He is BetMGM’s biggest liability entering The Players, having drawn 7.7 percent of the money after opening at +4000. –Max Homa (+1800) is already a two-time winner this season to go along with a runner-up at the Genesis while vaulting to a career-high seventh in the world rankings. However, he has missed the cut in his past three appearances at TPC Sawgrass and has never finished better than T22 in 2017. –Patrick Cantlay (+1600) is the only player to finish in the top five in each of the past two designated events, the Genesis and the Arnold Palmer. He missed out on a potential playoff last week when he bogeyed the 72nd hole from the fairway, but he leads the tour in greens in regulation (73.61 percent) this season. Scheffler also leads with 11.5 percent of the tickets and 12.5 percent of the money placed at BetRivers. –Scottie Scheffler (+1000) has a missed cut and T55 in two previous starts at The Players, but he still leads this week’s field with 8.6 percent of the total tickets at BetMGM since opening at +1600. After opening at +1100, Rahm’s odds shifted as low as +800 before returning to +1000 as he is third at BetMGM in both total bets (7.8 percent) and money (8.5 percent) backing him. Coming off a T39 last week, the Spaniard’s best finish in five previous event starts was a T9 in 2021. 1 in the world for the second consecutive year. –Jon Rahm (+1000) already has three wins this year and enters The Players ranked No. He is the third-biggest liability at BetMGM, where he leads the field with 11.8 percent of the money backing him to win. –Rory McIlroy (+900 at BetMGM) won The Players in 2019 and narrowly missed out on a playoff at Bay Hill last week. Hovland also won the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in December - one of five top-10s in his past 12 worldwide starts. He finished T9 at TPC Sawgrass last year following a T2 at Bay Hill. Granted, he opened with a hole-out for eagle and added an ace for two strokes of good luck, but Hovland generally plays well in Florida. –Viktor Hovland to Finish Top 10 (+275 at BetRivers): The Norwegian is coming off a T10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Outside of potential rain on Friday, this year’s forecast appears far more favorable. Players had to contend with heavy rain and winds in 2022. That has increased the average to 48.68 per year since 2003, with the 69 balls water balls in 2017 the only other year in the past 13 to top 54. 17 Fewer Than 55 Balls in Water (-125 at BetMGM): The past two years have seen 66 and 57 balls find water at No. Homa, who finished T13 at last year’s Players, enters in far better form, with two wins and a runner-up this season before last week’s solid T14 on a very difficult Bay Hill course. But Schauffele has missed the cut at TPC Sawgrass the past two years and has struggled to a T33 and a T39 in his past two starts. 7 in the world - one spot behind Schauffele. –Max Homa to Beat Xander Schauffele (-130 at DraftKings): Homa is ranked No. Streaming on ESPN+: Thursday-Friday, 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel) Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., March 9-12Ĭourse: TPC Sawgrass (Par 72, 7,275 yards) 3 Rory McIlroy grouped together for the first two rounds.įield Level Media’s golf experts provide key tournament notes along with their favorite prop picks and betting trends this week. Directly related - the 144-player field is competing for a record event purse of $25 million.įorty-four of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field, with No. Noticeably absent are defending champion Cam Smith and several of his LIV Golf counterparts. The Players Championship has a different vibe this year for several reasons.
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