2024 3M Open fantasy golf rankings, picks, strategy: Back Emiliano Grillo, avoid Sahith Theegala

The 2024 3M Open begins on Thursday from TPC Twin Cities, and as one of the newest tournaments on tour, there isn't that much data to utilize when making 3M Open fantasy golf picks. The event began just five years ago, but if you dig deep into the 3M Open history, you can find undervalued golfers who have consistently performed well here. Adam Hadwin, Emiliano Grillo and Keith Mitchell all have multiple top 10s at this event, and with each outside the top 40 of World Rankings.

A different 3M Open fantasy golf strategy is to go after players in good recent form, despite a lack of experience at TPC Twin Cities. Nick Dunlap won last week at the Barracuda Championship, while Justin Rose was runner-up at the British Open. Before making any 2024 3M Open fantasy golf picks, you have to see the 3M Open fantasy golf rankings from SportsLine handicapper Eric Cohen .

Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2024 John Deere Classic (Davis Thompson +2200), 2024 U.S. Open (Bryson DeChambeau +2000), 2024 Players Championship (Scottie Scheffler +550), 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scheffler's first career victory at +2800).

Cohen is also a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.

Now, Cohen has ranked his top golfers for the 2024 3M Open. Cohen's picks are only available at SportsLine .

2024 3M Open expert picks

For the 3M Open 2024, Cohen is backing Grillo as one of his top picks at 50-1 odds, saying, "I'm playing the horse for the course angle with the Argentinian who needs a big finish to the regular season in order to have a chance at making this year's Presidents Cup team. In four trips here, Grillo has finishes of T3-T2-T10 and has excelled in all facets of his game."

TPC Twin Cities shares characteristics with TPC Deere Run as both are Midwestern courses that have similar scoring conditions. Deere Run hosts the John Deere Classic, which Grillo finished runner-up at in 2022 with a score of 18-under-par. Grillo has had similar scoring success at the 3M Open, shooting par or better in 13 of his 14 rounds at the course. Add in that just 10 other golfers in the 3M Open 2024 field have a higher 3-putt avoidance than Grillo (1.93%) this season, and his steady hand on these bent grass greens should lead to continued success at this tournament.

On the other hand, Cohen is fading Sahith Theegala as one of the oddsmakers' top choices at 20-1 odds. Over his last nine events, Theegala has five finishes outside of the top 45, compared to just one top 10. That includes him missing the cut last week at the British Open, where Theegala shot 14-over-par and finished better than just eight of the 157 golfers in the field.

This course is among the longest on tour, which only amplifies Theegala's struggles off the tee. He ranks 94th in total driving efficiency and 101st in driving accuracy percentage. Thus, Theegala's strengths as a second-shot golfer are then minimized by not putting himself into advantageous situations after driving. Cohen also notes his recent struggles on the green, so there is little reason to back Theegala this week.

"He generally has been negative with his putting of late, losing in four of his last six events, despite a big spike week at The Renaissance Club two weeks ago," Cohen told SportsLine. "At these odds, I'm just not inspired to take a chance on the talented 26-year-old, though I will predict that Theegala makes it to the weekend for the first time here." See all of Cohen's 3M Open picks at SportsLine .

How to set 2024 3M Open fantasy golf lineups

For this week, Cohen is backing several underdogs in his 2024 3M Open fantasy golf picks, including a 200-1 longshot whose tee-to-green metrics "have been positive in five straight worldwide events." He could be a difference-maker for your fantasy golf lineups. See who it is, and get all of Cohen's fantasy golf picks, at SportsLine .

Who wins the 2024 3M Open, and who are the top players to target for your PGA fantasy golf picks? Visit SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's fantasy golf rankings, all from the fantasy expert who has called nine outright winners since 2022 , and find out.