2026 PGA Genesis Invitational odds, predictions: Top picks, props and analysis for this week's event in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Collin Morikawa will look to win his second PGA event in a row after winning last week's Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Morikawa will compete at this week's Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He enters as one of the top contenders behind Scottie Scheffler, the world's top-ranked golfer, as well as other veterans such as Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. Scheffler is the odds-on favorite at +300.

This year's Genesis Invitational gets underway at 10:15 a.m. ET on Thursday from the Riviera Country Club. The tournament with a $20 million purse will be played on a par-71 course measuring 7,383 yards. Besides Scheffler, other favorites include Rory McIlroy (+1100), Xander Schauffele (+1900), Tommy Fleetwood (+2000), Hideki Matsuyama (+2200) and Morikawa (+2500). Ludvig Aberg of Sweden is the defending tournament champion, winning the 2025 event by one stroke over Maverick McNealy.

Before making any 2026 Genesis Invitational picks, you NEED to see the predictions and best bets from elite golf expert Brady Kannon.

Kannon is an elite golfing handicapper with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He has called eight major winners since 2013 and hit six PGA winners, including 110-1 longshot Harris English at the Farmers Insurance Open, in 2025. Additionally, he's 22-14-4 on head-to-head bets since joining SportsLine. Anyone who followed his lead could have been WAY UP!

Now, Kannon has been digging into this week's field to find the best betting value and just locked in his best bets to back. He's fading Tony Finau (120-1 at DraftKings). 

"Even at triple-digits, it is not high enough on Finau who continues to struggle," Kannon said. "In five starts this season, he has missed three cuts. Yes, he made it all the way to a playoff here in 2021 but 2026 has been a complete turn-around, in the wrong direction, for Finau. Torrey Pines has been arguably the course at which Finau has seen the most success in his career. He finished 11th there a few weeks back but if you must also realize, he ranked 51st in the field that week for SG: Around the Green. Last Week at Pebble Beach, Finau had a solid week, finishing 18th, but he ranked 76th in that field for SG: Off the Tee and 58th around the green. He was No. 1 at Pebble for SG: Putting and that is not a typical strength of his game. I suspect it will not carry over to this week. Finau will likely get his game figured out eventually but I don't expect it to get straightened out here at a golf course this difficult and against a field this stacked."

Kannon has revealed his best bet, and it's a surprising golfer who returns over 60-1 and is a perfect course fit!

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