In what was an epic final round of THE PLAYERS Championship, with four golfers among the top eight in the Official World Golf Rankings, Scottie Scheffler prevailed for the second straight week and became the first ever back-to-back winner of the PGA Tour's biggest regular season tournament. The Florida Swing continues this week with the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida. The $8.4 million purse will be contested by 156 players with the winner receiving more than $1.5 million. The Copperhead Course is a par-71, playing at more than 7,300 yards with tree-lined, narrow fairways and features many elevation changes. The first tee times begin at 7:40 a.m. ET on Thursday.

Last week's co-runner up, Xander Schauffele is a +900 favorite at the Valspar Championship, followed by two-time winner of this event, Sam Burns (+1100), with 2015 winner Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas at +1400. 

With a competitive field for the third week of the 2024 Florida Swing, who can you trust for your Valspar Championship Fantasy golf picks? Before you set your 2024 Valspar 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 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 contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show (live on Tuesday, 3/19 at 7:00 p.m. ET). 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 the Copperhead Course and revealed his Valspar Championship Fantasy golf rankings. 

We can tell you he is backing Maverick McNealy, who finished ninth last week at THE PLAYERS Championship, at +6000 odds. "The collegiate star at Stanford has been excellent of late with a T6 in Scottsdale, T13 in Mexico, and T9 last week at TPC Sawgrass. I can't remember the last time I saw a player gain nearly eight shots around the greens as McNealy did last week, but that scrambling should be crucial again around The Snake Pit."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading World No. 8 Brian Harman at +2200, despite the fact that he made a run at last week's title. "Harman has missed five of the last six cuts here, but in 2022, he finished T5 while gaining 7.6 strokes putting. While I'm bullish on his current form, I'm putting Harman down towards the bottom of this list due to his rather poor history at Innisbrook."

Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Valspar Championship Fantasy golf picks, including a HUGE 175-1 longshot who has been excellent on the Florida Swing! If this player can pull off a stunning result, it would bring a HUGE payoff and be a valuable piece for The Players Championship Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any fantasy golf picks.

Who wins the Valspar Championship, and which triple-digit longshot 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 Valspar Championship, all from the Fantasy expert who has delivered a positive ROI with his golf picks!