With many of the world’s top golfers in Mexico for this week’s WGC-Mexico Championship, an alternate field of up-and-comers led by Viktor Hovland are participating in the 2020 Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach Golf and Country Club. Below, we’ll analyze the golf betting odds, while making our picks to win the 2020 Puerto Rico Open.
This week’s winner will not receive an invitation to the 2020 Masters Tournament.
The key stats for the 7,506-yard, par-72 Coco Beach Golf and Country Club are:
- Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Birdies or Better Gained
- Good Drives Gained
Puerto Rico Open – Tier 1
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Viktor Hovland (+1100)
At No. 25 in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings, Hovland is the top golfer in attendance. While the win won’t get him to Augusta National, it could propel him to better play, as was the case with Collin Morikawa’s victory at the 2019 Barracuda Championship. That ran as the alternate event to the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Hovland is No. 1 in my stat model this week at Fantasy National. He missed the cut in three of his last five events against stiffer competition on the PGA and European Tours, but he tied for 38th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and is definitely the class of this field. He’ll look to follow suit of Tony Finau and his breakout win in 2016.
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Patrick Rodgers (+2200)
Rodgers tied for ninth at the star-studded Farmers Insurance Open for his best result since 2018. He followed it up with a T-16 at the Waste Management Open before missing the cut at Pebble Beach, but he rebounded for a quality T-30 showing at last week’s Genesis Invitational. He’s playing his best golf right now, and could finally break through against weaker competition.
Puerto Rico Open – Tier 2
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (+5000)
Aphibarnrat will make his debut at this event following a stretch of three straight missed cuts against stronger fields. He has been struggling around the greens, but he has the length to be able to handle Coco Beach.
Roger Sloan (+8000)
Sloan tied for second in 2019 in his first appearance since a missed cut in 2015. The Canadian has missed the cut in six straight events dating back to November’s Bermuda Championship, but his co-runner-up finish last year came on the heels of two missed cuts at Pebble Beach and the Farmers. He’s typically great around the greens and strong off the tee.
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Puerto Rico Open – Longshots
Robby Shelton (+10000)
Shelton skipped last year’s tournament following a missed cut in 2017 – the 2018 tournament was held as a team fundraiser event. He has struggled of late against strong fields, but he has two top 10s in the 2019-20 season: at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier and the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Those are much are more comparable to his competition this week.
Martin Trainer (+12500)
Trainer snapped a skid of five straight missed cuts with a T-47th-place finish at the Genesis Invitational last week. These odds represent far too great of value for the defending champion, despite his current form. He missed the cut of five of seven PGA Tour events in the build-up to his win last year.
Best odds
| Player | Odds |
| Viktor Hovland | +1100 |
| Alex Noren | +1600 |
| Patrick Rodgers | +2200 |
| Scott Brown | +2200 |
| Tom Lewis | +2200 |
| Cameron Davis | +2500 |
| Chesson Hadley | +2500 |
| Matthew NeSmith | +2500 |
| Maverick McNealy | v2500 |
| Emiliano Grillo | +2800 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | +2800 |
| Beau Hossler | +3500 |
| Adam Schenk | +4000 |
| Henrik Norlander | +4000 |
| Joseph Bramlett | +4500 |
| Peter Uihlein | +4500 |
| Ben Martin | +5000 |
| Daniel Chopra | +5000 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | +5000 |
| Kyoung-Hoon Lee | +5000 |
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