When you began this week looking ahead at the upcoming sports betting calendar, you probably didn’t recognize the PGA Tour stop called the Workday Charity Open. That’s because it is a first-year replacement for the John Deere Classic that was canceled due to the coronavirus.
The John Deere Classic will return next year, but for this week, the Workday Charity Open should definitely be on your radar.
Played on the same course, Muirfield Village Golf Course, as The Memorial – which will follow next week – this event will feature three of the top five players in the world, including the return of Brooks Koepka, who withdrew from the Travelers Championship after his caddie tested positive for COVID-19.
The Odds
After his incredible performance over the weekend in which he finished first in driving distance, first in putting, and first on the leaderboard, Bryson DeChambeau is going to sit this weekend out. He won The Memorial in 2018 and will return to the field for that event on July 16.
This week he likely would have been the odds-on favorite, had he decided to play. So with DeChambeau out, here is how the favorites shake out.
- Justin Thomas +1100
- Patrick Cantlay +1400
- Hideki Matsuyama +1600
- Jon Rahm +1600
- Brooks Koepka +1600
- Xander Schauffele +1800
- Viktor Hovland +2200
- Justin Rose +2200
- Patrick Reed +3000
- Rickie Fowler +3000
Patrick Cantlay won at Muirfield last year. For The Memorial, this course runs a bit shorter and with higher rough. But even with the slight changes to the course for this tournament, Cantlay is an obvious top pick.
Justin Thomas, the top name on this list, has a pair of top-10 finishes since golf resumed in June.
Hideki Matsuyama is the surprise on this list. Ranked 23rd in the world, he’s played in two PGA Tour events since play resumed. He missed the cut at the RBC Heritage and finished tied for 21st at last weekend’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, though he did finish sixth at The Memorial last year.
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