A renovated Quail Hollow Club will greet PGA Tour players this week when play begins in the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship beginning on Thursday at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. After last year's tournament, the club closed for a few months to undergo a renovation. The project included redoing all the tees and greens, installing a new drainage system, and overhauling the bunkers. Quail Hollow is set to host next year's PGA Championship.
This week, three-time champion Rory McIlroy is the favorite in the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds at +650. Xander Schauffele is the +900 second choice in the Wells Fargo Championship 2024 field. Defending champion Wyndham Clark (+1600), Patrick Cantlay (+1800) and Max Homa (+2200) round out the top five choices. Before locking in any 2024 Wells Fargo Championship picks, make sure you see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad, considering the success he had picking the tournament last year.
Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and in betting head-to-head matchups. He also has been solid with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 41-27-3 and returning 10.64 units over that span. That's a $1,064 profit for $100 bettors since May 2023.
Nejad also nailed Clark, a 75-1 longshot, as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners.
Now, Nejad has turned his attention to the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship field and locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.
Top 2024 Wells Fargo Championship expert picks
One surprise: Nejad is completely fading Tommy Fleetwood, even though he is one of the favorites at +2200. The 33-year-old from Southport, England, has eight international wins. Earlier this year, he won the Dubai Invitational on the DP World Tour by one stroke over, among others, McIlroy.
But while Fleetwood has had success internationally, he has yet to win on the PGA Tour in 134 career starts. "[He] has no business being +2200," Nejad told SportsLine. "He has great history at Quail Hollow, but he's shown no ability to close on the PGA Tour over his career and this is not the field for him to finally pull it off."
However, Nejad is high on the chances of Wyndham Clark, who is +1600 in the Wells Fargo Championship odds. Ranked No. 3 in the world, Clark has one win, two seconds and four top-10 finishes in 10 events this season. He hasn't played since finishing third in the RBC Heritage three weeks ago.
Nejad likes that Clark has excelled in all of the strokes gained metrics this year. He ranks second in strokes gained: total (1.780) behind only Scottie Scheffler. "The approach play hasn't been perfect, but he comes back to a place where he has won and he is notably unafraid of the big moments on Sundays," Nejad said. See which other golfers to back at SportsLine.
How to make 2024 Wells Fargo Championship picks
Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and is backing several longshots, including one that is priced at more than +4000. This player "has spiked enough lately" and is a longshot who could surprise. You can see Nejad's PGA Tour picks only at SportsLine.
So which players should you target or avoid for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship, and which player in the Wells Fargo Championship 2024 field could bring a huge payday at more than +4000? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship, all from the expert who is 41-27-3 on his last 71 head-to-head picks.
2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds, field
See Nejad's picks, best bets and predictions here.
Rory McIlroy +650
Xander Schauffele +900
Wyndham Clark +1600
Patrick Cantlay +1800
Max Homa +2200
Justin Thomas +2200
Collin Morikawa +2200
Viktor Hovland +2500
Tommy Fleetwood +2500
Sahith Theegala +2500
Cameron Young +2500
Si Woo Kim +3000
Will Zalatoris +3500
Tony Finau +3500
Sam Burns +3500
Matt Fitzpatrick +3500
Hideki Matsuyama +3500
Byeong Hun An +3500
Jordan Spieth +4000
Alex Noren +4000
Akshay Bhatia +4000
Adam Scott +4000
Stephan Jaeger +4500
Jason Day +4500
Brian Harman +4500
Sungjae Im +5000
Sepp Straka +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Harris English +5000
Corey Conners +5000
Adam Schenk +5000
Rickie Fowler +5500
Lucas Glover +5500
J.T. Poston +5500
Denny McCarthy +5500
Chris Kirk +5500
Billy Horschel +5500
Tom Hoge +6000
Shane Lowry +6000
Kurt Kitayama +6000
Mackenzie Hughes +7500
Keegan Bradley +7500
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +7500
Tom Kim +8000
Taylor Moore +8000
Austin Eckroat +8000
Eric Cole +9000
Patrick Rodgers +10000
Matthieu Pavon +10000
Jake Knapp +10000
Cam Davis +10000
Taylor Pendrith +11000
Nick Taylor +11000
Andrew Putnam +11000
Adam Hadwin +11000
Justin Rose +13000
Seamus Power +15000
Emiliano Grillo +15000
Brendon Todd +15000
Webb Simpson +18000
Peter Malnati +25000
Nick Dunlap +25000
Lee Hodges +25000
Ben Kohles +25000
Adam Svensson +25000
Matt Kuchar +30000
Kevin Tway +30000
Grayson Murray +30000
Gary Woodland +30000