McDonald loves the value of Davis Thompson at +4000 (risk $100 to win $4,000) this week. Thompson sits inside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, joining 15 other golfers inside the top 50 in this week's field. He has made the cut in five of his first six events of the season and is coming off his best showing of the campaign.

Ludvig Åberg is safe atop the PGA Tour money list for at least another week. With a $1,656,000 going to the winner of the Cognizant Classic, which begins on Thursday at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens,

This week’s Cognizant Classic marks the first of four PGA Tour events in the Sunshine State, with the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players Championship and Valspar Championship to follow. ESPN+ also offers coverage beginning at 6:45 a.

Here's a look at the betting favorites and predictions for this week's PGA Tour event, the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.

Stream on ESPN+. The PGA Tour kicks off the Cognizant Classic on Thursday, February 27th, and will run until Sunday, March 2nd, at the PGA National