Being the final PGA Tour event before the Masters, we’re seeing a number of high-profile players take a final swing at getting their game in order at this week’s Vivint Houston Open. OWGR No. 1 Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott are making their first Tour starts since testing positive for COVID-19, and Brooks Koepka will test out his surgically-repaired knee. Lanto Griffin will be hard pressed to defend his title with a much stronger field lined up. Griffin is situated further down the odds board with DJ the prohibitive favorite as the only player with shorter than 10/1 odds on the opening line. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager.
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Dustin Johnson +650
Tony Finau +1600
Tyrrell Hatton +1600
Russell Henley +1600
Viktor Hovland +1600
Hideki Matsuyama +1800
Brooks Koepka +2000
Scottie Scheffler +2200
Jason Day +3300
Zach Johnson +3300
Adam Scott +3300
Sungjae Im +3300
Sergio Garcia +4000
Corey Conners +5000
Lanto Griffin +5000
Emiliano Grillo +5000
Brian Harman +5000
Doc Redman +5000
Keegan Bradley +6600
Stewart Cink +6600
Shane Lowry +6600
Si Woo Kim +6600
Jordan Spieth +6600
Harold Varner III +6600
Cameron Davis +7000
Charley Hoffman +7000
Dylan Frittelli +8000
Talor Gooch +8000
James Hahn +8000
Denny McCarthy +8000
Kevin Streelman +8000
Lee Westwood +8000
Aaron Wise +8000
Erik van Rooyen +8000
Sam Burns +9000
Wyndham Clark +9000
Lucas Glover +9000
Mackenzie Hughes +9000
Matt Jones +9000
Luke List +9000
Alexander Noren +9000
Henrik Stenson +9000
Odds Analysis
James Hahn +8000
If you’re looking for a nice under-the-radar pick with plenty of value Hahn is your guy. He’s made three starts this season and has placed among the top-10 each time recording a scoring average of 67.66. Only once has he shot over 70 with a closing 72 for a T9 at the Safeway Open. He followed that with a T6 at Puntacana and T5 at the Shriners. And those results aren’t by accident. Hahn consistently hits fairways and greens in regulation and ranks 14th on Tour in strokes gained: tee-to-green.
Tyrrell Hatton +1600
You can’t argue with Hatton’s results, which is why he’s positioned near the top of the odds board. He is spending more time on the PGA Tour, but a return to the Euro circuit last month yielded him an emotional win at the BMW PGA Championship. He followed that up with a T3 at the CJ CUP and most recently slid to T28 at the ZOZO with a disastrous third round 76. That blemish aside it’s been a marvelous last year for the Englishman with a trio of titles and two T3s among his eight top-10s worldwide. The price is short, but Hatton is riding a heater.
Brooks Koepka +2000
In most cases I’d shy away from Koepka since he is coming off knee surgery and has made only one start this season. And his price isn’t inviting. But it’s hard to ignore the fact that he contributed to the recent redesign of the course and any inside knowledge will come in handy. He still has to hit the ball accurately and he showed signs at Shadow Creek gaining 3.3 strokes on approach. He needs to kick it into gear ahead of the Masters which is why I’m backing him with a small investment this week.
Doc Redman +5000
For some reason I keep coming back to Redman. Maybe it’s because he’s feeling more comfortable hanging out at the top of the leaderboard. He did it again last week with a T4 in Bermuda and opened the season with a T3 at Silverado. His ball-striking has been obscenely good for some time and he also ranks 10th on Tour in scrambling. It seems like only a matter of time until he gets that maiden Tour victory.
Erik van Rooyen +8000
Those Euro Tour guys never seem to get the respect they deserve on the PGA Tour, that’s why I’m pulling for van Rooyen. He starts for the third time on the PGA side following a respectable T23 at Winged Foot. He may have had a case of the jitters causing a MC at Silverado, so I’ll give him a pass on that one. He returned to the ET with a T6 at the Scottish Open and T27 at the BMW PGA Championship showing he has what it takes to compete. And the lack of respect has him priced nicely.
Course: Memorial Park Golf Course – 7,432 yards, Par 72
A municipal track won’t be too much of a distraction for the pros. Memorial Park Golf Course hosts a PGA Tour event for the first time since 1963 and has endured dramatic changes just in the last few years. A recent redesign with the help of Koepka saw the removal of bunkers, trees and water. The thought was to make it playable for the public while still presenting enough of a challenge for the pros. Length and multi-tiered greens are the biggest defenses the course has to offer and that shouldn’t be too much of a problem for the field. Unfamiliar, bumpy greens require accuracy on approach, but distance off the tee will shrink the layout for big hitters.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel
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