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The FedExCup Playoffs will wrap up this week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta with the 2024 Tour Championship. The FedExCup champion will be crowned on Sunday afternoon as the top 30 players in the current standings battle it out over the final 4 rounds of the 2024 season.
Below, we look at BetMGM Sportsbook’s 2024 Tour Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
With this being the final event of the playoffs, it features a staggered-start scoring system based on where players rank in the current FedExCup standings. The leader, Scottie Scheffler, will begin at 10-under par. Xander Schauffele, who’s 2nd, will be 2 shots behind at 8-under par. Hideki Matsuyama will begin at 7-under, followed by Keegan Bradley (-6) and Ludvig Aberg (-5). Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay all start at 4-under. The rest of the starting scores are as follows.
3-under: Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Tony Finau
2-under: Byeong Hun An, Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre
1-under: Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
Even par: Chris Kirk, Tom Hoge, Aaron Rai, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Justin Thomas
East Lake Golf Club underwent a restoration by architect Andrew Green after the Tour Championship last year. Bunkers were moved, greens were expanded and fairways were recontoured to create different slopes for the ball off the tee. The overall length is now 7,455 yards and it’ll play as a par 71 because the 14th hole has been changed to a par 5.
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Tour Championship – Expert picks
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 11:50 a.m. ET.
Xander Schauffele (+250)
It might seem crazy to bet against the best player in the world with a 2-shot lead, but he has the hottest player on the planet chasing him down. Not to mention, Schauffele has a stellar track record at East Lake. Whether in the new scoring format or the old one, Schauffele has never finished worse than 7th in 7 career starts here.
Rory McIlroy (+2000)
McIlroy chased Scheffler down in 2022 after starting 6 strokes behind him. He even spotted Schffeler another four strokes after starting with a triple and a bogey on his first 2 holes of the tournament. McIlroy isn’t in great form right now, but he loves East Lake and he’s among the players who can heat up in a hurry.
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Tour Championship picks – Contenders
Wyndham Clark (+4000)
Clark was struggling badly in the middle of the season, but he’s since regained some of the form he had earlier in the year. He’s finished 14th or better in 5 of his last 6 starts, helped by some outstanding rounds on Sundays to climb the leaderboard. If he can get off to a good start on Thursday and Friday, he could be in contention on Sunday despite starting 6 shots back.
Sam Burns (+3300)
Burns lit up Castle Pines on Sunday, posting a 7-under 65 to rocket up the leaderboard and finish T-2. He can carry some of that momentum into the Tour Championship where he finished T-9 last year. He’s steadily improved in each of his last 4 starts, coming in T-12 or better in each of his last 3 tournaments.
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Tour Championship picks – Long shots
Viktor Hovland (+6600)
Here’s where the dart throws begin. No player has ever come back from starting 8 shots back in the Tour Championship but the defending champion could make history at a course he seems to play well. He won here last year and finished 5th in 2021. He finished 26th last week but tied for 2nd at the FedEx St. Jude Championship the week prior.
Tony Finau (+6600)
Finau has the length and overall ball-striking to contend at East Lake, which has been evident in his last 5 starts here. He hasn’t finished worse than 20th in this event since 2019 and came in 9th just 2 years ago. He’ll also start 7 shots behind Scheffler
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