It's an opportunity for the lesser-known golfers on the PGA Tour this week when they tee off Thursday at the 2022 Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club. The tournament's full PGA Tour status makes a victory worth a tour exemption through 2025 and invitations to the Masters and PGA Championship, as well as 500 FedEx Cup points. Lucas Herbert is the defending champion after shooting 15 under par last year, and 2021 tour winners Seamus Power, Garrick Higgo and Chad Ramey are also among those set to tee off this week.

Denny McCarthy is the 14-1 favorite in the latest 2022 Bermuda Championship odds, ahead of Adrian Meronk (18-1) and Thomas Detry (18-1). No other golfers are shorter than 20-1, with Power (25-1) and Mark Hubbard (25-1) among the other favorites in the Bermuda Championship 2022 field.

Before you lock in any 2022 Bermuda Championship picks, be sure you check out the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf insider Patrick McDonald.

After spending time at FanSided and NBC Sports EDGE, McDonald joined CBS Sports as a golf writer in the spring of 2022. Now covering the sport from a broader perspective, McDonald still likes to dip his toes into the betting pools on a weekly basis on the PGA Tour. 

He takes a measured approach to his outright selections and finished the 2021-22 season up 42 units on those plays, having hit Cameron Smith (22-1) at the Tournament of Champions, Hudson Swafford (250-1) at The American Express, Joaquin Niemann (70-1) at the Genesis Invitational and Justin Thomas (66-1) live at the PGA Championship. 

At this year's Zozo Championship, McDonald NAILED a first-round leader, backing 80-1 Brendan Steele before he closed with four birdies to lead by one stroke after Thursday's round! The expert also hit two of his three matchup plays there, including tournament winner Keegan Bradley over Corey Conners, one of the pre-tournament favorites. Anyone who followed McDonald's advice cashed in HUGE!

Now, McDonald has studied the 2022 Bermuda Championship field and locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. SHOCKINGLY, McDonald is fading McCarthy, the tournament. The 29-year-old was one of the best ball-strikers on tour last season, but he hasn't found that form yet this year. He also doesn't have a tour victory, and in this wide-open field, backing him "is hard to justify," the expert says.

Instead, McDonald is targeting a MONSTER long shot to win who would bring a payout approaching triple digits! The expert says this young player has proven he can win, and if his scoring clubs catch fire he can pull off a STUNNING victory. He would bring a HUGE payday for anyone who backs him! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any Bermuda Championship 2022 picks of your own!

So which 2022 Bermuda Championship players should you target or avoid? And which golfer could pull off a stunning PGA Tour result this week and help you cash in big? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Patrick McDonald's top picks for the 2022 Bermuda Championship, all from the expert who finished the 2021-22 season up more than 42 units on outright plays, and find out!