Hideki Matsuyama used his 3-wood on the primary playoff gap of the Sony Open that he knocked stiff to three toes for eagle that garnered his eighth profession PGA Tour victory on the Sony over Russell Henley at a value of 18/1. Henley had a one-stroke lead heading to the par-5 18th, however discovered the golf green bunker and settled for par. He discovered the identical fairway bunker on the primary playoff gap, and Matsuyama’s superb 3-wood sealed Henley’s destiny.
This week, the PGA Tour leaves the islands and commences the West Coast swing in Palm Springs, Calif., with The American Categorical. World No. 1 Jon Rahm completed runner-up two weeks in the past on the Sentry Event of Champions to eventual winner Cameron Smith and is the match favourite at 6/1, plus is a former winner right here in 2018. Patrick Cantlay (9/1) was the runner-up right here final yr, shedding by one stroke to Si Woo Kim (50/1).
Different favorites within the match embrace Scottie Scheffler (20/1), Sungjae Im (22/1), Tony Finau (25/1) and Corey Conners (25/1).
Listed below are some gamers who're price a wager this weekend.
Talor Gooch (28/1)
Gooch received the final occasion of 2021 on the RSM Basic to earn his first PGA Tour victory. He has made all 4 of his cuts right here with a fourth, seventeenth, and twenty first over the previous three appearances.
He does add to this with some robust correlating type with a T-5 on the Gamers (on Dye-designed TPC Sawgrass), a fourth on the Fortinet Championship final yr, in addition to recording a number of high 20s on the Sony Open and Shriners Open.
Abraham Ancer (25/1)
Maybe he's too apparent of a alternative attributable to ending runner-up right here in 2020 and T-5 final yr, however 30/1 appears a good value even off a missed reduce final week in Hawaii. Ancer has the look of a Pete Dye specialist with a runner-up in 2020 on the RBC Heritage, a T-4 final yr on the Vacationers, a T-8 final yr on the PGA Championship. No participant within the subject has been higher over the previous 36 rounds on Dye layouts than Ancer, having gained 71 strokes.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (50/1)
The South African charges sixth within the subject for SG: Placing and second for SG: Brief Recreation over the previous 36 rounds. He completed a decent T-17 final week on the Sony Open on debut.
Russell Knox (80/1)
Knox completed seventh final week on the Sony Open and gained strokes throughout the board. He has good pedigree on Dye programs, having been a winner on the Vacationers and having a runner-up on the RBC Heritage.
Tom Hoge (100/1)
Whereas lacking the reduce final week on the Sony, Hoge returns to a spot the place he has performed effectively earlier than (T-6 in 2020). Hoge has been knocking on the door for his first PGA Tour victory for some time now and has 5 top-five finishes up to now 4 seasons.
Hayden Buckley (100/1)
PGA Tour rookie Buckley posted two top-10 finishes (T-4 at Sanderson Farms, T-8 at Shriners) in the course of the fall sequence.
Andrew Putnam (100/1)
Putnam has made six of eight cuts this season, highlighted by a T-11 on the Shriners (TPC Summerlin a correlated course), and was T-27 final week on the Sony, the place he shot 4 rounds of 68 or higher and gained strokes in all classes.
Adam Schenk (150/1)
Schenk posted a career-best end final fall on the Shriners (TPC Summerlin), ending third.
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