A weak PGA Tour field is set to tee off at the 2023 Mexico Open on Thursday, but it has a true headliner in defending champion Jon Rahm. Tony Finau is among the few other notable names, and he and Rahm were the stars of the show at Vidanta Vallarta last year. Rahm went 17 under par to top Finau, Kurt Kitayama and Dylan Wu by one stroke for his only victory of last season. Rahm has four victories already in this campaign, including the Masters, so he is the clear favorite, but Finau and a cast of mostly unknowns will aim to dethrone him. Rahm and Finau will fetch huge prices, so which other PGA Tour players can you rely on for your Mexico Open 2023 Fantasy golf picks?
Rahm is the +290 favorite in the latest 2023 Mexico Open odds from Caesars Sportsbook, with Finau (+850) the only other golfer shorter than 20-1. Wyndham Clark (+2100), Gary Woodland (+3200), Nicolai Hojgaard (+3400) and Maverick McNealy (+3400) also are expected to be among the top contenders in the Mexico Open field. With the field beyond Rahm and Finau seemingly wide open, which golfers should you be focusing on for your Mexico Open 2023 fantasy golf picks?
Before you bet the 2023 Mexico Open or lock in any Fantasy golf lineups, you NEED to see the Fantasy golf rankings from Fantasy expert Jim Holliman.
Holliman has been a writer and editor for nearly 25 years and has been playing and following the game closely for more than three decades. The Florida-based writer knows what it takes to win on the PGA Tour and how the players' games fit the courses.
Holliman has been on a roll since last season, and he recently NAILED the Masters when he backed Rahm as his top choice despite an uninspired run at Match Play. "The Spaniard wants a green jacket badly. Who doesn't?," Holliman said. "But Rahm will get it at some point, and I expect it to be this year." Rahm stormed to a four-shot victory at Augusta for his second major title.
The following week, six of Holliman's top eight picks at the RBC Heritage finished in the top 15, a group that included winner Matt Fitzpatrick. At the Valspar, the expert was on Taylor Moore (50-1), who hadn't finished higher than 35th in his previous three outings. Holliman saw something in his third-round 65 at the Players and said Moore "could go low." He shot 67 in Sunday's final round for his first PGA Tour victory.
Holliman was all over Scottie Scheffler to win The Players at 10-1 and was behind Chris Kirk at the Honda, backing the 25-1 shot before he got his first victory since 2015. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is WAY UP on their golf picks.
Now, Holliman has ranked his top players for the 2023 Mexico Open, and we can tell you the expert is strongly backing Finau. "He can hit it a long way off the tee and is doing everything else well," Holliman says, and he expects the 33-year-old to make another run at Vidanta this week.
On the other hand, Holliman is slightly fading Rahm, despite his status as the clear favorite, as major winners typically take time to get back on the winning track. Holliman isn't expecting Rahm to go winless the rest of the season, like Scottie Scheffler did after his Masters victory last year, but he just doesn't think the two-time major winner is worth the price.
Instead, Holliman is backing several longshots, including one golfer in his top 10 who comes in at well over 80-1 odds! This golfer is excellent off the tee and on long-range approach shots, so Holliman thinks he can stun this field if he can make his putts. If this player pulls off the SHOCKING victory, he would bring a MASSIVE payday and make an excellent pick for your 2023 Mexico Open Fantasy golf picks.
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