2023 Tour Championship fantasy golf rankings, picks, strategy: Back Xander Schauffele, fade Jon Rahm
The 2023 Tour Championship arrives this week in Atlanta with all eyes in the golf world on East Lake Golf Club. The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings will participate in the event, with the ultimate winner netting $18 million. Scottie Scheffler begins the tournament with an advantage using a scoring format that slots him at 10-under par before Thursday’s play begins. Rory McIlroy is the defending champion and the only three-time winner of the FedEx Cup, while Viktor Hovland aims to continue his stellar play after a victory at the BMW Championship a week ago.
Scheffler (+140) is the betting favorite in the latest 2023 Tour Championship odds, followed by McIlroy (+330) and Hovland (+500). In addition to the top contenders, can a player like fan favorite Max Homa (+2800) provide value among your 2023 Tour Championship fantasy golf picks? Before you consider your 2023 Tour Championship fantasy golf picks, you have to see the Tour Championship fantasy golf rankings from SportsLine handicapper Eric Cohen.
Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler’s first career victory at +2800).
He is a daily contributor to SportsLine’s YouTube Show “Early Edge in 5” and is a guest on “The Early Wedge” SportsLine YouTube golf show hosted by Jonathan Coachman. Anyone who has followed Cohen’s predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.
Now, Cohen has ranked his top golfers for the 2023 Tour Championship. Cohen’s picks are only available at SportsLine.
2023 Tour Championship expert picks
One player Cohen loves this week is Xander Schauffele. The 29-year-old is a previous winner at East Lake, taking home the 2017 Tour Championship. Schauffele also has six consecutive top-seven finishes at the Tour Championship, and he is one of the most consistent players in the world. In fact, Schauffele has made 32 straight cuts in PGA Tour events, the longest active streak of any player, and that includes all 21 events this season. He also has 11 top-10 finishes during the 2022-23 PGA Tour season, including a top-eight finish last week at Olympia Fields. Schauffele is No. 6 on the tour in strokes gained overall, No. 4 in strokes gained putting, No. 5 in strokes gained on approach, and No. 14 in strokes gained tee-to-green this season.
On the flip side, the expert is fading Jon Rahm at his current price. While Rahm has immense talent and pedigree, he is being priced at a number that doesn’t align with recent play and the logistics of this field. Rahm lost more than seven strokes tee to green at East Lake in 2022, and he is not playing well by his standards right now. Rahm finished outside the top 30 at both the BMW Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship after missing the cut at the Travelers in late June. He also finished 50th at the PGA Championship, and Rahm lost more than three strokes tee to green last week. His driving accuracy percentage (57.92%) ranks 110th on the tour this season, and Rahm is outside the top 60 in strokes gained around the green, sand save rate, putting accuracy inside 10 feet, and scrambling from both the rough and the fringe in 2023. See all of Cohen’s Tour Championship picks at SportsLine.
How to set 2023 Tour Championship fantasy golf lineups
For this week, Cohen is backing several underdogs in his 2023 Tour Championship fantasy golf picks, including one massive longshot who comes in at 45-1. Cohen notes that this player “gained strokes putting in nine straight tournaments” and he is a strong candidate to “take home plenty of cash on Sunday.” See who it is, and get all of Cohen’s fantasy golf picks, at SportsLine.
Who wins the Tour Championship 2023, and who are the top players to target for your Tour Championship fantasy golf picks? Visit SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen’s fantasy golf rankings, all from the fantasy expert with his finger on the pulse of the game, and find out.
