2023 Charles Schwab Challenge picks, odds, predictions, field: Golf insider fading Collin Morikawa at Colonial
Sam Burns will be looking to join a legend at Colonial Country Club this week when he tees off in the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge. The defending champion could become just the second golfer to repeat as champion at Colonial. The only other player to do it pulled it off twice. Ben Hogan was the inaugural event's champion in 1946 and won again the following year, then he matched the feat in 1952 and '53. That's why Colonial is known as "Hogan's Alley." Burns will face a strong Charles Schwab Challenge 2023 field led by PGA Championship runners-up Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland. Jordan Spieth, a Dallas native and the 2016 champion, also is scheduled to tee up Thursday. Add in the likes of Tony Finau, Max Homa and Collin Morikakwa, and it's a strong post-major field.
Scheffler, the new world No. 1, is the 4-1 favorite in Caesars Sportsbook's latest 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge odds. Spieth (12-1), Finau (14-1), Hovland (14-1) and Morikawa (16-1) aren't too far behind. Sungjae Im (18-1) is the only other golfer shorter than 20-1, with Burns and Homa both at 22-1 in the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge field. Before making any 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge picks, be sure you .
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 betting head-to-head matchups. At the Wells Fargo, he had Wyndham Clark among his longshot outrights, backing the 75-1 shot before he dominated at Quail Hollow for his first PGA Tour victory.
In 2022, Nejad hit six first-round leaders in a 12-week span while peppering in tournament outrights throughout the year. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two FRLs and three outright winners. Nejad also had a winning head-to-head record in eight of 10 weeks (including full tournament sweeps on head-to-head plays). He was up more than 70 units over that three-month span.
Now, Nejad has studied the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. You can head to SportsLine now to see all of Nejad's PGA picks and analysis.
Top 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge expert picks
Shockingly, Nejad is staying far away from Morikawa until the two-time major champ shows him something. So far, Morikawa hasn't done that, and the expert says, "I have no intention of betting on him to win the tournament." The 26-year-old's last top-10 finish was at the Masters, but that's his only one in his past eight outings. Morikawa's putting, which has hampered him his whole career, hasn't improved, and it costs him results. The California native ranks 157th in strokes gained putting, and his lack of distance off the tee (144th) also puts him at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, Nejad sees some value in Burns at 22-1 as the 26-year-old returns to a course he dominated last year. Burns went 8-under par over the final two rounds then beat Scheffler in the playoff for one of his three victories in 2021-22. The LSU alum does his best work with the putter, and his 38-foot bomb from off the green on the first playoff hole last year sunk Scheffler. Burns ranks fourth on tour in strokes gained putting, and he is 21st in total driving. That's a good combination for Colonial, and he should be confident this week. See who he is backing at SportsLine.
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Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge and is picking his longshots, including one who's priced at around 90-1. The expert says this golfer is in "surprisingly good recent form" and could pull off a big surprise. You can only see the picks at SportsLine.
So which players should you target or avoid for the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge, and which golfer in the Charles Schwab Challenge 2023 field could bring a huge payday of around 90-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for Charles Schwab Challenge 2023, all from the expert coming off a three-month span where he was up 70 units.
2023 Charles Schwab Challenge odds, field, contenders
Scottie Scheffler 4-1Jordan Spieth 12-1Tony Finau 14-1Viktor Hovland 14-1Collin Morikawa 16-1Sungjae Im 18-1Max Homa 22-1Sam Burns 22-1Rickie Fowler 30-1Justin Rose 30-1Tommy Fleetwood 33-1Russell Henley 35-1Chris Kirk 45-1Cam Davis 45-1Denny McCarthy 50-1Si Woo Kim 50-1Min Woo Lee 60-1Emiliano Grillo 60-1Brian Harman 60-1Kurt Kitayama 65-1Tom Hoge 70-1Stephan Jaeger 75-1Brendon Todd 75-1Ryan Fox 80-1Harris English 80-1Byeong Hun An 80-1Taylor Moore 80-1Lucas Herbert 80-1K.H. Lee 90-1Patrick Rodgers 90-1Thomas Detry 90-1Christiaan Bezuidenhout 90-1Davis Riley 100-1Joseph Bramlett 100-1Billy Horschel 100-1J.J. Spaun 100-1Maverick McNealy 100-1J.T. Poston 100-1Alex Smalley 100-1Beau Hossler 100-1Justin Suh 100-1Eric Cole 100-1Sam Stevens 125-1Will Gordon 125-1Nick Taylor 125-1Hayden Buckley 125-1S.H. Kim 150-1Andrew Putnam 150-1Ben Griffin 150-1Ryan Palmer 150-1Sepp Straka 150-1Scott Stallings 150-1Alex Noren 150-1Akshay Bhatia 175-1Joel Dahmen 175-1Ben Martin 175-1Adam Schenk 175-1Matt Wallace 175-1Robby Shelton 200-1Garrick Higgo 200-1Austin Eckroat 200-1Cameron Champ 200-1Vincent Norrman 200-1
