With the final round of the WM Phoenix Open set to be played on Super Bowl Sunday, the PGA Tour gets the party started with one of the more raucous and popular stops on the season schedule. There will be plenty of wagers placed on both events, among other things, and even some on a combination since the cross-sport prop has become a popular betting method. Scottie Scheffler has accomplished plenty in his relatively short career and he can add another bullet point on his resume this week. The two-time defending champion can become the first player in more than a decade to win the same PGA Tour event three years in a row. He can also join a short list of golfers who have triumphed at TPC Scottsdale a record three times. Scheffler opened as the betting favorite with him and Justin Thomas the only players 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.
WM Phoenix Open Betting Odds
Scottie Scheffler +475
Justin Thomas +985
Max Homa +1400
Jordan Spieth +1600
Sam Burns +1800
Sungjae Im +2500
Tom Kim +2750
Wyndham Clark +3000
Byeong Hun An +3000
Min Woo Lee +3000
J.T. Poston +3000
Matt Fitzpatrick +3000
Sahith Theegala +3500
Cameron Young +3500
Adam Hadwin +5000
Eric Cole +5000
Rickie Fowler +5000
Hideki Matsuyama +5000
Beau Hossler +5500
Corey Conners +6000
Si Woo Kim +6000
Adam Scott +6000
Brian Harman +6000
Akshay Bhatia +6000
Alex Noren +6000
Thomas Detry +6500
Denny McCarthy +7000
Kevin Yu +7500
Shane Lowry +7500
Emiliano Grillo +8000
Keith Mitchell +8000
Odds Analysis
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +9000
Like every winner this season on Tour we didn’t see it coming. Bezuidenhout is a longshot, but so were all the others. And recent results show the South African is getting used to the rigors on the PGA Tour. It seems like just yesterday that Bezuidenhout was winning tournaments on the European Tour with a back-to-back effort in his native country. Toss in a nice run of form this season with four top 10s among six top 20s in the last few months and the price is outstanding.
Sam Burns +1800
After some shady results in this tournament, including three MCs in four starts, Burns flipped the script last year carding a third round 64 en route to a T6. And he’s been strong at the opening of the season with a T6 at the AMX followed by a 10th at Pebble Beach in his start to the West Coast swing. Every round has been below par with 10 of them below 70.
Hideki Matsuyama +5000
Only in his early 30s you hate to think Matsuyama has lost his edge. For the first time in over a decade he’s outside the OWGR top 50 and it’s been two years since his last victory. But when he pegs it up here he’s always a threat. He went back-to-back in 2016 and 2017 part of his five top 10s in nine completed events. He’s worth a look much like our next player.
Scottie Scheffler +475
The first golfer to go back to back since Matsuyama, Scheffler has been much better recently and his price is a lot shorter. I don’t often back the favorite and if I do the price isn’t this low, but Scheffler’s work at TPC Scottsdale and the fact that one of the favorites is likely to win after what we’ve seen so far, it’s not a stretch to think he can do it. Even before Scheffler went on his rampage he recorded a T7 here, so he’s very comfortable with the surroundings.
Sahith Theegala +3500
This is the place where Theegala put himself in the crosshairs of Tour members. Two years ago he came close to winning instead finishing T3. And since then he’s been consistently near the top of the leaderboard and did breakthrough for his maiden Tour victory last fall in Napa. He also won the unofficial QBE Shootout 14 months ago so it isn’t a stretch backing him.
Course: TPC Scottsdale – 7,261 yards, Par 71
The Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale has hosted the event since 1987 and it is one of the most popular stops on Tour. The course plays just under 7,300 yards and with altitude in the desert it typically scores well. We’ve seen winning numbers consistently between 14- and 18-under with a few outliers. Phil Mickelson carded a course record 28-under in 2013 and Scheffler’s 19-under was the best winning score since then. The conditions are ripe for heavy hitters and we’ll see plenty of drivers this week, allowing players to attack the greens with little resistance. Early tee times are at a disadvantage given the moisture on the course. When the track dries out players can attack the fairways getting lengthy rolls. The par-3 16th is the signature hole on the layout with rowdy fans in the gallery to cheer on, or heckle, golfers.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel, NBC
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