2024 PGA Championship odds, picks, field, predictions: Golf insider ...

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler welcomed the birth of his first child over the weekend and now will head to Valhalla Golf Club for the 2024 PGA Championship starting on Thursday. Scheffler won the Masters in April and is the favorite at +300 in the 2024 PGA Championship odds. He is still eyeing his first win at this event, but he has three top-10 finishes in his four attempts. Scheffler finished two strokes behind champion Brooks Koepka last year, and the latter is 10-1 in the PGA Championship 2024 odds.

Rory McIlroy, who won this tournament when it last visited Valhalla in 2014, is one of the top 2024 PGA Championship contenders at 6-1. Should you include McIlroy in your 2024 PGA Championship bets? Before locking in any 2024 PGA Championship picks, make sure you see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad.

Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had success in the outright and first-round leader markets and in betting head-to-head matchups. He also has been solid with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 43-28-3 and returning 11.24 units over that span. That's a $1,124 profit for $100 bettors since May 2023.

Nejad also nailed Clark, a 75-1 longshot, as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners.

Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2024 PGA Championship field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.

Top 2024 PGA Championship expert picks

One surprise: Nejad is completely fading Xander Schauffele, even though he's fourth in the 2024 PGA Championship odds. Schauffele is considered one of the best active golfers who has still not won a major title, with his best finishes being T2 at the 2018 Open Championship and T2 at the 2019 Masters. This has been one of his worst majors though, as he has never finished better than T10 in seven attempts. 

Schauffele missed the cut in 2021, finished T13 in 2022 and T18 last year. He ranks outside the top 30 on the PGA Tour in driving distance, driving accuracy and proximity, which will put him at a disadvantage against some of the golfers in this field. Nejad knows Schauffele has the tools to contend, but his poor history at the end of majors makes him a golfer to avoid this week. 

Instead, Nejad is high on the chances of Brooks Koepka, even though he's a double-digit longshot at 10-1. There has not been a better golfer to back at this event over the last six years, as Koepka is a three-time winner (2018, 2019, 2023). He also finished tied for second in 2022, so he will be entering Thursday's opening round with extreme confidence. 

Koepka's career was just beginning when the PGA Championship was played at Valhalla in 2014, but he still carded an impressive T15 finish. He became the 20th golfer with five major victories when he won this event last year, and he also became the first player ever to win majors at three different courses within the same state. Koepka is always a threat at majors, and the PGA Championship has been his best among those. See who else to back at SportsLine.

How to make 2024 PGA Championship picks

Nejad has locked in his early best bets for the 2024 PGA Championship and is backing a longshot who is priced at more than 30-1. Nejad likes this player's "skill set at the PGA Championship when the number is this long." You can see Nejad's PGA Tour picks only at SportsLine.

So, which players should you target or avoid for the 2024 PGA Championship, and which player in the PGA Championship field could bring a huge payday of more than 30-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 PGA Championship, all from the expert who is 43-28 on head-to-head picks.

2024 PGA Championship odds, field

See Nejad's picks, best bets and predictions here

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