One of the best PGA Tour fields in more than a decade will tee off Thursday in the 2022 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The Stadium Course will welcome 123 of the 125 players who qualified for last season's FedEx Cup playoffs, the most in an event since the playoff format started in 2005. The Players Championship field features 48 of the world's top 50 golfers.

World No. 1 Jon Rahm and defending champion Justin Thomas are among the many headliners in the field. They are the 14-1 co-favorites in the latest 2022 Players Championship from Caesars Sportsbook, along with Collin Morikawa, the world's No. 2 player. Before you bet this PGA Tour event or lock in any Fantasy golf rankings for the 2022 Players Championship, you HAVE TO see what fantasy expert Riley Gates has to say.

Gates is a writer for 247Sports and has covered a range of sports for nearly five years. He has followed golf closely for much longer and has a profound knowledge of the sport. He also knows what it takes to win, on the course and in fantasy sports, and he has been on fire this season.  

In last week's picks for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, nine of Gates' top 10 picks finished in the top 20, including winner Scottie Scheffler and runners-up Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton.

"It is really hard to not blindly pick Scheffler right now," Gates said before the event, pointing to his "red-hot" run. "Do not expect that to change this weekend."

Scheffler stayed steady while everyone around him faltered, and the 25-year-old ended up at 5 under for his second victory and fifth top-10 of the season.   

In the expert's picks for the Honda Classic, eight of them finished in the top 16, and he was on the money at the WM Phoenix Open, where his five best selections all ended the weekend in the top 10. 

Gates also NAILED his picks at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, with four of his top seven picks posting top-five finishes. And at the Hero World Challenge, again four of his top seven finished in the top five. Anyone who has followed Gates is WAY UP! 

Now, the expert has ranked his top 20 golfers for the 2022 Players Championship, and you'll really want to see who he is backing. 

We can tell you that Gates is strongly backing Morikawa! The world's No. 2 player has finished in the top 10 in all five of his events this season. He shot no worse than 68 in tying for second at Riviera, and he is 85 under over those five tournaments. Gates is highly recommending him for your Fantasy golf picks.    

SHOCKINGLY, the expert is fading Rahm again! The Spaniard is well outside the expert's top five after he went 2 over par to tie for 17th last week. Rahm has just three top-10's in seven events and hasn't been dominant, so Gates has several other players you should have in your Fantasy golf picks this week!

Instead, the fantasy expert has a long-shot player ranked ahead of Rahm who comes in at more than 30-1! Gates says this player "is playing some of the best golf out there right now," and he sees him as a must-play for your Fantasy golf picks this week! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is and check out Gates' top picks before you bet the 2022 Players Championship or enter any Fantasy golf picks.

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