Koepka, who's now the No. 3 player in the world after finishing 2019 in the No. 1 spot, is one of three golfers going off at 12-1 in the latest 2020 Honda Classic odds. He's joined by Fleetwood (12-1) and Fowler (12-1), who won this event in 2017. A number of proven major champions like Woodland (22-1), Rose (22-1) and Louis Oosthuizen (25-1) will also let it fly when the first 2020 Honda Classic tee times begin at 6:45 a.m. ET. Before locking in any 2020 Honda Classic picks of your own or entering any PGA DFS tournaments on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings, be sure to check out the predictions and projected leaderboard from the team at SportsLine.
SportsLine's prediction model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has nailed two of the last three majors entering the weekend. It predicted Gary Woodland's first career major championship at the U.S. Open even though he wasn't the favorite entering the weekend. The result: Woodland held off a late charge from Brooks Koepka and won by three strokes. The model also called Koepka's historic victory at the 2019 PGA Championship, predicting he'd hold his lead in the home stretch.
In all, their advanced computer model has nailed a whopping six majors entering the weekend. And already this season, the model called Justin Thomas winning the CJ Cup, Rory McIlroy taking down the WGC-HSBC Champions and Viktor Hovland earning his first career PGA Tour victory at the Puerto Rico Open. Anyone who has followed it is way up. The model's top 2020 Honda Classic predictions
One huge shocker the model is calling for: Justin Rose, a 10-time PGA Tour winner and one of the top Vegas favorites, stumbles this week and doesn't even crack the top five.
Rose is making his first appearance at the Honda Classic since 2015 when he missed the cut. The former U.S. Open champion enters the Honda Classic 2020 with an Official World Golf Ranking of No. 13 after an extremely successful 2019 campaign that saw him record seven top-10 finishes, which included a victory at the Farmers Insurance Open.
However, Rose is off to an extremely slow start this season. The 39-year-old Englishman is coming off a 56th place finish at the Genesis Invitational and has not finished better than 28th in any PGA Tour event this season. Plus, Rose is having trouble finding greens in regulation at just 57.22 percent, which doesn't bode well for his chances to finish on top of the 2020 Honda Classic leaderboard this week. He's not a strong pick to win it all and there are far better values in a loaded 2020 Honda Classic field.
Another surprise: Erik van Rooyen, a massive 50-1 long shot, makes a strong run at the title. He has a much better chance to win it all than his odds imply, so he's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday.
