The PGA Tour will have a rare Wednesday start to a golf tournament when play begins at the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Because of the NFL conducting both the AFC and NFC Championship Games on Sunday, the PGA Tour decided to move up the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open by one day. Xander Schauffele is the +1000 favorite in the latest Farmers Insurance Open odds. Patrick Cantlay (+1100), Collin Morikawa (+1100), Max Homa (+1200), Min Woo Lee (+2000) and Ludvig Aberg (+2000) round out the top six choices in the Farmers Insurance Open field.

Before locking in any Farmers Insurance Open picks, make sure you see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad.

Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and in betting head-to-head matchups. He also has been on fire with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 26-15-1 and returning 8.67 units over that span. That's a $867 profit for $100 bettors in the last 14 weeks of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season.

Nejad also nailed 75-1 longshot Wyndham Clark as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners. Nejad also had a winning head-to-head record in seven of nine weeks. He was up more than 70 units over that span.

Now, Nejad has been digging into the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open field to find the best value and just locked in his best bets and favorites to avoid.

One surprise: Nejad is completely fading Patrick Cantlay (+1100). However, Nejad is high on the chances of Ludvig Aberg (+2000). "This week I'm banking on the upside of Ludvig Aberg, who is an excellent course fit and has all the tools to win this tournament, in spite of the fact that this will be his first time playing the Farmers," Nejad told SportsLine.

Moreover, Nejad is jumping on several underdogs, including one longshot who's priced at more than 100-1. This player "has improved with his putter over the last year" and is a longshot who could surprise. If he does, you could cash in HUGE. You need to see who it is before locking in any 2024 Farmers Insurance Open picks of your own.

So which 2024 Farmers Insurance Open players should you target or avoid? And which player could bring a big payday at more than 100-1? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open, all from the expert who is 26-15-1 on his last 42 head-to-head picks!