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2022 Wyndham Championship best value prop bets for 3 golfers

Three golfers to profit on at the 2022 Wyndham Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The final PGA Tour event of the regular season tees off Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Wyndham Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Kevin Kisner (No. 147 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings) returns to defend his title after winning the 2021 Wyndham Championship in a 6-way playoff. Some of the big names in the field include Shane Lowry (No. 8), Will Zalatoris (No. 13), Sungjae Im (No. 15) and Billy Horschel (No. 22).

Sedgefield Country Club is a par 70 with a 7,131 yardage, and the winner of the 2022 Wyndham Championship snags $1,314,000 of a $7,400,000 prize pool. Several golfers are jostling for seeding in the upcoming FedExCup.

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2022 Wyndham Championship best bets

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Sungjae Im

This season has been disappointing for Im even though he’s had several impressive finishes, including a 6th at the Farmers Insurance Open, 8th in the 2022 Masters, 10th at the Memorial and 2nd at the 3M Open. In fact, Im has finished top 20 in half of the 2022 events he’s played in (8 of 16).

Im is 1st in the field at Par 4 Efficiency: 400-450, 9th in Strokes Gained (SG): Ball-striking (BS) and 5th in Good Drives Gained over the last 50 rounds, according to FantasyNational.com. Eight of the 10 par 4’s at Sedgefield are within 400-450 yards.

Also, Im has the 6th-best SG in this field at Sedgefield with a 24th-place finish at the 2021 Wyndham Championship, 9th in 2020 and 8th in 2019. Im’s struggles on the greens at Sedgefield last year caused his poor finish.

But Im’s best putting surface is Bermuda grass, which makes up Sedgefield’s greens and Im picked up nearly 4 strokes with the putter at his last event (the 3M Open in July).

$25 for winner (+1500) to earn a $375 profit
$25 for top-5 finish (+380) to earn a $95 profit

Adam Scott

Sedgefield is a Donald Ross design and comps to several TPC courses per DataGolf.com. Scott is 3rd in this field for SG at a blend of 4 Donald Ross and 4 TPC courses including TPC Sawgrass, Twin Cities, Potomac and River Highlands.

More importantly, Scott is 6th according to my custom stat model courtesy of FantasyNational.com. Scott has the 3rd-best Par 4 Efficiency: 400-450, 10th-best SG: Approach (APP), 8th-best Opportunities (Opps) Gained and 6th-best Birdies-or-Better over his last 50 rounds.

Finally, Scott’s payout would be cheaper if he finished better than T37 at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, which he would have if it weren’t for a 6-over 3rd round last weekend.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+650) to earn an $81.25 profit

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Harold Varner III

Iron-play is by far the most important skill to look for when handicapping the Wyndham because the fairways are easy to hit and the greens are huge.

Well, Varner is 2nd in SG: APP and 6th in SG: BS in this field over the last 50 rounds. Varner’s iron game is a big reason why he also ranks 5th in Opps Gained.

Furthermore, Varner is picking up nearly 6 strokes Tee-to-Green and 4.5 strokes in APP over his last 5 events. If Varner gets a hot putter this weekend, we could be cashing a nice ticket on his outright win.

But Varner’s consistency with his irons gives him great value at the Wyndham Championship.

$12.50 for winner (+4000) to earn a $500 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+750) to earn a $93.75 profit

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2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic best value prop bets for 3 golfers

3 golfers to profit on at the 2022 Rocket Mortage Classic, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The Detroit Golf Club hosts the 4th 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic starting Thursday in the penultimate PGA Tour event before the FedEx Cup Playoffs begin. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Reigning champion Cameron Davis (No. 67 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings) won last year’s tournament in a playoff against Troy Merritt (No. 61) and Joaquin Niemann (No. 24). Other notable golfers include Sunday’s 3M Open winner Tony Finau (No. 25) and Patrick Cantlay (No. 2).

The 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic will be played at the Detroit Golf Club’s North course, which is a par 72 with a 7,370 yardage, and the winner takes home $1.512 million of the $8.4 million pool.

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Chris Kirk

Kirk is the top-ranked golfer per my numbers and we’re getting a good price for him at the Classic because he missed back-to-back cuts at the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open Championship across the pond.

Otherwise, the 40th-ranked Kirk had 6 top-20 finishes in his previous 11 tournaments, including 4 top-10 finishes with a 5th-place finish at the 2022 PGA Championship.

Strokes Gained (SG): Around-the-green (ARG) play a bigger factor in a golfer’s scoring at the Rocket Mortgage Classic than most PGA Tour events because the greens are harder to hit than the tour average. Kirk is 3rd in SG: ARG over his last 50 rounds, per FantasyNational.com.

Also, your wedge-game needs to be on-point at the Detroit Golf Club since there are a lot of 2nd shots on the North course and Kirk is 8th in this field at Proximity: 100-125 (FantasyNational.com).

Finally, Kirk has the 4th-best SG: Total in the Classic field with a 12th-place finish in 2021 and a 21st in 2020.

$12.50 for winner (+5000) to earn a $625 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+1200) to earn a $150 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+600) to earn a $150 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+280) to earn a $280 profit

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Russell Henley

Henley’s iron- and wedge-games are insane and rank 1st in this field for both SG: Approach and Proximity: 75-100 over the last 50 rounds, according to FantasyNational.com.

The reason Henley is going for a modest price is because he missed the cut in his only Rocket Mortgage Classic played (2019) and he’s just 47th in SG: Total over his last 24 rounds.

However, Henley has struggled over that span because those 24 rounds included all 4 majors, THE PLAYERS Champion and Genesis Invitational, which are all very difficult events.

The 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic, on the other hand, should be a birdie-fest and Henley is 4th in this field for SG: Total at events with easy scoring conditions and 2nd in SG: Total for comp courses used.

$12.50 for winner (+5000) to earn a $625 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+1200) to earn a $150 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+550) to earn a $137.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+260) to earn a $260 profit

Cameron Young

Young is one of the top young golfers in the world and he’s 3rd in SG: Total for this field over his last 24 rounds with a 2nd-place finish at The Open Championship, 3rd at the PGA Championship, 2nd at the Wells Fargo Championship and 3rd at the RBC Heritage.

Also, Young has picked up strokes ARG in 8 of his last 10 events and is 1st in this field for both Opportunities Gained and Birdies-or-better Gained. Young has put up some low rounds this season and that’s the type of golfer I’m looking to stake in the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+500) to earn a $62.50 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+270) to earn a $67.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+125) to earn a $125 profit

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2022 3M Open best value prop bets for 3 golfers

3 golfers to profit on at the 2022 3M Open, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The 4th 2022 3M Open tees off Thursday, July 21 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. TPC Twin Cities is a par 71 that plays at 7,431 yards and the winner brings home $1.35 million out of the $7.5 million prize pool.

Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 3M Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

The 3M Open 2021 champion Cameron Champ (No. 233 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings) returns to defend his title against one of the softest fields for any event on the PGA Tour this season.

Most of the world’s best golfers are taking an off week on the heels of last week’s 150th Open Championship. But, notables in the 156-golfer field include 2021 Masters Champion Hideki Matsuyama (No. 8), Sung-Jae Im (No. 16) and Tony Finau (No. 33).

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Davis Riley

Riley is one of several impressive rookies this year on the PGA Tour, and that’s saying something. He has 6 top-20 finishes in his last 10 events including 4 top-10s and a runner-up finish at the Valspar Championship after losing in a playoff to Sam Burns.

On top of that, Riley is 2nd in my custom stat model and 4th in my mixed model provided by FantasyNational.com. Riley is 1st in Birdies-or-Better Gained (BoB), 5th in Strokes Gained (SG): Par 4, 8th in SG: Off-the-tee (OTT) and 9th in SG: Ball-striking over his last 36 rounds.

Lastly, Riley is 2nd in SG: Total over his last 24 rounds, 10th in SG for both the comp courses used and courses longer than 7,400 yards, according to FantasyNational.com.

$12.50 for winner (+2000) to earn a $500 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+550) to earn a $68.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+260) to earn a $65 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+125) to earn a $125 profit

Brendan Steele

I’m shopping for OTT for the 3M Open since the 2021 (Champ) and 2019 (former PGA golfer Matthew Wolf) winners are currently 1st and 2nd in driving distance on the PGA Tour. Steele is 1st in SG: OTT in this field and 2nd in Good Drives Gained, per FantasyNational.com.

Steele is playing well coming into the 3M Open, ranking 5th in SG: Total over his last 24 rounds, per FantasyNational.com. This includes impressive finishes at tough courses in competitive fields such as the Memorial (10th), 2022 PGA Championship (9th) and THE PLAYERS Championship (13th)

Furthermore, Steele’s game fits TPC Twin Cities nicely. Steele is 9th in my mixed model, which includes the 7th-best SG: Par 4. In fact, Steele finished 53rd in the 2019 3M Open because he dropped 6.3 strokes on the greens but picked up 8.2 strokes T2G, per FantasyNational.com.

If Steele can just have a decent putting week at TPC Twin Cities, he’ll be a threat to win.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+700) to earn a $87.50 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+350) to earn a $87.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+125) to earn a $125 profit

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Emiliano Grillo

Grillo finished 3rd at the 2020 3M Open and was 2nd in the John Deere Classic earlier this month. The John Deere Classic is also played on an easy-TPC course and has the same “player quality measures” average (minus-0.8) as the 3M Open, according to DataGolf.com.

Furthermore, Grillo has played well at the PGA events that have lower “player quality measure” averages than the 3M Open such as the Puerto Rico Open, Corales Puntacana Championship and the Barbasol Championship.

He finished 11th (2021, 3rd (2020) and 2nd (2015) in 3 of his 5 Puerto Rico Open appearances, 6th at the 2021 Puntacana and 10th at his only Barbasol Championship played in 2015.

Finally, Grillo is 7th in both SG: OTT and SG: T2G at courses longer than 7,400 yards and 1st in Proximity: 200-plus. There are more approach shots longer than 200 yards at this course than at your average PGA event because of all the water hazards forcing golfers to lay up.

$12.50 for winner (+5000) to earn a $625 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+1300) to earn a $162.25 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+550) to earn a $137.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+240) to earn a $240 profit

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2022 Open Championship best value prop bets for 3 golfers

3 golfers to profit on at the 2022 Open Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The 150th Open Championship tees off Thursday on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The winner will receive a record-breaking $2.5 million and the Claret Jug. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Open Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

This is the 4th and final major of the PGA season with reigning champion Collin Morikawa (No. 27 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings) vying to be the 1st back-to-back Open winner since Irishman Pádraig Harrington (ranked 205th) in 2007-08. The Old Course is a par 72 playing at 7,313 yards.

The 156-golfer field includes Masters champion Scottie Schefler (No. 3), PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas (No. 5) and U.S. Open champion Matthew Fitzpatrick (No. 11).

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Cameron Smith

Let’s buy the dip on Smith, who missed the cut at the 2022 U.S. Open, finished T-48 at the RBC Canadian Open and has a minus-0.62 Strokes Gained (SG) vs. expectations over his last 5 events, per DataGolf.com.

Otherwise, Smith is 4th in the world for total SG this year and 1st in expected PGA Tour victories, according to DataGolf.com.

Smith is among the best putters in the world and ranks 3rd in SG: Approach and 1st in Par 4 Efficiency 350-400 in this field over the last 36 rounds, according to FantasyNational.com. There are 7 par 4s within 350-400 yards at the Old Course.

Lastly, the Open Championship tends to be a birdie-fest. The last 6 Open Championships have an average winning score of 14-under as do the last 5 Open Championships played at St. Andrews. Smith is 3rd in this field for both birdies-or-better and birdies gained over the last 36 rounds.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+550) to earn a $68.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+300) to earn a $75 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+130) to earn a $130 profit

Will Zalatoris

Zalatoris missing the cut last week at the Genesis Scottish Open stunk, but in reality that’s the most likely reason for Willy Z’s juicy Open Championship odds. He has bounced back from his 2 previous missed cuts with a 5th at the Memorial and 2nd at the PGA Championship.

More importantly, Zalatoris is playing well and his game fits St. Andrews. Zalatoris is 5th in total SG over his last 24 rounds and is gaining more than 2 strokes per round on the field in windy weather conditions for his career, according to FantasyNational.com.

Zalatoris’s putting has been his Achilles heel but that hasn’t been the case in majors. He has gained 4.5 strokes on the greens in the 3 majors this year, per DataGolf.com. Zalatoris is 9th in the field over his last 36 rounds in 3-putt avoidance.

Finally, Zalatoris is 3rd in SG: Total over the last 36 rounds in my custom stat model courtesy of FantasyNational.com with the 2nd-best SG: Ball-striking (BS) and Par 4 Efficiency: 350-400.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+550) to earn a $68.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+300) to earn a $75 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+135) to earn a $135 profit

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Tony Finau

Finau’s performance in majors has been a blemish on his career resume but he’s finished in the top-20 in 4 of his 5 Open Championship appearances, including 2 top-10 finishes.

Finau has been locked in lately. He is 3rd in SG: Total over the last 24 rounds, and top-7 in SG for Off-the-tee, BS, tee-to-green (T2G) and short game, according to FantasyNational.com. Finau has 4 top-10 finishes in his last 7 events and 3 top-5 finishes.

In addition, Finau is 9th in SG: Par 4, 7th in 3-putt avoidance and 4th in Scrambling over the last 36 rounds. SG: Par 4 was used since 14 of the 18 holes at the Old Course are par 4s and scrambling is an important stat for any major.

We are getting a good price on Finau because of his poor track record in majors and this is Finau’s 1st Open at the Old Course. But, Finau’s game is perfect for links-style golf and it wouldn’t be surprising for Finau to win his 1st major and the Claret Jug.

$12.50 for winner (+4000) to earn a $500 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+750) to earn a $93.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+380) to earn a $95 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+200) to earn a $200 profit

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2022 Genesis Scottish Open best value prop bets for 3 golfers

3 golfers to profit on at the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, welcomes an insane field of the world’s best golfers Thursday for the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Fourteen of the world’s 15 top-ranked golfers will tee it up at The Renaissance Club including 2022 Masters champ Scottie Scheffler (No. 1 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings), 2022 PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas (No. 4) and 2021 U.S. Open champ Jon Rahm (No. 3).

The 2022 Scottish Open is a co-sanctioned event with a 153-golfer field featuring 75 PGA Tour golfers, 75 DP World Tour golfers, 3 from the KPGA Tour and 3 unrestricted sponsored exemptions.

This will mark the 4th consecutive Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club and the 6th Scottish Open since being added to the European Tour’s Rolex Series in 2017. The Scottish Open is a tune-up for The Open Championship next week at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.

Defending champion Min Woo Lee won the 2021 Scottish Open in a 3-way playoff with Thomas Detry (No. 187) and 2022 U.S. Open champ Matthew Fitzpatrick (No. 14).

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2022 Genesis Scottish Open best bets

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Will Zalatoris

Now that Fitzpatrick won his 1st PGA Tour event at the 2022 U.S. Open, Zalatoris is clearly the best player in the world without a PGA Tour victory.

Zalatoris is 3rd in the world for Strokes Gained (SG): Total over his last 5 events per DataGolf.com, which includes a T2 at the U.S. Open, T5 at the Memorial and T2 at the 2022 PGA Championship.

Tight fairways and uneven lies make The Renaissance Club a “2nd-shot golf course” and Zalatoris is a terrific ball striker and among the best iron players in the world.

Zalatoris is 4th in this field for SG: Off-the-tee, 1st in SG: Approach (APP), 2nd in SG: Ball-striking (BS) and 5th in SG: Par 3 (there are 5 Par 3 holes at The Renaissance Club), according to FantasyNational.com.

$12.50 for winner (+2000) to earn a $250 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+550) to earn a $68.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+280) to earn a $70 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+140) to earn a $140 profit

Collin Morikawa

It’s an auto-bet anytime you give me Morikawa at +2500 or better. There are 7 golfers with lower odds to win the Scottish Open and Morikawa is tied with 5 other golfers at +3000.

The bottom line is there aren’t 8 better golfers in the world when Morikawa is on his game. Granted, Morikawa is only 32nd in SG: Total in this field over his last 24 rounds (per FantasyNational.com). But, Morikawa did finish T5 at the 2022 U.S. Open, which was at one of the toughest courses in the world.

Also, Morikawa is one of the few iron players in the world that could give Zalatoris a run for his money in that department. Morikawa is 1st in Proximity: 150-175 and 3rd in Proximity: 200-plus over the last 36 rounds.

Lastly, Morikawa excels on links golf courses and is The Open Championship defending champion. Link-style golf courses are known to get windy and Morikawa is 3rd in this field for SG: Total at courses with moderate to extremely windy conditions, according to FantasyNational.com.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+650) to earn a $91.25 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+320) to earn a $90 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+150) to earn a $150 profit

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Max Homa

Homa is playing all-world golf coming into the Scottish Open and ranks 8th in SG: Total on the planet in his last 5 events, which is 1.13 SG better than his personal baseline, according to DataGolf.com.

The 2022 Wells Fargo Championship winner is 4th in SG: Total on my custom stat model (courtesy of FantasyNational.com) over his last 36 rounds. Homa is 5th in SG: APP, 7th in SG: BS and 10th in SG: Putting during that span.

Finally, I’m cool with “sprinkling” on Homa’s outright and top-10 placement because Homa has 8 top-20 finishes in his 12 events played in 2022.

$12.50 for winner (+5000) to earn a $637.50 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+550) to earn a $137.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+240) to earn a $240 profit

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2022 John Deere Classic best value prop bets for 3 golfers

3 golfers to profit on at the 2022 John Deere Classic, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The 2022 John Deere Classic tees off Thursday at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 John Deere Classic odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Only 1 golfer in the top-50 of the Official World Golf Rankings will play the John Deere Classic. Many of golf’s big names opted to rest and prepare for overseas tourneys in July such as the upcoming Genesis Scottish Open and The Open Championship.

The John Deere Classic has a 156-golfer field with notables including last week’s Travelers Championship runner-up Sahith Theegala (No. 64 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings) and 2021 John Deere Classic champion Lucas Glover (No. 83).

TPC Deere Run is a par 71 playing at 7,289 yards with a cut after 36 holes to the top 65 players with ties and there’s a $7.1 million prize pool.

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Charles Howell III

There’s value in Howell at this price even though he has the 3rd-best odds to win the John Deere Classic because Howell ranks 2nd in my mixed stats model provided by FantasyNational.com.

Howell is in the top-10 in this field over the last 36 rounds for SG: Ball-striking (8th), Tee-to-green (1st), Par 4s (8th) and birdies or better gained (4th), according to FantasyNational.com.

Also, this should be a birdie-fest since the average winning score over the past 6 John Deere Classics is 21-under and the average cut line is roughly 3-under.

Howell is 6th in strokes gained (SG) in this field at courses with easy scoring conditions with a T6 finish and a T19 finish in 2 of his last 3 John Deere Classic tourneys.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+750) to earn a $93.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+380) to earn a $95 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+180) to earn a $180 profit

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Adam Schenk

Schenk finished T4 at this event in 2021 and T6 in 2019 (2020 John Deere Classic was canceled due to COVID-19) and Schenk has the 2nd-best SG vs. expectations in the field at this course, per DataGolf.com.

We could be getting a good price for Schenk since he missed the cut at last week’s Travelers Championship. That was a stacked field and Schenk gained strokes in 4 of the 5 major categories but dropped more than 3 strokes on the greens.

Putting is the stat with the highest variance in golf. But, Schenk knows his way around this course so, if he gets hot with the putter, Schenk will be in the mix Sunday to win this.

Finally, Schenk finished 24th at the U.S. Open and 26th at the Memorial, both of which were played on much tougher courses than TPC Deere Run.

$12.50 for winner (+6000) to earn a $750 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+550) to earn a $137.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+250) to earn a $250 profit

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Vaughn Taylor

This is strictly a value-play since Taylor ranks 2nd in my custom stat model now that Davis Riley withdrew from this tourney.

SG: Approach (APP) is the most important stat to look at when handicapping golf and that’s especially the case at TPC Deere Run. Taylor is 2nd in SG: APP in this field over the last 36 rounds, 3rd in opportunities gained, 2nd in Proximity to the hole and 8th in 3-putt avoidance.

Lastly, Taylor is 16th in this field for SG at TPC Deere Run with top-20 finishes in 2 of the last 4 John Deere Classics (T6 in 2019 and T19 in 2017) and has a plus-0.72 SG vs. expectations at this event.

$10 for winner (+20000) to earn a $2,000 profit
$50 for top-20 finish (+480) to earn a $240 profit

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2022 Travelers Championship best value prop bets for 3 golfers

3 golfers to profit on at the 2022 Travelers Championship, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., will host the 2022 Travelers Championship, which tees off Thursday. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Travelers Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

The Travelers has a 156-golfer field with notables including Scottie Scheffler (No. 1 in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings), Justin Thomas (2022 PGA Championship winner and No. 3), Rory McIlroy (No. 4), Jordan Spieth (2017 Travelers Championship winner and No. 29) and many more.

TPC River Highlands has been the Travelers Championship’s venue since 1984 and is the second-most attended PGA Tour event annually behind Phoenix’s Waste Management Open.

The course is playing at 6,841 yards, par 70. There’s a cut after 36 holes to the top 65 players with ties and there’s an $8.3 million prize pool.

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2022 Travelers Championship best bets

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 9:08 p.m. ET.

Jordan Spieth

Despite not being in the mix on Sunday at any of the 3 majors this season, Spieth is playing good golf entering the Travelers. He’s 7th in strokes gained (SG): Total, 1st in SG: Tee-to-green and around-the-green (ARG) and 9th in SG: Approach over his last 24 rounds (per FantasyNational.com).

His SG: ARG is notable since TPC River Highlands is one of the toughest courses on tour ARG (per DataGolf.com). Also, Spieth is 6th in this field at Par 4 Efficiency: 400-450 (according to FantasyNational.com), which factors since 8 of the par 4s at this course are within that yardage.

Finally, Spieth can be more aggressive off-the-tee (OTT) since TPC River Highlands is one of the shorter courses on tour and he is an elite scrambler. Spieth is one of the few golfers in the world who can score birdies on holes even after getting into trouble.

$12.50 for winner (+2000) to earn a $250 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+480) to earn a $60 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+230) to earn a $57.50 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+130) to earn a $130 profit

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Mito Pereira

Pereira is going for a bargain because of his 4th-round choke job at the 2022 PGA Championship that cost him his 1st PGA Tour victory and major. But, Pereira has the best scoring average on tour at Par 4 Efficiency: 400-450 and 7th in greens in regulation.

Also, Pereira is 3rd on my custom stat model (courtesy of FantasyNational.com) over the past 36 rounds. He ranks 1st in SG: Ball striking, 5th in SG: OTT, 6th in proximity: 125-150 and 1st in opportunities gained over that span.

We are getting a good price on Pereira since he just missed the cut at last week’s U.S. Open. However, Pereira was on the cut line at 4-over par and caught a bad weather draw in the first 2 rounds. Prior to the U.S. Open, Pereira finished in the top 20 in 5 of 6 tourneys.

$12.50 for winner (+4000) to earn a $500 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+400) to earn a $100 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+220) to earn a $220 profit

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Webb Simpson

Let’s take a flyer on Simpson despite him not being in the best of form because TPC River Highlands fits Simpson’s game very well.

Simpson has the best SG: Total over his last 50 rounds at similar courses to TPC River Highlands built into my model, which includes TPC Deere Run, TPC Potomac and TPC Twin Cities.

Also, TPC River Highlands is a Pete Dye design and Simpson is SG: Total on Pete Dye golf courses over his last 50 rounds and 4th in SG: Total on courses shorter than 7,200 yards.

$12.50 for winner (+6000) to earn a $750 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+260) to earn a $260 profit

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2022 U.S. Open best value prop bets for 3 golfers

Three golfers to profit on at the 2022 U.S. Open, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The 122nd U.S Open tees off Thursday at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 U.S. Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Golfweek’s No. 2 overall golfer Jon Rahm tries to defends his 2021 U.S. Open title against a 156-player field featuring Golfweek’s top-ranked golfer, and 2022 PGA Championship winner, Justin Thomas and 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler.

This will be The Country Club’s 4th time hosting the U.S. Open, and 1st since 1988. The course is playing at 7,264 yards, par 70, and cuts will be made after 36 holes with the top 60 players playing for a prize pool of $12.5 million ($2.25 million to the winner).

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2022 U.S. Open best bets

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 1:37 p.m. ET.

Shane Lowry

Lowry is 1st on my custom model and 2nd on my mixed model (courtesy of FantasyNational.com), behind the 2 favorites: Rory McIlroy (+1000) and Justin Thomas (+1200).

According to my numbers, Lowry ranks in the top-10 of this field in greens in regulation (GIRs) gained, good drives, Par 4 efficiency: 450-500 and bogeys avoided (per Fantasy National). The Par 4 efficiency stat was pulled because 7 Par 4 holes at The Country Club play within 450-500 yards.

All Lowry has done this calendar year is finished 10th or better at the Honda Classic (2nd), 2022 Masters (3rd), the RBC Heritage (3rd) and last week’s RBC Canadian Open (10th). Lowry has 2 other top-20 finishes and hasn’t finished worse than 32nd in his 8 events played in 2022.

The bottom line is Lowry shows up at majors. He has 7 career top-10s in major tournaments, including his 2019 British Open victory.

$12.50 for winner (+3000) to earn a $375 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+650) to earn an $81.25 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+300) to earn a $75 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+130) to earn a $130 profit

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Sungjae Im

We are getting value in Im here in part because he’s not a household name and he missed last month’s PGA Championship due to a positive COVID test prior to golf event in his native South Korea.

Since then, Im finished 15th at the Charles Schwab Challenge and 10th at the Memorial. Im has 7 top-20 finishes and 4 top-10 finishes in his 12 events played in 2022.

Im was the 1st-round leader at the 2022 Masters and finished 8th. If Im was able to play in the 2022 PGA Championship and played up to his 2022 form, then Im would be priced north of +3000 to win the 2022 U.S. Open.

More importantly, Im has a game suited for major tournaments. Majors test all of a golfer’s skillset and Im has gained strokes across all five major categories over his last 5, 10, 20 and 111 events. Im ranks 2nd on the tour in Par 4 average, 3rd in scrambling and 8th in GIRs.

$12.50 for winner (+4000) to earn an $500 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+750) to earn an $93.75 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+380) to earn a $95 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+175) to earn a $175 profit

Corey Conners

Golfers need to consistently hit fairways and greens if they have any hope of contending in the U.S. Open.

Conners has gained strokes off-the-tee (OTT) in 33 straight tournaments dating back to the 2021 Genesis Open and ranks 4th on the Tour in GIRs.

His only poor performance since March was a missed cut at the PGA Championship. Otherwise, Conners has 5 top-20 finishes in his last 9 events played, including 6th-place finishes at the 2022 Masters and last week’s RBC Canadian Open.

Conners’ finish in the RBC Canadian Open is noteworthy because he’s a native Canadian so the Canadian Open had a major-like atmosphere for him. Essentially, Conners has played well in important tourneys this season.

Conners is also one of the few golfers in this field with experience at The Country Club. He competed in the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship in Brookline.

$12.50 for winner (+5000) to earn a $625 profit
$12.50 for top-5 finish (+1000) to earn a $125 profit
$25 for top-10 finish (+500) to earn a $125 profit
$100 for top-20 finish (+210) to earn a $210 profit

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2022 Memorial Tournament best value prop bets for 3 golfers

Three golfers to profit on at the 2022 Memorial Tournament, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

The 2022 Memorial Tournament tees off from Thursday at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Memorial Tournament odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Many of the world’s best are in this 120-golfer invitation-only field including 2021 Memorial champion Patrick Cantlay and 2020 winner and Golfweek’s No. 1 golfer Jon Rahm.

Cantlay won his second Memorial Tournament last year when Rahm had to withdraw before the final round with a 6-stroke lead after testing positive for COVID-19.

Other Top-10 golfers in this week’s field are Viktor Hovland (4th), Rory McIlroy (5th), Hideki Matsuyama (6th), Cameron Smith (7th) and Shane Lowry (9th).

Muirfield Village Golf Club is a par 72 playing to 7,543 yards. The Memorial has a $12 million prize pool and the winner gets the Jack Nicklaus Memorial Tournament Trophy. The top-65 golfers and ties make the cut after 36 holes.

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2022 Memorial Tournament best bets

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 8:25 p.m. ET.

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick is one of the best golfers in the world to be winless on the PGA Tour, but has been playing phenomenally entering the Memorial.

He has 6 top-10 finishes in his last 10 tournaments and one of those non-top-10s was a 14th-place finish at the Masters. Not too shabby.

The Memorial Tournament is one of the tougher non-majors on the PGA Tour and has an average cut-line of +2 since 2010.

Fitzpatrick is 5th in this field in Shots Gained (SG) at courses with difficult scoring conditions (per FantasyNational.com). Also, Fitzpatrick is 1st in this field in Shots Gained (SG): Scrambling and Bogey Avoidance over his last 24 rounds.

He is 8th in Par 3 Efficiency: 200-225 and Par 5 Efficiency: 550-600. There are 3 Par 3s and 3 Par 5s that are within those distances at Muirfield.

The bottom line is my mixed model at FantasyNational.com ranked Fitzpatrick as the 6th-strongest golfer in this field and he’s tied for the 10th-best odds with a few other golfers hence the value.

$20 for winner (+3000) to earn a $600 profit
$30 for top-10 finish (+240) to earn a $72 profit
$52.50 for top-20 finish (-105) to earn a $50 profit

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Max Homa

Homa has been red-hot since February, posting 6 top-20s in his last 8 tournaments with a win at the Wells Fargo Championship in early May. His only non-top-20 finishes include a 23rd-place finish at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge and 48th at the Masters.

Over his last 24 rounds, Homa ranks 5th in this field in Proximity: 150-175 and 10th in Proximity: 175-200, 4th in Par 4 Efficiency: 450-500 and 6th in Par 5 Efficiency 550-600 (per FantasyNational.com).

Those proximity stats were included in my model for the Memorial because there are 2.8% more approach shots within 150-175 yards and 4.6% more approach shots from 175-200 at Muirfield compared to average PGA events. Also, seven Par 4 holes at the Memorial are within 450-500 yards.

$20 for winner (+4000) to earn an $800 profit
$30 for top-10 finish (+350) to earn a $105 profit
$50 for top-20 finish (+140) to earn a $70 profit

Matt Kuchar

When shopping lines for the Memorial, I looked for golfers who hit fairways and are good around-the-green (ARG). Muirfield has long rough and is the 5th-toughest course ARG of any PGA venue since 2015 (per Data Golf).

This led me to Kuchar who’s 9th in fairways gained in the field over the last 50 rounds and 4th in the world in SG: ARG, per Data Golf. In fact, Kuchar has picked up an average of 3.3 strokes on the field in his last 6 tourneys.

Kuchar’s ARG prowess is a big reason he’s 1st in Scrambling and 8th in Bogey Avoidance in the last 50 rounds. If things go awry for Kuchar from tee to green, he’ll usually make up for it with an elite chip or bunker shot.

Also, Kuchar has 4 top-20s over his last 6 tourneys: 16th at the Valspar Championship, 2nd at the Valero Open, 3rd at the RBC Heritage and 12th at the AT&T Byron Nelson. He won the 2013 Memorial Tournament, finished in the top-20 twice (2014 and 2018) and 4th twice in 2016-17.

$20 for winner (+7000) to earn a $1,400 profit
$30 for top-10 finish (+550) to earn a $165 profit
$50 for top-20 finish (+220) to earn a $110 profit

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2022 Charles Schwab Challenge best value prop bets for 3 golfers

Three golfers to profit on at the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge, with PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.

Several of the world’s top golfers head to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas for the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge. Competition begins Thursday as Jason Kokrak looks to defend the title he won a year ago. Below, we tab the best value prop bets on a trio of golfers among the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

Challengers include 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, reigning British Open champion Collin Morikawa and last week’s 2022 PGA Championship winner, and new No. 1 overall golfer, Justin Thomas.

The field is comprised of 120 golfers and the Colonial Country Club is a Par 70 that plays at 7,209 yards. There’s an $8.4 million prize pool and the top-65 players, and ties, make the cut after 36 holes.

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2022 Charles Schwab Challenge best bets

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday at 4:07 p.m. ET.

Collin Morikawa

This is one of the five-best golfers in the world and there’s value in Morikawa here because of how poorly he played in last week’s PGA Championship where he finished 55th.

Morikawa knows he needs reps to find the form required to win his third career major. If there’s anyone that could bounce back quickly from a disappointing performance to win a tournament with a stacked field, it’s Morikawa.

The 5-time PGA event winner ranks 1st on my custom stat model and 2nd in SG for tournaments with moderate to strong wind conditions (according to FantasyNational.com). It gets windy this time of the year in Texas and the weather forecast is predicting wind speeds ranging from 8 to 22 mph for the upcoming Charles Schwab.

Morikawa is 3rd in opportunities gained on difficult to hit fairways (which Colonial has) and 9th SG at the Charles Schwab Challenge in this field (last 24 rounds), according to FantasyNational.com.

$20 for winner (+1500) to earn a $300 profit
$30 for top-10 finish (+200) to earn a $60 profit
$50 for top-20 finish (+100) to earn a $50 profit

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Daniel Berger

This is my favorite play in the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Berger is the best in this field at comp courses (per FantasyNational.com) and performs well after missing the cut in previous tournaments. He missed the cut in last week’s PGA Championship but has placed in the top-20 following his last six missed cuts.

Berger won the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge and back-to-back St. Jude Invitationals in 2016-17. He has two other top 5’s in the St. Jude’s and a 3rd in the 2020 RBC Heritage. All of these tourneys are played on courses similar to the Colonial Country Club.

$20 for winner (+4000) to earn an $800 profit
$30 for top-10 finish (+380) to earn a $114 profit
$50 for top-20 finish (+162) to earn an $81 profit

Tom Hoge

Hoge has performed solidly since winning his 1st-career PGA event at Pebble Beach in February.

He followed up that victory with a 14th-place finish at the 2022 Phoenix Open and has back-to-back top-20 finishes in his last two events, including a T9 in the last week’s PGA Championship.

More importantly, Hoge is one of the best iron players in the world and ranks 3rd in SG: Approach in this field. Hoge ranks 3rd in this field for Par 4 efficiency: 400-450 and 7 holes on this course are within that distance.

Also, Hoge played college golf at Texas Christian University, which is in Fort Worth, so odds are Hoge is very familiar with the course.

$20 for winner (+6000) to earn an $1,200 profit
$70 for top-20 finish (+240) to earn a $168 profit

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