2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, picks, field: Surprising predictions from the model that beat 13 majors

Scottie Scheffler has already broken his own PGA Tour record with more than $36 million in earnings this season, but he will enter the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs with a view to a $25 million payout at the Tour Championship. The postseason begins Thursday at 8:20 a.m. ET with the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship and features the top 70 players in the season-long standings at TPC Southwind. Xander Schauffele is well behind Scheffler in the 2024 FedEx Cup standings with his two major championship victories.

Scheffler is listed as the +360 favorite in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, while Schauffele is priced at +750. Rory McIlroy is third in the FedEx Cup standings, and he’s also third on this week’s PGA Tour odds board at +850. Before you lock in your picks for the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, be sure to check out the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

SportsLine’s proprietary model, created by DFS pro Mike McClure, has become very popular since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, the model is up more than $9,500 on its best bets since the restart, leading tournament after tournament.

The same model has also driven the 13 major tournaments entering the weekend, including the 2024 Masters – the third Masters in a row – and this year’s PGA Championship and US Open. Anyone who has followed it has reaped huge benefits.

Now that the field for the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship is locked in, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were astonishing. Visit SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.

Top 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship Predictions

The model is expecting a big surprise at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship: McIlroy (9-1), a 26-time winner on the PGA Tour and one of the top favorites, stumbled this week and failed to even crack the top five. McIlroy has two wins and six top-10 finishes this season. He’s also been on a roll at the Olympics, earning a T-5 finish in Paris.

However, McIlroy missed the cut in his last start on the PGA Tour and has struggled with accuracy this season. The four-time major champion ranks 71st in driving accuracy (61.84%) in the FedEx Cup Playoffs and 90th in greens in regulation percentage (65.98%), which doesn’t bode well for McIlroy’s chances of topping the leaderboard. Here’s a look at who else faded.

Another surprise: Patrick Cantlay, a 25-1 longshot, makes a strong run for the title. He has a much better chance of winning it all, so he’s a target for anyone looking for a big buck. The 32-year-old is an eight-time PGA Tour winner and has historically excelled in FedEx Cup events, winning the Tour Championship in 2021 and the BMW Championship in 2021 and 2022.

He will enter the postseason ranked 8th in the Official World Golf Ranking and is 11th in the FedEx Cup standings. Cantlay was in the top five at the 2024 US Open and three other PGA Tour signature events. He was also the runner-up at the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship and should be well-rested after missing out on a spot on the US Olympic team. Here’s a look at who else to support.

How to get selected for the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship

The model is also targeting four other golfers with odds of 25-1 or better who would be strong contenders for the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could win the major. You can see just the model’s picks here.

Who will win the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, and which longshots will shock the golf world? Check out the FedEx St. Jude Championship 2024 odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected FedEx St. Jude Championship leaderboard, all from a model that has knocked out 13 golf majors, including the last three Masters and this year’s three majors.

2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, top contenders

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Scottie Scheffler +360
Xander Schauffele +750
Rory McIlroy +900
Collin Morikawa +1400
Ludvig Öberg +2000
Patrick Cantlay +2500
Tommy Fleetwood +2800
Hideki Matsuyama +3000
Viktor Hovland +3500
Tom Kim +3500
Tony Finau +3500
Justin Thomas +4000
Corey Conners +4000
Russell Henley +4000
Billy Horschel +4500
Sungje Im +4500
Sahith Theegala +4500
Aaron Roy +4500
Cameron Young +5000
Sam Burns +5000
Jordan Spieth +5500
Matt Fitzpatrick +5500
Adam Scott +5500
Shane Lowry +5500
Windham Clark +6000
Brian Harman +7000
Sepp Straka +7500
Byong Hun An +7500
max homa +7500
Davis Thompson +8000
Jason Day +8000
Akshay Bhatia +9000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +9000
Will Zalatoris +9000
Si Woo Kim +9000
Min Woo Lee +10000
Taylor Pendrith +10000
Max Grasserman +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Robert McIntyre +10000
Alex Noren +10000
Maverick McNeely +11000
Harris English +12000
Ben Griffin +12000
Thomas Detry +12000
Cam Davis +12000
Eric Cole +15000
Tom Hoge +15000
Nick Dunlop +15000
Jonathan Vegas +15000
Denny McCarthy +15000
Erik van Rooyen +15000
Justin Rose +15000
Victor Perez +17000
Taylor Moore +17000
Austin Akrot +17000
J.T. Poston +17000
Stefan Jaeger +20000
Mackenzie Hughes +20000
Adam Hadwin +20000
Seamus Power +22000
Chris Kirk +22000
Patrick Rodgers +25000
Emiliano Grillo +27000
Brendon Todd +27000
Mark Hubbard +30000
Jake Knapp +30000
Nick Taylor +35000
Mathieu Pavone +40000
Peter Malnati +100000