Camilo Villegas reflects on his Butterfield Bermuda Championship win and how he got there

“My mind wants to go back to the past and enjoy the memories and the good stuff that happened last year.”

A year ago, Camilo Villegas was mired in a slump, ranked No. 223 in the FedEx Cup standings and in danger of losing his job on the PGA Tour. Before flying to Mexico last November to compete in the World Wide Technology Championship, he prepped to go to second stage of PGA Tour Q-School, playing two practice rounds at the host course for his qualifier and spent time working on his yardage book ahead of trying to win back full status on the PGA Tour.

“But I wasn’t worried. I had my back against the wall and I don’t know why, I just wasn’t worried,” Villegas said recently.

He would go on to finish tied for second in Mexico and then fly to the western edge of Great Britain’s territory in the Atlantic Ocean where he’d notch his fifth Tour title at Port Royal Golf Course in Southhampton, Bermuda, and earn a much-appreciated two-year Tour exemption.

“Boom, it clicked. I played great (in Mexico), I fricking threw away my Tesoro yardage book for second stage of Q-School. I thought I was going to go to finals after that and then I go and win and no Q-School, so here we are,” Villegas said.

BermudaTournament hub | Picks to win | Thursday tee times

What was it that clicked for Villegas, 42, in that two-week fever dream when he rediscovered the old magic?

“I wish I knew, to be honest,” he said. “You know, I think that was very interesting because I gambled big time and I started working with Jose Campra from Argentina and he told me, ‘This is going to take a lot of time, this is going to be tough, I need you to be patient because there’s going to be times where you’re going to want to quit on me just because it is some drastic changes and you’ve been swinging the way you swing for a long time.’

“He’s a good friend. We played junior golf together, South American tournaments, great caddie, great teacher. And I believed in him, I trusted him and I was very patient throughout the year. We were doing a lot of things that didn’t make too much sense to me and then eventually they started clicking.”

Last September, during that test of his patience, he was competing at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Simmons Bank Open in Knoxville, Tennessee, and in the middle of breakfast Campra looked at him and said, “You know we’re going to play Augusta again?”

Villegas’s brain started working overtime running through the various scenarios of what needed to happen to get him back to the Masters. He processed his options and replied, “Bro, I guess the only way for me to play Augusta is to win.”

Campra’s response was perfect: “Well, I guess you know what you need to do?”

Villegas smiles a conspiratorial smile as he recalls that line and added, “I remember it like yesterday.”

He shot a 6-under 65 in the final round in Bermuda, finishing at 24-under 260 and clipping Alex Noren by two shots for his first victory in more than nine years, booking a trip back to the Masters thanks to his first win since the death of his 22-month-old daughter, Mia, from brain cancer in 2020. He dedicated the win to Mia and said, “I’ve got my little one up there watching.”

Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas helps his son Mateo putt on No. 1 during the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network)

“Different wins are special for different reasons. It’s so hard. I mean, winning on the PGA Tour is almost a fluke, to be honest,” he said. “But after going through all those tears, the ups and downs, and then the family tragedy of losing my daughter, you kind of get shaken up, man. You freaking go and say like what are the real things in life? What are the more important things in life? And then I saw the support of everybody. (He had over 900+ text messages alone to respond to.) To be honest, the messages and the energy from everybody. I mean, when you see your peers pulling for you, that kind of got me emotional, and it was pretty touching.”

Villegas hasn’t been able to carry that good mojo into this season. His best result in 24 starts is a T-35 at the Masters and he has missed 13 of his last 15 cuts. To Villegas, it’s another test of his patience. He’s learned to weather the highs and lows during a career spanning two decades and knows that the status of his game can change as fast as the weather in Bermuda this week.

“At 22 when you win a golf tournament, you kind of keep pushing, pushing, pushing,” he said. “At 42, I feel like winning last year bought me time to keep working on my game. It’s kind of bit me in the (rear) a bit where I need to be a little bit stronger and keep going.”

But Villegas said he would slow down and take a moment at Port Royal, the shortest course on the PGA Tour at 6,828 yards, to soak in the memories of an inspirational win that made grown men cry.

“Usually, I’m trying to be in the present, trying to freaking focus on the job at hand. But I’m gonna say, ‘Screw it, man.’ My mind wants to go back to the past and enjoy the memories and the good stuff that happened last year there. Just gonna let it flow. When it’s time to play, I want to have a good week.”

After social media chirp last year, Wesley Bryan and brother George will play together at 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

The Bryan Bros. are teeing it up together.

YouTube sensations Wesley and George Bryan will play together for the first two rounds of this week’s 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship on the PGA Tour. This is the circuit’s second-to-last event of 2024, though there are a few silly-season events coming up like the Grant Thornton Invitational and Hero World Challenge.

Last year, Wesley and George were not paired together when tee times were released and there was some disappointing throughout the golf social media space. A week later, the Tour paired David and Max Ford together at the RSM Classic.

Wesley fired a not-so-subtle shot at the Tour on Twitter/X, saying, “Kudos to the PGA TOUR competitions and rules committee for absolutely nailing this Thu/Fri pairing! Also will make for an easy viewing experience for the parents!”

Bermuda Championship: Tournament hub | Picks to win | Thursday tee times

A year later, the Bryan Bros. will try to do what they did last year — make the cut. But this time, they’ll be doing it together.

They’re scheduled to tee off at 11:47 a.m. ET Thursday and 7:17 a.m. ET Friday.

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Thursday tee times, PGA Tour pairings and how to watch

The purse in Bermuda is $6.9 million with $1.242 million going to the winner.

The PGA Tour is heading to Bermuda, and there are only two chances left for players to lock up their cards ahead of the 2025 season.

The 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship gets underway Thursday at Port Royal Golf Club, and it’s a place where numerous players hovering around 125th in the FedEx Cup standings are doing everything they can to stay above that number with only two events left in the season. The island nation in the Atlantic Ocean is small, but the stakes are enormous this week.

Camilo Villegas is the defending champion of the Butterfield Bermuda. Port Royal, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design that opened in Southampton, Bermuda, in 1970, ranks 28th on the Golfweek’s Best Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands and Central America.

The purse at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship is $6.9 million with $1.242 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points.

Butterfield: Leaderboard | Odds, picks

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s what you you need to know for the first round of the 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. All times listed are ET.

Thursday tee times

Time Tee Players
6:00 a.m. 1 Ryan Moore, Doug Ghim, Will Gordon
6:00 a.m. 10 S.Y. Noh, Patrick Rodgers, Justin Lower
6:11 a.m. 1 S.H. Kim, Andrew Novak, Ben Taylor
6:11 a.m. 10 Martin Laird, Vince Whaley, Jacob Bridgeman
6:22 a.m. 1 Garrick Higgo, Scott Piercy, Sean O’Hair
6:22 a.m. 10 Henrik Norlander, Sam Stevens, Dylan Wu
6:33 a.m. 1 Nick Hardy, Chez Reavie, Kevin Kisner
6:33 a.m. 10 Kevin Yu, Peter Malnati, Nick Taylor
6:44 a.m. 1 K.H. Lee, Cameron Champ, Brandt Snedeker
6:44 a.m. 10 Nico Echavarria, Lucas Glover, Brendon Todd
6:55 a.m. 1 Richy Werenski, Cody Gribble, William McGirt
6:55 a.m. 10 Chesson Hadley, Kelly Kraft, Joseph Bramlett
7:06 a.m. 1 Michael Kim, Alex Smalley, Alejandro Tosti
7:06 a.m. 10 Kevin Chappell, Ben Griffin, Callum Tarren
7:17 a.m. 1 Kevin Streelman, Mark Hubbard, Ethan Cairns
7:17 a.m. 10 Joel Dahmen, Martin Trainer, Chris Baker
7:28 a.m. 1 Greyson Sigg, Wilson Furr, Tyler Collet
7:28 a.m. 10 Josh Teater, Ryan McCormick, Michael Herrera
7:39 a.m. 1 Paul Barjon, Raul Pereda, Greg Koch
7:39 a.m. 10 MJ Daffue, Blaine Hale, Jr., Connor Jones
10:30 a.m. 1 Bill Haas, Brandon Wu, Pierceson Coody
10:30 a.m. 10 Austin Cook, Ryo Hisatsune, David Skinns
10:41 a.m. 1 Andrew Putnam, Russell Knox, Matti Schmid
10:41 a.m. 10 David Lipsky, Roger Sloan, Rico Hoey
10:52 a.m. 1 Kevin Tway, Robby Shelton, Hayden Springer
10:52 a.m. 10 Troy Merritt, Sam Ryder, Ben Kohles
11:03 a.m. 1 Seamus Power, Mackenzie Hughes, Daniel Berger
11:03 a.m. 10 Chad Ramey, Ryan Brehm, Francesco Molinari
11:14 a.m. 1 Jhonattan Vegas, Camilo Villegas, Maverick McNealy
11:14 a.m. 10 Tyler Duncan, Nick Watney, Tyson Alexander
11:25 a.m. 1 Lanto Griffin, Nate Lashley, Zac Blair
11:25 a.m. 10 Aaron Baddeley, James Hahn, Matt NeSmith
11:36 a.m. 1 Hayden Buckley, Justin Suh, Carl Yuan
11:36 a.m. 10 D.A. Points, Ben Crane, Carson Young
11:47 a.m. 1 Trace Crowe, Kevin Dougherty, Christo Lamprecht
11:47 a.m. 10 Wesley Bryan, George Bryan, IV, Camiko Smith
11:58 a.m. 1 Rafael Campos, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Luke Schniederjans
11:58 a.m. 10 Erik Barnes, Tom Whitney, Nick Jones
12:09 p.m. 1 Austin Smotherman, Egor Eroshenko, Miles Russell (a)
12:09 p.m. 10 Norman Xiong, Eric West (a), Graeme Robertson

How to watch, listen

You can also watch the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Thursday, Nov. 14

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

Sirius XM: 10 a.m.-4 p.m

Friday, Nov. 15

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

Sirius XM: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 16

Golf Channel: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Sirius XM: 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 17

Golf Channel: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sirius XM: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Butterfield Bermuda Championship 2024 odds, course history and picks to win

It’s time to pick a winner.

The Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the penultimate event for the PGA Tour in 2024, kicks off Thursday at Port Royal Golf Course. Another rank-and-file field has gathered in Southhampton, Bermuda, highlighted by Mackenzie Hughes, Lucas Glover, Seamus Power, Maverick McNealy and Daniel Berger.

Defending champion Camilo Villegas has made just five cuts across 24 starts so far this year, but maybe a trip back to the course where he captured his fifth Tour win will break his slump.

This week’s winner will go home with $1.242 million of the $6.9 million purse and 500 FedEx Cup points.

Now, let’s jump into our betting preview and discuss a few players we’re picking to contend in Bermuda.

Bermuda Championship: Tournament hub

Golf course

Port Royal Golf Course | Par 71 | 6,828 yards

2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Ryan Armour, Kevin Chappell and D.J. Trahan of the United States walk to the 16th green during the second round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 10, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Things to keep in mind

  • Wind can play a major factor at this track, so pay attention to a potential wave advantage.
  • This is not a course players can dominate with their drivers. This is a plot-your-way-around type track. Think Harbour Town (RBC Heritage).
  • Scores can get low out here — Villegas won at 24 under. Let’s prioritize Strokes Gained: Approach and SG: Putting (Bermuda).

Course history

Butterfield Bermuda Championship odds, favorites

Player Odds 2023 finish
Seamus Power +1600 N/A
Mackenzie Hughes +1600 N/A
Maverick McNealy +2000 N/A
Patrick Rodgers +2000 N/A
Justin Lower +2000 T-20
Ben Griffin +2000 T-37
Doug Ghim +2200 N/A
Lucas Glover +2800 T-45
Matti Schmid +2800 3rd
Sam Stevens +2800 N/A
Jhonattan Vegas +3000 N/A
Andrew Novak +3000 T-45
Daniel Berger +3500 N/A
Carson Young +4000 N/A
Andrew Putnam +4000 N/A
Joe Highsmith +4000 N/A
Kevin Yu +4000 T-30
Brendon Todd +4000 T-20
Rico Hoey +4500 N/A
Nick Taylor +4500 N/A
Jacob Bridgeman +4500 N/A
Alex Smalley +4500 T-30
Mark Hubbard +5000 T-20
Nick Hardy +5000 T-45
Greyson Sigg +5000 N/A
Nico Echavarria +5500 T-76
Vince Whaley +5500 T-8
Michael Kim +6000 N/A
Henrik Norlander +6500 N/A
Joseph Bramlett +7000 N/A
Chesson Hadley +7000 N/A
Hayden Springer +7500 N/A
Ben Kohles +7500 N/A
K.H. Lee +8000 N/A
Joel Dahmen +8000 N/A
S.Y. Noh +8000 T-72
Justin Suh +8000 N/A
Cameron Champ +8000 N/A
Chad Ramey +9000 N/A
Kevin Streelman +9000 N/A
Nate Lashley +9000 N/A
Dylan Wu +9000 T-30
Ryo Hisatsune +9000 N/A
Wesley Bryan +9000 T-37
Pierceson Coody +9000 N/A
Kevin Chappell +10000 T-45
Sam Ryder +10000 N/A

Picks to win the 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Ben Griffin

2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship
Ben Griffin walks down the fairway on the 18th hole on the first day of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, August 15, 2024.

Best odds: 20/1 (+2000), DraftKings and FanDuel

Analysis: Griffin has been flirting with his first Tour win for more than a year now, and this seems like a great spot for him to get it. He’s coming off back-to-back top-25 finishes at the Zozo Championship and World Wide Technology Championship, and he has a T-3 finish at this event in 2022.

Justin Lower

2024 World Wide Technology Championship
Justin Lower of the United States plays his shot from the second tee during the third round of the World Wide Technology Championship 2024 at El Cardonal at Diamante on November 09, 2024 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)

Best odds: 25/1 (+2500), several books

Analysis: Lower played some great golf last week but couldn’t quite catch Austin Eckroat. He finished in a tie for second. Now, he heads to a course he loves. In three starts at Port Royal, Lower has three top-20 finishes, including a tie for eighth at the end of 2022.

Patrick Rodgers

Patrick Rodgers of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship 2024 at the Country Club of Jackson on October 04, 2024 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

Best odds: 30/1 (+3000), FanDuel and Caesars

Analysis: Rodgers has made 279 starts on the PGA Tour and hasn’t put a tally in the win column. Is this his week? Over the last month, Rodgers has tied for 11th at the Black Desert Championship and for 24th at the World Wide Technology Championship. In 2021, Rodgers finished solo fourth at Port Royal. A year later, he tied for third.

Vince Whaley

Vince Whaley hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the RBC Canadian Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports

Best odds: 55/1 (+5500), FanDuel and BetMGM

Analysis: Whaley has two T-16 finishes during the Tour’s fall season — Sanderson Farms Championship, Shriners Children’s Open — and has played well at Port Royal in the past. In 2023, he tied for eighth, and in 2021, he finished T-7.

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship: Prize money, TV coverage, who’s in the field and more

The PGA Tour is heading to Bermuda.

Only two events are left in the PGA Tour in 2024, and this week, the Tour heads to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship gets underway Thursday in Bermuda, and it’s the penultimate official event of the year.

The Butterfield Bermuda is the seventh PGA Tour event of eight in the fall slate. After this week, the Tour heads to Georgia for the season-ending RSM Classic, the final chance for players to secure their spots in the top 125 for 2025.

From TV coverage to field information and prize money, here’s what you need to know about the 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Butterfield Bermuda Championship course information

Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda, is a par-71 layout measuring 6,828 yards. Robert Trent Jones was the architect. This will be the sixth time the tournament is held at Port Royal.

Butterfield Bermuda Championship purse, prize money

The purse at the 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship is $6.9 million with a first-place prize of $1.242 million. Five of the eight fall events have smaller purses from a year ago, but not the Butterfield Bermuda, which is up $400,000.

Butterfield Bermuda Championship TV coverage

Thursday, Nov. 14: 1-4 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, Nov. 15: 1-4 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Nov. 16: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Sunday, Nov. 17: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

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Butterfield Bermuda Championship field

The field is 120.

  • Tyson Alexander
  • Paul Barjon
  • Chris Baker
  • Aaron Baddeley
  • Erik Barnes
  • Ryan Brehm
  • Jacob Bridgeman
  • Zac Blair
  • George Bryan
  • Wesley Bryan
  • Hayden Buckley
  • Daniel Berger
  • Blaine Hale Jr.
  • Ben Crane
  • Rafael Campos
  • Cameron Champ
  • Kevin Chappell
  • Pierceson Coody
  • Austin Cook
  • Trace Crowe
  • Nico Echavarria
  • Egor Eroshenko
  • Doug Ghim
  • Lucas Glover
  • Will Gordon
  • Ben Griffin
  • Lanto Griffin
  • Cody Gribble
  • Mark Hubbard
  • Nick Hardy
  • Michael Herrera
  • Garrick Higgo
  • Ryo Hisatsune
  • Rico Hoey
  • Mackenzie Hughes
  • Henrik Norlander
  • Kevin Kisner
  • Greg Koch
  • Ben Kohles
  • S.H. Kim
  • Michael Kim
  • Kelly Kraft
  • Peter Malnati
  • Maverick McNealy
  • Martin Laird
  • Christo Lamprecht
  • Matti Schmid
  • Kevin Streelman
  • Kevin Yu
  • Kevin Tway
  • Alejandro Tosti
  • Brendon Todd
  • Scott Piercy
  • Andrew Putnam
  • Chez Reavie
  • Patrick Rodgers
  • Graeme Robertson
  • Miles Russell
  • Brandt Snedeker
  • Austin Smotherman
  • Alex Smalley
  • Camiko Smith
  • David Skinns
  • Justin Lower
  • David Lipsky
  • Matt NeSmith
  • S.Y. Noh
  • Andrew Novak
  • Ryan Moore
  • Francesco Molinari
  • William McGirt
  • Seamus Power
  • Greyson Sigg
  • Roger Sloan
  • Russell Knox
  • James Hahn
  • Bill Haas
  • Joel Dahmen
  • MJ Daffue
  • Chesson Hadley
  • Nick Watney
  • Vince Whaley
  • Sam Ryder
  • Chad Ramey
  • Carl Yuan
  • Dylan Wu
  • Brandon Wu
  • Sam Stevens
  • Hayden Springer
  • Justin Suh
  • Robby Shelton
  • Tyler Duncan
  • Martin Trainer
  • Josh Teater
  • Ben Taylor
  • Kevin Dougherty
  • Adrien Dumont de Chassart
  • Ethan Cairns
  • Tyler Collet
  • Connor Jones
  • Nick Jones
  • Carson Young
  • Camilo Villegas
  • Jhonattan Vegas
  • Sean O’Hair
  • Eric West
  • Tom Whitney
  • Norman Xiong
  • Wilson Furr

Among the eight sponsor exemptions is Miles Russell, who is now 16. He was 15 when he made his PGA Tour debut in the 2024 Rocket Mortage Classic in June.