The PGA Tour is heading to Hawaii this on Thursday for the 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions. Jordan Spieth is the Vegas favorite at 5/1, followed closely by Justin Thomas at 13/2.
Before you make any bets or enter a daily fantasy golf tournament on DraftKings or FanDuel, you'll want to hear what the team at SportsLine has to say.
SportsLine's prediction model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, was all over Rickie Fowler at the Hero World Challenge and had three players in its projected top five finish fourth or better. It was also high on Fowler at the OHL Classic, and Fowler took second. Anybody who used their model had plenty of great value selections to choose from.
Now that the 34-player field for the 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.
One huge surprise the model is calling for: Daniel Berger, a 30/1 long shot who has not finished better than 24th in a PGA Tour event this season, makes a serious run at the title. He's a target for anybody looking for a huge payday, and his odds have been getting longer all week.
Berger took 54th in the CJ Cup back in October and finished 24th at the World Golf Championships -- HSBC. However, he's been hot with a 14th place finish at the Hero World Challenge and fourth place finish at the QBE Shootout - both unofficial events.
Another curveball: Pat Perez, who has finished fifth or better in three of his five starts this season, doesn't even sniff the top 12. He's somebody to completely steer clear of this week.
Perez said in December that he'll win all four majors, but SportsLine's model isn't buying it and says he's destined for a 15th place finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Also, two additional players with odds longer than 20/1 are positioning themselves to make a serious run at the title. Anyone who bets on these underdogs could hit it big.
So who wins the 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions this year? And what long shots stun the golfing world? Check out the updated odds below and visit SportsLine now to see the full projected leaderboard from the model that has been red-hot so far this season, and find out.
Jordan Spieth (5/1)
Justin Thomas (13/2)
Dustin Johnson (7/1)
Rickie Fowler (7/1)
Hideki Matsuyama (10/1)
Brooks Koepka (12/1)
Jon Rahm (12/1)
Marc Leishman (20/1)
Patrick Cantlay (20/1)
Xander Schauffele (25/1)
Kevin Kisner (25/1)
Brian Harman (30/1)
Dan Berger (30/1)
Pat Perez (30/1)
