TOUR Championship picks, predictions: Best bets for PGA finale at East Lake
The 2026 PGA Tour season comes to an end this weekend at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.The TOUR Championship features a field of the 30 top players from the previous eight months, with the winner taking home a whopping $10 million.Scottie Scheffler, two weeks removed from an eight-stroke victory at the St.Jude Championship to kick off the FedEx Cup Playoffs, is in his usual perch atop the betting odds.Scheffler, who owns +350 odds to win his second TOUR Championship, hasn’t been as dominant in 2026 as he was in the previous two campaigns, but he’s been the chalk in every tournament he’s entered.
That streak continues at East Lake.Rory McIlroy, whose late surge fell short at last week’s BMW Championship, is the only other golfer with single-digit odds at FanDuel Sportsbook.The Northern Irishman is +950 to win his fourth FedEx Cup.The man who held off McIlroy, Wyndham Clark, is the fourth-favorite at 16/1, just behind Xander Schauffele (12/1).Last year’s winner, Tommy Fleetwood, checks in at 20/1.The format of this tournament has changed plenty over the years, but the current iteration is straightforward.
Every player starts at even par, and whoever wins the event is crowned the FedEx Cup Champion and takes home the 10 million smackaroos. Not bad for four days’ work.It’s been a resurgent year for Matt Fitzpatrick.After spending much of 2025 in the wilderness as he struggled with some injuries, the Englishman has been one of the best players in the world this year.Fitzpatrick has three wins, two runners-up and seven top-5 finishes in 20 outings in 2026.He wasn’t in contention at Bellerive last week, but that’s not that concerning when you take a step back and see three finishes of fourth or better in seven starts since June 14.It shouldn’t be a shock that Russell Henley seems to love the conditions at East Lake.The 37-year-old hails from Macon, 85 miles southeast of Atlanta, is a proud Georgia Bulldog and still lives just two hours down the r...