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The PGA Tour heads to Las Vegas for the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open this week, which is once again hosted by TPC Summerlin. The 1st round begins on Thursday morning, with the final round concluding on Sunday afternoon.
Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
According to the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, Ludvig Aberg is the highest-ranked player in the field this week, coming in at No. 12. The defending champion, Tom Kim, is ranked 17th and has the best odds to win at +1100, slightly ahead of Aberg at +1200. Cam Davis and Si Woo Kim are also among the favorites to win in Las Vegas.
TPC Summerlin plays as a par 71 and is 7,255 yards. It was designed by Bobby Weed and opened in 1991, but the course underwent renovations that were completed in October 2022. There are water hazards throughout, which help protect the course from exceedingly low scores, but the winning scores have been between 21-under and 24-under in the last 5 years.
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Shriners Children’s Open – Top-5 picks
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Adam Hadwin (+650)
Hadwin has a great track record here, finishing in the top 10 in 3 of his last 4 starts at TPC Summerlin. Last year, he finished 10th after coming in 6th in 2021, so he’s been on the brink of another top 5 like he had in 2019 (4th).
Tom Kim (+250)
Kim won this event last year and hasn’t finished worse than T-24 in any of his last 5 starts on the season. He seemed to really hit his stride late in the season so he has some momentum heading to Vegas.
Shriners Children’s Open – Top-10 picks
Adam Schenk (+275)
Schenk hasn’t finished worse than T-27 in his last 4 starts in this event, headlined by a 3rd-place finish in 2021. Not to mention, he tied for 9th at the Tour Championship after coming in 6th at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Cam Davis (+220)
Davis has been on a heater, notching 4 top-10s in his last 5 starts, with a solo 3rd in his last start at the Fortinet Championship a month ago. Though he hasn’t finished higher than 27th in his last 4 starts in this event, his recent form has been excellent.
Andrew Putnam (+320)
In the last 2 years here, Putnam finished 11th and 12th. He came in 10th at the BMW Championship, which is his only top-25 in his last 5 starts, but he’s come close to cracking the top 10 here before.
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Shriners Children’s Open – Top-20 picks
S.H. Kim (+225)
Kim finished T-4 here last year, which was his only start at the Shriners Children’s Open. Last month, he came in 2nd at the Fortinet Championship but he’s also missed the cut in 3 of his last 5 starts.
Chesson Hadley (+320)
Hadley’s best finish in the last 5 years here was a T-7 in 2018, but he’s also come in 18th and 27th, making the cut 4 out of 5 times. He’s also made the cut in each of his last 5 starts this season.
Shriners Children’s Open – Matchups
Suggested play is golfer in bold.
Cam Davis (-105) vs. Si Woo Kim (-120)
This is based on recent form, which has been excellent for Davis. Kim has the course history advantage, coming in 8th twice in the last 3 years, but Davis is the better pick at -105.
Adam Schenk (-105) vs. J.T. Poston (-120)
Schenk’s 4 top-30s in his last 4 starts here make him a solid choice over Poston, who has missed the cut in 3 of the last 5 years at the Shriners.
Shriners Children’s Open – Top Canadian
Adam Hadwin (+200)
Adam Svensson (+225) is the Canadian with the 2nd-best odds this week, but he hasn’t finished better than 69th here in his last 3 trips, which includes 2 missed cuts. Hadwin has a significant advantage here, having finished top-10 three times since 2019.
Shriners Children’s Open – Top European
Ludvig Aberg (+240)
Aberg has never played this event, but he’s playing as well as anyone in the world, and just came in 2nd last week after losing in a 5-way playoff. Nicolai Hojgaard, who also played on Team Europe in the Ryder Cup, has the 2nd-best odds at +650.
Shriners Children’s Open – First-round leader
Si Woo Kim (+3300)
Kim runs hot and cold and last year at this tournament, he was hot with 4 sub-68 rounds, including an opening-round 64 on Thursday to put himself 1 off the lead after Round 1.
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