That means a lot of shots played from the rough, where those with higher swing speeds and shorter irons are able to throw their approaches high into the air and hold what are small, firm targets. By Andy Lack Published 17 days ago 2023 WM Phoenix Open Final-Round Odds and Live Picks Single-figure prices reveal much about this field, as do odds of 16/1 about Maverick McNealy, so I'll make ANDREW PUTNAM the confident headline selection as he bids for redemption following a poor finish last year. If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline / GamCare on 0808 8020 133. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose. Always special playing Pebble Beach, thanks for being a great Pro Am partner @CondoleezzaRice! Tenth in strokes-gained approach last week, he'll enjoy the extra space off the tee here in Puerto Rico and has the ability to go ahead and contend on Sunday. When doing so he won at River Highlands, a course which as mentioned correlates well with this, and there seems every chance that he gives backers a real run for their money at a nice each-way price. Identify 2. It does, however, look a little different to how it should. Im's quality all-round game remains easy to underestimate, especially off the tee where he doesn't perhaps get the credit he deserves, but DataGolf have him ninth in the world and I'm inclined to broadly agree. Golf betting tips: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2pts e.w. "But overall this past six months to a year it's been really, really good for me. That he kept the wheels turning to take part in the QBE Shootout also helps, as it should ensure he's ready to go. He's made nine cuts in 10, he's got six top 30s, a couple of top 20s, but he's never been in this kind of form. It's one of the tougher ones out here I've got to imagine. That putter of his has to be the worry, for all that the Bahamas offered some promise, but if he's to skip the Sony Open again then he'll be desperate to make the most of this one Hawaii start in 2023. Ultimately this is a collection of the world's best players taking part in a rust-shedding shootout, so we have to enter it with our eyes open. If that's the case he can go really well on his course debut, with the fact that he too is a former winner of the Price Cutter Charity Championship potentially also in his favour. MON January 23, 2023 The Sentry Tournament of Champions kicks off 2023 in. It can't always transcend. Lee clearly loves the place, and having fended off a red-hot Sam Burns plus Daniel Berger in 2021, he dealt with a trio of world-class, Kapalua champions last year. McNealy will probably fall into the frustrating category if he doesn't crack the top five again soon, but he's twice been runner-up in his home state and, having played well in each of his last six starts, is primed to extend that run. As was the case both then and last year, his form coming into the event was modest, whereas this time around he's missed one cut all season and that when shooting 70-69 at the Shriners. One year on and he's taken further steps forward, particularly when it comes to contending having done so at the ZOZO Championship, RSM Classic and Sony Open already this season, a 62-68 weekend in the latter event representing a fine start to the new year. Brandon Wu at 175/1 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), 1pt e.w. Knox's comfort levels at the host venue can be seen in the fact he's ranked fourth and third for strokes-gained approach on his last two visits and was the fourth-best scorer at Pebble Beach when 15th overall in 2018. Pendrith's prodigious driving saw him lead the field in strokes-gained off-the-tee before his halfway exit at the US Open and he was rock solid through the bag on his first start in the Farmers, since which he's taken his game up a level and of course played in the Presidents Cup last September. Go back further and he was third in Bermuda in a field similar to this one, and he played well behind Jon Rahm in Mexico and Rory McIlroy in Canada last summer. Putnam was the 54-hole leader but, perhaps still struggling physically following a bout of Covid and no doubt suffering from contention rust, he gradually slipped down the leaderboard to finish in a share of sixth. He played well at The Open at Carnoustie four years ago, that's one of the courses they use this week. I feel like I can visualise the balls going in really well and the putter's been working pretty good.". That wasn't the case at the AmEx, yet such has been Putnam's improvement of late that he was still comfortably able to make the cut officially his 14th in succession, which places him behind only Rahm and Xander Schauffele in the rolling list, one place ahead of Cantlay, and underlines just how well he's playing. MacIntyre appeared to drive the ball well, although strokes-gained data for the tournament is based on caddie calculations and is therefore unreliable. Golf expert Ben Coley has six each-way selections for this week#x27;s PGA Tour event, headed by Matt Fitzpatrick. In an event like this, one of the handful for which Arizona-based Lashley will ever appeal, I'm very happy to do so. MICHAEL KIM is another who played well at Pebble Beach, where he closed with a fabulous round of 66 and led the field in strokes-gained tee-to-green. Adam Hadwin has done that runner-up double and although Jon Rahm's brilliance best explains his own brace of titles, Bill Haas is another who has managed it. DP World Tour players to follow; PGA Tour players to follow; Majors 2023 antepost tips; Ben Coley's tipping record; Safer gambling. The only cut he's missed in the USA since April came at Colonial in May, after he'd won and then played in a major and was surely out of gas, and having flushed it when third to McIlroy at Congaree he simply looks an improved player at the very top of his game. Surely that wont end poorly.https://t.co/OPAejv7ICQ pic.twitter.com/F9Rp5kjaAv. There are numerous has-beens and some players who simply aren't good enough to realistically expect to contend even at this lowly level, so I'm keen to have a crack at that second tier of the betting which provides real potential for a winner at a nice price. On which, let's shift back to something I do believe: that, despite my nihilistic refusal to play ball with Max Homa, these tournaments tend to stick to the course history form book really well. As for the AmEx, Hudson Swafford has won it twice, Andrew Landry almost has, and David Lingmerth has twice been second. "Still some of the stuff, the old stuff is in there still, but I kind of got to work through that slowly. Theegala won the Junior World Championship here in 2004, 2006 and 2008 (yes, these are form lines from when he was a small child) and was inside the top three in 2009, 2012 and 2015, experiences which surely helped in some small way as he contended here on his Farmers debut, sitting sixth at halfway after rounds of 67 and 68. The last four winners of this have been the best tee-to-green players that week, so there is loads to like about him. 5pts Robert MacIntyre or Nicolai Hojgaard to win at 10/1 (General), 2pts e.w. The 2023 Genesis Invitational gets underway in a few days and golf betting expert Andy Lack is here to kick the week off with his favorite predictions and betting picks for this week on the PGA Tour. WM Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman, Dr. Michael Golding surprised Theegala with a Sponsor Exemption at the @FarmersInsOpen! @PGATOUR @WasteManagement #WMPO #GreenestShow pic.twitter.com/Vur2P2kBx9. He's not alone in that view but not everyone translates it to the kind of record he has, which has seen him better the field average at the host course in six of his eight starts in this event, 18th place in 2020 a more recent form line than back-to-back top-10s at the very beginning of his career. Had the PGA Tour been stricter over the last two years, we might have had two different winners. Kevin Roy is the best iron player in this field based on 2023 form as a whole and he hit the ball really well in the Honda Classic last week. Ben Coley @BenColeyGolf . This big, modern, exclusive golf course used to host the Thailand Golf Championship, and looking back now it gave us some big form clues in terms of who would sign up with Greg and Mo: Lee Westwood, Charl Schwartzel and Sergio Garcia combined to win it four times in five years, with Bubba Watson, Martin Kaymer and Henrik Stenson among those running them close. By Ben Coley / Golf, The Open / 8 months ago Comments The social sharing buttons have been hidden due to cookie preferences. So many winners there had marked our cards here, Hadley included, and the likes of Ted Potter, Vaughn Taylor, Nick Taylor and Tom Hoge tie them together, as do several others including Putnam. . So does Vincent Norrman, a huge hitter whose short-game is a problem, which also applies to Matt Schmid. Tied at the top. Last week he shot 76-66 to miss the cut by a single shot back on home soil in Florida, and just as Brandon Wu did last year he can use that second round as a springboard in this considerably weaker field. Still, from a punting perspective, there's always opportunity. That leads me to Jordan Spieth, whose exemplary record in the event includes a win, third place in 2021 and second last year, and who has shown promise in both starts this year despite an embarrassing plummet from favourite to missed cut in the Sony Open last time out. Dylan Wu at 28/1 (Sky . PGA Championship: Betting expert Ben Coley with his top picks for Kiawah Island Ben Coley believes Jordan Spieth can make history by completing a career Grand Slam with a victory at this week's . Hahn shot 72-76 at the Farmers last week and has missed both cuts this year, failing to break 70 in five rounds, so there are obvious negatives which explain massive prices. Chesson Hadley at 250/1 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), 0.5pt e.w. I can't quite go that far, as I do believe the venue for the Ras al Khaimah is made for him, but reports from practise at Amata Spring suggest it is driver upon driver at a course which is as receptive as you'll see. Rahm's form figures read 1-4-1-8-1-1, which means he's halfway to the phone number for 90s staple Live And Kicking, and you don't need me, Trevor nor Simon to tell you that his prospects here at Torrey Pines are outstanding. Long off the tee, that's a definite weapon in the expected conditions and as with my main selections, he'll cope just fine should the breeze that's forecast for Thursday and Friday materialise. It's hard to escape the fact he's been significantly cut following the AmEx, but where this former world number one is concerned I'm happy with the revised prices so he's a bet at 25/1. Each to their own but there might be four or five things in the entire world that interest me less than the Welshman's wrist position at the top. Winner of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in 2020, Wu had to wait to graduate to the PGA Tour and had got into some bad habits before being handed his card. He's always played the host course well, beating the field average on every start in this, his correlating form comes courtesy of two top-10s in two trips to Puerto Rico, and Lashley has a very similar profile to a couple of the big-priced winners of the event. As far as Rahm goes, he seldom plays the week after a win and when he did that here in 2018, he faded from halfway favouritism to by far his worst finishing position yet in La Jolla. That saw him lie second entering the final round only to incur an unfortunate penalty on the very first hole, from which he did well to recover. @Hank_Lebioda's strong play continues @JDClassic.He's 40-under par in his last 12 rounds, the best stretch of his TOUR career. Back then, the idea of allowing some of your biggest draws to line their pockets in time for Christmas seemed harmless enough. Given that his sole Korn Ferry Tour win came under low-scoring conditions in an event also won by former Puerto Rico champion Martin Trainer plus last year's runner-up, Max McGreevy, and that he was in the mix by the sea in Bermuda, there are also reasons to believe this course really should suit. If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline / GamCare on 0808 8020 133. Also significant is that when Wu's form did turn last year, it came in Puerto Rico, where he finished third. Further support and information can be found at begambleaware.org and gamblingtherapy.org. Knox's iron play has been right back to its best this season and especially so either side of Christmas, a period during which he's also shown flashes of promise with the putter. Hadley of course went on to win in Puerto Rico to give us a very strong correlating form line. Never been so excited to play a course in my life! Another big-hitter who firmly ranks among the best putters on the PGA Tour, his game is similar to that of Day when he was dominating here, and McNealy himself has finished 15th, 29th and 30th from four appearances to date, including when producing one of the best weekends in the field back in 2020. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. Golf 20h Dylan going down to Puerto Rico Golf 1d Members Extra Unlocked:. Still, he's a Californian with course form courtesy of third place on his debut in the event, and one who has gone on to win twice at top-class courses. That's not something the Tournament of Champions has struggled with, and with Rory McIlroy extending his Christmas break, I doubt the field looks much different to how it would've before the, erm, elevation. This time, we appear set for the course to play pretty soft and what breeze there is should be manageable for the most part, so when set against the weaker-than-usual field we might be in for a high-teens winning score. Golf Tips: Best bets for Mexico Open and Catalunya Championship Get the best golf bets for Mexico Open and Catalunya Championship from Steve Rawlings, Dave Tindall and many more experts Get the best golf bets for this week's Mexico Open and Catalunya Championship from Steve Rawlings, Dave Tindall and many more experts. There's just not that much new evidence to hand, yet Spieth is twice the price he was to win the last major championship he played in. Golf Tips: Ben Coley's best bets including 28/1 BMW Championship play Ben Coley / Golf / 6 months ago Golf Tips: A 22/1 punt tops our best bets at FedEx St Jude Championship & ISPS Handa World Invitational Ben Coley / Golf / 7 months ago Golf Tips: A 14/1 shout tops our best bets at Wyndham Championship & Cazoo Open Shop around and you should get a fraction more than 10/1 the pair. "The greens here are very similar to what I grew up on in the Pacific Northwest, so I feel really comfortable out here and I grew up on some greens with a lot of slope and a lot of speed, so these look good to my eye," he said last year. This button displays the currently selected search type. Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. By Michael Vlismas Bela-Bela, Limpopo - JJ Senekal held on to his place at the top of the SDC Open leaderboard as he weathered a cold putter, intermittent rain and a few surges from his fellow professionals to place him two shots clear of the field going into Sunday's final round at Zebula Golf Estate and Spa. Yeah, feel really comfortable with it though.".