The PGA Tour departs from its regular format for its annual team event this week, the 2023 Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana in New Orleans. Eighty two-man teams will compete in both four-ball and foursomes in the tournament that begins play on Thursday.

The team of Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele is the +300 favorite in the Zurich Classic odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Max Homa and Collin Morikawa are next at +650. Sungjae Im and Keith Mitchell (+1100), Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim (+1200) and Sam Burns and Billy Horschel (+1800) round out the top five choices.

Before you consider any 2023 Zurich Classic picks, make sure you check out the Zurich Classic 2023 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 market, first-round leader market and betting head-to-head matchups. In 2022, he hit six first-round leaders in a 12-week span while peppering in tournament outrights throughout the year. In 2023, Sportsline debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two FRLs and three outright winners. Nejad also had a winning head-to-head record in eight of 10 weeks (including full tournament sweeps on head-to-head plays). He is up more than 70 units over that three-month span.

Now, Nejad has scoured the 2023 Zurich Classic field for the best value and locked in his best bets and favorites to avoid. One thing we can tell you is that Nejad is fading the team of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, even though the team is the pre-tournament favorite. "I see no value in taking Schauffele and Cantlay at +300 or even +400," Nejad says.   

Instead, Nejad is jumping on one big longshot team that would pay more than 30-1! This team could "shock the world," Nejad says. If this team can pull off a stunning victory, anyone who backs them would cash in huge. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who they are before locking in any 2023 Zurich Classic picks of your own!

So which 2023 Zurich Classic teams should you target or avoid? And which team in the Zurich Classic 2023 field could bring a payday of well over 30-1? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2023 Zurich Classic, all from the expert locked in on golf betting and DFS, and find out!