We have two tournaments on the PGA Tour this week. All of the top players in the world are teeing it up at the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational this week but in Reno, Nevada we have the tour’s second stop, the 2016 Barracuda Championship which features a unique format where score is secondary.
Patton Kizzire is the highest ranked player in the field at No. 63 and he is joined by defending champion J.J. Henry +10050, Colt Knost +1500, Kyle Reifers +3200 and Bryce Molder +2200.
Jon Rahm +1700 finished T3 in his professional debut last week and looks to carry the momentum over and secure another strong finish in an effort to gain playing privileges the rest of the year.
With the cancellation of the Greenbrier Classic due to flooding in West Virginia, the Open Qualifying Series announced that the Barracuda Championship will carry that spot meaning that one player who finishes in the top five and ties, who is not already exempt for The Open, will secure a place in The Open. In the event of a tie, the spot will go to the highest ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking. Pretty cool perk this week.
The Modified Stableford format will be used this week in Reno. Players are awarded points based on a player’s performance at each hole. Eagles earn five points, birdies are worth two and pars zero, with bogeys deducting a point and double bogeys losing three.
Last year J.J. Henry prevailed for the second time in four years, fighting off Kyle Reifers’ record-setting charge with a 15-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff. Reifers’ used a trio of back-nine eagles to produce a 22-point final round that set a new 18-hole tournament mark since the Modified Stableford scoring system was adopted. But Henry remained calm and picked up his third PGA Tour win.
TV Coverage: Thursday-Friday, 6:30-9 p.m. ET - Golf Channel. Saturday-Sunday, 7-10 p.m. - Golf Channel.
Current 2016 Barracuda Championship Golf Odds at BookMaker Sportsbook:
Brandan Steele +1200
Gary Woodland +1250
Colt Knost +1500
Jon Rahm +1700
Robert Garrigus +2100
Bryce Molder +2200
Graham DeLaet +2700
Martin Laird +2850
Kyle Reifers +3200
Jonas Blixt +3750
John Senden +4000
Seung-Yul Noh +3900
Ben Martin +4400
Patrick Rodgers +4500
John Huh +4950
Ken Duke +5000
Alex Cejka +5500
Wes Roach +6000
Shawn Stefani +6250
Tom Hoge +6500
Will Wilcox +6600
Ricky Barnes +6900
Chez Reavie +7000
Justin Hicks +7350
Thomas Aiken +7850
Geoff Ogilvy +8000
Martin Piller +8050
Chris Stroud +8500
Nick Taylor +8300
Andrew Landry +10000
J.J. Henry +10050
Lee McCoy +10050
Ben Crane +12050
Zac Blair +12050
D.A. Points +12500
Luke List +11000
Sung Kang +8800
Camilo Villegas +12550
Si Woo Kim +12550
FIELD - Any other player +315
ODDS ANALYSIS
Jon Rahm +1700 was the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world less than a month ago and was low amateur at the U.S. Open. The Arizona State product out of Spain is the real deal. He made his professional debut last week at the Quicken Loans National and was in contention from start to finish before finishing T3. Rahm needs to keep it rolling to secure playing privileges the rest of the year and with another top five finish, he will be on his way.
Kyle Reifers +3200 offers gamers the best VALUE on the board this week. He lost in a playoff a year ago in Reno, but his game has improved drastically since then and Reifers is a guy you can count on week in, week out, a very consistent player that is hungry for a win. Reifers in Reno!
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The Barracuda Championship is scheduled for June 30 - July 3, 2016. Montreux Golf and Country Club will host the event and the Golf Channel will televise the event live.
