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Texas Open Betting Tips: DeepDiveGolf’s Best Bets And Player Profiles

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Before getting into our betting tips for the Valero Texas Open, I recommend having a read of my tournament preview article here. You can catch up on all my deep-dive golf course analysis of TPC San Antonio, course comps, and weather for the tournament. Hopefully, this helps provide a glimpse in...

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Texas Open Preview: DeepDiveGolf’s Tournament Analysis, Weather, And Advice

DeepDiveGolf - David Bieleski
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TPC San Antonio hosts our Valero Texas Open preview

As is oft the case when we preview the Valero Texas Open, part of the mind is in Texas and the other in Georgia. We got that question right in 2022. We successfully tipped J.J. Spaun at TPC San Antonio with huge odds of 150/1.

Being the penultimate week before The Masters, this week provides a conundrum determining the motivation of the players. Who is here to play this week? Who is getting the final tune-ups and experiments in before heading to Augusta National? Who is hoping to find a spark of form?

Rory McIlroy, who heads betting markets, likely ticks the latter box. However, it perhaps speaks to the caliber of the player when we regard him as being out of form yet he has finished worse than 24th just once in the last 11 months. Quietly, I hope that Rory has a rather dreadful performance this week whilst finding something with his irons. The story of The Masters is currently about what Scottie Scheffler has been doing. The less eyes on Rory heading to Augusta, the better it seems for his chances of completing the career grand slam. It would be a moment few would begrudge him, and the majority would love to see.

Recap of last week

In terms of last week, it was a story of near misses. At the Houston Open, Schmid missed a juicy +425 Top 20 bet by a single stroke. We cash a +188 ticket on him for finishing Top 40. On the DP World Tour, our favourite for the week Joost Luiten again showed his loving for the difficult golf course. He finished 11th, again just missing a place payout at +560. It was good news for our huge outsider Manu Gandas. The local player, selected at 400/1, cashed a massive Top 20 at +1100 and a Top 40 at +320. Like Luiten, he narrowly missed a place payout. That was paying a massive 80/1 just for the place.

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TPC San Antonio Golf Course Analysis

Aiding this week’s preview is that there is real heritage and history at the Valero Texas Open. The tournament is the 3rd oldest on the PGA Tour. It has been held in some form for over a century. This, along with the timing before The Masters, goes someway to explaining the relatively strong field we see this week.

This means we have a wealth of data to play with. Firstly, of note is that this is a relatively stern test. For the last 8 years, it has ranked in the harder 25% of golf courses. The more difficult years came in higher winds, which we may experience this week again.

The course ranks as 1st where SG: ATG is a predictive factor. On first glance, this might seem surprising considering the greens are a relatively large 6,400 sq ft on average. However, it should be noted that the majority of green complexes are multi-tiered. This effectively reduces the target area to the level where the pin is placed. Bunker play is a good place to start, with the course often ranking in the op 10 for difficulty from the multiple bunkers guarding each hole.

Additionally, this correlates to the uptick in SG: APP performance. Winners in this tournament have typically ranked in the top 10 for the week on approach. Interestingly, we see a wide split in where the approach shots are hit from. We see a large uptick in approach shots from under 125 yards and from over 250 yards. The latter relates to the long par 5s. Two are over 600 yards, with a 3rd playing at 591 yards.

Finally, driving accuracy is more helpful than distance. The course has ranked 12th or more in difficulty finding fairways over the last 4 tournaments.

TPC San Antonio Course Comps

Given the large number of prior tournaments held at TPC San Antonio, it is noteworthy for our preview that prior success at the Valero Texas Open has been a stronger predictor of success than at other courses. Course specialists like Jordan Spieth and Charley Hoffman demonstrate this, finding success here even when in poor form.

With Spieth, it also pays to note a multitude of players with Texas links have done well here. Having a connection to the state is seen in winners Spieth, Landry, Bowditch, and Walker.

Perhaps the best correlation can be found at another desert course venue: The American Express. Andrew Landry held a win and 2nd at The American Express prior to his Texas Open victory. Other winners continue the story. Kevin Chappell has a 6th and an 8th there prior to his win. He also holds a 3rd and 4th at the Valero Texas Open for good measure. Brendan Steele had a 2nd and a 6th there, Zach Johnson a 3rd and 8th, and Hoffman a 2nd and a 9th.

Another Greg Norman design in El Cameleon is also useful. Charley Hoffman has won at both, whilst John Huh and Matt Kuchar provide further links between the two courses.

Further connections can be found to leaderboards at TPC Summerlin and TPC Scottsdale. Again, this meets the sense check. Both provide desert golf courses with little rough if just missing the fairway, but potentially significant penalties if straying too wide.

Texas Open Weather Preview

It is a tricky week for weather at the Valero Texas Open and, unfortunately, some differing weather forecasts make this more difficult to preview.

Essentially, I use a number of different weather models to compile the most likely weather outcome. These are weighted accordingly depending on accuracy resolution of the model.

Currently, the best answer I have is that Thursday PM/Friday AM wave may get the best of it. Thursday PM now looks the calmest winds on several models. Friday sees a big increase in winds, so scoring on Thursday could be imperative. There is also a chance Friday PM presents higher winds, which would further aid the case.

I do think it is worth building a few weather specific lines for PGA DFS. I’d recommend with a split of 30% PM/AM 10% AM/PM and the remaining 60% being mixed. Those who get the weather right could possess a decent advantage this week.

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Texas Open Preview Golf Betting Tips

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Houston Open Betting Tips: DeepDiveGolf’s Best Bets And Player Profiles

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Before getting into our betting tips for the Houston Open, I recommend having a read of my tournament preview article here. You can catch up on all my deep-dive golf course analysis of Memorial Park Golf Course, course comps, and weather for the tournament. Hopefully, this helps provi...

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Houston Open Preview: DeepDiveGolf’s Tournament Analysis, Weather, And Advice

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Memorial Park hosts as we preview the Houston Open

As we preview the Houston Open, it pays to reflect whether this is now confirmed as the year of the longshot. Peter Malnati’s emotional victory at the Valspar Championship was the 8th winner at triple figure odds in 2024. That is now a remarkable 75% of all PGA Tour tournaments.

With a very short-priced Scottie Scheffler again heading the market this week, that opens the door for some more potential value to find success this week. Can another outsider win in Houston?

It was a week of close calls for us. Particularly on the DP World Tour, where all our tips made the cut and 5/7 picks were ranked 13th or better entering the final round.

At the Valspar Championship, Christiaan Bezuidenhout cruelly missed a full place payout at +1250 by just a single stroke. With the weather and a difficult golf course, the Copperhead Course again proved to be a volatile event.

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Memorial Park Golf Course Analysis

Firstly, it pays to note the change in month for this tournament. It has actually been over 500 days since the PGA Tour visited Memorial Park Golf Course. That is a factor of the PGA Tour moving back to a calendar year schedule. Therefore, the Houston Open is elevated to a regular season event from it’s previous slot in the Fall season. As a result, we do see a stronger field than in prior renditions.

Additionally, this has seen changes to the course setup. The greens are now poa annua overseed with a Bermuda turf base. There has also been a reduction in rough, at a very benign 1.5 inches posing little penalty for straying off what are already rather wide fairways.

The course superintendent said the following about the changes: “The overseed now will provide a much tighter playing surface than the bermudagrass did in 2022. This will highlight the penal green surrounds, while shorter rough gives opportunity for aggressive approach shots to the green.”

What remains true is that this is a very long golf course. It measures 7,412 yards and is a par 70. That consists of an unusual 5 par 3s, which average some of the shortest on Tour. Therefore, much of the distance resides in the par 4 and 5s. There are 5 par 4s that play over 490 yards. The par 5s rank in the top 5 of regular PGA Tour stops for distance.

Although lies surrounding green may be tighter, the green complexes are still a large 7,000 sq ft on average. This really is a home for the power hitters, and driving distance should be key this week.

Houston Open Preview: Memorial Park Course Comps

Given the change to season and the relatively small sample size of tournaments here, course history is a nice to have but certainly not a prerequisite for my Houston Open preview. It remains to be seen how the course will play exactly. Further, those who have previously found success on the greens may struggle with new breaks and speed on the poa overseeded putting surfaces.

I suspect the course will now play a bit like Quail Hollow. It is another tree-lined, traditional style, and long golf course. The course shares similar metrics in the length of par 4/5 yardages and has poa overseeded greens with a bermudagrass base.

Likewise, Mexico Open host Vidanta Vallarta holds similar long par 4/5s. It also correlates with a low penalty for finding fairway rough. Tony Finau links the two courses nicely, having won on both in 2023. Jaegar has finished 35th and 9th in his two starts at Memorial Park and finishes of 15-18-3 at Vidanta Vallarta.

Weather

No other sport is more subject to the elements than golf. We like to aggresively target any weather edge we identify. The same is true in our preview of the Houston Open this week. Last week at the Valspar Championship, we identified such a weather edge, which proved pivotal especially in PGA DFS.

The weather again presents an opportunity this week. Thursday looks to provide calm conditions all day irrespective of what tee-time golfers have. It should be the key scoring round this week, on what can be a tough golf course.

However, Friday afternoon will see the winds arrive. This should start in earnest from midday, with afternoon tee-times experience winds gusting above 20mph. The winds should then remain for the rest of the tournament based on current forecasting.

As such, I like those going out Thursday PM/Friday AM for the first two rounds. The earlier the golfers get out on the course Friday, the better.

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Valspar Championship Betting Tips: DeepDiveGolf’s Best Bets And Player Profiles

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Before getting into our betting tips for the Valspar Championship, I recommend having a read of my tournament preview article here. You can catch up on all my deep-dive golf course analysis of the Copperhead course, course comps, and weather for the tournament. Hopefully, this helps provide a g...

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Valspar Championship Preview: DeepDiveGolf’s Tournament Analysis, Weather, And Advice

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Scoring on The Snake Pit could be key in our Valspar Championship preview

Last year, we successfully tipped Taylor Moore at 70/1 for our preview of the 2023 Valspar Championship. Let’s find the winner at the Copperhead course again this week!

The Players Championship absolutely lived up to its billing last week, producing perhaps the most enthralling tournament of the PGA Tour season thus far. It was another great week for our selections as well. We tipped Brian Harman at 80/1 who finished just one shot off Scottie Scheffler. He locked in a full place at +1600 and a Top 20 at +275. Hideki Matsuyama at 35/1 wound up in 6th, cashing a full place at +700. As sexy as picking the outright winner of a golf tournament is, both of those plays had better returns than picking the World Number 1 Scottie Scheffler.

We then went 5/6 for our main selections in the Round 4 matchups. Although disappointing to just miss a huge multi at around +4000, it was again a fabulous return on our 2 Ball best bets.

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Copperhead Course Analysis

Certainly, this golf course is no pushover and a comprehensive preview is imperative if we are to find the winner of the Valspar Championship in back-to-back years.

The only holes that played under par in 2023 were the four par 5s. Sam Burns, who defended his title here in 2022 then finished 6th in 2023, ranked 11th and 7th in Par 5 scoring on the PGA Tour in both the years he won the Valspar Championship.

Ideally, golfers will be long and straight off the tee here. If you were to sacrifice one, it would be driving distance. The Copperhead golf course consistently ranks in the top 3 most difficult driving courses on the PGA Tour. We also see one of the Top 5 reductions in driving distance on this golf course. This is a factor of golfers clubbing down off the tee in order to find the safety of the fairway.

A disproportionate number of shots on approach occur from over 200+ yards, and this was one of the key metrics that helped us find winner Taylor Moore in 2023. Notably, all the par 3s play at 195 yards or longer.

Greenskeeper’s Preview of the Valspar Championship

There are some interesting notes from the greenkeepers this week, which mirror what we saw here in 2023:

  • Cool, wet weather has been great for ryegrass growth, including thicker rough.
  • Last year the rough height was increased to 3.75” from 3” in previous years
  • Also last year the intermediate cut width around the greens was decreased from 72” to 21” to bring the rough closer to the greens.

Accuracy has a strong correlation to success whenever you preview the Valspar Championship. With heavy rain in Florida to start 2024 and the rough grown out, expect the rough to be even more juicy and thick than previously.

Finally, a note on SG: ATG. Previously, this has been key to success in any Copperhead golf course analysis. However, do note the move of the intermediate fringe in for the 2023 and 2024 tournaments. This sees a reduction in expected output from short-game. Essentially, a tighter lie allows more creativity of shot around the green. With the thick rough moving closer to the playing surface, this takes some of the selection out of play. It leaves hacking the ball at as the sole way to return the ball to play. Therefore, around the green may play less of a factor than the historical metrics suggest.

Valspar Championship Preview: Copperhead Course Comps

Importantly, do note that prior course form provides less weighting towards future success compared to other PGA Tour venues. The reasons for this are two-fold. Firstly, this has previously been a weaker field. This results in a higher rate of turnover year on year compared to other courses. Secondly, the volatile nature of the Copperhead golf course provides for a wider range of outcomes. Sam Burns may fly in the face of that statement, but he is the exception rather than the rule.

Correlated course form can be found at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Host of The Memorial tournament, the golf course is tree-lined with a similar average length of par 4/5. It ranks in the top 5 on the PGA Tour both for missed fairway penalty and rough penalty. We also experience a large reduction in driving distance on that golf course, which allows us to target the longer iron approach play which is imperative to success this week.

TPC River Highlands, host of the Travelers Championship, provides another nice correlation. It is a course where driving accuracy again reigns supreme.

On the DP World Tour, tree-lined accuracy based golf courses like Valderrama and PGA Catalunya come to mind. The Belfry and Rinkven are also courses where the combination of driving accuracy and long iron approach prove predictive.

Weather

As regular readers of these pages will note, we do weight weather predictions heavily within our modelling. Weather could prove pivotal in any preview of the Valspar Championship this week. We tend to have a good track record of getting this correct.

We correctly forecast that the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am would end in a 54 hole tournament, and I will make a similar prediction this week. I do think that, should current forecasts stay true, this will either be a 54 hole event or (more likely) another Monday finish is on the cards.

Friday is the main issue in this respect. A lot of rain is forecast, with potential thunderstorm risks. The winds also look very heavy, gusting to over 40 mph during Friday.

On current forecasts, I suspect that we see delays Friday. This should result in an advantage to Thursday AM/Friday PM tee times receiving an advantage. Those set to go out Friday afternoon could well see their rounds delayed into Saturday. Saturday morning does still look windy, but much less sever than on Friday.

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The Players Round 4 2 Balls: DeepDiveGolf’s Preview & Best Bets

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DeepDiveGolf gives his Round 4 Best Bets at The Players Championship

Before getting into The Players Championship Round 4 Best Bets, I recommend going back to read my tournament preview article here. This provides context behind The Players Championship Round 4 betting tips and 2 Balls below. You can catch up on all my deep-dive golf course analysis of TPC Sawgrass and important course comps for the tournament.

It was a mixed bag for our golfers in the 3rd round, as the volatile TPC Sawgrass always tends to produce. Tom Hoge (80/1) was playing brilliantly and sitting in the Top 10, before the dreaded 18th swallowed two of his golf balls in the water. The subsequent quadruple bogey dropped him all the way to 35th and an outside chance on our Top 20 bet at +300.

Likewise, Nick Taylor (175/1) has been sitting 2nd for the first two days of play. He completely lost his swing over the first 10 holes, including a 135 yard shank driving on the 10th hole finding water. He was mildly better over the final 8 holes, sitting 22nd. Still, he is a chance for a Top 20 at +450 and a Top 40 at +200.

In better news, Brian Harman (80/1) is right in contention. He completed the lowest 2nd and 3rd round total at The Players Championship, following up his 65 with a 64 on Saturday. Harman sits in 3rd just two shots off the lead.

Our favourite of the week, Hideki Matsuyama (35/1), sits in 9th. He leads the field in ball-striking this week and remains towards the top of the leaderboard despite sitting 65th for SG: PUTT. Although he is likely too far back to chase a win at 7 shots off the lead, he is a chance for a place payout at +700.

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The Players Championship Round 4 Best Bets

Putnam over Molinari -130

Andrew Putnam ranks 23rd in this field for SG: PUTT over the past 12 months, yet is 68/73 putting of those who made the cut. That included losing -2.01 SG: PUTT in the 3rd round, with missed birdie chances at the 1st, 9th, and 12th holes as well as a bogey on 6th after missing a 7 footer.

Meanwhile, Molinari is exceeding his typical putting baseline, sitting 25th for putting this week whilst only ranking 126th in this field for SG: PUTT over the past 12 months. Molinari also ranks as one of the worst in the filed for SG: APP over the last 12 months under 150 yards. This represents the highest number of approach shots at TPC Sawgrass.

This is the one of the strengths of Putnam’s game. His approach numbers are a little hidden, given he found the water on 18 Saturday costing him -1.42 SG: APP on that hole alone. Combined with expected regression in putting metrics, it sees Putnam as value at this number.

Hubbard over English +130

Much as we stated in our Round 2 Best Bets article, Hubbard continues to display excellent ball-striking this week. He is 3rd for driving accuracy and 7th for SG: APP, sitting 4th for SG: BS.

The problem really has been the putter. There has actually been much improvement in this aspect of his game of late, ranking 24th in this field putting over the past 3 months. Additionally, he has tended to putt well at TPC Sawgrass. He has been at or above field average in all appearances at The Players Championship bar on debut.

Of some concern is that English lost -3.01 SG: Putt in the 3rd round, well below his baseline. However, the far better ball-striking numbers from Hubbard suggest he should be much closer to even money than an outsider in this matchup.

Lowry over McCarthy -110

Lowry has been in fabulous form of late, finishing 3rd at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and 4th at the Cognizant Classic the week prior. He also holds a strong record at The Players Championship where has finished 8th, 13th, and 16th before. Correlated courses of Sedgefield and Wentworth also see Lowry hold good finishes.

Outside a 13th placed finish in 2023, McCarthy has finished no better than 41st at The Players Championship in his other three starts here. Currently, he is really struggling with driver and on approach. It has been more of the same this week, finding only 23 fairways over the first 3 rounds and 48th on approach despite not finding the water.

Lowry let birdie putts go on holes 1, 9, 12, 14, 16, and 17 on Saturday. Additionally, he missed a 3ft 4in par putt on the 5th hole. That is well below average even for Lowry’s standards, on a golf course he has been a net gainer when putting.

Rai over Knapp -115

Aaron Rai finally found his approach in the 3rd round, gaining +3.55 SG: APP on Saturday. Although holing out for eagle on the 14th certainly helped, he was still +1.51 on approach for the other 17 holes.

Rai also ranks 1st in the field for driving accuracy this week, the most predictive factor for success at TPC Sawgrass. He has missed only 7 fairways all week. On the other hand, Knapp typically struggles with driving accuracy. The same can be said this week. He is sitting just 50th for driving accuracy, including finding only 6 fairways on Saturday.

Sitting 63/73 for SG: BS and 71/73 for SG: OTT doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence for Knapp. Certainly, a final round appearance for the rookie is an achievement in itself. However, it is a challenge he may find difficult on debut.

Matsuyama over Montgomery -143
The Players Round 4 Favourite Bet

As in the introduction, Matsuyama is really in an excellent vein of form with the ball-striking. He leads the field in that metric this week. The putter continues to be a struggle for Matsuyama this week. However, that is the most volatile club in the bag and one that we so often see regress towards a golfer’s baseline over a much shorter timespan.

Montgomery is one of the most inaccurate drivers in this field, ranking 139th in this field over the past 12 months. Although a superb putter in general, there is only so long around TPC Sawgrass that you can avoid the dangers of water at nearly every turn. The odds at Bet365 are also generous. Matsuyama is a -220 or shorter favourite at most other books.

Harman over McNealy -125

As fun as McNealy 3rd round was to watch, that fairytale can only last so long. Chip-ins on holes 3, 14 and 15 (after putting off the green) are unlikely to occur again.

McNealy ranks just 60th in the tournament for SG: APP. He has carried heavily by his fortunate wedge play and putter to find himself in contention. Really, it is quite an unsustainable way to build a scorecard.

Meanwhile, Harman has looked truly excellent thus far. He is 3rd for SG: APP, 5th for SG : BS, and 4th for SG: PUTT. When you account for the fact he actually lost on approach in his opening round, he has gained +6.35 SG: APP for Friday and Saturday. Those numbers should carry him over McNealy. It may even see him lift the trophy on Sunday.

Lashley over Scheffler +400 Singles Only

Rounding out our selections are a couple of speculative outsiders. Therefore, these are included as singles only.

Taking on Scheffler in most circumstances seems absurd. Undisputedly, he should be the favourite in this 2 Ball. The issue comes more with the number.

The fact is, the general public are going to jump on Scheffler no matter what the odds are in this matchup. Obviously, the books need to cover this. Hence, he is a -450 favourite when he should be closer to -200. Add in the additional wrinkle of the Scheffler neck injury, it seems worth taking a contrarian stance here.

For the record, my numbers produced a similar story for C.T. Pan at +250 over McIlroy over at Fanduel. I wasn’t quite brave enough to pull that trigger on that one. However, I’ll note that the model did like that play for Round 4 of The Players Championship.

Schenk over Burns +180 Singles Only

Again, I won’t deny the fact that Burns should be the favourite in this 2 Ball. However, the number has slipped a little too far in his favour when he should be more fairly priced at -100.

Schenk has been the much better ball-striker of these two over the first three rounds. He ranks 11th for SG: BS and 7th for SG: T2G. This includes ranking 7th for driving accuracy, 12th for SG: OTT, 21st for SG: APP, and 16th for SG: ATG. He has missed just 10 fairways thus far. Meanwhile, Burns is 61/73 for driving accuracy having found just 23 fairways so far this week.

The issue for Schenk has once again been the putter. However, entering Round 4 at The Players we can take some solace from the fact Schenk has typically putted well here. He has gained putting in 3/4 appearances at TPC Sawgrass. In the other tournament, he only lost -0.5 SG: Putt.

Expecting some positive regression in his putting numbers, I am willing to take the underdog in this matchup.

The Players Championship Round 4 2 Balls
Suggested Staking

Singles
1.5u Putnam over Molinari -130 (Bet365)
1u Hubbard over English +130 (William Hill/Unibet)
1u Lowry over McCarthy -110 (Bet365)
1.5u Rai over Knapp -115 (Bet365)
2u Matsuyama over Montgomery -143 (Bet365)
2u Harman over McNealy -125 (Unibet)
0.5u Lashley over Scheffler +400 (Unibet) Singles Only
0.5u Schenk over Burns +180 (William Hill) Singles Only

Parlays/Mutis
Putnam/Hubbard/Lowry/Rai/Matsuyama/Harman to win their 2 Ball

0.4u All 6 +4126 Bet365
0.6u Boxed 5 Folds (6 x 0.1u each)
1.5u Boxed 4 Folds (15 x 0.1u each)
5u Boxed Trebles (20 x 0.25u each)
7.5u Boxed Doubles (15 x 0.5u each)

25u Total Invested

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The Players Championship: DeepDiveGolf’s Round 2 Preview & Best Bets

DeepDiveGolf - David Bieleski
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DeepDiveGolf gives his Round 2 Best Bets at The Players Championship

Before getting into The Players Championship Round 2 Best Bets, I recommend going back to read my tournament preview article here. This provides context behind The Players Championship Round 2 betting tips and 3-balls below. You can catch up on all my deep-dive golf course analysis of TPC Sawgrass and important course comps for the tournament.

What a first round it was for our selections! An unfortunate withdrawal by Tom Kim (citing illness) aside, we couldn’t have asked for a much better start.

5/7 of the “healthy” players are 22nd or better. Most impressively, Nick Taylor continues to impress and is right in contention once again this week. We secured him earlier this week over at WinDaily Sports at HUGE odds of 175/1.

Ryan Fox (200/1) was an obvious eye-catcher. He became the first golfer to eagle 16 and make a hole-in-one at the 17th at The Players Championship. Kiwi magic right there!

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The Players Championship Round 2 Best Bets

Mark Hubbard over Dylan Wu & Keith Mitchell +190

I included Oakdale Golf & Country Club as part of my analysis this week. I suspected that correlations of a driving accuracy wedge-fest would suit well to The Players Championship. It was part of the reason for including Nick Taylor as I spoke about in our article.

Look at the rest of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open leaderboard compared to Round 1 at The Players Championship though. Beyond the obvious names of Fleetwood, Hatton, and McIlroy there were a few other golfers, but they performed above their expectation. Namely CT Pan, Eric Cole, and Mark Hubbard. They sit 22nd, 37th, and 13th respectively after Round 1.

Hubbard gained +3.48 SG: APP in Round 1 to sit third in that metric, as well as 2nd for driving accuracy and 9th ATG to lead the field in SG: T2G. Basically, he still managed to win this 3-ball on Thursday despite ranking 138/144 for putting.

However, Hubbard has actually been putting very well of late. He ranks 24th in this field for SG: PUTT over the past 3 months. Mitchell ranks 88th and Dylan Wu ranks 107th in that same metric. Previously, he has putted well here as well being at or above field average in all appearances at The Players Championship except his first.

This seems a prime spot for some positive putting regression and like the number on the middle odds in this group.

Byeong-Hun An over Matti Schmid & Patrick Rodgers +115

I’m not sure I need to speak about the credentials of Benny An here too much, as he made our betting card and Premium subscribers will already be well aware. In short he has a 2022 Korn Ferry Tour win came on a comparable course at the LECOM Suncoast Classic, a record at the highly comparable Sedgefield Country Club reading 18-MC-3-35-2, and he is a winner at another comp course at Wentworth where he has never finished worse than 33rd.

Driving accuracy is the real key at The Players Championship and Benny An ranked 2nd in Round 1 as well as 27th for SG: APP. Of his two competitors, Matti Schmid actually holds the more concern for me. He was a promising talent on the DP World Tour before struggling with the jump in class in his rookie PGA Tour season. He was 22nd in his first look at Sedgefield and finished 10th last week in Puerto Rico. However, I do wonder if he gets the speed wobbles here. Two eagles is unlikely to happen again and neither is sitting 9th for SG: PUTT, all whilst waking up finding himself in 13th at The Players.

As for Rodgers, he has an abysmal record at this track with 5 MC, a MDF, and a 65th. The same can be said at Sedgefield, he has never finished better than 24th in 8 attempts with half of those not seeing four rounds. More looks on the cards for him this week where he lost strokes across the board in Round 1, including hitting only 8/14 fairways.

Corey Conners over J.J. Spaun & Davis Riley+100

A relatively simple play here. Corey Conners is clearly the class of this 3-ball, which he demonstrated in this group on Thursday beating Spaun by 4 shots and Riley by 6.

Riley has been out of form for quite some time, having a best finish of 28th in the last 11 months. It is a real shame to see when he was such a promising rookie in 2022.

For J.J. Spaun, he was 130/144 players for SG: APP in Round 1 and actually 41st for putting when gaining 0.82 SG: PUTT. We should give the putting anomaly some perspective. Outside gaining putting at Pebble Beach, his sole cut made in his last 6 tournaments when finishing 54th, he has lost a combined -8.75 SG: PUTT in the other 10 rounds. That recipe isn’t going to inspire anyone and gives no confidence it can continue. Negative regression can be expected.

Despite the well-known putting struggles of Conners, he has actually been a net gainer when putting at The Players Championship. That includes when finishing 7th here in 2021 and gaining in 3/5 appearances. He also was 10th for driving accuracy and 4th for SG: T2G in Round 1, suggesting a more sustainable method to continue to win in this group.

Nate Lashley over Ben Kohles and Robby Shelton +162

Again, I’m not sure too much needs to be said about this one. Lashley opened with a 68 (-4) on Thursday, whilst the other two in this group both finished +8 leading to a massive gap of 12 shots between the competitors.

Robby Shelton has never made a cut here, at Sedgefield, or at Oakdale. He was dead last for putting in Round 1 and 139th for SG: T2G. Kohles has never played The Players Championship before and has a record at Sedgefield of 70-MC-54. Additionally, the aforementioned correlated Korn Kerry Tour tournament the LECOM Suncoast Classic is also poor. He missed 3 cuts there with his sole made cut a 67th place finish. He was the 2nd worst putter in Round 1 and 141st for SG: T2G.

Certainly, Lashley was just clearly a lot better including being 8th for SG: APP in Round 1. I don’t actually expect Lashley to keep up his current pace. However, I’m not sure that will be required in order to achieve the desired result here.

The Players Championship Round 2 3-Balls
Suggested Staking

Singles
1.5u Hubbard over Dylan Wu & Mitchell +190 Bet365
1.5u Byeong-Hun An over Schmid & Rodgers +115 Various
2u Conners over Spaun & Riley +100 FanDuel
1.5u Lashley over Kohles & Shelton +162 Bet365

Parlays/Mutis
0.5u All 4 +2552 Bet365
2u Boxed Trebles (4 x 0.5u each) Bet365
6u Boxed Doubles (6 x 1u each) Bet365

15u Total Invested

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Before getting into our DFS pool for The Players, I recommend having a read of my tournament preview article here. You can catch up on all my deep-dive course analysis of TPC Sawgrass, course comps, and weather for the tournament. This helps explain reason and my process behind The Players Cham...

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