Two players have finished in the top 10 in all three majors this year, and both will try to break through in the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews. The historic 150th British Open tees off Thursday on the Old Course, where Rory McIlroy is the favorite as he seeks his fifth major championship and first since 2014. He was the runner-up at the Masters, eighth at the PGA and fifth at the U.S. Open. Other 2022 Open Championship contenders include Xander Schauffele, who has won his past two tournaments, world No. 1 and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, and PGA winner Justin Thomas. Who can you trust in your 2022 Open Championship fantasy golf rankings?
Caesars Sportsbook's latest 2022 Open Championship odds list McIlroy as the 9-1 favorite. Schauffele is the 14-1 second choice, and Scheffler (16-1), Spieth (16-1) and Rahm (16-1) also are among the top 2022 Open Championship favorites. Can McIlroy or Zalatoris break through and make an impact for your 2022 Open Championship fantasy golf picks? Before you lock in any 2022 Open Championship Fantasy golf rankings or make any bets, be sure you check out the Fantasy golf projections from SportsLine fantasy expert Riley Gates.
Gates is a writer for 247Sports and has covered a range of sports for nearly five years. He has followed golf closely for much longer and has a profound knowledge of the sport. He also knows what it takes to win, on the course and in fantasy sports.
Gates has been crushing his golf picks all season. At the John Deere Classic, he nailed 40-1 longshot J.T. Poston as a potential winner. "Poston has been sniffing a win in recent months," Gates said. "At these odds, I think it is more than fair to give Poston a light sprinkle to come away with the win."
The 29-year-old went 21 under at TPC Deere Run to cruise to a three-stroke victory, his second on the PGA Tour and his first in nearly three years. Gates' top three fantasy anchors also all finished in the top 16, two of them in the top 10.
At the Travelers, he was all over Sahith Theegala, who was priced at just $7,300 at DraftKings and finished as a runner-up to help many Fantasy golf players cash in. At the Memorial, five of Gates' nine picks finished in the top 15, including his biggest sleeper, Brendan Steele -- just $6,600 at DraftKings -- who posted a top-10 finish.
And at the Wells Fargo, four of his top six players finished in the top five, including winner Max Homa, a 40-1 long shot. Anyone who has followed Gates is way up.
Now, Gates has ranked his top golfers for the Open Championship 2022. You can only see his Fantasy golf rankings and Open Championship picks at SportsLine.
2022 Open Championship Fantasy golf picks
Justin Thomas had a slip-up in missing the cut at the Scottish Open, but that isn't keeping Gates from backing the PGA champ this week. The 29-year-old has proven he can score very low, leading the tour with 4.7 birdies per round and ranking fifth in scoring average (69.3). He shot 63-64 on the weekend at the Canadian Open a month ago, and he shares the lead in top-10 finishes this season with Scottie Scheffler, posting nine in his 17 events. He was in the top three in four of those. Thomas is ninth in scrambling and fifth in overall putting average (1.55 per hole).
On the other hand, the expert is putting more stock in Jordan Spieth's performance this season than his previous Open success and is fading the 2017 champion. "He doesn't have it this year, especially in the majors," Gates told SportsLine. After missing the cut at the Masters, where he almost always plays well, Spieth was 34th at the PGA and 37th in the U.S. Open. He is struggling to hit greens (100th in GIR) and fairways (141st in driving accuracy) and also has had trouble making his putts (114th in strokes gained). He has five top-10 finishes in 18 tournaments this season. See his full 2022 British Open Fantasy golf rankings here.
How to set your 2022 Open Championship Fantasy golf rankings
For the year's final major at St. Andrews, Gates is backing a player for fantasy rosters who will be overlooked. This golfer is an excellent player around the green and should excel on a course like St. Andrews. The expert believes he will bring the best value to help you build a strong lineup. You can find out who it is, and check out all of Gates' top Open Championship golf picks, at SportsLine.
Who wins the 2022 Open Championship, and who are the top PGA Tour players to target for your Fantasy picks? And which overlooked players can help you win your league this week? Visit SportsLine now to get Riley Gates' Fantasy golf rankings for the 2022 Open Championship, all from the fantasy expert who has been on fire with his picks, and find out.
