PGA Tour players get their final tune-up before next week's Masters when play begins in the 2024 Valero Texas Open beginning on Thursday at TPC San Antonio. The Valero Texas Open has attracted a strong field, led by world No. 2 Rory McIlroy, three-time major winner and native Texan Jordan Spieth and former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. 

McIlroy is the +900 favorite in the 2024 Valero Texas Open odds. Ludvig Aberg (+1200), Spieth (+2000), Matsuyama (+2000) and Max Homa (+2200) round out the top five choices in the odds for the Texas Open 2024 field.

Before locking in any 2024 Valero Texas 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 solid with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 37-23-2 and returning 9.853 units over that span. That's a $985 profit for $100 bettors since May 2023.

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.

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

One surprise: Nejad is fading Rory McIlroy, even though he is the favorite at +900. Another curveball: Nejad is high on Byeong Hun An (+3500). "His metrics can be volatile, but I'm happy to bank on his upside in this field," Nejad told SportsLine.

Moreover, Nejad is jumping on a longshot who's priced at more than +12000! This player is in "good form" and is a longshot who could surprise. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see who it is before locking in any 2024 Texas Open picks of your own!

So which 2024 Texas Open golfers should you target or avoid? And which player could bring a huge payday at more than +12000? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 Texas Open, all from the expert who is 37-23-2 on his last 62 head-to-head picks!