The PGA Tour is in Texas this week for the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open, which is being played at Memorial Park Golf Course for the 3rd straight year. The 1st round tees off on Thursday morning in Houston.
Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite this week (+550) after finishing 2nd in the Houston Open last year. Tony Finau (+1500) and Sam Burns (+1200) are also among the favorites to finish atop the leaderboard on Sunday afternoon.
Memorial Park Golf Course is a somewhat longer track for a par 70 at 7,412 yards, featuring Bermuda greens with closely mown areas around them, making accuracy from the fairways and rough essential.
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Cadence Bank Houston Open – Top-5 picks
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Sam Burns (+330)
Burns must love this course because he tied for 7th in each of the last 2 years. Coincidentally, he tied for 7th in his last start this season, too, which came at the CJ Cup. In his only other start this season, he tied for 30th.
Hideki Matsuyama (+600)
Matsuyama tied for 2nd in his only start at this event 2 years ago, finishing 11-under after the 4 rounds at Memorial Park. I like his fit on this course with his ball striking, particularly into the greens.
Maverick McNealy (+480)
There are few people playing better than McNealy right now. He’s cracked the top-20 in each of his last 4 starts, including 2 top-10s. That’s on par with his T-20 and T-19 finishes at this event the last 2 years, as well.
Other T5 contenders (in order from longest odds to shortest):
- Sahith Theegala (+900)
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Cadence Bank Houston Open – Top-10 picks
Mackenzie Hughes (+600)
Hughes already has a win this season and is now playing a course that he’s had success on before. In the last 2 years, he tied for 29th and 7th at the Houston Open. Additionally, he has 2 top-25s this season to go along with his win.
Sepp Straka (+700)
Straka tied for 5th at the Houston Open in 2020 and finished 2nd in the Sanderson Farms Championship last month. He’s obviously a long shot at +700, but worth a bet.
Russell Henley (+260)
Henley is coming off a win in Mexico last week and now heads to an event where he tied for 7th a year ago. He’s an elite iron player, which will be a key factor this week and makes him one of the favorites to win.
Other T10 contenders (in order from longest odds to shortest):
- Tony Finau (+185)
Cadence Bank Houston Open – Top-20 picks
Adam Long (+330)
In his last 2 starts at the Houston Open, he tied for 11th. Though he will need to strike the ball better off the tee and into the greens, his putting more than makes up for any other deficiencies. He’s 2nd on tour in strokes gained: putting in 2022.
Aaron Wise (+105)
Wise tied for 26th and 11th at this event the last 2 years. In his 2 most recent starts this season, Wise finished 6th and tied for 15th. He’s poised to win his 2nd career PGA Tour event this year and Houston would be a perfect time for that.
Cadence Bank Houston Open – Matchups
Suggested play is golfer in bold.
- Sahith Theegala (-120) vs. Emiliano Grillo (+100)
- Hideki Matsuyama (-110) vs. Tony Finau (-110)
There aren’t a lot of matchups I like this week, especially because Burns is matched up with Scheffler and McNealy is pitted against Wise. All four of them are good candidates to win so picking one against the other is tough.
I’ll take Theegala against Grillo, though. Theegala can be up-and-down, which is kind of the opposite of the consistent Grillo (0 missed cuts this season), but Theegala is a good fit here.
Matsuyama is another pick I like against Finau for all the reasons listed above in my top-5 writeup.
Cadence Bank Houston Open – Top American
Sam Burns (+900)
Burns is a really good value at +900 in a field that’s filled with talented Americans, led by Scheffler. He’s off to a good start this season and has already had some success at Memorial Park the last 2 years, tying for 7th both times.
Cadence Bank Houston Open – First-round leader
Maverick McNealy (+3000)
McNealy has 3 straight top-20 finishes here and ranks 31st in 1st-round scoring average this season. It’s always tough to predict the 1st-round leader but McNealy is a good pick beyond the top favorites.
More expert prop bet predictions
Group A winner: Hideki Matsuyama (+500)
Group A is comprised of the top favorites, as usual. Scheffler (+162) is the favorite, followed by Burns (+300), Wise (+450), Matsuyama and Tony Finau (+550). Though I think all 5 have a chance to win this week, I’ll go with Matsuyama.
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