A loaded field is on hand for the 2022 Scottish Open, which is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour this year for the first time. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and newly minted U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick are among the many stars who will tee off Thursday at The Renaissance Club. Nine of the top 10 players in the world are scheduled to compete. Rory McIlroy, who has risen to No. 2 in the world and is focused on next week's British Open at St. Andrews, is the only highly-ranked player absen t.'
According to the latest 2022 Scottish Open golf odds at Caesars Sportsbook, Jon Rahm is going off as the 11-1 favorite. PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and Masters champ Scheffler are both priced at 12-1, followed by Fitzpatrick, who lost in a three-man playoff last year and is priced at 18-1. Before locking in your 2022 Scottish Open picks, be sure to see the predictions and best bets from golf insider Patrick McDonald.
After spending time at FanSided and NBC Sports EDGE, McDonald joined CBS Sports as a golf writer in the spring of 2022. Now covering the sport from a broader perspective, McDonald still likes to dip his toes into the betting pools on a weekly basis on the PGA Tour.'
He takes a measured approach to his outright selections and is up more than 64 units on those plays in 2022, having hit Cameron Smith (22-1) at the Tournament of Champions, Hudson Swafford (250-1) at The American Express, Joaquin Niemann (70-1) at the Genesis Invitational and Justin Thomas (66-1) live at the PGA Championship.