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Eighteen of the world's top-ranked golfers are heading to the Bahamas this week for the 2017 Hero World Challenge, an invitation-only PGA Tour event. Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, and Jordan Spieth are the Vegas favorites at 6/1. 

Before you make any bets or enter a daily fantasy golf tournament on DraftKings or FanDuel, you'll want to hear what the team at SportsLine has to say. 

SportsLine's prediction model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, was all over Jon Rahm's win at the DP World Tour Championship and had all five players in its projected top five finish 10th or better.

Now that the field for the Hero World Challenge is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. 

Tiger Woods (45/1), the 14-time major champion, will return to competitive golf following his latest hiatus. Woods' last official event was in February, where he shot an opening round of 77 at the Dubai Desert Classic before withdrawing due to back issues. SportsLine says that Woods will struggle mightily in the Bahamas, however, and finishes next-to-last, beating out only Francesco Molinari.

One huge surprise the model is calling for: Kevin Kisner, a 28/1 long shot, makes a serious run at the title. He's a target for anybody looking for a huge payday.

Another curve ball: Justin Rose, who has finished fifth or better in three of his last four starts, finishes outside the top five. He's somebody to steer clear of this week.

Also, two players with odds longer than 20/1 will be real contenders for the title. Anyone who backs these underdogs could hit it big. 

So who wins the 2017 Hero World Challenge? And what long shots stun the golfing world? Check out the odds below and visit SportsLine now to see the full Hero World Challenge projected leaderboard from the model that nailed three majors heading into the weekend in 2017 and find out.

Justin Thomas 6/1
Jordan Spieth 6/1
Dustin Johnson 6/1
Rickie Fowler 8/1
Justin Rose 10/1
Hideki Matsuyama 11/1
Brooks Koepka 11/1
Jason Day 12/1
Marc Leishman 16/1
Daniel Berger 18/1
Patrick Reed 20/1
Matt Kuchar 20/1
Tommy Fleetwood 20/1
Francesco Molinari 28/1
Kevin Kisner 28/1
Alexander Noren 28/1
Charlie Hoffman 33/1
Tiger Woods 45/1