2024 Players Championship Picks & Predictions: Best Outrights, Props with Scheffler a Heavy Favorite

Scottie Scheffler is set as a prohibitive betting favorite as we look for value with our best Players Championship picks and predictions based on The Players Championship odds from our best golf betting sites.

Scottie Scheffler enters his defense of The Players Championship off a commanding five-stroke victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. That win - complete with a resurrected putting performance - has Scheffler as a prohibitive betting favorite at TPC Sawgrass, where he also won by five strokes last March.

With last week's victory, Scheffler re-affirmed his position atop the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). However, the 144-man field is one of the strongest fields in golf, and that makes the +550 odds tough to swallow for Scheffler.

We'll look for better value across the odds from our best sports betting sites for our Players Championship picks. Stay tuned to this page as we'll be adding more picks throughout the week.

Players Championship outright picks

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Rory McIlroy to win The Players Championship

McIlroy posted back-to-back T-21 finishes in the Cognizant Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, respectively. Those were his best showings through four PGA Tour events this year after winning the DP World Tour's Hero Dubai Desert Classic as his second event of 2024.

But McIlroy remains No. 2 in the OWGR and the second-best golfer in this field by that measure. He won this event in 2019, and though he missed the cut in 2021 and last year, he has still averaged 1.25 true strokes gained on the field per round at TPC Sawgrass.

It was the putter and short game that were McIlroy's undoing in this event last year. He was strong with his putter last week but an uncharacteristically poor approach game has plagued him this season. He still ranks No. 1 in strokes gained: off-the-tee with a nice balance of distance and accuracy.

Most important to backing McIlroy this week is the value in the odds from BetMGM. That book offers odds of +1400 for the chance to turn a $10 bet into a $140 profit. Meanwhile, DraftKings, FanDuel, and Caesars are offering more moderate odds of +1000.

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The Players Championship odds 2024

Players Championship odds last updated Monday at 8 a.m. ET.

Players Championship tournament info

• When: Thursday, March 14 - Sunday, March 17
• Where: TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
• Purse: $25 million
• FedEx Cup points: 750
• Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler
• How to watch: Golf Channel, NBC

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