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2023 World Wide Technology Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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After a week off, the PGA Tour is back with the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal Golf Course in Mexico. It’s the 1st PGA Tour event to be held at a course designed by Tiger Woods.

Below, we look at the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Ludvig Aberg leads the field as the betting favorite this week, coming in with odds of +900 to win in Mexico. Cameron Young (+1400), Sahith Theegala (+1600) and Beau Hossler (+2200) are also teeing it up at El Cardonal Golf Course. Aberg is the highest-ranked player in the field coming in at No. 10 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Theegala is 20th.

El Cardonal Golf Course was Woods’ 1st course design and opened in 2014. It’s 7,452 yards long and plays as a par 72, with drastic elevation changes throughout the course. It features wide fairways and big greens, so players don’t have to be overly accurate off the tee.

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World Wide Technology Championship – Expert picks

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Ludvig Aberg (+900)

It’s a chalky pick, but Aberg is already at the point where it’s hard not to like him on any course against any field. This isn’t a loaded field by any means and he’s playing better than anyone teeing it up. In addition to winning the European Masters on the DP World Tour last month, he’s finished 14th, 2nd and 13th in his last 3 PGA Tour starts.

Stephan Jaeger (+2800)

Jaeger has finished T-45 and T-25 in his 2 starts this fall, but he ended the regular season strongly with a T-14 at the Wyndham Championship and a T-20 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August. He has 10 top-25s in 31 starts this season and he’ll look to keep that going this week.

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World Wide Technology Championship picks – Contenders

Cameron Champ (+5500)

Champ finished T-59 at the Zozo Championship 2 weeks ago but he came in 9th and 18th in his 2 prior starts. On a course like El Cardonal with wide fairways, his inaccuracy off the tee won’t be particularly penalizing like it is on narrower courses. And he has the power to really take advantage of some par 4s by giving himself wedges into greens.

Joel Dahmen (+5500)

Dahmen has been having a good fall season, finishing 13th at the Sanderson Farms Championship and 7th at the Shriners Children’s Open earlier this month. He had a bad week at the Zozo Championship, finishing tied for 59th, but Dahmen is playing better now than he was earlier this season.

World Wide Technology Championship picks – Long shots

Troy Merritt (+9000)

Merritt finished T-7 at the Fortinet and T-9 at the Sanderson Farms Championship before hitting a rut at the Shriners Children’s Open where he came in 64th. It’s still be a good fall season against some weaker fields, and he could keep that going in Mexico.

Henrik Norlander (+10000)

Norlander lost in a playoff at the Sanderson Farms Championship earlier this month before coming in 35th at the Shriners Children’s Open a week later. He was struggling prior to those finishes but he had 2 top-25s last fall, including a T-15 at this tournament in 2022.

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2023 Zozo Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Zozo Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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The PGA Tour heads out of the country this week for the 2023 Zozo Championship, which will be played at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan, just outside Tokyo. The 1st round begins on Thursday morning, but TV coverage begins Wednesday night due to the time difference.

Below, we look at the 2023 Zozo Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

It’s a stronger field than we’ve seen in most fall events the last month or so, with Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley and Rickie Fowler all teeing it up in the 78-man field in Japan this week. Bradley is the defending champion here, beating Fowler and Andrew Putnam by 1 shot last year.

Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club has hosted this event 3 times in the last 4 years, with the exception being in 2020 when the event was kept stateside and played at Sherwood Country Club due to the pandemic. It’s a 36-hole venue, with the Zozo Championship using 9 holes from each of the 2 courses on-site. It’s a shorter course, playing 7,079 yards as a par 70.

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Zozo Championship – Expert picks

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Keegan Bradley (+2200)

Bradley not only won here last year, but he finished T-7 in 2021 and T-13 in 2019. He obviously likes this course a great deal and has played well here in the past, which isn’t necessarily reflected in his outright odds. There are 8 players with the same or better odds to win than Bradley, which doesn’t feel right.

Eric Cole (+2500)

Cole just finished T-3 at the Shriners Children’s Open on Sunday after finishing 4th at the Fortinet Championship last month, so he’s been playing well this fall. In fact, he hasn’t finished worse than T-35 since July, an impressive stretch of play by the 35-year-old.

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Zozo Championship picks – Contenders

Emiliano Grillo (+5000)

Grillo finished 30th in 2019 and 73rd in 2021, but he came close to winning here last year when he finished alone in 4th place, just 2 shots off the lead set by Bradley. We can ignore the fact he missed the cut in his last 2 starts this season because prior to that, he finished T-6, T-10, T-20, T-31 and T-29 in his previous 5 starts. This could be the week he gets back on track and he provides good value at +5000.

Tom Hoge (+5000)

In his last 2 starts at the Zozo Championship, Hoge finished T-9 in 2022 and T-17 in 2021. Before missing the cut last week at the Shriners Children’s Open, he finished T-13 at the Sanderson Farms Championship and 21st at the BMW Championship. He’s playing relatively well at the moment and has 2 top-20 finishes here.

Zozo Championship picks – Long shots

Hayden Buckley (+10000)

Buckley’s recent play is nothing to write home about, missing 5 cuts in his last 7 starts, with his best finish being a T-52. However, he tied for 5th in this event last year in his tournament debut, which gives us reason to believe he could get back on track this week in Tokyo.

Mackenzie Hughes (+10000)

Hughes has only finished better than T-49 once since the PGA Championship in May, but he’s come in 23rd and 4th in his last 2 starts at the Zozo Championship in Japan. It’s a good buy-low spot for a guy who can obviously play, which is why he’s a solid long-shot value at +10000.

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2023 Shriners Children’s Open odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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The field gets a bit stronger this week in Las Vegas for the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin. The 1st round of this fall event begins on Thursday morning as Tom Kim will try to defend his title in Vegas.

Below, we look at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Kim is the defending champion, winning this event last year by 3 strokes. He’s the favorite to win again at +1100, slightly ahead of Ludvig Aberg (+1200). Cam Davis (+2000) and Si Woo Kim (+2500) are also among the favorites this week.

TPC Summerlin is a par 71 and plays at 7,255 yards. Designed by Bobby Weed and opened in 1991, the course is carved through canyons with plenty of water hazards to challenge players throughout. Renovations were completed in October 2022 before the Shriners Children’s Open, though the greens remain a blend of bentgrasses.

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Shriners Children’s Open – Expert picks

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Adam Schenk (+3300)

Schenk finished T-3 here in 2021 and followed it up with a T-12 last year. He finished the season strong with a T-9 at the Tour Championship after also finishing 6th in the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August. Combining his recent form with his course history, Schenk is a good bet this week.

Cam Davis (+2000)

Davis is riding a lot of momentum coming into this event, finishing 3rd at the Fortinet Championship a few weeks ago. He only has 1 finish outside the top 10 since the 3M Open in late July, so he’s been playing extremely well since the middle of the summer. In a field that’s lacking star power, this is exactly the type of event Davis should excel in. He finished T-37 and T-27 in his last 2 starts here.

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Shriners Children’s Open picks – Contenders

Andrew Putnam (+4000)

Putnam has finished T-12 and T-11 in his last 2 starts in the Shriners Children’s Open. He missed the cut at the Fortinet Championship last month but in the start before that, he came in 10th at the BMW Championship. As a mid-tier option, his course history alone makes him a guy worth betting on.

S.H. Kim (+5000)

At this event last year, Kim finished T-4 and just 4 shots off the lead set by Tom Kim. Prior to missing the cut in the Sanderson Farms Championship last week, Kim finished solo 2nd in the Fortinet Championship 2 weeks prior so he’s capable of finishing near the top of the leaderboard.

Shriners Children’s Open picks – Long shots

Chesson Hadley (+9000)

In his last 2 starts here, Hadley hasn’t cracked the top 25, but he has finished T-27 and T-37, so he’s come close. He hasn’t missed a cut since the John Deere Classic in early July, making 5 consecutive cuts since then.

Greyson Sigg (+9000)

Sigg made the cut in each of his 2 starts here, finishing in similar spots: T-44 and T-47. A 1st-round 73 last week caused him to miss the cut at the Sanderson Farms Championship, but this is a good bounce-back spot for him.

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2023 Sanderson Farms Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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One week after Europe’s win in the Ryder Cup, the PGA Tour continues its fall schedule with the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi. The Country Club of Jackson is hosting the event for the 10th time, with the 1st round beginning on Thursday morning.

Below, we look at the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Ludvig Aberg is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 11 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, and is the betting favorite (+1200) to win in Jackson. Eric Cole, Stephan Jaeger (both at +2000) and Emiliano Grillo (+2200) are also among the top players teeing it up in Mississippi this week.

The Country Club of Jackson is a par-72 course and will play at 7,461 yards. It features bermuda grass greens that often roll at very quick speeds, and given the length of the course, strokes gained: off the tee is a good measure of success at the Country Club of Jackson, as are most ball-striking stats due to the smaller greens. The last 9 winning scores here have been between 16-under and 22-under par.

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Sanderson Farms Championship – Expert picks

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Eric Cole (+2000)

Cole doesn’t have a PGA Tour win yet on his resume, but he’s someone who’s due for one. He has 4 top-10 finishes already this season, including a 4th-place finish in the Fortinet Championship two weeks ago. He missed the cut  last year after a 1st-round 78 but he’s a good bet this week in Mississippi.

Ludvig Aberg (+1200)

Is Aberg going to be jetlagged and burned out from the festivities in Rome? Maybe. Is he still deserving of the shortest odds this week? Definitely. I’m willing to take him to win this week and ride the momentum after playing well in the Ryder Cup and winning the Omega European Masters last month.

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Sanderson Farms Championship picks – Contenders

Mark Hubbard (+4000)

Hubbard tied for 5th here last year after missing the cut the previous 2 seasons, which was one of 3 top-30 finishes in the fall last season. In the Fortinet Championship 2 weeks ago, he tied for 17th, so he has some momentum.

Greyson Sigg (+5000)

He tied for 9th in this event last year. Last month he tied for 25th in the Fortinet and is above-average in SG: off the tee this season, ranking 79th on tour. As a mid-tier target, Sigg has good value this week.

Sanderson Farms Championship picks – Long shots

Scott Stallings (+9000)

Stallings has a lot of experience in this event, playing it 8 straight seasons. He’s only missed the cut twice in that span and has never finished worse than T-43 when he has made the cut, with his best finish being T-6 three years ago. His odds should probably be shorter, given his course history.

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2023 Ryder Cup odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Ryder Cup, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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The U.S. and Europe will get together in Italy this week for the 2023 Ryder Cup, which is being held at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club just outside of Rome. Team USA won the Cup in 2021 when it was held in the states, running away with it, 19-9, but the Americans haven’t won on European turf since 1993.

Below, we look at the 2023 Ryder Cup odds and make our picks and predictions.

The American team is led by World No. 1, Scottie Scheffler, as well as 2023 major champions, Wyndham Clark, Brooks Koepka and Brian Harman. Also on the squad are Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler.

On Team Europe, Rory McIlroy leads the way again, alongside Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland. Major champions Matt Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose are also representing Team Europe, along with PGA Tour rookie Ludvig Aberg. Also on the squad are Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrell Hatton, Robert McIntyre, Nicolai Hojgaard and Sepp Straka.

Marco Simone Golf and Country Club will play as a par 72 and 7,268 yards this week. The course features a few drivable par 4s, which will certainly make match play more interesting, and the severe elevation changes also bring added strategy into the mix.

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Ryder Cup – Winner

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USA: -105
Tie: +1200
Europe: +115

There’s no shortage of star power on either team this year. From top to bottom, it’s the strongest collection of talent in the Ryder Cup in quite some time. The Americans have the edge in experience, with returning players such as Scheffler, Morikawa, Koepka, Thomas, Cantlay, Schauffele and Spieth. However, the Europeans are loaded at the top with McIlroy, Rahm and Hovland all ranked inside the top 4 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Where the Americans could have the edge is further down the board thanks to their depth. Hojgaard, Straka and Aberg are all Ryder Cup rookies and don’t have the same level of experience as the Americans. Clark and Harman are both major champions and ranked in the top 10 in the world, so while they’re Ryder Cup rookies, they’ve had terrific 2023 seasons.

Team USA also doesn’t have a player ranked lower than 26th in the world, whereas Europe has 5 ranked 34th or lower. So as a whole, the Americans have the edge in that regard.

If the Ryder Cup were being played in the U.S., there’s no doubt the Americans would be heavily favored to win. But because it’s in Europe, that gives the home squad a significant advantage, given their success on European soil in past Ryder Cups.

So much of the Ryder Cup comes down to singles matches when all 24 players will be in the spotlight. And as much as I like the Europeans to keep things close or even come out of doubles matches with a slight lead on Saturday, the Americans will get the job done in singles on Sunday because of how deep their team is.

BET USA (-105) to win the Ryder Cup this weekend and retain the cup, beating Team Europe in a close match.

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2023 Fortinet Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Fortinet Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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The 1st tournament of the inaugural FedExCup Fall begins this week with the 2023 Fortinet Championship at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. It’s the 1st of 7 events this fall as Max Homa goes for the threepeat at this event in his home state. The tournament begins on Thursday morning, with the final round on Sunday afternoon.

Below, we look at the 2023 Fortinet Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Homa is the favorite (+750) to retain his title this week, attempting to win this tournament for the 3rd year in a row. Justin Thomas (+1400) and Sahith Theegala (+1800) are among the big names in the field, along with Cam Davis (+2500). Homa is the highest-ranked player in the field in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, coming in at No. 10.

The North Course at Silverado Resort isn’t overly long, playing at 7,123 yards as a par 72. It was designed by Johnny Miller and this year, holes 8-17 have been rerouted to change the layout.

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Fortinet Championship – Expert picks

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Brendon Todd (+3500)

Todd doesn’t have much length off the tee, but he’s a good fit for Silverado Resort, which isn’t a very demanding course from a distance perspective. It’s part of the reason Todd finished 9th and 22nd in his last 2 starts in this event, and he also finished 26th in 2016 when it was the Frys.com Open.

Stephan Jaeger (+2500)

Jaeger tied for 43rd here last year, but I’m much more interested in his 6 straight top-35 finishes in his last 6 starts, including a T-20 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, his most recent tournament. Jaeger is riding some momentum into this event.

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Fortinet Championship picks – Contenders

Austin Eckroat (+5500)

Eckroat had a hot streak from May to June when he finished in the top 30 in 5 straight starts, including a runner-up at the AT&T Byron Nelson. He’s missed cuts in his last 2 tournaments, but he could be in line to bounce back at an event where he finished 64th last year due to a final-round 77.

Doug Ghim (+5500)

Ghim has only missed 1 cut since the beginning of May, and while he hasn’t finished better than T-12, he’s a cut-maker who could break through eventually to win his 1st PGA Tour event.

Fortinet Championship picks – Long shot

Justin Lower (+10000)

Lower has played this event the last 2 years, missing the cut in 2021 before finishing 4th last year. He finished 8th in July at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

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2023 Tour Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Tour Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

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The FedExCup Playoffs will wrap up on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Tour Championship, where a new FedExCup champion will be crowned at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The 1st round begins on Thursday morning for the 30 players left in the field.

Below, we look at the 2023 Tour Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

The Tour Championship is different than other events because it features a staggered scoring format based on where players sit in the FedExCup standings entering the week. Scottie Scheffler is atop the standings so he’ll start the tournament at 10-under par. Viktor Hovland is 2nd and will start at 8-under par, followed by Rory McIlroy (7-under), Jon Rahm (6-under) and Lucas Glover (5-under). It goes all the way down to Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth and Sepp Straka at even par.

East Lake has hosted the Tour Championship since 2004, presenting golfers with a challenging course where water hazards come into play on several holes. The toughest part about the venue is its narrow fairways, which are particularly penalizing to miss. It’s a par 70 and 7,346 yards, so it’s also a longer course with just 2 par-5s.

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Tour Championship – Expert picks

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Rory McIlroy (+350)

McIlroy starts the week 3 shots back, which is half as many strokes as he was giving to Scheffler last year when he chased him down and won by 1 stroke. He shot 67 or better in all 4 rounds last year and has as much experience at East Lake as anyone in the field. If there’s a player whot’s going to take down Scheffler (again), it’s McIlroy.

Viktor Hovland (+450)

Hovland is the closest competitor to Scheffler, sitting 2 shots behind him. Fresh off a course-record 61 on Sunday at the BMW Championship, Hovland has the momentum heading into Atlanta. He finished T-5 here 2 years ago and T-15 last year, shooting only 1 round above par in that span. Two shots is a small gap to close and it could flip with a birdie-bogey start on the 1st hole.

Jon Rahm (+800)

Rahm is 4 shots behind Scheffler to start the week but he’s a player who can heat up in a hurry. With 2 rounds of 65 and 2 rounds of 68 in 2021, he finished 2nd to Patrick Cantlay. And though he struggled last year with rounds of 71 on Saturday and Sunday, he did fire a 63 in Round 2.

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Tour Championship picks – Contenders

Max Homa (+2800)

Homa will start 6 shots behind, which is the same position McIlroy was in last year when he won, so it’s not impossible. After an opening-round 71 here last year, he shot 62, 66 and 66 to finish T-5. He once held the lead last week at the BMW Championship thanks to an 8-under 62 on Friday, but he backed up a bit on the weekend; he still finished 5th.

Brian Harman (+5000)

Could the magical season from Harman continue with a victory at East Lake?He’s also 6 shots behind Scheffler but he’s only had 2 rounds over 70 in his last 6 events. Harman is as hot as anyone and could heat up even more in Atlanta.

Tour Championship picks – Long shot

Sungjae Im (+12500)

I don’t really love any of the long shots this week with the staggered scoring format, but I’ll take a shot on Im, who’s 8 strokes behind Scheffler. He shot 67, 65, 66 and 66 here last year to finish T-2 with Scheffler, an excellent showing from Im despite not closing the gap all the way.

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2023 BMW Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 BMW Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The field has been trimmed to the top 50 players in the FedExCup Playoffs following the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which was won by Lucas Glover – his 2nd straight victory this month. Up next is the 2023 BMW Championship from Olympia Fields in Illinois.

Below, we look at the 2023 BMW Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Rory McIlroy comes into the week as the betting favorite (+750) after his 3rd-place finish last week, but Scottie Scheffler isn’t far behind (+800). Two-time defending champion Patrick Cantlay is at +1000 to win this event for the 3rd year in a row, all at different courses.

Olympia Fields is hosting the BMW Championship for the 2nd time. In 2020, Jon Rahm beat Dustin Johnson in a playoff. The winning score that week was 4-under 276 and only 5 players finished under par for the tournament. It’s a major championship-level course so players will be tested by this bunker-covered track.

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BMW Championship – Expert picks

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Jon Rahm (+1000)

Rahm put himself behind the 8 ball last week when he shot 73 on Thursday, making it incredibly difficult for him to contend. He finished by shooting rounds of 67, 67 and 68 to tie for 37th. He comes to Olympia Fields, where he won in 2020 and it’s exactly the type of course he should excel on with its challenging conditions.

Collin Morikawa (+2200)

Morikawa finished T-13 last week in Memphis, which was helped by an opening round of 65. He finished 20th here in 2020, bouncing back after a 1st-round 76 by shooting 68 in the final 2 rounds. With narrow fairways and difficult greens to hit, Morikawa should have an edge.

Russell Henley (+2800)

Henley is red hot, finishing 2nd and 6th in his last 2 starts. He probably should’ve won the Wyndham Championship 2 weeks ago, too, if not for a couple of late bad breaks on Sunday. He’s the most accurate driver on tour and a great ball striker, which is why I like him to keep the hot streak going this week.

BMW Championship picks – Contenders

Brian Harman (+4500)

Harman disappointed a bit in his 1st start since the Open, finishing T-31 last week in Memphis, but I’m still buying stock in the lefty. He finished T-12 here in 2020 and has 4 top-12 finishes in his last 5 starts dating back to June. Don’t fade him yet.

Cam Davis (+5500)

Davis didn’t play here in 2020 but he’s been in about as good of form as anyone the last month and a half. He has 3 straight top-10 finishes, including a T-6 at the 1st playoff event, and also came in 17th at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in July. His only slip-up was a missed cut at the Scottish Open.

BMW Championship picks – Long shots

Emiliano Grillo (+6600)

Grillo has 4 top-20 finishes in his last 5 starts, with the best in that stretch being a 6th-place finish at the Open Championship. He’s got a well-rounded game with no real weaknesses at the moment, ranking 52nd in strokes gained: total.

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2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The FedExCup Playoffs kick off this week in Memphis with the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship. It’s once again being held at TPC Southwind, though the field size is considerably smaller than in recent years; only the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings qualified, with 125 players previously making it to this stage of the season.

Below, we look at the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

All the big names are in the field this week, from betting favorites Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to major champions Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark. The defending champ, Will Zalatoris, will not be teeing it up as he’s missed most of the season due to injury.

TPC Southwind is a par 70 and plays at 7,243 yards, featuring an abundance of water hazards around the course. The greens are expected to be firm and fast, while the rough makes missed fairways especially penalizing.

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FedEx St. Jude Championship – Expert picks

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Matt Fitzpatrick (+3300)

Fitzpatrick — 36th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings — hasn’t been at his best lately, with no top-10s since June, but this is a course he’s excelled on before. In 4 starts at TPC Southwind, he’s finished 4th, 6th, 57th and 5th, so he’s been near the top of the leaderboard in 3 of his 4 tries. At +3300, you’re getting him at a little bit of a discount because of his poor form as of late.

Collin Morikawa (+2500)

Morikawa is as good a ball striker as they come, which is an essential trait at TPC Southwind. Hitting fairways is critical because when you miss them, the rough is no joke. Morikawa has finished 20th, 26th and 5th in his 3 starts here, so his course history is solid.

Jordan Spieth (+3000)

Spieth bounced back from consecutive missed cuts by finishing 23rd at the Open Championship, but he hasn’t played since. That might not be a bad thing, giving him some time to reset before the playoffs. In 4 TPC Southwind starts since 2019, he has two 12th-place finishes, a 30th-place finish and a missed cut (last year).

FedEx St. Jude Championship picks – Contenders

Brian Harman (+4500)

Harman is still being underrated a little bit by the books, even after winning the Open. At +4500, he’s a great value this week in a tournament where he finished 36th and 3rd in his last 2 appearances. He’s had enough time to come down from his high of winning the Open, too.

J.T. Poston (+4500)

Poston is riding a little bit of a heater coming into the week, finishing T-2 and T-7 in his last 2 starts. He’ll try to continue that momentum at TPC Southwind where he’s finished 18th, 30th and 20th in his last 3 tries.

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FedEx St. Jude Championship picks – Long shots

Harris English (+8000)

English is coming off a T-33 at the Wyndham Championship, firing a final-round 66 to move up the leaderboard Sunday. He’s notched 10th- and 4th-place finishes in 2 of his last 3 starts here, with the T-4 coming in 2021. Not many long shots have that sort of tournament success.

Andrew Putnam (+10000)

Putnam finished T-5 here last year, but that wasn’t his only successful performance in this event. He also finished 2nd in 2018 and 24th in 2019, showing Southwind is a good fit for his game.

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2023 Wyndham Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Analyzing the golf odds to win the 2023 Wyndham Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

With just 1 event left before the FedExCup Playoffs begin, players will take a crack at qualifying this week by finishing high up the leaderboard at the 2023 Wyndham Championship. The 1st round begins on Thursday from Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

Below, we look at the 2023 Wyndham Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Defending champion Tom Kim will not be playing this week after suffering an ankle injury during The Open Championship two weeks ago. Hideki Matsuyama is the betting favorite, coming into the event at +2000, tied with Russell Henley and Sungjae Im. Also in the field are Justin Thomas, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott and Gary Woodland as they try to make one last push for a spot in the playoffs.

Sedgefield Country Club (par 70, 7,131 yards) is a Donald Ross design and opened in 1926. It has hosted the Wyndham Championship since 2008, typically yielding low scores in the range of 20-under or better for 4 rounds. Kim won it last year at 20-under-par, 5 shots clear of the next-closest competitors, John Huh and Sungjae Im.

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Wyndham Championship – Expert picks

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Sungjae Im (+2000)

Im missed the cut last week at the 3M Open where he was one of the favorites to win, so it was a massively disappointing result for him. However, he’s coming to another course where he’s had plenty of high finishes: 3 top-10s and 4 top-25s in the last 4 years, including a runner-up in 2022. He’s poised to bounce back from last week’s MC.

Cam Davis (+3300)

I’m riding Davis again this week at another tournament he’s played well in. In 2 starts at the Wyndham, he’s finished 15th and 22nd. Davis is coming off a T-10 at the 3M Open on Sunday following a final-round 65 that vaulted him up the leaderboard.

Wyndham Championship picks – Contenders

Billy Horschel (+6000)

Horschel is one of the marquee players fighting for a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs this week, needing a win in order to get through. It’d be a perfect way to finish the regular season, which has been a frustrating one for the former Florida Gator. He has 3 top-10s in his last 5 starts in this tournament and nothing worse than a 27th-place finish in his last 4.

Byeong Hun An (+4500)

An is playing at a high level right now, finishing T-23 at the 3M Open after tying for 3rd in the Scottish Open a few weeks earlier. He’s finished 35th and 3rd in his last 2 starts in the Wyndham Championship, so the course history is there for him.

Wyndham Championship picks – Long shot

Webb Simpson (+8000)

Simpson might be having a dreadful year with more missed cuts (8) than made ones, but you’d be a fool not to consider him at this tournament in his home state. His last 5 starts here are as follows: 7th, 3rd, 2nd, 2nd and 3rd, from 2021 to 2017. It seems no matter how poorly he’s playing, he always plays well here.

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