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The world's top golfers are teaming up this week for the 2017 QBE Shootout at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Harris English and Matt Kuchar are the Vegas favorites at 4/1. This is not a traditional golf tournament, either. The 24-person field will feature a dozen two-person teams competing against one another.

The 2017 QBE Shootout has a scramble format during the first round, a modified alternate shot format in the second- round, and a final-round better ball on Sunday.

A scramble allows each player to hit a drive on every hole and the team selects the best drive. Each player then plays a second shot from the place where the selected drive lays, and then the best second shot is selected. This is repeated until the hole is completed.

The second round's modified shot format allows each player to hit a drive on every hole, with the best drive being selected. The player whose drive is not selected will then hit the second shot, and the team will alternate shots.

For the third and final round, each player plays through every hole using his own ball. The player whose score is the lowest on each hole will be the team's score.

Before you make any bets on this unconventional golf tournament, 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 Rickie Fowler at the Hero World Challenge, correctly saying he'd finish near the very top of the leaderboard. It also had three players in its projected Top 5 finish fourth or better.

Now that the field for the 2017 QBE Shootout is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.

One huge surprise the model is calling for the 2017 QBE Shootout: Daniel Berger and Gary Woodland, who are 9/1 long shots, will make a serious run at the title. This duo is a target for anybody looking for a huge payday.

Another curveball: Defending tournament champions and Vegas favorites Matt Kuchar and Harris English will finish outside the top three. Avoid them in the QBE Shootout 

Also, several teams with long odds will position themselves to make a serious run at the title. Anyone who bets on these underdogs could hit it big.

So which team will win the 2017 QBE Shootout? And what long shots stun the golfing world? Check out the odds below and visit SportsLine now to see the full QBE Shootout projected leaderboard from the model that nailed three majors heading into the weekend in 2017 and find out.

English / Kuchar 4/1
Chappell / Kisner 6/1
Hoffman / Johnson 7/1
Harman / Perez 15/2
Berger / Woodland 9/1
Bradley / Steele 9/1
Snedeker / Watson 9/1
Dufner / Horschel 10/1
Henley / Stanley 10/1
Lowry / McDowell 10/1
O'Hair / Stricker 22/1
Finau / Thompson 33/1