Aaron Rai completed a shocking comeback on the final nine of a marathon day at the Wyndham Championship to capture his first PGA Tour victory and improve his standing in the FedExCup Standings. Now the three week playoffs begin in Memphis with the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 players entering last week's tournament did not change and all will advance to this week's event. For the first two weeks of the playoffs, FedExCup points will be quadrupled depending on how the golfers finish. While a typical tournament awards 500 points to the winner, this week's champion will be the recipient of 2,000 points, giving them a stranglehold on a top-10 position heading into the final two weeks. With six tournament victories (plus an Olympic gold medal), Scottie Scheffler holds a commanding lead and is almost certain to be in the top two for the final event at East Lake in two weeks.

For this week's event, TPC Southwind is a par-70 layout that plays at 7,243 yards. The 70 players will compete for a purse of $20 million, with the winner taking home a $3.6 million first prize. The top player in the FedExCup Standings and the world, Scottie Scheffler, is the oddsmakers' top choice at +375 odds followed by Xander Schauffele (+800), Rory McIlroy (+900), Collin Morikawa (+1200), Tommy Fleetwood and Ludvig Aberg (+2000), and Patrick Cantlay (+2200).

With the PGA Tour's first playoff week on tap, who can you trust for your FedEx St. Jude Championship golf picks? Before you set your FedEx St. Jude Championship 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 in seven tournaments over the last two seasons. He correctly identified Aaron Rai at +3300 odds last week in the 2024 Wyndham Championship, as well as Davis Thompson (2024 John Deere Classic, +2200), Bryson DeChambeau (2024 U.S. Open, +2000), Scottie Scheffler (2024 Players Championship, +550), Rickie Fowler (2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic, +1400), Brooks Koepka (2023 PGA Championship, +2000), and Chris Kirk (2023 Honda Classic, +3500).

Eric is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show (live on Tuesday, August 13th at 7 p.m. ET). Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions is up big! Now, Cohen has studied the field set to play at TPC Southwind and revealed his FedEx St. Jude Championship Fantasy golf rankings. 

We can tell you he is backing last week's winner, Aaron Rai at 45-1 odds saying, "He's now finished 1-T2-T4-T7 in his last four events on American soil so why not again this week? Don't forget that Lucas Glover won both the Wyndham Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship in consecutive weeks last year."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading Collin Morikawa, one of the favorites at 12-1 odds. "I was all-in on Morikawa at the Olympics but then again, I didn't expect him to lose more than five strokes putting in Paris. His game has cooled off a bit since a torrid stretch mid-summer, with only one top-10 in his last five events."

Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship fantasy golf picks, including two HUGE longshots who come in at least 100-1! If these players can pull off a stunning result, they would bring a HUGE payoff and be a valuable pieces for FedEx St. Jude Championship Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who they are before locking in any fantasy golf picks.

Who wins the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind, and which 100-1 longshots could bring a HUGE payout and be the difference for your Fantasy golf picks? Join SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's Fantasy golf rankings and picks for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, all from the Fantasy expert who has called seven outright winners since 2023!