2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds, picks, Fantasy golf power rankings: PGA Tour predictions, expert best bets

Taylor Pendrith took down the field in an exciting edition of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson to qualify him for the Majors and get him into this week's field at the elevated Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte. With Scottie Scheffler skipping this week due to the impending birth of his first child, the field is wide open for this week's event. Only 70 golfers will compete this week for the $20 million purse in advance of next week's PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy is the 13-2 favorite, followed by Xander Schauffele (9-1), defending champion Wyndham Clark (14-1) and Patrick Cantlay (16-1). Ludvig Aberg (knee) has withdrawn. 

With an excellent field for this Signature Event, who can you trust for your Wells Fargo Championship golf picks? Before you set your 2024 Wells Fargo Championship 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 2024 Players Championship (Scottie Scheffler +550), 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 (Scheffler's first career victory at +2800). He also gave out S.H. Kim as a +11000 longshot last week, who finished tied for 4th place.

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, May 7th at 7 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 at Quail Hollow and revealed his Wells Fargo Championship Fantasy golf rankings. 

We can tell you he is backing the 2017 PGA Championship winner at Quail Hollow, Justin Thomas. "Gaining nearly 2.7 strokes with the putter at Harbour Town marked his best putting tournament of the season and could a sign of things to come. Even in the midst of a poor 2023, JT gained more than seven strokes ball striking here en route to a T14, so if he can putt even slightly above average, watch out."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading Patrick Cantlay. "The irons and putter simply haven't been consistent in 2024. He finished T23 here last year despite losing more than two strokes on approach, so tread carefully again this week."

Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Wells Fargo Championship Fantasy golf picks, including a 200-1 longshot who would be a nice piece for DFS lineups! If this player can pull off a stunning result, it would bring a HUGE payoff and be a valuable piece for Wells Fargo Championship Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any fantasy golf picks.

Who wins the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, and which 200-1 longshot could bring a HUGE payout and be the difference for your Fantasy golf picks? Join SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's Fantasy golf rankings and picks for the Wells Fargo Championship, all from the Fantasy expert who has delivered a positive ROI with his golf picks!