2023 John Deere Classic odds, field, picks, predictions: Golf expert fading Ludvig Aberg at TPC Deere Run
The best field in more than a decade will compete at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill., when play begins in the 2023 John Deere Classic on Thursday. This year's tournament has attracted nine players in the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. The last time the John Deere Classic had this many top 50 players was 2012. Russell Henley and Denny McCarthy, who are No. 29 and 34 respectively in the world, are the +1400 co-favorites in the latest 2023 John Deere Classic golf odds.
Cameron Young, who is the highest ranked player in the field at No. 19, is the third choice in the odds, at +1600. Ludvig Aberg (+2200) and Adam Hadwin (+2200) round out the top five in the odds in the John Deere Classic 2023 field. Before locking in any 2023 John Deere Classic picks, make sure you see the PGA 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 15-4 and returning 9.05 units over that span. That's a $900 profit for $100 bettors in the past six 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 eight of 10 weeks. He was up more than 70 units over that three-month span.
Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2023 John Deere Classic field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.
Top 2023 John Deere Classic expert picks
One surprise: Nejad is low on the chances of Ludvig Aberg, even though he is a perfect 5-for-5 in cuts made this year and is 3-for-3 since turning pro last month. Despite his week-to-week consistency, the 23-year-old from Sweden has never finished better than 24th in any PGA Tour event. Last week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic he faded to 40th after opening with a seven-under 65. "I like Aberg quite a bit, but last week's +5500 was much more palatable than this week's number, and I'm happy to lay off him this week for players at longer odds," Nejad told SportsLine.
However, Nejad is bullish on Eric Cole, even though he is a +3000 longshot. A 35-year-old who has dominated the mini tours, Cole is thriving in his first year on the PGA Tour. He has earned more than $2.8 million this season and ranks 25th on Tour in Strokes Gained: Total. "He took last week off, which should be a big help to him as he had played 10 straight tournaments," Nejad told SportsLine. See who to pick at SportsLine.
How to make 2023 John Deere Classic golf picks
Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 John Deere Classic and is picking his longshots, including one who is priced well above 70-1. This player has been "playing in a very sustainable way" 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 John Deere Classic, and which player in the John Deere Classic 2023 field could bring a huge payday of well over 70-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for John Deere Classic 2023, all from the expert who was up more than 70 units on his recent golf picks.
2023 John Deere Classic odds, field, contenders
Denny McCarthy +1400Russell Henley +1400Cameron Young +1600Adam Hadwin +2200Ludvig Aberg +2200Taylor Moore +2800Adam Schenk +2800Keith Mitchell +2800Eric Cole +3000Emiliano Grillo +3000Chris Kirk +3000Alex Smalley +3500Byeong Hun An +3500Seamus Power +3500Stephan Jaeger +3500Patrick Rodgers +4000Taylor Montgomery +4000Nick Taylor +4000J.T. Poston +4500Christiaan Bezuidenhout +5000Beau Hossler +5000Ryan Palmer +5500Matt Kuchar +5500K.H. Lee +5500Doug Ghim +6000Chez Reavie +6000Joseph Bramlett +6000Sepp Straka +6000Brendon Todd +6500Michael Kim +6500Lucas Glover +6500Dylan Wu +7000Adam Svensson +7000Mark Hubbard +7000Sam Stevens +7500Gordon Sargent +7500Nick Hardy +7500Luke List +8000Callum Tarren +8000Peter Kuest +8000Will Gordon +9000Sam Ryder +9000Nate Lashley +10000Justin Lower +10000Kevin Yu +10000Akshay Bhatia +10000David Lipsky +10000Garrick Higgo +10000Patton Kizzire +10000Ben Martin +10000S.H. Kim +10000Carson Young +10000Cameron Champ +10000Davis Thompson +10000Kevin Streelman +10000Chad Ramey +12500Zach Johnson +12500Matt NeSmith +12500Greyson Sigg +12500MJ Daffue +12500Chesson Hadley +12500Andrew Novak +15000Michael Thorbjornsen +15000Carl Yuan +15000Peter Malnati +15000Tyler Duncan +17500Robby Shelton +17500Ryan Moore +17500Troy Merritt +17500Scott Piercy +20000Zac Blair +20000Harry Higgs +20000Aaron Baddeley +20000Joel Dahmen +20000Augusto Nunez +22500Ryan Gerard +22500Grayson Murray +25000Adam Long +25000Kevin Tway +25000Trey Mullinax +25000S.Y. Noh +25000Matti Schmid +25000Jimmy Walker +25000Zecheng Dou +27500William Mouw +27500Ben Taylor +30000Kevin Chappell +30000Vince Whaley +30000Jonathan Byrd +30000Lanto Griffin +30000Austin Smotherman +30000Dylan Frittelli +35000Martin Laird +35000Sean O'Hair +35000Henrik Norlander +40000James Hahn +40000Harrison Endycott +40000Andrew Landry +40000Cameron Percy +40000Doc Redman +40000Erik Van Rooyen +40000Nico Echavarria +40000Satoshi Kodaira +40000Ryan Armour +40000Kevin Roy +50000Chris Stroud +50000Cody Gribble +50000Ross Steelman +50000Kelly Kraft +50000David Lingmerth +50000Brandt Snedeker +50000Richy Werenski +50000Brent Grant +50000Robert Streb +50000Paul Haley II +50000Russell Knox +50000Tano Goya +50000Kramer Hickok +50000Sung Kang +50000Hank Lebioda +50000Brice Garnett +50000Kyle Westmoreland +75000Michael Gligic +75000Trevor Cone +75000Jim Herman +75000Brandon Matthews +75000Austin Cook +75000Matthias Schwab +75000Tommy Kuhl +75000Martin Trainer +75000Greg Chalmers +100000Jason Dufner +100000William McGirt +100000Jay Giannetto +100000Nick Watney +100000Tyson Alexander +100000Ryan Brehm +100000Wesley Bryan +100000D.A. Points +100000Scott Harrington +100000Trevor Werbylo +100000Chad Collins +100000Brian Gay +150000Jonas Blixt +150000Geoff Ogilvy +150000Brian Stuard +200000Ricky Barnes +200000Derek Lamely +250000Marcus Byrd +250000Derek Ernst +250000Max McGreevy +250000
