2026 Rocket Classic odds, picks: Surprising predictions from golf model that's nailed 17 majors
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- Cameron Young is the +950 favorite in the 2026 Rocket Classic odds via FanDuel, followed by Xander Schauffele at +1600 and three-time 2026 PGA winner Chris Gotterup at +1800.
- Jackson Koivun, fresh off his 3M Open win where he fired a Saturday 61, barely cracks the model's top-10 projection despite holding the fourth-lowest odds at +2000.
- J.J. Spaun at +3000 is a model target, ranked 20th in the FedEx Cup standings with four top-10 finishes and two top-10s at this event in the prior three years.
- SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, simulated the tournament 10,000 times and has nailed 17 majors, including the 2026 Masters, last year's PGA Championship, and Open Championship.
- Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are taking the week off, leaving Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele to headline the field at Detroit Golf Club as the PGA Tour's regular season winds down with two events left before the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
- The model is also targeting a longshot at roughly +3500 to make a run up the leaderboard, with full picks available only through the SportsLine platform.
Why it matters: With just two regular-season events left before the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the Rocket Classic is a critical points-accumulation window — and the model's contrarian fade of the field's hottest player (Koivun, who shot 61 at the 3M Open) and its backing of mid-tier value at +3000 gives bettors a quantified counterweight to the public's likely Koivun money, since the model has profited across 17 major simulations.
