on who will captain their roster for additional factors. Users can submit their rosters by way of PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf.

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

How it really works: Each week, our consultants 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 skilled perception under, Golfbet’s Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the sector in this week’s version of the Power Rankings.

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

• Johnny Keefer (-105) over Chris Kirk: Kirk is a former champion at PGA National, however I like Keefer as a slight underdog in this 72-hole matchup after opening the season with 4 straight made cuts.
• Daniel Berger, Top 10 (+290): Berger misplaced a playoff right here again in 2015, and the Florida native has two different top-five finishes at PGA National.

CHRIS BREECE (Senior Content Manager, Golfbet)

• Nicolai Højgaard and Ryan Gerard, Top 10 Finish Parlay (+1100): Both gamers are close to the highest of the checklist in Strokes Gained: Approach this season. Both have already come near profitable.
• Group D Winner, Alex Smalley (+280) over Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Haotong Li, Kristoffer Reitan, Max Homa: Shot 64 right here final yr in a T18 end. You have additionally proven that when he will get sizzling, he can keep sizzling. He had 4 good rounds in his final begin at Pebble Beach.

JIMMY REINMAN (Digital Content Manager)

• Nicolai Højgaard, Top 10 (+210): Bogey avoidance is essential at PGA National, and Højgaard ranks first on TOUR. He brings momentum after practically backdooring into the playoff on the WM Phoenix Open.
• Group C Winner, Aaron Rai (+300) over Max Homa, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Thorbjørn Olesen, Davis Thompson: Going with this Group C wager, with Rai rising at 3-1 odds. Sunday at Riveira however, Rai appeared to rediscover his kind on the tail finish of the West Coast swing, whereas the remainder of this group stays in the search occasion.

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