This week, the PGA Tour will cross the Atlantic for the 2024 Genesis Open in Scotland, which begins Thursday at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick. The event, co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, will feature 75 PGA Tour members and an equal number of DP World Tour members. The event is the last chance for players to get their game in shape before the final major of the season, The Open at Royal Troon next week.
Rory McIlroy, who won the Scottish Open last year, leads the 2024 Scottish Open odds at +650, just ahead of defending PGA champion Xander Schauffele (+750). Collin Morikawa (+1200), Ludvig Aberg (+1400), Viktor Hovland (+2000) and Tommy Fleetwood (+2000) are the top six of the 2024 Scottish Open field. Before locking in any 2024 Scottish Open picks, be sure to check out golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad's PGA Tour predictions and best bets.
Ahmadinejad specializes in betting and DFS on sports like golf. He has had incredible success in the straight and first-round leader markets, as well as head-to-head betting. He has also performed well in head-to-head play since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 51-35-5 and returning 12.93 units during that time. A $100 bettor would have made $1,293 since May 2023.
Last year, Nejad also defeated Wyndham Clark, who was 75-1, to become the outright winner of the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted “The Early Wedge,” and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners. Last week, Nejad added Davis Thompson to his outright winner list, and Nejad's score is +2200 if Thompson wins.
Now, Ahmadinejad turns his attention to the field for the 2024 Scottish Open and locks down the top picks, the favorites to win and the best players to avoid. Check them out at SportsLine.
Expert Picks for the 2024 Scottish Open
One surprise: Ahmadinejad is completely behind Tommy Fleetwood, despite being ranked 11th in the world. Fleetwood is one of the favorites at +2000 and has three top-10s and eight top-25s in 14 PGA Tour events this year. He finished 15th at the Travelers Championship three weeks ago.
But in 140 career PGA Tour events, Fleetwood has never topped the leaderboard. His best finish is second, which he has done five times. “He's a favorite for a lot of people, but I don't think he can get close to winning in a tournament like this, so I'd avoid him,” Nejad told SportsLine.
Another surprise: Ahmadinejad is bullish on Swedish phenom Ludvig Arbery. Arbery, the fourth choice at +1400, has played 14 tournaments this year, finishing runner-up twice, with six top-10s and 10 top-25s. He has taken two weeks off since finishing 27th at the Travelers Championship.
Nejad thinks Aberg will win across the board this week. Aberg ranks eighth on the PGA Tour with a (+1.236) overall scoring average. “I like his potential if he plays well with his short game, and I like that he's had two weeks off the last week to go overseas to rest his knee, which has been a little bit of an issue this year,” Nejad said. See which other players are worth backing at SportsLine.
How to choose the 2024 Scottish Open
Ahmadinejad has locked in the top pick for the 2024 Scottish Open and is backing multiple underdogs, including one at over +5000. The player “fits the mold of a player who can win this tournament” and is a potential underdog who could be a surprise. You can only see Ahmadinejad's PGA Tour picks at SportsLine.
So which players should you target or avoid in the 2024 Scottish Open, and which player could bring a massive payout of over +5000 in the 2024 Scottish Open? Check out the odds below, and then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad’s top picks for the 2024 Scottish Open, all from a pro who is 51-35-5 in his last 91 golf matchups, and who beat Davis Thompson at +2200 last week.
2024 Scottish Open odds, participants
Check out Nejad's picks, top picks, and predictions here.
Rory McIlroy +650
Sander Schauffele +750
Colin Morikawa +1200
Ludwig Abegg +1400
Viktor Hovland +2000
Tommy Fleetwood+2000
Tom King +2500
Lee Minwoo +2500
Hideki Matsuyama +2800
Matt Fitzpatrick +3500
Justin Thomas +3500
Ren Chengcai +4000
Robert McIntyre +4000
Corey Connors +4000
Aaron Ray +4000
Wyndham Clark +4500
Sassis Tigala +4500
Max Homa +5000
Jordan Spieth +5,000
Christian Bezuidenhout +5000
An Bingxun +5000
Brian Harman +5000
Sepp Straka +5500
Davis Thompson +5500
Jinyu+6000
Thomas Detry +7000
Adam Scott +7000
Tom Hogg +7500
Eric Van Rooyen +7500
Alex Nolen +7500
Will Zalatoris +8000
Tom McKibbin +8000
Ryan Fox +8000
Nicola Hoggard +8000
Keith Mitchell +8000
Danny McCarthy +8000
Billy Horschel +8000
Rasmus Hogaard +9000
Mathieu Pavon +9000
Harris English +10000
Victor Perez +11000
Sebastian Soderbergh +11,000
Rickie Fowler +11,000
Matt Wallace +11,000
Kurt Kitayama +11000
Keita Nakajima +11000
Jordan Smith +11000
Evan Ferguson +11000
Adam Hadwin +11000
Tyler Moore +12,000
Seamus Strength +12000
Long-lasting light +12000
Mackenzie Hughes +12000
Kevin Yu +12000
Justin Rose +12,000
Bernd Wiesberger +12000
Ben Griffin +12,000
Sam Stevens +15,000
Matthew Jordan +15,000
Mark Hubbard +15,000
Lauri Kanter +15000
Guido Migliozzi +15000
Eric Cole +15,000
Cam Davis +15,000
Austin Ekrot +15,000
Lucas Glover +17,000
Doug Ping +17000
Andrew Novak +17000
Tyler Montgomery +17,000
Thorbjorn Olsen +20000
Sam Valimaki +20000
Hoshino Rikuya +20000
Richard Mansell +20000
Nick Taylor +20000
Marty Schmid +20000
Lee Hodges +20000
Emiliano Grillo +20000
Davis Riley +20000
Callum Hill +20000
Andrew Putnam +20000
Triston Lawrence +25,000
Roman Langask +25000
Niklas Norgaard +25000
Matthew Southgate +25,000
Li Jinhua +25000
Justin Lohr +25,000
Julien Guerrier +25000
Jost Lutten +25000
Connor Syme +25000
Brandon Todd +25,000
Alex Fitzpatrick +25,000
Adrian Otaegui +25,000
Max Greisserman +25,000
Yannick Paul +30000
Luke Lister +30000
Chris Gottrup +30000
Chandler Phillips +30,000
Antoine Rozner +30000
Jesper Svensson +35000
Sean Crocker +40,000
Scott Jamieson +40000
Pablo Larrazabal +40000
Matteo Manassero +40,000
Marcel Siam +40000
Jorge Campillo +40000
Haotong Li +40000
Charlie Hoffman +40,000
Ben Cole's +40000
Alexander Bjork +40,000
Vincent Norman +50000
Nacho Elvira +50000
Lee Jung Hwan +50000
Gary Woodland +50,000
Dan Bradbury +50,000
Callum Shinkwin +50000
Bryce Garnett +50,000
Katsuragawa Hiroto +60000
Stewart Cink +60,000
Shubhankar Sharma +60000
Richie Ramsey +60000
Patrick Harrington +60000
Nico Echavarria +60000
Grant Forrest +60,000
Ugo Cuso +70,000
David Lowe +70000
Adrian Arnaus +70000
Aaron Cockerill +70,000
Todd Clements +100000
Maximilian Kiefer +100000
Luke Donald +100000
Louis de Jager +100000
Kiradek Afibanarat +100000
Jens Dantop +100000
Jeff Winser +100000
Jason Scrivener +100000
Francesco Molinari +100000
Dylan Frittelli +100000
Darius van Dril +100000
Daniel Hillier +100000
Daniel Brown +100000
Shangxian Park +150000
Han Zhengyu+150000
Santiago Tarrio +200000
Matthew Baldwin +200000
Let's go +200000
Simon Follstrom +250,000
Oakie Strydom +250,000
Nick Bachem +250,000
Kawamura Masahiro +250000
Marcus Armitage +250,000
Jordan Gamberg +250,000
Helilon+250000
Dale Whitnell +250,000
Cole Rooker +250000
Oliver Wilson +500000
Daniel Gavins +500000
