2023 3M Open odds, picks, predictions, field: Golf insider fading Sungjae Im at TPC Twin Cities

One of the most unusual pairings in PGA Tour history will take place when Erik van Rooyen and Alex Gaugert tee off in the 2023 3M Open beginning Thursday at TPC Twin Cities. During a usual PGA Tour event, Gaugert would be serving as van Rooyen's caddie, a gig he has held since 2019. But this week the 30-year-old Gaugert will be competing against van Rooyen after Gaugert qualified for the 3M Open 2023 earlier this week. The tournament will be Gaugert's first career PGA Tour event as a player. 

Caesars Sportsbook lists van Rooyen at +22500 in the latest 2023 3M Open odds, while Gaugert is an enormous +200000 longshot in the 3M Open field. Cameron Young is the +1400 favorite, while defending champion Tony Finau, Sungjae Im and Hideki Matsuyama are next in line on the PGA odds board at +1600. Before locking in any 2023 3M Open 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 incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and in betting head-to-head matchups. The expert has been on fire on head-to-head matchups since the Charles Schwab Challenge, going 19-8-1 and returning 9.28 units over that span. That's a $928 profit for $100 bettors in the past nine weeks.

Nejad also nailed 75-1 longshot Wyndham Clark 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. Nejad also had a winning head-to-head record in seven of nine weeks. He was up more than 70 units over that three-month span.

Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2023 3M Open field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.

Top 2023 3M Open expert picks

One surprise: Nejad is fading is fading Im. The two-time Presidents Cup player is ranked No. 27 in the world and No. 35 in the FedEx Cup standings. He is coming off a 20th place finish in the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

Im hasn't finished better than 20th in any tournament since early May, and one of the reasons is his poor final round scoring (70.39), which ranks 102nd on the PGA Tour. For comparison, he ranks first in third round scoring (67.89). "He may have a good tournament, but he hasn't contended in quite some time," Nejad told SportsLine. See who else to fade at SportsLine. 

However, Nejad is high on Lucas Glover. Listed at 50-1 in the odds from Caesars, the 43-year-old Glover has earned more than $29.1 million in his PGA Tour career. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black on Long Island.

Glover has turned his season around thanks to a broomstick-style long putter. Since switching to the putter before the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Glover has reeled off three straight top-six finishes. "He has been great with the putter and is back to his old self with the ball-striking as well," Nejad told SportsLine. See who else to pick at SportsLine.

How to make 2023 3M Open golf picks

Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 3M and is picking his longshots, including one who is priced at more than 60-1. This player "may have found something recently" with the putter and is a longshot who could surprise. You can see the picks only at SportsLine.

So which players should you target or avoid for the 2023 3M, and which player in the 3M 2023 field could bring a huge payday at more than 60-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for 3M 2023, all from the expert who was up more than 70 units on his recent golf picks.

2023 3M Open odds, field, contenders

Cameron Young +1400Sungjae Im +1600Tony Finau +1600Hideki Matsuyama +1600Emiliano Grillo +2200Justin Thomas +2200Sepp Straka +2500Ludvig Aberg +2800Gary Woodland +3500Adam Hadwin +3500Cam Davis +3500Aaron Rai +4000Sahith Theegala +4500Stephan Jaeger +4500Eric Cole +4500J.T. Poston +5000Lucas Glover +5000Keith Mitchell +5000Beau Hossler +5500Nicolai Hojgaard +5500J.J. Spaun +5500Austin Eckroat +5500Ryan Fox +5500Patrick Rodgers +5500Mark Hubbard +6000Taylor Pendrith +6000Doug Ghim +6500Vincent Norrman +6500Alex Noren +7000Akshay Bhatia +7000Cameron Champ  +7500Justin Suh +7500Garrick Higgo +7500Adam Svensson +8000Lee Hodges +8000Tom Hoge +8000Sam Bennett +8500Kevin Yu +9000Greyson Sigg +9000Peter Kuest +9000Matt Kuchar +9000Christiaan Bezuidenhout +9000Brandon Wu +10000Ben Griffin +10000Taylor Montgomery +10000Nate Lashley +10000Davis Thompson +10000K.H. Lee +10000Ryan Palmer +10000Sam Stevens +10000Chez Reavie +10000S.H. Kim +12500Will Gordon +12500Dylan Wu +12500Michael Kim +12500MJ Daffue +12500Matt NeSmith +12500Nick Hardy +12500Matt Wallace +15000Ryan Gerard +15000Billy Horschel +15000Chesson Hadley + 15000Andrew Novak + 15000C.T. Pan + 15000Carson Young + 15000Grayson Murray + 15000Mackenzie Hughes + 15000Callum Tarren + 15000Stewart Cink + 15000Joel Dahmen + 17500Ben Martin + 17500Harry Hall + 17500Adam Long + 17500Chad Ramey + 17500David Lipsky + 17500Justin Lower + 20000Troy Merritt + 20000James Hahn + 20000Sam Ryder + 20000Kevin Streelman + 20000Tyler Duncan + 22500Patton Kizzire + 25000Scott Piercy + 25000Erik van Rooyen + 25000Carl Yuan + 27500Peter Malnati + 30000Charley Hoffman + 30000Brice Garnett + 30000Zac Blair + 30000Trey Mullinax + 30000Zecheng Dou + 30000Robby Shelton + 35000Frankie Capan III + 35000Aaron Baddeley + 35000Lanto Griffin + 35000Trevor Cone + 35000Kevin Chappell + 35000Austin Smotherman + 40000Doc Redman + 40000Martin Laird + 40000Augusto Nunez + 40000Brent Grant + 40000Jimmy Walker + 40000Ryan Armour + 40000Tano Goya + 40000Harry Higgs + 40000Ryan Moore + 40000Richy Werenski + 50000Austin Cook + 50000Cameron Percy + 50000Matti Schmid + 50000Jonathan Byrd + 50000Kevin Roy + 50000Harrison Endycott + 50000Satoshi Kodaira + 50000Kramer Hickok + 50000Kelly Kraft + 50000Henrik Norlander + 50000Cody Gribble + 50000Robert Streb + 50000Russell Knox + 50000Sean O'Hair + 50000Kevin Tway + 50000Martin Trainer + 75000Jason Dufner + 75000Hank Lebioda + 75000Scott Harrington + 75000Brandt Snedeker + 75000Ben Taylor + 75000Preston Summerhays + 75000Michael Gligic + 75000Ryan Brehm + 75000Nico Echavarria + 75000Caleb VanArragon + 75000Jim Herman + 75000Tyson Alexander + 75000Dylan Frittelli + 75000Andrew Landry + 100000Brandon Matthews + 100000Trevor Werbylo + 100000Kyle Westmoreland + 100000Matthias Schwab + 100000Brian Stuard + 100000Paul Haley II + 100000Derek Hitchner + 100000Brian Gay + 150000Max McGreevy + 200000Nick Watney + 200000Thomas Lehman + 250000David Hearn + 250000Eric Rolland + 250000