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Joel Dahmen takes to Twitter looking for money game in Boston after Northern Trust missed cut

Joel Dahmen took to Twitter looking for a money game in Boston this weekend after missing the cut at the Northern Trust.

Joel Dahmen’s weekend of golf is over after missing the cut at the Northern Trust at TPC Boston.

Or is it?

The 32-year-old shot a pair of 1-under 71’s in the opening rounds of the first of three FedEx Cup playoff events. Sitting at 2 under with a projected cut line at 3 under, Dahmen took to Twitter with an usual tactic: crowd sourcing a money game in the Boston area.

“This might be a bad idea, but im going to throw it out there. I have the weekend off and I’m looking for a money game tomorrow,” wrote Dahmen in the tweet. “I’d prefer it be close to Foxborough area. Want to play for enough money that it matters, but not enough to have to sell my house.”

So, if you live near Boston, have deep pockets, a free weekend and you’re feeling good about your game, hit him up. What’s the worst that could happen? It’s not like he shot 58 earlier this year in Arizona or anything.

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59 watch? Dustin Johnson can play that game at Northern Trust at TPC Boston

Dustin Johnson stole the show in the second round of the Northern Trust with a 59 watch of his own at TPC Boston.

A day that started with a hopeful 59 watch for Scottie Scheffler may end with an entirely different player stealing all the headlines.

Dustin Johnson teed off in the afternoon wave right about the time Scheffler birdied the 18th hole at TPC Boston in the second round of the Northern Trust to bring in what was the 12th round of 59 in PGA Tour history.

Who knows what the inspiration factor was in that for Johnson, but the 21-time PGA Tour winner instantly started reeling off birdies and eagles of his own. He put together a tidy little pattern of birdie-eagle-birdie-eagle-birdie through the first five holes before adding birdies at Nos. 7 and 8 for a front-nine 27.

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He doesn’t appear to be stopping anytime soon. Johnson’s back nine started with birdies at Nos. 11 and 12. He is 11 under through 13 holes.

At this rate, we could be in store for something much, much greater than a 59.

Johnson, the 2016 U.S. Open champion, entered the first FedEx Cup Playoff event after a T-2 at the PGA Championship and a T-12 the week before that at the World Golf Championships FedEx St. Jude Invitational.

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Scottie Scheffler posts a historic 59 at Northern Trust

Scottie Scheffler posted the historic number on Friday at TPC Boston for the Northern Trust, rocketing up the leaderboard in the process.

Add another 59 to the PGA Tour record books. Scottie Scheffler logged the iconic number at TPC Boston on Friday in the second round of the Northern Trust.

Scheffler’s round of 12-under 59 came after an opening 1-under 70. He rocketed more than 70 spots up the leaderboard, into the solo lead at 13 under.

The former Texas player’s first birdie came at the par-5 second hole. He added birdies at Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 to turn in 30, then kept it going on the back with birdies at Nos. 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16. For the final birdie on No. 18, he faced just more than 4 feet. He drained it make history.

It’s the 12th sub-60 score in PGA Tour history. Kevin Chappell was the last player to accomplish the feat at The Greenbrier in 2019.

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Tracker: Follow Tiger Woods on Friday at the Northern Trust, shot by shot

Follow Tiger Woods’ second round at the Northern Trust with shot-by-shot updates.

Tiger Woods has his old trusty Scotty Cameron (you know, the one he used to win 14 of his 15 major titles) back in the bag this week as he contends for a record third FedEx Cup title.

The 44-year-old is teeing it up this week at the Northern Trust, the first of three events in the PGA Tour’s season-ending FedEx Cup playoffs. Woods got hot down the stretch on Thursday, firing a 3-under 68 thanks to four birdies over his last seven holes.

Woods is back in action Friday afternoon, teeing off alongside Dylan Frittelli and Matthew Fitzpatrick off the first tee at TPC Boston at 1:17 p.m. ET.

Hole 2 – Par 5

YAHTZEE! Tiger smoked this one down the fairway and it got a big hop, too, running 314 yards. Not bad for a 44-year-old, eh?

Hole 1 – Par 4

Less than driver here off the first tee and TW carves it right down the middle like a Thanksgiving turkey. Showtime. Ooh baby we’re firing today. Tiger floats this one to the right side of the pin, about 15 feet away. That’s a birdie putt on No. 1 just minutes after Scottie Scheffler carded a 12-under 59. If 59 is out there for Scottie … what could the Big Cat do today? Birdie the first, that’s for sure. Canned it. NEXT.

TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 under thru 1 (4 under overall)

Cameron Davis turns heads with share of Northern Trust lead to start the playoffs

Cameron Davis’s name was probably never mentioned in discussions about potential winners, but he has a share of the Northern Trust lead.

NORTON, Mass. – The NBA Playoffs started this week, and in the opening game of their series against the Los Angeles Lakers, the eighth-seed Portland Trailblazers upset the Western Division’s top-seeded team. The Orlando Magic, another 8-seed, defeated the Eastern Division’s top team, the Milwaukee Bucks.

Like Lakers and Bucks fans, golf lovers probably assumed that one of the top-ranked players this week at TPC Boston would take command early at the Northern Trust. Justin Thomas tops the FedEx Cup point list and is ranked No. 2 in the world. Collin Morikawa arrived in Norton, Massachusetts, ranked second in FedEx Cup points thanks to winning the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park two weeks ago. Maybe Rory McIlroy, he’s won twice on this course.

Cameron Davis’s name was probably never mentioned in discussions about potential winners. Andy why should it be? Entering this week, he was 203rd on the Official World Golf Ranking, No. 91 on the FedEx Cup point list and he’s missed the cut in four of the seven PGA Tour events he has played since the Tour’s restart. But on a New England morning that was so beautiful James Taylor probably wrote a song about it, Davis, 25, lit up TPC Boston. He carded eight birdies en route to a 64 and a share of the first-round lead.

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“My swing was a little sloppy, and I wasn’t hitting the ball very solid on the range,” Davis said Thursday evening. “The start to this back nine, which is where I started my round, is very strong, and (I) hit a lot of good quality shots. I feel really proud of the way I dug in.”

Davis is joined by other players who did not get a lot of attention heading into the week: Harris English and Kevin Streelman.

“It helps when the greens are soft,” said English, who was a standout at the University of Georgia. “Five-iron into No. 11, then a really good shot, a 5-iron, at No. 12. (On) 13 I hit 8-iron and 14 I hit 7-iron. A lot of mid-irons, a lot of long irons and I feel like you’ve got to hit those clubs well. I felt like my iron game was on point.”

That’s one way to describe it. English hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation and finished the day ranked No. 1 in proximity to the hole and second in strokes gained approach the green, a stat that measures how much of an edge a player has on the field based on his iron game.

“I don’t swing it like everybody else, and other people don’t swing it like I do,” English said after being asked about switching coaches and searching for a better move. “I can’t look at how Rory swings it, how Dustin swings it, how Brooks swings it. I mean, everybody is different, and I’ve begun to realize that.”

Streelman, 41, came into the week ranked No. 22 in FedEx Cup points. He has two runner-up finishes this season but hasn’t won a PGA Tour event since the 2014 Travelers Championship. A strong showing here could put him in a position to reach his first Tour Championship since 2013.

“(I) just kind of did what I was supposed to today, and you’ve got to keep pushing,” Streelman said. “I think the wind is not going to be a major factor this weekend. The weather looks beautiful. The course in perfect shape. I’m excited to get out in the morning with even better greens than we had today.”

Another Georgia Bulldog who had a great day was two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, who shot 65 in the afternoon wave.

“The problem that I’ve had over the last year or so is the mental part, the thinking,” Watson said. “I’ve been trying to work on that a little bit. I knew my ballstriking was in the right spot. We’ve got three more days, so I could shoot 102 tomorrow, but right now, I’m hitting the driver really nicely. I’ve got an old (Ping) B60 (putter) in the bag now from my junior days, so I rolled the ball nicely as well.”

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Other players who shot 65 on Thursday were Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Kevin Kisner, Matthew Wolff and Charley Hoffman, who won on this course in 2010, and Sebastian Munoz, who birdied his first seven holes.

Among the notable players who also posted low scores are:

  • Daniel Berger, Adam Scott and Tommy Fleetwood (66)
  • Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson (67)
  • Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Tiger Woods (68)

Woods put his old Scotty Cameron putter in the bag on Thursday, taking out the longer and heavier putter that he used at the PGA Championship.

“I had a good feel today. I had nice pace, and I like the speed of these greens,” Woods said. ” They’re fast. Even though they’re soft, but they’re still quick.”

Brooks Koepka withdrew from the Northern Trust on Wednesday due to a hip injury, and on Thursday morning, Ryan Moore withdrew after playing seven holes in 2-over par due to a back injury. Neither player was already inside the top 70 spots on the FedEx Cup point list, so they are out of the playoffs.

Among the notable players who struggled on Thursday were Phil Mickelson (74), Marc Leishman (75) and Graeme McDowell (77).

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Tiger Woods rides birdie-fest up Northern Trust leaderboard on Thursday

Tiger Woods carded a 3-under 68 on Thursday in the opening round of the Northern Trust, the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Tiger Woods had himself a solid day at the office on Thursday at TPC Boston.

The 15-time major champion began his quest for a record third FedEx Cup title with a 3-under 68 in the first round of the Northern Trust, the first of three events in the FedEx Cup playoffs. Woods started his day on the more-challenging back nine and made it through the difficult stretch of Nos. 10-14 just 1 over. Alongside Matthew Fitzpatrick and Dylan Frittelli for the first two rounds, Woods made the turn at even par thanks to a missed eagle putt that left a tap-in birdie on the par-5 18th hole.

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The birdie was just enough momentum to kick Woods’ round into motion. The two-time FedEx Cup champion (2007 and 2009) made a pair of consecutive birdies on Nos. 3 and 4 and Nos. 7 and 8 to temporarily get to 4 under and inside the top 10. A poor tee shot led to an unfortunate bogey on No. 9 to seal the deal on Woods’ 68. The 44-year-old walked off the course T-15.

Woods is back in action on Friday afternoon off No. 1 at 1:17 p.m. ET.

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Northern Trust field, by the rankings

We break down the field at the 2020 Northern Trust by the Golfweek/Sagarins and the Official World Golf Rankings.

The FedEx Cup playoffs begin this week at TPC Boston with the Northern Trust.

An exceptionally strong field this week includes all of the top 12 players in the Golfweek/Sagarin Professional Rankings and 19 of the top 20.

The Northern Trust field is broken down below according to each player’s ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin and in the OWGR. In addition to those rankings, we’ve added another column this week. Each player’s heat index number is their ranking just in events played since the Tour restarted the season in June.

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For the 2019-20 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won has been 79.03 in the Golfweek/Sagarins and 102.52 in the OWGR.

Player GW/Sagarin OWGR Heat Index
 Rory McIlroy 1 3 10
 Jon Rahm 2 1 11
 Xander Schauffele 3 10 1
 Justin Thomas 4 2 4
 Bryson DeChambeau 5 8 2
 Patrick Cantlay 6 12 7
 Collin Morikawa 7 5 8
 Daniel Berger 8 18 5
 Tiger Woods 9 16 18
 Webb Simpson 10 6 25
 Harris English 11 113 9
 Abraham Ancer 12 25 3
 Gary Woodland 14 22 27
 Matthew Fitzpatrick 15 20 21
 Patrick Reed 16 9 22
 Tony Finau 17 15 17
 Adam Hadwin 18 60 26
 Dustin Johnson 19 4 34
 Hideki Matsuyama 20 27 80
 Billy Horschel 21 30 23
 Viktor Hovland 22 32 6
 Sungjae Im 23 24 77
 Mark Hubbard 24 133 14
 Joel Dahmen 25 59 51
 Tyrrell Hatton 27 14 56
 Scottie Scheffler 28 45 100
 Tommy Fleetwood 29 13 119
 Adam Scott 30 11 N/R
 Jason Day 31 34 37
 Louis Oosthuizen 32 26 61
 Matt Kuchar 34 23 60
 Cameron Tringale 35 184 133
 Talor Gooch 36 141 108
 Scott Stallings 37 200 20
 Cameron Champ 38 70 36
 Brian Harman 39 138 87
 Doc Redman 40 94 42
 Paul Casey 42 19 99
 Ian Poulter 43 56 30
 Kevin Na 44 31 49
 Ryan Palmer 45 36 102
 Bud Cauley 46 130 93
 Adam Long 47 73 70
 Jordan Spieth 49 63 47
 Zach Johnson 50 180 35
 Denny McCarthy 51 172 103
 Dylan Frittelli 52 96 63
 Brendon Todd 53 42 76
 Harold Varner III 54 104 68
 Marc Leishman 55 21 184
 Brendan Steele 56 98 33
 Lanto Griffin 59 78 134
 Pat Perez 60 155 52
 Matt Jones 61 89 121
 Matthew Wolff 62 37 62
 Patrick Rodgers 64 188 94
 Kevin Kisner 66 33 58
 Sam Burns 67 162 43
 Richy Werenski 68 132 45
 Joaquin Niemann 69 69 54
 Rickie Fowler 70 35 131
 Shane Lowry 72 28 97
 Brooks Koepka 73 7 96
 Alex Noren 75 116 75
 Phil Mickelson 76 52 40
 Carlos Ortiz 77 143 196
 Byeong Hun An 78 55 156
 Max Homa 80 71 182
 Nick Taylor 81 112 186
 Henrik Norlander 82 147 16
 Corey Conners 83 68 78
 Chez Reavie 84 38 69
 Russell Henley 86 153 67
 Rory Sabbatini 90 92 118
 J.T. Poston 91 66 164
 Maverick McNealy 92 176 193
 Tyler Duncan 93 158 31
 Si Woo Kim 94 86 44
 Keegan Bradley 97 84 105
 Brandt Snedeker 99 64 191
 Justin Rose 100 17 146
 Luke List 101 126 82
 Brian Stuard 104 145 127
 Charles Howell III 105 82 154
 Kevin Streelman 107 48 46
 Adam Schenk 109 204 86
 Bubba Watson 114 65 149
 Ryan Moore 115 123 187
 Tom Hoge 116 135 205
 Danny Lee 117 114 234
 Troy Merritt 121 127 141
 Sebastián Muñoz 122 109 208
 Lucas Glover 123 93 83
 Mackenzie Hughes 125 74 24
 Cameron Davis 130 203 174
 Cameron Smith 136 53 228
 Tom Lewis 137 51 66
 Matthew NeSmith 138 199 256
 Brice Garnett 140 219 209
 Bo Hoag 142 278 177
 Scott Piercy 144 124 287
 Jason Kokrak 146 67 170
 Xinjun Zhang 147 131 259
 Harry Higgs 150 148 366
 Michael Thompson 156 107 91
 Charley Hoffman 166 154 225
 Sung Kang 168 62 313
 Sepp Straka 175 144 72
 Emiliano Grillo 178 140 168
 Andrew Landry 186 118 152
 Nate Lashley 195 95 327
 Graeme McDowell 200 58 321
 Sam Ryder 213 212 275
 Ryan Armour 223 173 114
 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 236 224 292
 Zac Blair 239 230 339
 Keith Mitchell 243 115 306
 Beau Hossler 248 249 504
 Robby Shelton 259 166 369
 Wyndham Clark 265 181 364
 Brian Gay 278 267 387
 Scott Harrington 295 238 398
 Jim Herman 298 91 130
 Scott Brown 303 174 309

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Brooks Koepka withdraws from Northern Trust due to knee, hip injuries

Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from the Northern Trust due to a knee and hip-related injury.

NORTON, Mass. — Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from the Northern Trust due to a knee and hip-related injury.

After finishing tied for 29th at the PGA Championship in San Francisco, Koepka played last week at the Wyndham Championship and missed the cut. He came to Massachusetts but never practiced or came to TPC Boston, site of this week’s tournament.

Koepka entered the week No. 97 on the FedEx Cup point list and only players ranked 70 or better are eligible to compete next week at the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields in Chicago, so his 2019-20 season is over.

After missing the cut, Koepka told reporters that he was favoring his left leg, but the issue was not with his knee. He said that he planned to rest over the weekend instead of practicing.

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Koepka underwent a stem cell procedure on his left knee in September after struggling with a partially torn patella tendon last season. He re-aggravated the knee after slipping on wet concrete at the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges and was forced to withdraw from the tournament. The two-time PGA Championship winner said walking downhill was still “a pain” on his injured knee during tournaments in July.

While Koepka will surely be disappointed after withdrawing, it could be a blessing in disguise. The U.S. Open is scheduled to start on September 14. Golfers who qualify for the Tour Championship will play three weeks of playoff events, then likely will take one week off before arriving in Mamaroneck, New York, for the event that is annually billed as the toughest tournament in the sport. If Koepka is having trouble with his hip or knee, an extended break might help his chances of winning a third U.S. Open.

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Adam Scott reflects on growth since first Tour win ahead of Northern Trust

At TPC Boston where his success began, Adam Scott reflects on his growth on the PGA Tour ahead of the Northern Trust.

NORTON, Mass. — Holding the blue trophy up next to his Burberry plaid-trimmed tan shirt, Adam Scott looked like a kid. He had just won his first PGA Tour event, the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC of Boston. The image is from nearly 17 years ago, September 1, 2003, and the victory moved the 23-year-old Australian up from 40th to 18th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

About seven months later, Scott would win again, but this time it would be the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. His ranking improved after that victory to No. 12. From that point forward, Scott would be a presence at big-time events and a fixture among the game’s elite players. His crowning achievement came nine years later when he became the first Australian to win the Masters by defeating Angel Cabrera in a playoff in 2013.

Now 40, Adam Scott is back at TPC Boston this week. He begins the 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs at No. 36 on the point list thanks to a win at Riviera in February at the Genesis Invitational. He will easily qualify for next week’s BMW Championship in Chicago, but he has some work to do if he wants to make it to the Tour Championship at East Lake.

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“Obviously in this run the next few weeks, a lot can happen, and given everything that’s gone on this year, I’m kind of pleased with my position, actually,” Scott said on Tuesday.

After returning to Australia as the coronavirus outbreak became a pandemic, he took a wait-and-see approach before returning to the United States and the PGA Tour. His first event since the PGA Tour restarted in June was at the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park two weeks ago. Scott finished T-22.

Adam Scott after winning the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Before his virtual press conference, Scott was busy practicing on the putting green. His swing has always delivered effortless-looking power and been one of the most admired among his peers, but inconsistent putting has been a constant frustration. Back in 2003, he used a traditional-length Scotty Cameron Newport putter. These days, he puts his right hand in a pencil-grip halfway down a broomstick-style putter. He holds the top of the club in his left hand, inches away from his sternum, then rocks his shoulders and lets the massive putter head swing through the ball.

He did not wear a hat throughout most of the session, and a few streaks of gray could be seen.

If Adam Scott could give his younger self some advice, what would it be?

“I liked a lot of the things that that guy did at the time. He was on a good path,” Scott said with a smile after some thought. “I was kind of on that rise up, being a young pro, but then once you kind of get near the top 10 in the world, it’s a real different level to maintain and push all the way up there.”

Scott briefly attended UNLV and was coached by Butch Harmon as a young pro. At that time, Harmon also coached Tiger Woods.

Adam Scott practices ahead of the 2020 Northern Trust at TPC Boston. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

“I think, you know, looking back on it now, it’s hard to remember exactly the influence and attention and intimidation that Tiger drew to golf tournaments, but it was significant to every player who was out here,” Scott said. “I think if anyone was playing at that time, and they were being honest, there’s no doubt he made a big difference. I think I would have told myself to kind of come up with a strategy to block out exactly what Tiger was doing in making us all feel slightly inferior to him.”

That was the old Tiger. On Monday, Woods was spotted playing a practice round at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York on Monday, site of next month’s U.S. Open. Justin Thomas accompanied him. As Scott can attest, back in the early 2000s, Tiger would never have gone on a scouting mission with a potential rival in the weeks leading up to a major.

Tiger Woods, like and Adam Scott, has changed, but the Aussie still has the same goals 17 years later.

“I never really had Jack Nicklaus’s major record pinned up on my bedroom wall or anything, but I always felt like a real legend of the game kind of was a five-time major champion, and I still feel that’s relevant,” he said. “There can only be so many legends of the game. You have to draw the line somewhere, and that’s what I think about in my head and my goals, and I feel like I want to win multiple majors.”

Scott will get a chance at a second major in about a month, but for now, his focus is on the playoffs. Winning a FedEx Cup would undoubtedly strengthen his case for being a legend.

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2020 Northern Trust Prop Bet Payday: Matchups, Placings and FRL Picks

Here are the best prop bets, matchups, placings and FRL picks at the 2020 Northern Trust.

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The top 125 golfers from the season-long FedExCup standings are in the field for this week’s Northern Trust at TPC Boston. It’s the first of three FedExCup Playoffs events; the top 70 in the standings after this week will progress to the BMW Championship. From there, the top 30 will compete in the Tour Championship at East Lake. Below, we look at the best prop bets, including matchups, placings and first-round leader bets, for the 2020 Northern Trust.

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2020 Northern Trust: Matchup bets

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Patrick Cantlay vs. Daniel Berger (-106)

Cantlay ranks two spots ahead of Berger at No. 6 in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings, but Berger has been much better – and much more active – since the PGA Tour’s restart. Take the Charles Schwab Challenge champ as a slight dog in this head-to-head.

Xander Schauffele vs. Collin Morikawa (-106)

Again, recency bias isn’t being factored into the lines for his tournament matchup. The 2020 PGA Championship winner is a slight dog against Schauffele. Morikawa makes his pro debut at TPC Boston, but Schauffele has lackluster course history with an average of just 0.48 strokes gained per round across eight career rounds, according to Data Golf.

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2020 Northern Trust: Placing bets

Top 5: Cameron Champ (+1200)

Champ’s a two-time PGA Tour winner, but his breakout performance was arguably his T-10 at the PGA Championship. His wins came against much weaker competition on the Tour’s Fall Swing. He ranks second on Tour this season in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, and he was third in the field at TPC Harding Park.

Top 10: Louis Oosthuizen (+700)

Oosthuizen’s best result in seven events since the restart was a T-6 at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. He has a great history at TPC Boston with 2.47 strokes gained per round and needs a top result in order to move into the top 70 and play again next week.

Top Australasian player: Adam Scott (+225)

Scott was going to be my play as a slight dog in a head-to-head matchup against Jason Day, but both golfers offer better value as the top competitors in the group. Day (+138) had the better showing at the PGA Championship with a T-4 to Scott’s T-22, but Scott has the better course history at TPC Boston.

2020 Northern Trust: First-round leader bet

Bryson DeChambeau (+2000)

The co-favorite to win the tournament, DeChambeau is getting considerably higher odds to lead after the opening 18 holes. He leads the PGA Tour with a first-round scoring average of 68.00 through 14 total rounds. He opened with 67 or better in five of seven events since the restart.

Rory McIlroy (+2500)

Much of the same logic applies to McIlroy. The two-time FedExCup champ ranks fourth on Tour in SG: Off-the-Tee to DeChambeau’s top rank, and he’s third with a first-round scoring average of 68.42. The biggest thing in his favor is his 8:15 a.m. ET tee time in better scoring conditions. DeChambeau tees off at 1:06 p.m. ET.

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