World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler tries to three-peat at the 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open, the site of his first PGA Tour victory two years ago in a playoff over Patrick Cantlay. After a rain-soaked weekend at Pebble Beach, the weather isn't looking too favorable in Scottsdale either, with showers forecasted through Friday before a nicer weekend. The $8.8 million payout will be chased by 132 players entered in this week's field. With the 2024 season highlighted by five straight +10000 winners, will one of the favorites finally cash for a tournament title this week?

With a solid field in this week's event, who can you trust for your Waste Management Phoenix Open Fantasy golf picks? Before you set your Waste Management Phoenix Open 2024 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, 2/6 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 Scottsdale, AZ and revealed his Waste Management Phoenix Open Fantasy golf rankings. 

We can tell you he is backing two-time Waste Management Phoenix Open champion Hideki Matsuyama at +4500 odds. "Matsuyama's course history here is the stuff legends are made of, with two wins, five top-10s, and seven top-20s in ten appearances. In a T29 finish last year, Matsuyama lost nearly five strokes on approach, the first time he posted a negative number in that category at TPC Scottsdale."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading the defending Scottsdale resident Max Homa at +1600: "He has only one top-10 in five appearances [in Scottsdale] so let's temper our chances this week. Homa enters off a T66 at Pebble Beach and was non-threatening in his title defense at the Farmers Insurance Open, so the form isn't what I'd like to see for now."

Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open Fantasy golf picks, including a HUGE longshot who comes in at 125-1! If this player can pull off a stunning result, it would bring a HUGE payoff and be a valuable piece for Waste Management Phoenix Open Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any fantasy golf picks.

Who wins the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, and which player could bring a BIG payoff of 125-1 and be the difference for your Fantasy golf picks? Join SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's Fantasy golf rankings and picks for the Waste Management Phoenix Open, all from the Fantasy expert who has delivered a positive ROI with his golf picks!