The only team tournament of the season begins Thursday in New Orleans, where the 2024 Zurich Classic will be held. Former champions Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele will headline the 2024 Zurich Classic, which includes five of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. Cantlay and Schauffele won the event in 2022, and the latest odds for the 2024 Zurich Classic place them as 5-1 favorites to win.
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry (8-1) are also among the favorites scheduled to tee off Thursday at TPC Louisiana. Defending champion Nick Hardy and Davis Riley are among the big names to watch at 80-1. Before deciding on your contenders for the 2024 Zurich Classic, be sure to check out SportsLine's proven golf predictions and expected leaderboards from his computer model.
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Additionally, McClure's best bets include Nick Taylor (70-1) winning the 2023 RBC Canadian Open and Jason Day (17-1) winning the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson. and Rickie Fowler (14-1), who finished in first place. 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Leaderboard.
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Now that the 2024 Zurich Classic spots have been determined, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times and the results are surprising. Visit SportsLine now to see the predicted leaderboards.
Top predictions for the 2024 Zurich Classic
One of the big surprises this model is conjuring for Zurich Classic 2024 is that McIlroy and Lowry, who have a combined 26 wins on the PGA Tour, will barely finish in the top five. McIlroy will tee off at TPC Louisiana, making his fourth consecutive appearance. After failing to finish in the top 10 in seven of his eight starts on the PGA Tour this season, Lowry has finished T-19 or worse in six of his past eight tournaments.
Both players have struggled on the greens this season. McIlroy will compete in the 2024 Zurich Classic, ranking 78th in Strokes Gained: Putting (0.119) and 72nd in Putting Average (1.758), which ranks 98th in Points Averaged (70.44). This is the reason. Lowry, on the other hand, ranks 99th in Strokes Gained: Putts (-0.012) and 143rd in Putts Per Round (29.38), so his chances of finishing at the top of the leaderboard this week aren't great.
Another surprise will be Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor making a strong run towards the title with long shots of 40-1. They have a much better chance of winning it all than the odds suggest, so they are a target for those looking for big paychecks. Although neither are top players on the PGA Tour, they are solid professionals who make for a dangerous duo in this team event.
Taylor has won four tournaments on the PGA Tour and currently ranks 21st in Strokes Gained: Approach to Green (0.528). Meanwhile, Hadwin ranks 26th in drive accuracy (69.21%) and 12th in average birdies (4.49). Both are great putters and will definitely come in handy this week against TPC Louisiana. Hadwin ranks 23rd in putting average (1.723), while Taylor ranks 19th in putting strokes gained (0.522) and seventh in one-putt percentage (44.74%). Find out who else to choose here.
How to make the 2024 Zurich Classic Pick
The model also targets three other teams with odds of 35-1 or better to win the title. Anyone who supports these longshots can be very successful. Model pickups can only be seen here.
Who will win the 2024 Zurich Classic and which long shot will shock the golf world? Check out the Zurich Classic 2024 odds below, then visit SportsLine for the Zurich Classic predicted leaderboard please confirm. This all comes from a model who has won 11 of his major golf tournaments, including the last three Masters.
2024 Zurich Classic odds, field
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Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele +500
Rory McIlroy / Shane Lowry +800
Will Zalatoris / Sahit Tegara +1100
Colin Morikawa / Cart Kitayama +1600
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNeely +2500
Matt Fitzpatrick / Alex Fitzpatrick +2500
Taylor Pendrith / Corey Connors +3500
Rasmus Hoygaard / Nikolai Hoygaard +3500
Taylor Montgomery / Ben Griffin +4000
Sepp Straka / Bryce Garnett +4000
Nick Taylor / Adam Hadwin +4000
Keith Mitchell / Joel Damen +4000
Bryce Garnett / Sepp Straka +4000
Thomas Detrie / Robert McIntyre +4500
Doug Jim / Chan Kim +4500
Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak +4500
Daniel Berger / Victor Perez +4500
Kevin Yu / CT Pan+5000
Billy Horschel / Tyson Alexander +5000
Bo Hossler / Sam Ryder +5000
Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith +5000
Aaron Rye / David Lipsky +5000
Thorbjorn Olesen / Matt Wallace +6500
Taylor Moore / Matt Nesmith +6500
KH Lee / Michael Kim +6500
Grayson Sigg / Cheson Hadley +6500
Gary Woodland / Lee Hodges +6500
Garrick Higo / Ryan Fox +6500
Austin Eckrot / Chris Gottapp +6500
Steve Stricker / Matt Kuchar +8000
Nate Lashley / Rafael Campos +8000
Luke List / Henrik Norlander +8000
Kevin Streelman / Martin Laird +8000
Dylan Wu / Justin Lower +8000
Davis Riley / Nick Hardy +8000
Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgman +8000
Carson Young / Ben Martin +8000
Ben Silverman / Kevin Doherty +8000
Zach Johnson / Ryan Palmer +10000
Vincent Norman / Jorge Campillo +10000
Nico Echavarria / Max Glaserman +10000
Alex Smalley / Matty Schmidt +10000
Thriston Lawrence / Aldrich Potgieter +13000
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard +13000
Justin Hsu / Rico Hoey +13000
Jonathan Vegas / Bronson Burgoon +13000
JJ Spahn / Hayden Buckley +13000
Eric Burns / Harrison Endicott +13000
Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer +13000
Karl Yuan / Zetchen Do +13000
Sam Stevens / Paul Version +15000
Peter Malnati / Russell Knox +15000
