The 2022 Zurich Classic gets underway from TPC Louisiana on Thursday, April 21. Experienced and amateur bettors alike will lock in wagers for this tournament, which is the PGA Tour's only full-field team event. Scottie Scheffler is set to make his first start since winning the Masters at the Zurich Classic 2022. The No. 1 ranked player in the world will be teaming up with Ryan Palmer, who's had success at this event in recent years. Palmer teamed up with Jon Rahm to win the Zurich Classic in 2019, so he knows what it takes to finish on top of the leaderboard.
The 2022 Zurich Classic format will see the duos play best-ball on Thursday and Saturday and alternate shot on Friday and Sunday. Caesars Sportsbook lists the duo of Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa as the 7-1 favorites in the latest 2022 Zurich Classic odds. They're followed by Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (8-1), Cameron Smith/Marc Leishman (9-1) and Scheffler/Palmer (11-1) on the PGA odds board. Before locking in your 2022 Zurich Classic picks, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, it's up almost $7,500 on its best bets since that point, nailing tournament after tournament.
At the 2022 Masters, McClure's model was all over Scottie Scheffler's first career major championship victory heading into the weekend. In addition, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright at the 2021 Open Championship, even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot.
This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now that the Zurich Classic 2022 field is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2022 Zurich Classic leaderboard.
The model's top 2022 Zurich Classic predictions
One major surprise the model is calling for at the 2022 Zurich Classic: the Smith/Leishman team, the defending champions, stumbles this week and finish outside the top five. Smith has had a ton of success at TPC Louisiana, winning the Zurich Classic twice with two different partners. Last year, Smith and Leishman outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel in a playoff to seal the victory.
However, no team has ever successfully defended a title since the Zurich Classic adopted the team format in 2017. Plus, both players have had trouble finding the fairway off the tee this season. In fact, both Smith and Leishman rank outside the top 120 in driving accuracy percentage, which doesn't bode well for their chances to repeat as champions.
Another surprise: the team of Talor Gooch and Max Homa, who are 28-1 long shots, make a strong run at the title. They have a much better chance to win it all than their odds imply, so they are a team to target for anyone looking for a huge payday.
Gooch enters this week's event full of confidence after recording four top-10 finishes this season. The 30-year-old is currently ranked fifth in the FedExCup standings, and he's coming off a T-14 finish at the Masters. Gooch has racked up 233 birdies this season, which ranks seventh on tour, and he's got all the tools needed to be in the mix at TPC Louisiana.
Meanwhile, Homa secured his third career victory on the PGA Tour earlier this season at the Fortinet Championship. He's also finished T-17 or better in four of his last six starts on the PGA Tour. Their current form, chemistry and experience in this event make them a strong team to back at the 2022 Zurich Classic.
How to make 2022 Zurich Classic picks
The model is also targeting three other teams with odds of 20-1 or higher who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these long shots could hit it big. You can only see them here.
So which team will win the Zurich Classic 2022? And which long shots stun the golfing world? Check out the odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2022 Zurich Classic leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed eight golf majors and is up nearly $7,500 since the restart.
2022 Zurich Classic odds
V Hovland/C Morikawa +700
X Schauffele/P Cantlay +800
C Smith/M Leishman +900
R Palmer/S Scheffler +1100
B Horschel/S Burns +1200
T Fleetwood/S Garcia +1600
S Lowry/I Poulter +2000
H VarnerB Watson +2500
J Niemann/M Pereira +2500
M Homa/T Gooch +2800
D Riley/W Zalatoris +2800
D Willett/T Hatton +2800
S Im/B An +2800
K Bradley/B Steele +2800
P Kizzire/J T Poston +4000
C Kirk/B Todd +4000
G McDowell/S Power +4000
G Sigg/S Straka +5000
A Hadwin/A Svensson +5000
M Laird/R MacIntyre +5500
B Snedeker/K Mitchell +5000
J Rose/H Stenson +5000
A Noren/H Norlander +6500
T Merritt/R Streb +6500
M McNealy/J Bramlett +6500
D Ghim/M Schwab +6500
W Clark/C Tringale +6500
C Bezuidenhout/C Schwartzel +5500
J Day/J Scrivener +6500
R Knox/B Stuard +6500
S Brown/K Kisner +8000
B Hossler/S Theegala +9000
L Glover/C Reavie +9000
D Lipsky/A Rai +10000
T Moore/M NeSmith +10000
R Cabrera Bello/E Grillo +10000
B Garnett/S Stallings +12500
S Horsfield/M Wallace +12500
B Kohles/D McCarthy +12500
J Dahmen/S Jaeger +12500
H Higgs/A Smotherman +12500
B Grace/G Higgo +12500
P Rodgers/B Wu +15000
S Ryder/D Redman +15000
T Duncan/A Schenk +15000
C Hoffman/N Watney +15000
H Buckley/A Smalley +15000
S O'Hair/S Piercy +15000
B Hoag/A Long +15000
R Werenski/P Uihlein +15000
P Barjon/T Hoge +15000
K Aphibarnrat/K Kitayama +15000
