The PGA Tour descends upon the iconic Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass this week for the 2024 Players Championship. The flagship event on the PGA Tour schedule is often referred to as 'golf's fifth major'. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler headlines the 2024 Players Championship field. Scheffler, who won last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, is listed as the 11-2 betting favorite in the latest 2024 Players Championship odds. Other top contenders on the PGA odds board include Rory McIlroy (12-1), Justin Thomas (22-1), Xander Schauffele (22-1), Viktor Hovland (22-1), Patrick Cantlay (25-1), and Will Zalatoris (25-1). The field will be competing for a total purse of $25 million, with the winner's share of the prize money coming in at $4.5 million.
With his top notch recent form, and history of success at TPC Sawgrass, Scheffler will likely be a popular one and done pick for The Players. Should you back Scheffler? Or should you target a long shot like Jordan Spieth (35-1), Jason Day (45-1), or Matt Fitzpatrick (70-1)? Before locking in your 2024 Players Championship one and done picks, you need to see what SportsLine DFS pro and PGA expert Mike McClure has to say.
The One and Done format is growing in popularity. It has several noticeable similarities to NFL Survivor pools, with the main difference being entries are not eliminated with a bad week. Players pick one golfer per week and earn points based on their selected golfer's prize money for that tournament. Golfers can only be used once per season, and the point format makes nailing majors, signature events, and big money tournaments critical.
McClure is a DFS legend with over $2 million in career winnings, and he's been red-hot on his PGA picks dating back to the PGA Tour restart in June of 2020. McClure uses his proprietary simulation model to analyze the field and crush his golf picks.
McClure nailed plenty of One and Done picks in 2023. At the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open, McClure's top One and Done pick, Max Homa, outlasted the entire field to take home his sixth career PGA Tour victory and $1.566 million. At the WM Phoenix Open, McClure nailed Scheffler winning the tournament, taking home $3.6 million.
He correctly called Jon Rahm's wins at The Masters and the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Then at the RBC Canadian Open McClure listed Nick Taylor and Tyrrell Hatton as two of his top one and done picks. Taylor would go on to win the tournament, while Hatton finished in third place. And finally, at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, his top OAD pick was eventual tournament champion Rickie Fowler.
This season, one of his top OAD picks was for The American Express was Justin Thomas, who finished in third place and took home $635,600. At the WM Phoenix Open, McClure recommended OAD players use Scottie Scheffler as their pick. He ended up finishing in third place, taking home $519,200. At the Genesis Invitational, McClure tabbed Patrick Cantlay, who finished in fourth place at the signature event, as his top OAD pick. Finally, at the Cognizant Classic, McClure's top one and done pick, Min Woo Lee, finished in a tie for second place.
At last week's Arnold Palmer Invitation, a signature event, McClure again recommended using Scheffler (if he hadn't already been used) and Will Zalatoris. The Result: Scheffler won the event by five strokes, and Zalatoris finished in fourth place.
Now, McClure has dialed in on the Players Championship golf tournament and just locked in his one and done picks and PGA predictions. They are a must-see for any player looking for an edge in their One and Done pool. You can only see McClure's Players Championship 2024 one and done picks at SportsLine.
Top 2024 Players Championship One and Done picks
One of McClure's top one and done picks this week for The Players is former Alabama standout Justin Thomas. The 30-year-old PGA Tour veteran has 15 career outright wins, including two major championships (at the PGA Championship in 2017 and 2022) and a victory at The Players in 2021. Thomas was uncharacteristically inconsistent in 2023, but has bounced back and gotten off to a fast start to the 2024 season.
In five starts in 2024, Thomas has a third place finish (The American Express), sixth place finish (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am), and two 12th place finishes (WM Phoenix Open and Arnold Palmer Invitational). Thomas has long been considered to be one of the best irons players in the world and enters this week ranked eighth on the PGA Tour in strokes gained tee-to-green (1.220), 21st in strokes gained around the green (0.401), and 25th in total strokes gained (0.900). McClure believes Thomas will be in contention until the end at the 2024 Players Championship. You can see who else to back at SportsLine.
How to make Players Championship 2024 One and Done picks
McClure is also targeting another golfer for his 2024 Players Championship one and done picks who has a long track record of success against elite competition. This former major championship winner has the ability to win any tournament he enters, and is one of the most talented golfers in this field. You can find out who it is, and check out all of McClure's Players Championship one and done picks at SportsLine.
Who wins the The Players Championship 2024, and which golfers should you target for your PGA one and done picks this week at TPC Sawgrass? Visit SportsLine now to get Mike McClure's Players Championship 2024 one and done picks, all from the DFS pro who called Nick Taylor's epic win at the RBC Canadian Open and Rickie Fowler's win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2023, and Scottie Scheffler's win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and find out.
