It will be a mad dash to the title at the 2022 Tour Championship this week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler will have the edge when the tournament starts Thursday, but several golfers will be breathing down his neck, including reigning FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay. As the FedEx Cup leader, Scheffler will start the week at 10 under par, with Cantlay at 8 under, followed by Xander Schauffele (6 under) and Sam Burns (5 under).    

Scheffler is the 12-5 favorite to win the FedEx Cup title in the latest 2022 Tour Championship odds from Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Cantlay (4-1) and Schuaffele (15-2). Rory McIlroy (8-1) and Jon Rahm (10-1) are the favorites to win the tournament without starting strokes, according to Caesars. Scheffler (10-1), Cantlay (10-1) and Schauffle (10-1) also are among the favorites in the Tour Championship 2022 field to win without the handicap strokes. 

Before you lock in any 2022 Tour Championship picks, be sure you check out the Tour Championship 2022 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 is up 45 units on those plays in 2022, 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.

McDonald JUST missed on his longshot play at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, with 80-1 shot Taylor Pendrith battling for the lead all week until winner Tony Finau's dominant Sunday. He also pegged Pendrith as the first-round leader at 70-1, and the Canadian shared that honor with Finau.

At last week's BMW Championship, the expert nailed his matchup play of Joaquin Niemann over Viktor Hovland, and it wasn't even close. Niemann tied for eighth, while Hovland needed a 6-under 65 just to finish T-35. At the St. Jude, McDonald picked Zalatoris over Finau in their head-to-head matchup. And while Finau continued his stellar play, Zalatoris was better, winning the tournament while Finau tied for fifth. 

Now, McDonald has studied the 2022 Tour Championship field and locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. SHOCKINGLY, McDonald is fading Sam Burns, even though he has three victories this season! The 26-year-old has been in a serious rut and is leaning too heavily on his putting. His wildness off the tee is going to get him huge trouble at East Lake.

Instead, McDonald is targeting a player for a top-10 finish who comes in at more than 30-1 to win the FedEx Cup! This golfer stumbled at the BMW but has been posting high finishes all season, and McDonald expects him to do it again! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any Tour Championship 2022 picks of your own!

So which 2022 Tour Championship players should you target or avoid? And which player will post a top-10 finish and helps you cash in on the PGA Tour finale? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Patrick McDonald's top picks for the 2022 Tour Championship, all from the expert who is up more than 45 units on outright plays in 2022, and find out!