2026 PGA The Players Championship odds, predictions: Top picks, props and analysis for this week's event in Pontre Vedra Beach, Fla.

Scottie Scheffler will look to win his second event of the season when he takes part in the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass - The Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. He is the +480 favorite at FanDuel. Scheffler, 29, had six wins a year ago and has registered 20 career wins on the PGA Tour. He continues to be the world's top-ranked player, an honor he was first bestowed with on March 27, 2022. His last win came Jan. 25, when he won the American Express Desert Classic.

This year's Players Championship gets underway at 7:40 a.m. ET on Thursday. The tournament, with a $25 million purse, will be played on a par-72 course measuring 7,352 yards. 

Last year's winner, Rory McIlroy, comes back at +1600. McIlroy defeated J.J. Spaun in a playoff to win his second Players Championship. He also won the event in 2019. Other favorites include Collin Morikawa (+1800), Si Woo Kim and Ludvig Aberg (+2200) and Russell Henley (+2700).  

Before making any 2026 The Players Championship 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 27-23-4 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 Scottie Scheffler (+480 at FanDuel). 

"Yes, the world No. 1 has finally drifted out of the 3s and nearly into the 5-1 territory to win a golf tournament," Kannon said. "For the first time in 19 starts, Scheffler failed to finish top 10 at the Genesis Invitational four weeks ago. Last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a tournament he's won twice, he barely cracked the top 25. Is this the end of Scheffler's remarkable run? Not at all but I don't believe he can suddenly turn it around so much this week that it translates into a win. Scheffler lost nearly 3-shots to the field last week on approach. He didn't shoot any of the four rounds in the 60's and ranked middle of the pack for Scrambling and SG: Putting. Scottie Scheffler will be just fine and he may win a third green jacket in about 30-days but I'm not going to dive in here at a golf course this exacting when there are clearly current hiccups in his game."

Kannon has revealed his best bet, and it's a surprising golfer who returns over 30-1 and is a perfect course fit!

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