With the 2024 Masters looming, the PGA Tour schedule will make two stops in Texas before the first major championship of the season and several of the world's best players will be looking to sharpen their game at the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open. Scottie Scheffler has been No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the last 44 weeks and he's strengthened his position on top of world golf with wins at signature events in his last two starts. He is one of four players in the top 20 that have entered the 2024 Houston Open field, but can you justify his price while filling out your Fantasy golf lineups for the week?
Scheffler is the +300 favorite in the 2024 Houston Open odds and he's the most expensive option for PGA Tour DFS lineups. Wyndham Clark will also be teeing it up after finishing as the runner-up to Scheffler in each of his last two starts and the No. 4 player in the world will be another popular option for PGA Tour Fantasy golf. Before making any 2024 Houston Open fantasy golf picks, you have to see the Houston Open fantasy golf rankings from SportsLine handicapper 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).
Cohen is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.
Now, Cohen has ranked his top golfers for the 2024 Houston Open. Cohen's picks are only available at SportsLine.
2024 Houston Open expert picks
One player Cohen is getting behind for his fantasy picks is Scheffler. In an era of golf where parity reigns, +300 is a number to generally steer clear of and Scheffler is also the most expensive option available for PGA Tour DFS lineups. However, this is an instance where you simply have to have some level of exposure and find savings elsewhere for Fantasy golf purposes.
Scheffler has made seven starts on the PGA Tour this season and hasn't finished worse than T-17 with six top 10s overall and wins in each of his last two starts. The No. 1 player in the world lapped the field at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and then shot a final-round 64 to pull off a dazzling comeback at The Players Championship. Now he returns home to Texas after a week off to a golf course he knows well and was the runner-up in 2021.
On the other hand, the golf expert is fading Jason Day, despite his status as one of the favorites entering the week. Day is a 13-time PGA Tour winner, a major champion and a former world No. 1 who has climbed back up to No. 20 in the world rankings after bottoming out at around 150 in 2022. However, he's finished T-35 or worse in his last two starts and Cohen questions his status as the sixth favorite against a strong field.
"Interestingly, all three of Day's top 10s this season have come at limited-field elevated events. In his other four tournaments against bigger fields, Day hasn't finished inside the top 30. That's a trend to keep an eye on this week," Cohen said. "At odds south of +3000 in this field, I'll stay away though, as the ceiling potential doesn't justify the lower floor." See all of Cohen's Houston Open picks at SportsLine.
How to set 2024 Houston Golf fantasy golf lineups
For this week, Cohen is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Houston Open fantasy golf picks, including a triple-digit longshot who has "has turned the putter around lately to be better than the field average" that can help spice up your Fantasy golf lineups. See who it is, and get all of Cohen's fantasy golf picks, at SportsLine.
Who wins Texas Children's Houston Open 2024, and who are the top players to target for your PGA fantasy golf picks? Visit SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's fantasy golf rankings, all from the fantasy expert who has called six outright winners since 2022, and find out.
