With the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship being the final event before the PGA Championship, fantasy golf lineups will have no shortage of elite players with the top golfers in the world getting in a tune-up before the major. Seven of the top 10 in World Ranking are competing this week at Quail Hollow Club beginning on Thursday, so the likes of Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland and Max Homa will be sought-after Wells Fargo Championship fantasy picks. The same goes for Wyndham Clark, who picked up his first PGA Tour victory at this tournament last year and is at +1400 in the latest Wells Fargo Championship 2024 odds.
That trails just McIlroy +650 and Xander Schauffele +900, as the latter was runner-up to Clark a year ago, while McIlroy is the only three-time winner of this tournament. However, Taylor Pendrith was ranked outside the top 100 before picking up his first career victory last week, so who could be this week's Pendrith as a fantasy golf pick who could be a part of a winning PGA fantasy strategy? Before making any 2024 Wells Fargo Championship fantasy golf picks, you have to see the Wells Fargo Championship fantasy golf rankings from SportsLine handicapper Eric Cohen.
Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2024 Masters (Scottie Scheffler, +350), Players Championship (Scheffler +550), 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scheffler's first career victory at +2800).
Cohen is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.
Now, Cohen has ranked his top golfers for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. Cohen's picks are only available at SportsLine.
2024 Wells Fargo Championship expert picks
Cohen is backing the 2017 PGA Championship winner at Quail Hollow, Justin Thomas. Just eight golfers in this year's field have made the cut in each of their last three appearances at Quail Hollow, and Thomas is one of them. However, he's done more than just make the cut at Quail Hollow outside of the Wells Fargo Championship. In addition to that PGA Championship win here, Thomas went a combined 4-0 at this course at the 2022 Presidents Open.
He's coming off a fifth place finish at the RBC Heritage, which is held at Hilton Head and grades out as the closest course comparison to Quail Hollow. He's having a resurgent season on tour after a couple of down years as he ranks in the top 10 in strokes gained: tee-to-green, birdie average and strokes gained: around-the-green. That ability to break par consistently is essential at this tournament as the last four winners at Quail Hollow have an average score of 14-under-par. Thomas was one stroke back of the lead heading into the weekend of last year's event, so he's one to insert into this week's fantasy golf lineups.
On the other hand, Cohen is fading Patrick Cantlay at +1600. The 2021 FedEx Cup champion has contested three stroke play tournaments at this course with tying for 21st at last year's Wells Fargo being his best showing. He'd likely be happy with a 21st place finish this week as he's finished 22nd or worse in four of his last five starts this season.
Cantlay's iron play has been his weak link as he ranks outside the top 100 on tour in both strokes gained: approach the green and greens in regulation percentage. Even when managing to find the green, his putter is letting him down as he ranks 80th in putting average after ranking 16th last year. The small greens at Quail Hollow don't foreshadow much success for someone struggling to land on them, so Cohen is avoiding Cantlay for fantasy golf picks for this week, saying, "The irons and putter simply haven't been consistent in 2024. He finished T23 here last year despite losing more than two strokes on approach, so tread carefully again this week." See all of Cohen's Wells Fargo Championship picks at SportsLine.
How to set 2024 Wells Fargo Championship Fantasy golf lineups
For this week, Cohen is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Wells Fargo Championship fantasy golf picks, including a triple-digit longshot who "performed above average in all statistical categories" at this event last year and could help spice up your Fantasy golf lineups. See who it is, and get all of Cohen's fantasy golf picks, at SportsLine.
Who wins Wells Fargo Championship 2024, and who are the top players to target for your PGA fantasy golf picks? Visit SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's fantasy golf rankings, all from the fantasy expert who has called seven outright winners since 2022, and find out.