The FedEx Cup Fall begins this week as the 2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville tees off on Thursday, Sep. 17, at The Cliffs Golf & Country Club in Arden, North Carolina. Golfweek staffers have locked in our best picks to win this weekend. Here's who we expect to sit atop the leaderboard when play ends on Sunday.
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Biltmore Championship Asheville Outright Winner
Todd Kelly: Beau Hossler (+3500)
The former Texas Longhorn came oh-so-close to his first PGA Tour win at the Wyndham Championship, finishing solo second five weeks ago. Hossler is second in par-3 scoring average this season and The Cliffs at Walnut Cove has five par-3s, something that would seem to be in his favor. Here's a pick for another
first-time winner in 2026.
Adam Schupak: J.T. Poston (+3000)
New tournament, new course, long layoff makes this a challenging week to pick so let's go with the guy who went to college in the area, is a member at the course and already won a signature event this season and finished T-4 at the US Open.
Cameron Jourdan: Johnny Keefer (+5000)
A new tournament brings with it a new PGA Tour winner. Keefer didn't have the best rookie season, his best finish coming with a T-3 at the Genesis Scottish Open and Texas Children's Houston Open. With this being a field that doesn't showcase a lot of depth, it feels like the week someone is going to break through for their first week, and I am going with Keefer.
Stephen Thompson: Beau Hossler (+3500)
The ball should carry well at elevation in Asheville this weekend, so I'm putting my faith in someone with a strong short game. Hossler ranks seventh on the PGA Tour in average strokes gained: putting and is coming off a second-place finish at the Wyndham Championship.
Tim Schmitt: Blades Brown (+4000)
It has been a breakthrough season for golf's next generation, so why not keep the youth movement rolling into the fall? At just 19 years old, Blades Brown enters the final stretch of the year with something many of his peers are still chasing: security. Thanks to a top-10 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour points list, Brown has already locked up his PGA Tour card, freeing him to compete without the pressure that comes with every shot for those still fighting for status.
Nick Stavas: Eric Cole (+3500)
Eric Cole finished in the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings this summer and recorded four top-10s, including a playoff loss to Russell Henley at Colonial. That's just one of several heartbreaking close calls for the 38-year-old over the past few years. It's high time the King of the Mini Tours breaks through for his first PGA Tour win.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek experts reveal their picks for the Biltmore Championship
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