All eyes will be on TPC Southwind this week with the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship set to tee off from Memphis on Thursday. The event is the first tournament of the FedEx Cup Playoffs 2022, and the first challenge in the race for the $18 million top prize. The 121-golfer St. Jude Championship field is headlined by Rory McIlroy, who is listed as the 11-1 betting favorite in the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Other top contenders in the FedEx St. Jude Championship field include Scottie Scheffler (14-1), Cameron Smith (16-1), Jon Rahm (16-1), Justin Thomas (16-1), Xander Schauffele (16-1), and reigning FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay (16-1). Scheffler leads Smith the FedEx Cup standings by just over 1,200 points entering this week's event.
Which players should you target when building your FedEx St. Jude Championship prop bet betting strategy? And which sleepers should you target for a potentially huge payday? Before locking in any FedEx St. Jude Championship 2022 picks of your own, be sure to check out the PGA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine golf expert Mike McClure.
SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up over $9,500 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.
McClure's model included J.T. Poston in its best bets to win the 2022 John Deere Classic. That bet hit at +5500, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned almost $1,100. At the 2022 Masters, McClure's model was all over Scottie Scheffler's first career major championship victory heading into the weekend.
In addition, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright at the 2021 Open Championship, even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot. The model was also all over Jon Rahm's (10-1) first career major championship victory at the 2021 U.S. Open. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the weekend, but the model still projected him as the winner.
This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now, McClure has set his sights on the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship field and just revealed his top PGA prop bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see all of McClure's 2022 St. Jude Championship prop picks, sleepers, head-to-head matchups, best bets, and his top one and done pick.
2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship head-to-head matchup picks
Another prop bet McClure will be backing this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship is Will Zalatoris over Tony Finau in head-to-head golf betting at -110 odds. Finau has been on a tear as of late winning his last two tournaments, but McClure will be leaning on Zalatoris' track record of playing his best golf against elite competition.
Zalatoris enters this week in 12th place in the FedEx Cup standings. The former Wake Forest standout ranks first on the PGA Tour in strokes gained on approach (1.005), second in strokes gained tee to green (1.754), eighth in total strokes gained (1.718), and 11th in strokes gained off the tee (0.618).
Top 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship prop picks
One of McClure's favorite prop bets this week for the FedEx St. Jude Championship world No. 7 Justin Thomas finishing in the top-five of the final leaderboard at +410 odds. Thomas won the 2022 PGA Championship in a thrilling come from behind performance and may be the best irons player in the world today.
Thomas ranks third on the PGA Tour in both total strokes gained (1.938) and strokes gained tee to green (1.716), and fifth in strokes gained on approach (0.855). If the former Alabama star gets dialed in on the greens, he will likely be in contention on Sunday afternoon. See who else to pick here.
Find more 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship picks, sleepers
McClure has also locked in a slew of other prop bets for the FedEx St. Jude Championship 2022, including a long shot listed at 100-1 to win it all. Anyone who backs one of his 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship sleepers could hit it big. You can only see his FedEx St. Jude Championship best bets at SportsLine.
So what 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship prop picks should you target? And which massive long shot has a chance to stun the golfing world? Visit SportsLine to see McClure's 2022 St. Jude Championship best bets, all from the expert who's up over $9,600 since the PGA Tour restart, and find out.
2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, field, top contenders
See full FedEx St. Jude Championship 2022 picks, best bets, and predictions here.
Rory McIlroy +1100
Scottie Scheffler +1400
Cameron Smith +1600
Jon Rahm +1600
Justin Thomas +1600
Xander Schauffele +1600
Patrick Cantlay +1600
Matt Fitzpatrick +2000
Tony Finau +2000
Sam Burns +2200
Collin Morikawa +2500
Jordan Spieth +2500
Will Zalatoris +2500
Cameron Young +2500
Viktor Hovland +3000
Hideki Matsuyama +3500
Sungjae Im +3500
Shane Lowry +3500
Billy Horschel +4000
Joohyung Kim +4500
Joaquin Niemann +5000
Max Homa +5000
Tyrrell Hatton +5500
Russell Henley +5500
Aaron Wise +6000
Corey Conners +6500
Davis Riley +7500
Taylor Pendrith +7500
Seamus Power +8000
Alex Noren +8000
Sahith Theegala +9000
Cam Davis +9000
Webb Simpson +9000
Harold Varner III +10000
Adam Scott +10000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +10000
Adam Hadwin +10000
Scott Stallings +10000
Keith Mitchell +10000
J.T. Poston +10000
Mito Pereira +10000
Denny McCarthy +10000
Si Woo Kim +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Cameron Tringale +12500
Justin Rose +12500
Gary Woodland +12500
Chris Kirk +12500
Brian Harman +12500
Marc Leishman +15000
Matt Kuchar +15000
Maverick McNealy +15000
Jason Day +15000
Lucas Herbert +15000
Adam Long +15000
Alex Smalley +15000
Brendan Steele +15000
Wyndham Clark +17500
Emiliano Grillo +17500
Sebastian Munoz +17500
Tom Hoge +17500
Kevin Kisner +17500
Chez Reavie +17500
Taylor Moore +17500
Anirban Lahiri +20000
Brendon Todd +20000
Jhonattan Vegas +20000
Lee Hodges +20000
Stewart Cink +22500
Luke List +22500
Aaron Rai +22500
Mark Hubbard +22500
Kevin Streelman +22500
K.H. Lee +22500
Kurt Kitayama +22500
Brandon Wu +22500
Callum Tarren +22500
Matthew NeSmith +25000
John Huh +25000
Russell Knox +27500
Adam Svensson +27500
Troy Merritt +27500
Ryan Palmer +30000
J.J. Spaun +30000
Stephan Jaeger +30000
Martin Laird +30000
C.T. Pan +30000
Trey Mullinax +30000
Andrew Putnam +35000
Chesson Hadley +35000
Doug Ghim +40000
Beau Hossler +40000
Danny Lee +40000
Nate Lashley +40000
Hayden Buckley +40000
David Lipsky +40000
Peter Malnati +40000
Rickie Fowler +40000
Greyson Sigg +40000
Dylan Frittelli +40000
Joel Dahmen +40000
Patrick Rodgers +40000
Tyler Duncan +40000
Michael Thompson +50000
James Hahn +50000
Vince Whaley +50000
Adam Schenk +50000
Mackenzie Hughes +50000
Sam Ryder +50000
Scott Piercy +50000
Chad Ramey +50000
Sepp Straka +50000
