The PGA Tour begins the 2022-23 season in Napa, Calif., at the 2022 Fortinet Championship. Silverado Resort and Spa will host this event for the 7th time, with players teeing it up on the North Course.
Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 Fortinet Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
Last year’s champion, Max Homa, will be teeing it up again this week in an attempt to defend his title. Hideki Matsuyama and Sahith Theegala are also in the field, with Theegala seeking his 1st career PGA Tour title.
Silverado is a shorter course for a par 72, playing at 7,123 yards, which gives players who aren’t very long off the tee a fighting chance to contend. These greens require accurate reads, however, because there’s a lot of slope on them.
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Fortinet Championship – Top-5 picks
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Sahith Theegala (+700)
Theegala is due for a win. He’s come close before, including at this very tournament, tying for 14th in 2020. This could be the perfect time for him to capture that elusive victory, using his ball-striking to attack pins, even if he doesn’t always find the fairway.
Max Homa (+350)
Homa won the Fortinet Championship last year, which kicked off a terrific 2021-22 season for him. There’s no real weakness in his game, which is what makes him a good fit for this course. I like his chances to notch another top 5 in a weaker field.
Trey Mullinax (+1200)
Mullinax bombs it off the tee and while he can be sporadic with his accuracy, it won’t hurt him as much this week. He finished last season strong with 4 top-25 finishes in his last 5 starts, and in a field absent of the biggest names, he could be in contention on Sunday.
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Fortinet Championship – Top-10 picks
Maverick McNealy (+300)
McNealy finished alone in 2nd here last year and has made the cut in 4 of 5 tries in the Fortinet Championship. He finished in the top 35 in his last 2 starts and while he does struggle around the greens, he should have shorter irons for the approach shots, helping him find the putting surface more often.
Chez Reavie (+700)
Reavie won the Barracuda Championship in July and while he didn’t crack the top 40 in any of his last 4 starts after that, he also didn’t miss a cut. His record in this event is excellent, with 11 cuts made in 12 starts, including 7 straight top-35 finishes with 1 top-10 and 3 top-20s.
Patrick Rodgers (+900)
Rodgers tied for 6th last year and has made the cut in each of his last 5 appearances at this event. I’ll take his experience at this tournament as a reason to bet him this week.
Fortinet Championship – Top-20 picks
Cameron Davis (+190)
Like Mullinax, Davis kills the ball off the tee. That will allow him to take more aggressive angles this week and while he’ll need to manage his approaches out of the rough, he should have wedges and short irons into many greens.
C.T. Pan (+425)
Pan tied with Rodgers for 6th place here last year. He finished the 2021-22 season poorly with 2 missed cuts and a W/D, but he also had 6 top-25s in 24 starts.
Fortinet Championship – Matchups
Suggested play is golfer in bold.
Emiliano Grillo (+105) vs. Tom Hoge (-120)
Grillo finished last season strong with a pair of T-2 finishes and another air of top-35s. Hoge ended the year strong with a top-10 at the Tour Championship, but he also had a stretch with 6 straight missed cuts.
Max Homa (-110) vs. Hideki Matsuyama (-110)
Matsuyama withdrew from the 3M Open, but bounced back with T-35 and T-11 finishes in his last 2 starts. However, Homa has a better track record here and is the more consistent player.
Cameron Davis (+105) vs. Taylor Pendrith (-120)
For all the same reasons listed above, I like Davis in this matchup at plus-money. He’s bound to win at some point and I think this could be the week he gets it done.
Fortinet Championship – Top American
Sahith Theegala (+2000)
Theegala is a good value at this number, even in a field that’s American-heavy. I think this could be the week he finally breaks through with a win.
Fortinet Championship – First-round leader
Cameron Davis (+4000)
Again, going back to Davis here. He was 40th in 1st-round scoring average and has the power to go low on Thursday.
Jason Day (+6000)
Day surprisingly ranked 15th in 1st-round scoring average. He’s gone low in the opening round before fading down the stretch, like when he fired a 63 at the Wells Fargo in the 1st round.
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