Jake Knapp survived a shaky final round to capture his first PGA Tour tournament title as a +5000 longshot at the Mexico Open on Sunday. Now the PGA Tour's 'Florida Swing' begins this week with the Cognizant Classic In The Palm Beaches, formerly known as The Honda Classic, from The Champions Course at PGA National Resort. This Jack Nicklaus-design features water seemingly on every hole, including a daunting final three-hole setup nicknamed "The Bear Trap". The course has been expanded to a par-71 with the formerly par-4 10th hole now being played as a par-5. A field of 144 golfers will tee it up for $9 million in prize money on one of the more difficult layouts players will see this season.
Rory McIlroy is the clear favorite at +750 odds, followed by Cameron Young (+2200), Russell Henley (+2500), with J.T. Poston, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Sungjae Im at +2800. Defending champion Chris Kirk is +3300, while 2023 runner up Eric Cole is +3000.
With a competitive field at this week's event, who can you trust for your Cognizant Classic Fantasy golf picks? Before you set your 2024 Cognizant Classic Fantasy golf lineups or make any PGA Tour bets, you NEED to see the Fantasy golf rankings from Fantasy expert Eric Cohen.
Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler's first career victory at +2800).
Eric is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show (live on Tuesday, 2/27 at 7:00 p.m. ET). Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.
Now, Cohen has studied the field set to play in Palm Beach Gardens and revealed his Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches Fantasy golf rankings.
We can tell you he is backing Rasmus Hojgaard, who is tearing up the DP World Tour of late, at odds of +4500. "His brother Nicolai gained membership on the PGA Tour and now it's Rasmus' turn. Look at these finishes on the DP World Tour since late-October: T16-T6-T11-T11-T11-2-T8-T6. He's playing like one of the best golfers in the world right now and at a juicy price, I'm absolutely buying in."
On the other hand, Cohen is fading the second highest ranked golfer in the field, Matt Fitzpatrick. "A T15 in Scottsdale was solid, but outside of that, his three most recent finishes included a MC-T58-MC. His game simply isn't in peak form and while I normally would favor the Englishman in coastal courses that aren't birdie fests, I just can't here."
Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches Fantasy golf picks, including a HUGE triple-digit longshot who has a surprising amount of success at this course! If this player can pull off a stunning result, it would bring a HUGE payoff and be a valuable piece for Cognizant Classic Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any fantasy golf picks.
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