2026 Travelers Championship: Golf model with 17 major calls reveals surprising picks

The final Signature Event of the year begins Thursday at 8:15 p.m. ET when the 2026 Travelers Championship tees off from TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. The event's signature status and proximity to last week's U.S. Open lead to a loaded 2026 Travelers Championship field that features all the top-ranked players on tour with the exception of Rory McIlroy. Scottie Scheffler is the +440 favorite (risk $100 to win $440) in the 2026 Travelers Championship odds via FanDuel Sportsbook.

Xander Schauffele (+1500), Tommy Fleetwood (+1600) and Ludvig Aberg are next on the PGA odds board, with U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark at +3000. Before locking in any 2026 Travelers Championship picks, PGA DFS lineups or One & Done predictions, be sure to see the 2026 Travelers 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 Travelers 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 Travelers Championship predictions

One major surprise the model is calling for at the Travelers Championship 2026: Young, who is one of the favorites at +2200, stumbles and finishes outside the top 10. He's a golfer to fade in Travelers Championship best bets. He was arguably the hottest player on tour earlier in the spring, but he's cooled off in the last few events. He's finished outside the top 25 in his past three events, including a T43 at the U.S. Open, so the model isn't confident in him as a top contender this week. See who else to fade here .

Another surprise: Justin Thomas is a top-5 contender on the projected leaderboard despite never having won a major and having slightly longer odds at +2700. Thomas has been steady recently, finishing no worse than T19 in any event since the start of May. He was one of the few golfers with two sub-70 rounds at Shinnecock Hills last week, and he has three top-10 finishes at the Travelers Championship.  See who else to pick here .

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How to make 2026 Travelers Championship picks

The model is also targeting several longshots, including one shocking pick who is going off around 55-1.  You can only see the model's picks here .

Who will win the 2026 Travelers Championship, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the 2026 Travelers 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 Travelers Championship odds, favorites

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

Scottie Scheffler +440 Xander Schauffele +1500 Tommy Fleetwood +1600 Ludvig Åberg +1800 Matt Fitzpatrick +2200 Cameron Young +2200 Russell Henley +2500 Sam Burns +2500 Justin Thomas +2700 Patrick Cantlay +2700 Si Woo Kim +2700 Collin Morikawa +3000 Wyndham Clark +3000 Viktor Hovland +4000 J.J. Spaun +4000 Aaron Rai +4000 Kurt Kitayama +4500 Alex Fitzpatrick +4500 Ben Griffin +4500 Maverick McNealy +5000 Robert MacIntyre +5500 Brian Harman +5500 Justin Rose +5500 Min Woo Lee +5500 Chris Gotterup +5500 Keegan Bradley +5500 Ryan Gerard +6000 Harris English +6000 Keith Mitchell +6000 J.T. Poston +6500 Jordan Spieth +6500 Gary Woodland +6500 Kristoffer Reitan +6500 Shane Lowry +6500 Adam Scott +7000 Akshay Bhatia +7000 Bud Cauley +7000 Hideki Matsuyama +7000 Sahith Theegala +7000 Jake Knapp +8000 Jacob Bridgeman +8000 Nicolai Højgaard +10000 Corey Conners +10000 Eric Cole +10000 Sepp Straka +10000 Ryan Fox +10000 Alex Smalley +10000 Alex Noren +10000 Ben James +12500 Rickie Fowler +12500 Samuel Stevens +12500 Ryo Hisatsune +12500 Tony Finau +15000 Harry Hall +15000 Sungjae Im +15000 Taylor Pendrith +15000 Daniel Berger +15000 Andrew Novak +15000 Jason Day +15000 Nick Taylor +15000 Jackson Suber +17500 Michael Kim +17500 Matt McCarty +17500 Mac Meissner +22500 Denny McCarthy +22500 Nico Echavarria +25000 Brandt Snedeker +25000 Lucas Glover +35000 Tom Hoge +50000 Jhonattan Vegas +50000 Mark Hubbard +75000 Brian Campbell +100000

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