2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville: Model with 17 Major Wins Reveals Picks

The FedEx Cup Fall begins on Thursday with the 2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Asheville, N.C. The PGA hosts a series of tournaments from now through November that help players outside the top 50 in the points standings secure their PGA Tour card next year, and in some cases even qualify for Signature Events. Justin Thomas was originally scheduled to be in the field for this inaugural event, but withdrew on Monday.  Claim the latest Polymarket promo code CBSSPORTS to get a $50 bonus after $10 in trades :

The 2026 Biltmore Championship odds from FanDuel Sportsbook list rookie Jackson Koivun as the favorite at +1300. Other favorites include Jacob Bridgeman (+1800), Doug Ghim (+2500) and Davis Thompson (+2500). Before locking in any 2026 Biltmore Championship picks, be sure to see the 2026 Biltmore Championship predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

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SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, simulated every PGA Tour event 10,000 times and reveals  golf betting picks that have a history of being extremely profitable.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 17 majors entering the weekend, including the 2026 Masters -- its fifth Masters in a row -- as well as last year's PGA Championship and Open Championship. Anyone who has followed its sports betting picks could have seen massive returns on betting sites .

Now that the 2026 Biltmore Championship field is set, the model simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard .

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2026 Biltmore Championship predictions

One major surprise the model is calling for: Koivun, the overall favorite at +1300, stumbles and doesn't even finish in the top 3. He's a golfer to avoid this week at Asheville. The PGA rookie out of Auburn won the 3M Open earlier this summer, helping him collect enough points to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. He didn't finish better than T29, however, in his next three events, and four of his last five rounds have been 70 or higher.  See who else to fade here .

Another surprise: The model is high on Ben James at +2700, saying he's a strong win contender and a value top-5 bet. The 23-year-old out of the University of Virginia had a strong second half of the year, highlighted by a top-25 at the U.S. Open. He also finished T15 or better at the ISCO Championship, the Corales Puntacana Championship and the Wyndham Championship, where he took third.  See who else to pick here .

How to make 2026 Biltmore Championship picks

The model is also targeting a massive longshot of around +4000 to make a strong run up the leaderboard.  You can only see the model's picks here .

Who will win the 2026 Biltmore Championship, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the 2026 Biltmore Championship odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed 17 golf majors , including three in 2025.

2026 Biltmore Championship odds, field

Get full 2026 Biltmore Championship picks, best bets and predictions here . (odds via FanDuel and subject to change)

Jackson Koivun +1300 Jacob Bridgeman +1800 Doug Ghim +2500 Davis Thompson +2500 Rasmus Højgaard +2700 J.T. Poston +2700 Ben James +2700 Mac Meissner +3000 Kevin Yu +3000 Corey Conners +3000 Marco Penge +3300 Keita Nakajima +3300 Ryo Hisatsune +3500 Eric Cole +3500 Beau Hossler +4000 Jackson Suber +4000 Blades Brown +4000 Johnny Keefer +4000 Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4500 Billy Horschel +4500 Michael Kim +4500 Pierceson Coody +4500 Denny McCarthy +5000 Mackenzie Hughes +5500 Andrew Novak +5500 Ben Kohles +5500 Max Greyserman +5500 Emiliano Grillo +6000 Nick Taylor +6000 Richard Hoey +6000 Kevin Roy +6000 Taylor Pendrith +6500 John Parry +6500 Kristoffer Ventura +6500 Zach Bauchou +6500 Ricky Castillo +6500 Stephan Jaeger +6500 Nico Echavarria +6500 Haotong Li +7000 Lee Hodges +7000 Chris Kirk +7000 Zac Blair +8000 Chandler Phillips +8000 Taylor Moore +8000 Zecheng Dou +8000 Tony Finau +8000 Austin Eckroat +10000 Andrew Putnam +10000 Luke Clanton +10000 Karl Vilips +10000 Neal Shipley +10000 Adrien Dumont de Chassart +10000 Matthieu Pavon +10000 Steven Fisk +10000 Hayden Springer +10000 Jesper Svensson +10000 Seamus Power +10000 Max McGreevy +10000 Chad Ramey +10000 A.J. Ewart +10000 William Mouw +10000 Tom Hoge +10000 Patrick Fishburn +10000 David Ford +10000 Tyler Watts +10000 Trace Crowe +12500 Joel Dahmen +12500 Lanto Griffin +12500 Erik van Rooyen +12500 Takumi Kanaya +15000 Webb Simpson +15000 Lucas Glover +15000 Mark Hubbard +15000 David Skinns +15000 Davis Chatfield +15000 Austin Smotherman +15000 Chandler Blanchet +15000 Ben Silverman +17500 Gordon Sargent +17500 Isaiah Salinda +17500 Pontus Nyholm +17500 Davis Riley +17500 Carson Bertagnole +22500 David Lipsky +22500 Adam Hadwin +22500 Paul Peterson +22500 Jimmy Stanger +22500 John VanDerLaan +22500 Aaron Wise +22500 Kevin Streelman +22500 Cameron Champ +22500 Hank Lebioda +25000 Nick Hardy +25000 Jeffrey Kang +25000 Brice Garnett +25000 Adam Svensson +35000 Will Gordon +35000 Brendan Valdes +35000 Harry Higgs +35000 Alejandro Tosti +35000 Justin Lower +35000 Danny Walker +35000 Vince Whaley +35000 Tyler Duncan +35000 Dylan Wu +35000 Peter Malnati +50000 Nick Dunlap +50000 Luke List +50000 Rafael Campos +50000 Henrik Norlander +50000 Fabián Gómez +75000 Jeremy Paul +75000 Jonathan Byrd +75000 Adam Schenk +75000 Camilo Villegas +75000 Ben Martin +75000 Patton Kizzire +75000 Cam Davis +75000 Morgan Deneen +100000 Michael Thompson +100000 Brendon Todd +100000 Ryan Brehm +100000 Kensei Hirata +100000 Tyler Jones +100000 Christo Lamprecht +100000 Troy Merritt +100000 Kevin Kisner +100000 Marcelo Rozo +100000

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