2023 Scottish Open odds, picks, field, predictions: Golf expert fading Rory McIlroy at The Renaissance Club

The PGA Tour crosses the Atlantic this week when a star-studded field tees off in the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. The field features nine of the top 11 ranked players in the world, led by No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. He hasn't finished outside the top 12 in a PGA Tour event since October, a span of 18 starts. Scheffler is the +600 favorite (risk $100 to win $660) in the latest 2023 Scottish Open odds. Rory McIlroy, who is ranked No. 2 in the world, is second in the odds at +750 in the Scottish Open 2023 field. 

He enters the tournament riding a streak of five straight top-10 finishes on Tour. Patrick Cantlay (+1400), Xander Schauffele (+1400), Rickie Fowler (+1800) and Viktor Hovland (+1800) round out the top six choices on the PGA odds board. Before locking in any 2023 Scottish Open 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 11.05 units over that span. That's a $1,100 profit for $100 bettors in the past seven 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 Scottish Open field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.

Top 2023 Scottish Open expert picks

One surprise: Nejad is low on the chances of McIlroy, even though he is the second-highest ranked player in the field. The four-time major winner is appearing in the Scottish Open for the eighth time -- but the first time since 2020. He has played in the tournament just four times in the last 13 years, with his best finish coming in '14 when he tied for 14th.

In his last two starts, McIlroy finished second in the U.S. Open and tied for seventh in the Travelers Championship. But Nejad does not think McIlroy (+750) provides value at his price. "He has been very good as of late and is finishing inside the top 10 on a routine basis, but his number should be near the +1200 range," Nejad told SportsLine.

However, Nejad is bullish on reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, even though he is a +4800 longshot. Last year Clark finished 16th at The Renaissance Club, firing a 3-under 67 in the final round. That was the only time he had played in the tournament.

Since then Clark has emerged as one of the best players on the PGA Tour, winning the Wells Fargo for his first career victory and then the U.S. Open. Clark also ranks 14th in Strokes Gained: Total, after finishing 88th in that category last year. "He rates out very well in [Strokes Gained:] Tee-to-Green, Off-the-Tee and Approach and with creating scoring opportunities," Nejad told SportsLine. See who to pick at SportsLine.

How to make 2023 Scottish Open golf picks

Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 Scottish Open and is picking his longshots, including one who is priced well above 70-1. This player "has put together a great stretch lately" 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 Scottish Open, and which player in the Scottish Open 2023 field could bring a huge payday at well over 70-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for Scottish Open 2023, all from the expert who was up more than 70 units on his recent golf picks. 

2023 Scottish Open odds, field, contenders

Scottie Scheffler + 700Rory McIlroy + 850Patrick Cantlay + 1400Xander Schauffele + 1400Rickie Fowler + 1600Viktor Hovland + 1800Tyrrell Hatton + 2000Tommy Fleetwood + 2100Jordan Spieth + 2100Matthew Fitzpatrick + 2200Shane Lowry + 3400Justin Rose + 3400Min Woo Lee + 3400Max Homa + 4000Justin Thomas + 4500Wyndham Clark + 4500Sungjae Im + 4800Adam Scott + 5000Ludvig Aberg + 5000Sam Burns + 5000Tom Kim + 5000Rasmus Hojgaard + 5500Adrian Meronk + 5500Corey Conners + 5500Aaron Rai + 6000Alex Smalley + 6000Robert Macintyre + 6500Nicolai Hojgaard + 6500Lucas Herbert + 6500Brian Harman + 7500Ryan Fox + 7500Kurt Kitayama + 8000Sahith Theegala + 8500Alex Noren + 9500Gary Woodland + 9500Eric Cole + 10000Alexander Bjork + 12000Cameron Davis + 12000Andrew Putnam + 12000Jordan Smith + 12000Seamus Power + 12000Thorbjorn Olesen + 12000Victor Perez + 12000Yannik Paul + 12000Daniel Hillier + 12000Thomas Detry + 13000Joost Luiten + 14000Pablo Larrazabal + 14000Matthieu Pavon + 14000Byeong Hun An + 15000Calum Hill + 15000Christiaan Bezuidenhout + 16000Keith Mitchell + 16000Richie Ramsay + 16000Maximilian Kieffer + 17000Antoine Rozner + 17000Matthew Jordan + 17000Billy Horschel + 17000C.T. Pan + 19000Padraig Harrington + 19000Austin Eckroat + 19000Brandon Wu + 19000Nick Taylor + 19000Adrian Otaegui + 21000J. T. Poston + 21000Garrick Higgo + 21000Guido Migliozzi + 21000Tom Hoge + 21000Ewen Ferguson + 21000Matt Wallace + 21000Harry Hall + 21000Patrick Rodgers + 23000Romain Langasque + 25000Davis Riley + 25000Matthew Southgate + 25000David Law + 25000Kevin Yu + 25000MJ Daffue + 25000Jorge Campillo + 28000Eddie Pepperell + 28000Jamie Donaldson + 28000K.H. Lee + 28000Callum Tarren + 30000Taylor Montgomery + 30000Ross Fisher + 32000Will Gordon + 32000MacKenzie Hughes + 32000Danny Willett + 32000Thriston Lawrence + 32000Adri Arnaus + 34000Dylan Wu + 34000Tom Mckibbin + 34000Francesco Molinari + 34000Fabrizio Zanotti + 34000Oliver Wilson + 34000Edoardo Molinari + 34000Paul Waring + 34000Erik Van Rooyen + 34000Joseph Bramlett + 34000Sean Crocker + 34000S.H. Kim + 34000Scott Jamieson + 34000Sebastian Soderberg + 34000Lee Hodges + 34000Marcel Siem + 34000Gavin Green + 34000Sami Valimaki + 38000Michael Kim + 38000Marcel Schneider + 38000Connor Syme + 38000Ben Griffin + 38000Charley Hoffman + 38000Sam Ryder + 38000Dan Bradbury + 38000Luke List + 38000Aaron Baddeley + 38000Kalle Samooja + 38000Ben Martin + 38000Richard Mansell + 38000Yoseop Seo + 40000Scott Stallings + 42000Nick Bachem + 42000Ben Taylor + 42000Zac Blair + 42000Dale Whitnell + 42000Bio Kim + 42000Harrison Endycott + 42000David Lingmerth + 42000Callum Shinkwin + 42000Grant Forrest + 42000Robby Shelton + 42000Shubhankar Sharma + 42000Wil Besseling + 42000Marcus Armitage + 42000Hurly Long + 42000Chad Ramey + 42000Rafa Cabrera Bello + 42000Zander Lombard + 42000Justin Walters + 47000Jimmy Walker + 47000Ashun Wu + 47000Simon Forsstrom + 50000Haotong Li + 60000Nicolai Von Dellingshausen + 65000Chase Hanna + 65000Joakim Lagergren + 65000Tapio Pulkkanen + 65000Daniel Gavins + 65000Matthew Baldwin + 65000Oliver Bekker + 70000Ockie Strydom + 70000Luke Donald + 75000Nicolas Colsaerts + 85000Yeongsu Kim + 100000