Most of the world's best PGA Tour golfers will be back in action this week in Maui when the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions tees off Thursday. Rory McIlroy opted out, but a Tournament of Champions field led by Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and two-time winner Justin Thomas will take on a Kapalua course that should yield very low scores. Cameron Smith, also absent following his move to LIV Golf, shot 34 under to edge Rahm by one stroke on the Plantation Course last year.   

Rahm is the 8-1 favorite in the latest 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Scheffler, Thomas and Xander Schauffele are right behind at 10-1, followed by Patrick Cantlay at 12-1 and several golfers who are priced at 18-1. 

Before you lock in any 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions picks, make 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. 

McDonald takes a measured approach to his outright selections and is having a profitable 2022-23 season in every category. He NAILED the Houston Open, backing Tony Finau to win at 25-1, and is up more than 16 units on his plays overall. That's a profit of more than $1,600 for $100 bettors! The expert also has been on the money on his matchup plays and cashed in HUGE on Brendan Steele (80-1) as the first-round leader at the Zozo Championship.

The expert finished the 2021-22 season up 42 units on his outright 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. Anyone who follows McDonald's advice has been cashing in!

Now, McDonald has combed the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions field for the best value and locked in his best bets and favorites to avoid. One thing we can tell you is that McDonald is fading Matt Fitzpatrick (18-1). The expert knows the Englishman is one of the best in the world in tough conditions, but that won't be the scenario in Maui. Fitzpatrick just doesn't break par often enough to make a run at Kapalua.

Instead, McDonald is targeting a golfer who has excelled on similar courses but just doesn't have the victories to show for it. The expert expects this golfer to have an excellent season, and his results should start matching his talent this week at Kapalua. If he pulls off the victory, he would bring a SIGNIFICANT payday of more than 20-1 for anyone who backs him! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any Sentry Tournament of Champions 2022 picks of your own!

So which 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions players should you target or avoid? And which golfer has the best value at more than 20-1 in this stacked Tournament of Champions field? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Patrick McDonald's top picks for the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions, all from the expert up more than $1,600 for the 2022-23 season, and find out!