The final week of the regular season takes us to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., for the 2022 Wyndham Championship. It’s the final chance for players outside the top 125 in the FedExCup standings to punch their ticket to The Northern Trust next week for the first event of the playoffs.
Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 Wyndham Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
None of the top 7 players in this week’s Golfweek/Sagarin rankings are in the field in Greensboro, but Shane Lowry will be teeing it up. He’s the 8th-ranked player and is among the favorites to win this week at Sedgefield. Will Zalatoris is 13th in the Golfweek rankings and will also be in the field, as are Sungjae Im (15th) and last year’s champion, Kevin Kisner (147th).
Sedgefield isn’t a very long course, playing to 7,131 yards and it’s a par 70. It’s important to be accurate off the tee and be a strong iron player, emphasizing ball-striking.
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Wyndham Championship – Top-5 picks
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Russell Henley (+500)
I love Henley this week, not only because he should’ve won this tournament last year, but because he’s an excellent ball-striker and is coming off a top-10 finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic last week. This course suits him well and I think he’ll contend for the second year in a row.
Si Woo Kim (+600)
Kim is a horse for this course, finishing in the top 5 in each of the last 3 years, and also won it in 2016. Like Henley, he played well a week ago, tying for 14th in Detroit. At +600, he’s a great top-5 play.
Sungjae Im (+380)
Im has played this event three times, and all three years, he finished in the top 25 – with two top 10s, too. He seems to thrive when the scores are low, making a boatload of birdies thanks to his great ball-striking (12th in GIR this season). He had a top 5 in his last start at the 3M Open last month, too.
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Wyndham Championship – Top-10 picks
Will Zalatoris (+230)
Zalatoris usually finishes in the top 10 when he makes the cut, doing so in 5 of his last 7 starts where he played the weekend. This type of scoring doesn’t exactly fit Zalatoris’ game because he typically plays better when the scores are higher, but with his driver being a weapon this week, I think he could fare well. Plus, there’s a ton of value here at +230.
Joohyung Kim (+350)
The 20-year-old finished alone in 7th last week in Detroit, his 5th straight made cut and 2nd top-10 finish in July. He’s an all-around solid player and should contend again this week.
Tyrrell Hatton (+380)
Hatton missed the cut the only time he played this tournament in 2016, but his odds are surprisingly long this week. At +380 for a top 10, he’s a solid value, giving him longer odds than even Harrold Varner III and the same as Christiaan Bezuidenhout. He tied for 11th at the Open Championship and has made the cut 14 times in 16 starts.
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Wyndham Championship – Top-20 picks
Callum Tarren (+380)
Back to the well with Tarren. He delivered with a top-20 finish last week, and I think he’ll do it again. It was his 3rd straight top-25 finish and 3rd top-20 in his last 5 starts. His odds are getting shorter as he continues to play, sitting at +380 this week for a top 20.
K.H. Lee (+350)
Lee can pile up the birdies in bunches, making him a nice fit in this event. He tied for 24th last year at 11-under and was T-19 in his last start in the U.S. at the Travelers Championship.
Wyndham Championship – Matchups
Suggested play is golfer in bold.
Si Woo Kim (-110) vs. Corey Conners (-110)
Kim should be a solid matchup pick this week at a course he loves, even against a player of Conners’ caliber. Conners didn’t play last year and missed the cut in 2020, with his best finish at Sedgefield being a T-22 in 2019.
Russell Henley (-140) vs. Tyrell Hatton (+115)
This is admittedly a tough pick because I do like both golfers, but Henley’s course history and recent play gives him a slight edge over Hatton, who hasn’t played since The Open.
Webb Simpson (-110) vs. Billy Horschel (-110)
It’s surprising to see Simpson and Horschel with the same odds in this matchup because Simpson owns this course with a win and 7 other top-10 finishes. Horschel has also played well here with a 2nd-place finish in 2020, but I’m going with Simpson.
Wyndham Championship – Top Asian
Si Woo Kim (+300)
Though I like Im, Si Woo Kim and Joohyung Kim this week, I’m taking the value with Si Woo being at +300 – the 2nd-best odds in this group. He’s played well here so many times before. Im is the favorite here at +190.
Wyndham Championship – 1st-round leader
Webb Simpson (+4000)
Simpson ranks 10th on tour in 1st-round scoring average, and now he’s playing a course he’s won on before. He may not be in the best form, but at +4000 to be the 1st-round leader, it’s a good way to buy him this week.
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Group D winner: Aaron Wise (+300)
Wise will have to beat Brian Harman (+280), Justin Rose (+350), Bezuidenhout (+350) and Keith Mitchell (+400) in this group. Wise has finished inside the top 51 in 9 of his last 11 starts, including a solo 2nd at the Memorial Tournament and a T-6 at the Mexico Open.
Will there be a playoff? Yes: (+320)
There was a 6-way playoff here last year, so let’s have some fun and bet that there will be another playoff – even if it only includes 2 players.
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