The European Tour rolls on this week with the 2018 Scottish Open at Gullane Golf Club. Justin Rose is the favorite at 8-1. Rickie Fowler is close behind at 10-1 Scottish Open odds, followed by Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama and Tyrell Hatton at 16-1. Twelve golfers are going off at 25-1 or lower, so there plenty of contenders in play at this major European golf tournament. Before you make any 2018 Scottish Open picks or enter a daily fantasy golf tournament on DraftKings, you'll want to hear what the team at SportsLine has to say.
SportsLine's prediction model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, called 40-1 long shot Kevin Na a top contender at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. The result: Na shot 69 or better in all four rounds and won the tournament by six strokes This same model was all over Patrick Reed's career-defining win at the Masters, calling for him to win it all headed into the weekend.
Now that the 2018 Scottish Open field is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.
For the 2018 Scottish Open, we can tell you that the model is high on Andy Sullivan, predicting a top-five finish.
Sullivan has been on an impressive run recently, finishing in the top 10 in four of his past six tournaments on the European Tour, including a sixth-place run at the Irish Open last week. He's a value pick at 20-1 you should be all over.
Another surprise: Rickie Fowler, a Vegas favorite for the 2018 Scottish Open, gets shut out of the top three.
After a hot start to the season, Fowler has recorded just two top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour since January. There are far better values than the 10-1 Scottish Open odds that he's getting.
Also, the model says three other golfers with 20-1 Scottish Open odds or longer make a run at the title. Anyone who bets on these underdogs could hit it big.
So who wins the 2018 Scottish Open? And which long shots stun the golfing world? Check out the odds below and visit SportsLine now to see the full Scottish Open projected leaderboard from the model that was all over Patrick Reed's run at the Masters.
Justin Rose 8-1
Rickie Fowler 10-1
Patrick Reed 16-1
Hideki Matsuyama 16-1
Tyrell Hatton 16-1
Russell Knox 20-1
Matt Kuchar 20-1
Ian Poulter 20-1
Louis Oosthuizen 20-1
Andy Sullivan 20-1
Phil Mickelson 25-1
Rafael Cabrera Bello 25-1
