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The Players Championship Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on March 8, 2022

Outside of Pebble Beach and Augusta, there may be no more recognizable course than the Pete Dye-designed TPC Sawgrass, the home of The Players Championship. Even if you’ve never actually played the course, without question, you have pictured yourself trying to hit the famous “Island Green” on 17.

And not only is the course great, the field is packed each and every year. At $20 million, it has the highest prize fund of any tournament in the world, it regularly attracts the full complement of top-50 players in the world, and it is often referred to as the PGA Tour’s unofficial fifth major.

But as good as the field is, The Players has never produced a repeat champion. Six players have won more than once – Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Hal Sutton, Davis Love III, and Tiger Woods – but none of them won consecutively.

Favorites to win The Players Championship

Jon Rahm (+800)
Rory McIlroy (+1400)
Justin Thomas (+1400)
Collin Morikawa (+1600)
Viktor Hovland (+2000)
Patrick Cantlay (+2000)
Dustin Johnson (+2200)
Xander Schauffele (+2200)
Hideki Matsuyama (+2500)
Cameron Smith (+2500)

Jon Rahm has finished in the top-three in two of his six starts in 2022, and he’s been in the top-10 in three of them. He has yet to post a win this year, but he’s the betting favorite at next month’s Masters, and he is the betting favorite here. For the record, in each of the tournaments he has played in 2022, Rahm has been on top of the favorites board.

Collin Morikawa has only played this event once, and he finished 41st. But he hasn’t finished worse than seventh in any event in 2022, and he’s got the exact kind of form you would expect from a future champion at Sawgrass.

Longshots to Consider

Sergio Garcia is past his prime, but at +8000, he is definitely worth a look. He’s a veteran of this course, having played it 21 times.

And last year, he actually had a two-shot lead following Thursday’s opening round before eventually finishing ninth on Sunday. He also rarely misses the cut, meaning that your +8000 bet should be around to make some noise in the final round.

Another longshot odds-wise is Brian Harman, paying +10000. But he only looks like a longshot on the favorites board. He finished T3 at The Players last year and T9 in 2019.

And this year, he has a T3 at The American Express to go along with a 14th place finish at the Phoenix Open. Good play at Sawgrass, good form this year, and a huge payday if he wins. What’s not to like?

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2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on March 1, 2022

Right now, the PGA Tour is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. And the same can be said for the upcoming tournament, the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Over the last five weeks, we have seen four first-time winners, and yes, that is a very unusual pace. We’ve played eight total tournaments in 2022, and in 2021 a total of 25 tournaments were played before there were four first-time winners.

So looking at the past can only get us so far in predicting who wins each week and who wins this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando.

Favorites to Win Arnold Palmer Invitational

Jon Rahm (+750)
Rory McIlroy (+1000)
Scottie Scheffler (+1600)
Viktor Hovland (+1800)
Matthew Fitzpatrick (+2000)
Sung-Jae Im (+2200)
Will Zalatoris (+2500)
Hideki Matsuyama (+2500)
Tyrrell Hatton (+2800)
Marc Leishman (+2800)

As is the case with any tournament that he enters, Jon Rahm is the favorite. He doesn’t have a win in 2022, but the six-time PGA Tour winner has three top-10 finishes this year and has twice finished in the top-five.

It’s Rahm’s first-ever visit to the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but Rory McIlroy is making his eighth straight appearance. He won in 2018 and has top-10 finishes in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Two weeks ago, McIlroy played his first and only tournament of 2022 and finished T10 at the Genesis Invitational.

Third on the board is Scottie Scheffler, one of those four first-time winners we’ve had recently. He won at Phoenix and then followed that up with T7 at Riviera. He played the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2020 and finished 15th.

Best Value Bets

In the vein of first-time winners, Will Zalatoris is striking the ball well, and most of the golfing world thinks he’s overdue for his first win. He finished T6 at The American Express and second at the Farmers Insurance Open, and most importantly, he is paying +2500.

Adam Scott is paying +3500, and along with that big potential payday, he brings solid play of late and a good history at Bay Hill. He played strong golf at the Genesis two weeks ago, shooting a 66 in the final round and finishing T4. At the Arnold Palmer, he has a pair of third-place finishes, with the first coming in 2004 and the second coming in 2014.

At +5000, take a look at Jason Kokrak. He finished 2021 strong with a win at the Houston Open. He had a T17 at the Sony Open in January and was undone by a tough final round at Riviera. Before the final 18, he was tied for 12th. Last year at the Arnold Palmer, he finished in eighth, which was his fourth top-10 finish at this event.

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Favorites, Underdogs, and Darkhorses – Betting Odds to win NCAA Basketball National Championship

by WagerHome Blog on February 24, 2022

We are just over three weeks away from Selection Sunday, the date that the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee fulfills dreams and breaks hearts.

There are some teams already guaranteed a spot in the dance, and they are favorites to be in the Final Four. While most of the rest of the field is hoping to try on Cinderella’s slipper for the three-week journey to the Final Four in New Orleans.

National Championship Favorites

Last weekend the NCAA Selection Committee released its current snapshot of what their top-16 looks like, and their favorites largely coincide with the betting favorites.

Gonzaga is the much-deserved top dog, currently paying +450. The Bulldogs are also the top-ranked team in the polls and by the Selection Committee. The second-ranked Auburn Tigers – in the eyes of the Selection Committee – is actually fourth in the current betting odds, paying +1000.

Kentucky was sixth in the released weekend bracket, but the Wildcats are actually second in betting odds, paying +800. The Wildcats from Arizona are the third-highest betting favorite, paying +850.

The Selection Committee gave one of its top seeds to Kansas, the same bracket where Kentucky is the No. 2 seed. But the Jayhawks are paying +1600 to win the National Championship, which is double the payout of Kentucky.

Final Four Underdogs

Tennessee is projected to be the third seed by the Selection Committee, but they are paying a whopping +5000 on a National Championship futures bet. For a team getting that much love from the powers that be and also has wins over North Carolina, Arizona, and Kentucky just over a week ago, that is an incredible value.

Likely, by the time the NCAA releases its full bracket, the odds on Tennessee will have dropped.

The Houston Cougars are in or near the top-10 in most of the various power rankings, but bettors haven’t seemed to notice. The first-place team in the American Athletic Conference is paying +4000.

Darkhorses Worth a Look

Connecticut is a top-20 team, the Huskies are in third place in the Big East, and they have wins over Auburn and Villanova. The win over Villanova was just this Tuesday – UConn’s fourth win in a row – and they are playing much better basketball than their +10000 odds would suggest.

Another excellent value play is Iowa, who is also playing its best basketball as the postseason nears. The Hawkeyes, paying +10000, have won five of their last six games and rank fourth in the nation in points scored per game. Iowa ranks first in the nation in assists to turnovers, and it’s that kind of mistake-free basketball that wins games in March.

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The Honda Classic Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on February 22, 2022

The field isn’t the best this week at PGA National. After every member of the world’s top-10 teed it up at Riviera, every member of world’s top-10 is taking his time in getting to Florida for a month of tournaments there. The Honda Classic is the first of four straight events in the Sunshine State, and none of the world’s best are playing.

It could be that rest is needed, or it could be that the course played as the third-most difficult non-major course on tour in 2021. At last year’s event, 270 balls found their way into the water, and with high winds in the forecast for this week, that number is expected to climb.

What that means is that in this year’s edition of The Honda Classic – everything can change on any given hole.

Favorites to Win The Honda Classic

Sungjae Im (+1200)
Daniel Berger (+1600)
Joaquin Niemann (+1800)
Louis Oosthuizen (+1800)
Billy Horschel (+2000)
Brooks Koepka (+2200)
Tommy Fleetwood (+2200)
Shane Lowry (+2800)
Alex Noren (+3300)
Keith Mitchell (+3300)

Sungjae Im is your favorite, as the only member of this group of favorites who finished in the top-10 at last year’s tournament. He was tied for eighth at -5. He won here in 2020, and four weeks ago at the Farmers, he finished tied for sixth with a -13.

Daniel Berger has been a tough one to figure out in 2022, having withdrawn from Pebble Beach, even though he was the defending champion. Then Berger missed the cut at the Phoenix Open. But he also finished fifth at the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a -25 and was top-20 at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Berger was also fourth at The Honda Classic in 2020, his last time in the event, and he has a runner-up at PGA National from 2015.

Alex Noren, paying +3300 is also a good value play. He recently tied for sixth at the Phoenix Open, and he’s a good par grinder on a tough course, which is exactly the kind of player who can get it done this week.

Longshots Worth a Look

Because of all the water, ball striking is key at PGA National. Jhonattan Vegas, who is paying +5000, has been the fourth-best ball-striker over the last 50 rounds. He also finished with a T4 at this event in 2017.

Mackenzie Hughes is another very good value play at +5000. He just had a T16 at Pebble Beach, and when he played at PGA National in 2020, he was the runner-up to Im’s tournament win.

Chris Kirk is also paying +5000 and is coming off a T14 at the Phoenix Open. He’s played The Honda Classic every year since 2011 and has finished as high as 12th.

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The Genesis Invitational Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on February 15, 2022

This stretch of golf to begin the season is always one of the highlights of the season. You get the majesty of Torrey Pines and Pebble Beach along the Pacific coast, the incredible crowds and atmosphere of Scottsdale, and the Phoenix Open, and now this week, we get the Genesis Invitational, which features some of the best golf in the world outside of the four major championships.

This weekend at Riviera all 10 of the world’s top-10 will be on the same course, playing one of the best events of the year. It’s also the first weekend of golf in a post-NFL world, and that makes it even more appealing for sports betting. If you are craving the best at their craft in a full-scale competitive showdown, the Genesis Invitational has you covered.

Favorites to Win the Genesis Invitational

Jon Rahm (+900)
Patrick Cantlay (+1100)
Dustin Johnson (+1600)
Justin Thomas (+1600)
Collin Morikawa (+1800)
Cameron Smith (+2000)
Rory McIlroy (+2000)
Xander Schauffele (+2000)
Hideki Matsuyama (+2200)
Victor Hovland (+2500)

Jon Rahm is the best player in the world, and he has a pair of top-10 finishes in the last three years at Riviera.

Patrick Cantlay is another obvious choice. He’s played four events in 2022, and he has four top-10 finishes and two top-fives, including a runner-up last week at the Phoenix Open. Cantlay was also a top-five finisher at Riviera in 2019.

Dustin Johnson is second all-time in money won at the Genesis, which includes a victory in 2017 and a pair of second-place finishes in 2014 and 2015. His 2022 started off rough, but a strong finish at the Saudi International last week, coupled with ten total top-10 finishes at Riviera, makes Johnson an appealing play.

Like Johnson, Justin Thomas is paying +1600, and he is also another solid play. He finished fifth at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, eighth at the Phoenix Open, and was a second-place finisher in 2019 at Riviera. He famously had a four-shot lead in that Genesis before closing with a final round 75.

Other Golfers to Watch

Adam Scott is only paying +4000, and his 38th place finish at the Phoenix Open is a big reason why. But his history at Riviera is why you should ignore what he’s done on other courses. He’s won this event twice, including in 2020, and two other times he finished as the runner-up.

Bubba Watson is another player at +4000 and another former winner at Riviera that is worth a closer look. He won this tournament in 2014, 2016, and 2018, but unlike Adam Scott, Watson is playing good golf currently. He was a runner-up at the Saudi International and finished with four sub-par rounds at the Phoenix Open, finishing tied-for-14th.

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Waste Management Phoenix Open Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on February 9, 2022

From the entertainment of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, to the large crowds at the Waste Management Phoenix Open that spend most of the weekend entertaining themselves – that is the portion of the PGA Tour season where we find ourselves.

The field is great, with 18 of the top 30 players in the world making the trip. The cheering will be loud, fueled by an estimated 750,000 servings of beer that will be sold at “The People’s Open,” as it is often called.

And it’s not there yet, but there are plans to build a 12,000-square foot brick-and-mortar sportsbook on the grounds of TPC Scottsdale, funded by the PGA Tour. So if you can’t make it to Arizona this weekend, put it on your bucket list.

Favorites to Win Waste Management Phoenix Open

Jon Rahm (+750)
Justin Thomas (+1200)
Patrick Cantlay (+1400)
Hideki Matsuyama (+1600)
Viktor Hovland (+1600)
Jordan Spieth (+2000)
Xander Schauffele (+2500)
Daniel Berger (+2500)
Scottie Scheffler (+2500)
Brooks Koepka (+3300)
Sam Burns (+3300)

Jon Rahm is, of course, the favorite to win the tournament as the best player in the world. We say that every week because every week it’s true, and in one of these, probably very soon, he’s actually going to win. He finished second at the Sentry a month ago and finished tied for third two weeks ago at the Farmers.

Jordan Spieth is coming off a crazy weekend on the Monterey Peninsula. He was 11 back of the lead when Saturday teed off, shot a 63 that day, took the lead briefly on Sunday, and eventually finished the tournament as the runner-up.

Last year in Scottsdale, he shot a third round 61, eventually finishing tied for fourth. At +2000, Spieth is worth a look.

It’s also worth giving Brooks Koepka a look. His +3300 is very attractive for a guy who is the defending champion at Scottsdale. He hasn’t had a great start to 2022, missing the cut at the Farmers. But along with his win last year at this event, he also won here in 2015.

Longer Shots to Consider

Webb Simpson won this tournament in 2020, and he’s paying +4000. Also at +4000 is Seamus Power, who had as much as a five-shot lead at Pebble Beach before finishing in the top-10.

Corey Conners finished 11th at the Sony Open four weeks ago, and he’s paying +5000. He’s also improved in his last two visits to Scottsdale, finishing 45th in 2020 and 17th in 2021.

Keith Mitchell, at +6600, is also an attractive play. He was seventh at the Sony Open, finished tied for 12th at Pebble Beach, and was 16th in Scottsdale in 2020.

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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on February 1, 2022

After a year away from one of the most fun weekends on the golf calendar, the fans are back at Pebble Beach because the celebrities are also back.

Bill Murray will, of course, headline the event, but a number of other familiar faces will be Pebble Beach, including actors Don Cheadle, Ray Romano, and Alfonso Ribeiro. Returning celebrity athletes include Steve Young and Larry Fitzgerald, as well as first-time participants Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills and Mookie Betts of the Dodgers.

As much as some people are happy to have the celebrities, many of the top golfers are not. Being paired with an amateur in the cold and wind of the Monterey Peninsula and the long rounds that come with it have chased most of the top golfers to Dubai. Only one top-10 player, Patrick Cantlay, is in this weekend’s field.

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Betting Favorites

Patrick Cantlay (+650)
Daniel Berger (+1100)
Will Zalatoris (+1800)
Jason Day (+2000)
Jordan Spieth (+2000)
Cameron Tringale (+2500)
Justin Rose (+2500)
Maverick McNealy (+2800)
Seamus Power (+2800)
Lanto Griffin (+3300)
Matt Fitzpatrick (+3300)

As the highest-ranking player in the field, Patrick Cantlay is the natural favorite. He has two top-10 finishes in 2022. He finished third at this event in 2021, 11th in 2020, and had a top-10 finish the very first time he teed up at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2013.

Perhaps no one is more consistently good at the Pro-Am than Jason Day. Paying more than three times what a Cantlay bet pays, Day has eight top-10 finishes at this event, and he’s been in the top-five in five of his last six starts. He also just finished in third last weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Will Zalatoris, paying +1800, was the runner-up at the Farmers at Torrey Pines, losing in a playoff. The week before at The American Express, he finished tied for sixth. He has not done well at the Pro-Am, finishing 55th last year. But his excellent form in January has him deservedly near the top of the favorites board.

Top Value Bets

Maverick McNealy is paying +2800, and considering how he plays at this event, he might be the steal of the tournament. He was the runner-up here last year and tied for fifth the year before that. McNealy also just played three great rounds at Torrey Pines before struggling over the last 18.

Kevin Streelman is paying +5000, and he’s got three top-fives at this event over the last four years, including a runner-up in 2020. Michael Thompson was a top-five finisher at the Sony Open and was 11th last week at Torrey Pines. He’s paying +6600.

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Farmers Insurance Open Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on January 25, 2022

In a bit of a twist, because the PGA Tour doesn’t want to compete against the NFL, this weekend’s golf tournament at Torrey Pines tees off on Wednesday, with the final round scheduled for Saturday.

PGA Tour president Tyler Dennis thanked the Farmers Insurance Open for its “innovative thinking with this shift in competition days” and applauded the “action-packed weekend for sports fans” that it has helped to create.

Torrey Pines has traditionally been the start of the PGA Tour season on CBS (broadcast home of the AFC Championship Game), and it’s also produced some of the most exciting results anywhere on Tour.

Favorites to Win Farmers Insurance Open

Jon Rahm (+700)
Justin Rose (+1400)
Bryson DeChambeau (+1800)
Xander Schauffele (+1800)
Hideki Matsuyama (+2000)
Sam Burns (+2200)
Daniel Berger (+2200)
Dustin Johnson (+2500)
Tony Finau (+2500)
Scottie Scheffler (+2800)

The tournament is played on the two courses at Torrey Pines, the South and North course, with the South course measuring more than 7,700 yards. The South course is where the tournament will finish, and it’s not only a monster in length but narrow and with deep rough. Being great off the tee is imperative.

Jon Rahm is, of course, the favorite as the No. 1 golfer in the world. But four other members of the top-10 in the world are at Torrey Pines this week – Dustin Johnson (4th), Xander Schauffele (6th), Bryson DeChambeau (9th), and Hideki Matsuyama (10th).

There are two challenges for golfers, in that you need to do well on the South course, and not surprisingly, 10 of the last 16 winners here ranked among the leaders in driving distance. But you also need to do well on the North course, because that’s where you can make up strokes on the competition.

Golfers to Watch

Will Zalatoris mania has its roots in how he’s done in the Majors, but he was also seventh at the Farmers a year ago. He is still in search of his first career win, and this might be the place where it happens. He’s paying +3000.

Bryson DeChambeau has the necessary length off the tee, and while he has missed in the cut in his previous two Farmers starts, he does typically do well in California. The native Californian had a strong 54 holes at Torrey Pines at last year’s U.S. Open before fading with a final round 77.

Another golfer who plays well in California is Tony Finau. Last year he was a runner-up at the Farmers, was fourth at The American Express, and runner-up at The Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades. He’s gone top-10 in four of his last five Torrey Pines starts.

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The American Express Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on January 19, 2022

The Hawaiian swing is over, and the PGA Tour is back on the mainland, making its annual stop in La Quinta.

We get three courses in the Palm Springs area, ending with the final round on the Stadium Course at PGA West. We’re also treated to extra golf this weekend, as each of the 156 golfers get 54 holes before the cut instead of just 36. And we should see low scores, as each of the last 14 winners at The American Express (formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic) has been at least 20 under par.

We’re also getting the celebrity pro-am portion of the tournament back after it was suspended last year because of COVID-19.

Favorites to Win The American Express

Jon Rahm (+600)
Patrick Cantlay (+800)
Scottie Scheffler (+1800)
Tony Finau (+2000)
Sung-jae Im (+2000)
Corey Conners (+2200)
Talor Gooch (+2500)
Abraham Ancer (+2500)
Matthew Wolff (+3000)

Of course, Jon Rahm is on top of the favorite’s board. He’s the world’s number one player, he won here in 2018, and he just finished in second at Kapalua, shooting what would have been a record -33, if not for the -34 recorded by Cameron Smith. So any bet on Rahm this weekend is a good bet.

Patrick Cantlay is just behind Rahm, and also for very good reason. He just finished fourth at Kapalua, and last year at this tournament, he finished ninth. That followed his runner-up status in 2019, and in that tournament, he recorded a final round 61 on the Stadium Course.

Other Golfers to Watch

Scottie Scheffler doesn’t have a PGA Tour win yet, but it’s only a matter of time. The 25-year-old finished fourth at Mayakoba in November and second at the Hero World Challenge in December. When he first teed off at The American Express in 2020, he finished third and recorded a 23-under par.

Sung-jae Im is only 23, but he’s making his fourth consecutive start at The American Express, and twice he’s finished in the top-10. Two weeks ago at Kapalua, he finished tied for eighth, following up on a strong finish to 2021, when he won the Shriners Children’s Open in October and was top-10 at the CJ Cup.

At the bottom of the above board, paying +3000 is 22-year-old Matthew Wolff. He finished 2021 as a runner-up at the Shriners, tied for fifth at Mayakoba, and tied for 11th at the Houston Open. This is his first start at The American Express, but he ranks 11th on Tour in birdie average, meaning that he will get the kind of low score that is needed to win here on Sunday.

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Sony Open Betting Preview

by WagerHome Blog on January 12, 2022

For the first time in 2022, we have a full field doing battle on the PGA Tour. It’s the Sony Open in Honolulu, and if recent history is our guide, it’s going to be an incredible final round. Last year Kevin Na was behind by three shots with six holes to play and won the tournament with a birdie on the 72nd hole.

He is back this year, trying to be the first repeat champion since 2015. Na will also be joined by 24 of the golfers who played last week on Maui at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, including the winner, Cameron Smith of Australia. He bested Jon Rahm by one stroke over the weekend by breaking the PGA Tour’s 72-hole record with a 34-under par.

Sony Open Betting Favorites

Cameron Smith (+800)
Webb Simpson (+1200)
Marc Leishman (+1600)
Sung-Jae Kim (+1600)
Hideki Matsuyama (+1800)
Corey Conners (+1800)
Abraham Ancer (+2200)
Russell Henley (+2200)
Kevin Na (+2500)
Talor Gooch (+2500)

Smith recorded eight birdies in the final round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, including four over the final six holes, and he is expected to keep playing championship-winning golf. He is your favorite heading into Thursday’s first round. He won here in 2020, so even without his Sentry win, he’d be one of the top golfers this week.

Last year’s champion, Kevin Na, is in the top-10 and paying +2500 as a potential winner.

Players to Watch

One of the players who was on Maui last weekend and playing on Oahu this weekend is Marc Leishman. He tied for 10th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, and it’s worth noting that seven of the top-10 at the Sony Open last year also played the week before on Maui.

Only once since 2013 – Cameron Smith last year – has someone who didn’t play the week before won the Sony Open.

So along with Leishman, that bodes well for Talor Gooch at +2500. He shot consecutive 67s on Saturday and Sunday at the Sentry and comes into the Sony Open as a top-10 golfer in strokes gained tee-to-green.

Also think about Russell Henley, who is paying +2200. He did not play last week in Maui, but he did win this event in 2013. His most recent tournament at the Waialae Country Club was in 2018 when he finished 11th.

But as an X-factor to consider when placing your bets, Henley is a 2011 graduate of the University of Georgia, and he just watched his beloved bulldogs beat Alabama to win the National Championship.

Few golfers will be in a better mood when the tournament tees off on Thursday.

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Favorites to win The Players Championship

Longshots to Consider

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Favorites to Win Arnold Palmer Invitational

Best Value Bets

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National Championship Favorites

Final Four Underdogs

Darkhorses Worth a Look

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Favorites to Win The Honda Classic

Longshots Worth a Look

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Favorites to Win the Genesis Invitational

Other Golfers to Watch

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Favorites to Win Waste Management Phoenix Open

Longer Shots to Consider

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