The FedExCup Championship will be decided this weekend at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta when the top 30 players in the season-long standings race gather for the season ending Tour Championship. Accumulating points over the course of the year comes in handy with six-time winner Scottie Scheffler locking down the top spot for a third straight year. That gives Scheffler a head start on the field in the staggered leaderboard format and has him positioned as the betting favorite ahead of two-time major winner Xander Schauffele. Scheffler opens the tournament at 10-under with Schauffele second in the standings at 8-under. After his win two weeks ago in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Hideki Matsuyama vaulted into the third position and starts at 7-under. Matsuyama withdrew from the BMW Championship but is set to return this week. There is a gradual decline to the bottom five, who all start at even-par with odds greater than 300/1. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete updated list of betting odds when you’re ready to make a wager.
Tour Championship Betting Odds
Scottie Scheffler +115
Xander Schauffele +235
Hideki Matsuyama +1250
Rory McIlroy +2050
Ludvig Aberg +2250
Collin Morikawa +2750
Patrick Cantlay +3550
Keegan Bradley +4050
Sam Burns +4050
Wyndham Clark +5050
Viktor Hovland +6050
Sungjae Im +6050
Tony Finau +8050
Russell Henley +10050
Sahith Theegala +12050
Adam Scott +12050
Shane Lowry +12050
Tommy Fleetwood +12050
Billy Horschel +20050
Akshay Bhatia +25050
Byeong Hun An +25050
Robert MacIntyre +28050
Justin Thomas +30050
Sepp Straka +40050
Aaron Rai +40050
Tom Hoge +40050
Chris Kirk +40050
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +40050
Taylor Pendrith +40050
Matthieu Pavon +40050
Odds Analysis
Ludvig Aberg +2250
You could say the highest-seeded non-winner is due. And if that’s the case backing Aberg would be a hit. The kid continues to shine earning his eighth top 10 of the season with a co-runner-up at the BMW Championship. It won’t be easy trying to overcome a 5-swing deficit against some of the best players in the world before event hitting a golf ball, but nothing has been easy this season and Aberg still makes it look easy.
Keegan Bradley +4050
Just a few weeks ago Bradley was ready to start his offseason regimen until he snuck into the BMW Championship as the No. 50 and last player. He made the most of his opportunity winning at Castle Pines by a stroke climbing to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings. From that position he’ll start 4-strokes behind but he has to feel like he’s playing with house money since he wasn’t even expecting to be here. He’s also played well at this joint opening last year’s tournament with a 63 and finishing in ninth place.
Rory McIlroy +2050
There’s a little bit of symmetry going on with McIlroy that attracted me to him. First he’s in a familiar spot starting at 4-under, the same starting assignment he had in 2022 when he overcame the field to win his second FedExCup Championship. And to prove that wasn’t a fluke it was the second time he started further behind to win. He captured the initial staggered strokes event in 2019 coming from the fifth seed and making up five swings. It hasn’t been easy but McIlroy is the only two-time winner in the staggered start era.
Collin Morikawa +2750
Since the precedent has already been sent why not back a great player starting 6-shots off the lead. McIlroy did it a few years ago and Morikawa is bunched in the same group to start this tournament. He’s been silent the last few starts but Morikawa can bust out at any time. He had a recent stretch of eight straight top 20s that included four top 5, but short-game issues have plagued him recently. Getting his irons back puts Morikawa in a good spot to replicate his opening 61 at East Lake last year.
Xander Schauffele +235
With such short odds there isn’t a lot of value backing Schauffele. But it’s been a marvelous year for him with major titles at the PGA Championship and The Open. And he hasn’t slowed down putting together a strong playoff with a runner-up in the FedEx St. Jude and a T5 in the BWM. He’s also been a beast at East Lake with a scoring average of just over 66 in five starts in the staggered strokes era.
Course: East Lake Golf Club – 7,490 yards, Par 71
The staggered strokes format is in use for the sixth straight year, but the host venue remains the same. East Lake became the tournament’s permanent home in 2004. This year’s edition will play a little differently following a major renovation to the property that included the installation of new bunkers, reassignment of others and the removal of trees to open the corridors. Though some in the field have played here frequently it’s a new venue of sorts for everyone. The course also plays nearly 150 yards longer making it 7,490 yards on the scorecard with the reimagined 14th hole converted to a par 5. Straight off the tee with a strong short game and you’ll be just fine. That’s easier said than done, though. On average the field hits fairways here just over half the time. In 11 editions prior to the current format winning scores ranged between -7 and -13 making it difficult for players at the bottom of the pack to makeup shots. In 2022, Rory McIlroy made up six strokes to win as the seven-seed.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel, NBC
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