The PGA Tour's best golfers return to TPC Sawgrass for the 2024 Players Championship beginning on Thursday. Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion of this event, enters this week's tournament as the 11-2 favorite according to the latest 2024 Players Championship odds. The No. 1 ranked player in the world is followed by Rory McIlroy (12-1), Justin Thomas (22-1), Xander Schauffele (22-1) and Viktor Hovland (22-1) on the PGA odds board. 

We simulated the 2024 Players Championship 10,000 times, and there are some MAJOR surprises. Join SportsLine here to see the model's shocking projected leaderboard.

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up more than $9,600 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure's model predicted Scottie Scheffler (+600) would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned nearly $1,000!

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm's second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scottie Scheffler winning in 2022.

In addition, McClure's best bets included Nick Taylor (70-1) winning the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Jason Day (17-1) winning outright at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson, and Rickie Fowler (14-1) finishing on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 10 majors entering the weekend! Anyone who has followed it has seen MASSIVE returns! Join SportsLine now to see the model's shocking The Players Championship picks from 10,000 simulations!

The 50th edition of The Players Championship is set to get underway on Thursday from TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course. The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass was built in 1980 and the famed "Island Green" on 17 has quickly become its signature hole. It measures only 137 yards on the official scorecard, but the par-3 17th at TPC Sawgrass is anything but straightforward. Last year, 58 balls found the water, while three players recorded a hole-in-one. 

One major surprise the model is calling for at The Players Championship 2024: McIlroy, the 2019 champion and one of the top favorites, struggles this week and doesn't even crack the top five! Another surprise: Shane Lowry, a 40-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He has a much better chance to win it all than his odds imply, so he's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. 

Also, the model is targeting FOUR other golfers with odds of 25-1 or longer who will make surprising runs at the title! Anyone who backs these golfers could hit it BIG. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who they are before locking in any picks! 

So who wins The Players Championship 2024, and which HUGE longshots make a serious run at the title? ... Join SportsLine right now to see who you can bank on to win, and see which longshots make a run at the title, all from the model that's nailed 10 majors, including last year's Masters and Open Championship!