Viktor Hovland's stunning 61 on Sunday at the BMW Championship propelled him into second place heading into this week's 2022-23 PGA Tour finale, the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. What's unique about this week's tournament is that the players will begin with weighted starting strokes depending on their current FedExCup ranking. No. 1 overall Scottie Scheffler begins at 10 under par whereas Nos. 26 through 30 (Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka) begin at even par. The winner will take home an astonishing $18 million, second place $6.5 million, third place $5 million, all the way down to $500,000 for 30th place.

With the biggest names in golf playing for a chance at history, who can you trust for your TOUR Championship Fantasy golf picks? Before you set your TOUR Championship 2023 Fantasy golf lineups or make any PGA Tour bets, you NEED to see the Fantasy golf rankings from Fantasy expert Eric Cohen.

Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler's first career victory at +2800). 

Eric is a daily contributor to SportsLine's YouTube Show "Early Edge in 5" and is a guest on "The Early Wedge" SportsLine YouTube golf show hosted by Jonathan Coachman. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.

Now, Cohen has studied the field set to play at East Lake Golf Club and revealed his 2023 TOUR Championship Fantasy golf rankings and tiers. 

We can tell you he is backing Xander Schauffele, who starts seven strokes behind the leader. "Despite not winning this season, Schauffele has gained shots tee to green in eight of his last nine tournaments and has been positive with his putting stats in each of the last nine tourneys he's played. Schauffele is a great outright bet without starting strokes and certainly worth a sprinkle to rally from seven shots back to take down the FedExCup."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading the world's No. 3 ranked golfer, Jon Rahm, even though he is one of the top betting choices among oddsmakers. "I just can't back a golfer whose game peaked earlier this season and hasn't been all that consistent since. He lost more than three strokes tee to green last week and more than seven here last year."

Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2023 BMW Championship fantasy golf picks, including one longshot who comes in at 45-1! If this player can pull off a stunning result, he would bring a BIG payoff and be a valuable piece for TOUR Championship Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any fantasy golf picks.

Who wins the TOUR Championship at East Lake, and which player could bring a BIG payoff of 45-1 and be the difference for your Fantasy golf picks? ... Join SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's Fantasy golf rankings and picks for the 2023 TOUR Championship, all from the Fantasy expert who has delivered a positive ROI with his 2023 golf picks!