2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, picks, field, predictions: Golf expert fading Xander Schauffele

Rory McIroy begins a FedEx Cup Playoffs that he hopes will end in another FedEx Cup title when he tees off in the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship beginning Thursday at TPC Southwind in Memphis. The 34-year-old McIlroy has won the FedEx Cup title three times, the most of any player, including last year. With another victory this year, he can become the first player to win back-to-back FedEx Cup titles since the FedEx Cup began in 2007. 

This week, McIlroy is the co-second choice in the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds at +850, with reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm. They are behind only world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (+600) on the PGA odds board. Patrick Cantlay (+1400) and Xander Schauffele (+1800) round out the top five choices in the FedEx St. Jude Championship 2023 field. Before locking in any 2023 FedEx St. Jude 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 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 22-10-1 and returning 9.85 units over that span. That's a $985 profit for $100 bettors in the past 11 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 FedEx St. Jude Championship field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.

Top 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship expert picks

Nejad, who did a deep dive on the FedEx St. Jude Championship field, is taking a stand against American Xander Schauffele. The 29-year-old from California is +1800 in the FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, behind only Scheffler, McIlroy, Rahm and Cantlay. However, Schauffele has not won since finishing on top of the leaderboard at the Scottish Open in July 2022.

Nejad does not like Schauffele's track record at TPC Southwind. He has finished 27th or worse in four of his five career starts at the course, including last year when he was 57th. "Other than his sixth-place finish in 2020, his results in Memphis have been underwhelming," Nejad told SportsLine. See all his picks at SportsLine. 

Instead, Nejad is high on the chances of Tyrrell Hatton, who is going off at +2200. The 31-year-old Englishman has one runner-up and seven top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this season. He has been resting since finishing 20th at the Open Championship.

Hatton enters the FedEx Cup Playoffs on a bit of a roll. Over his last eight tournaments, he has four top-six finishes. "He's been in great form with the ball-striking and putting, and I think he's primed for a breakout win," Nejad said. See who else to back at SportsLine.

How to make 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship picks

Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship and is backing several longshots, including one who is priced higher than 30-1. This player "has the approach and putting game to win" and is a longshot who could surprise. You can only see his PGA picks at SportsLine.

So which players should you target or avoid for the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship, and which player in the FedEx St. Jude Championship 2023 field could bring a huge payday at more than 30-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for FedEx St. Jude Championship 2023, all from the expert who was up more than 70 units on his recent golf picks.

2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, field, contenders

Scottie Scheffler+600Jon Rahm+850Rory McIlroy+850Patrick Cantlay+1400Xander Schauffele+1800Viktor Hovland+2000Tyrrell Hatton+2200Collin Morikawa+2200Tommy Fleetwood+2800Rickie Fowler+3000Max Homa+3500Jason Day+3500Wyndham Clark+3500Sam Burns+3500Cameron Young+3500Tony Finau+4000Jordan Spieth+4000Matt Fitzpatrick+4000Tom Kim+4000Brian Harman+4500Sepp Straka+4500Hideki Matsuyama+5000Russell Henley+5000Sungjae Im+5500Corey Conners+5500Byeong Hun An+5500J.T. Poston+7500Denny McCarthy+8000Si Woo Kim+8000Emiliano Grillo+8000Keegan Bradley+8000Cam Davis+8000Stephan Jaeger+9000Harris English+9000Justin Rose+9000Lucas Glover+9000Sahith Theegala+10000Lee Hodges+10000Alex Smalley+10000Aaron Rai+12500Brendon Todd+12500Keith Mitchell+12500Chris Kirk+15000Thomas Detry+15000J.J. Spaun+15000Adam Svensson+15000Eric Cole+15000Andrew Putnam+15000Seamus Power+17500Beau Hossler+17500Taylor Moore+17500Nick Taylor+20000Adam Hadwin+20000Adam Schenk+20000Patrick Rodgers+20000Kurt Kitayama+20000Davis Riley+20000Vincent Norrman+22500Tom Hoge+25000Nick Hardy+27500Matt Kuchar+30000Sam Ryder+30000Ben Griffin+30000Matt NeSmith+30000Mark Hubbard+30000Brandon Wu+35000Sam Stevens+35000Hayden Buckley+35000Mackenzie Hughes+40000