The PGA Tour stops in Dublin, Ohio, this week for the first of two straight tournaments at Muirfield Village Country Club. First-round action in the one-off Workday Charity Open is set for Thursday. Bryson DeChambeau became the fourth outright favorite to win a PGA Tour event this season when he captured the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He decided to take this week off leaving others at the top of the odds chart battling it out. Justin Thomas, who missed the cut at the Travelers and didn’t play last week, hit the board as the betting favorite. He’s followed closely by Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Cantlay as seven of the top-15 ranked players in the world go for the debut title. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete updated list of betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager.
Odds to Win Workday Charity Open at BookMaker.eu
Justin Thomas +1063
Jon Rahm +1234
Patrick Cantlay +1352
Brooks Koepka +1413
Hideki Matsuyama +1488
Xander Schauffele +1668
Viktor Hovland +2299
Justin Rose +2437
Patrick Reed +2979
Collin Morikawa +3046
Rickie Fowler +3085
Matt Kuchar +3898
Sung-Jae Im +3902
Marc Leishman +4000
Joaquin Niemann +4002
Gary Woodland +4333
Jordan Spieth +4500
Adam Hadwin +4748
Matthew Fitzpatrick +5116
Byeong Hun An +6050
Joel Dahmen +6050
Scottie Scheffler +6433
Billy Horschel +6550
Matthew Wolff +6600
Jason Day +6813
Kevin Streelman +7000
Cameron Champ +7000
Bubba Watson +7000
Corey Conners +7317
Phil Mickelson +8000
Harold Varner III +8000
Russell Henley +8000
Odds Analysis
Patrick Cantlay +1352
It’s easy to look at the favorite at this price. That tells us, however, that there isn’t a lot separation in the field. Cantlay is the last player to win at Muirfield Village, taking last year’s Memorial by two-swings with a 19-under par. His game excelled on this track and there’s no reason to think it can’t happen again. In six Tour starts this season, Cantlay has placed among the top 17 in all of them, including a T11 at the Travelers in his only post-lockdown start. Toss in a fourth-place showing at the 2018 Memorial here and it’s hard to look past Cantlay.
Rickie Fowler +3085
The only way to explain Fowler’s recent play is like being on a roller coaster. The results haven’t been great this season with MCs at the Schwab and RBC Heritage out of the lockdown. Looking to find some sense of his game, Fowler looked sharper last week stringing together four competitive rounds to grab a share of 12th. A confidence boost heading to a track that’s treated Fowler well has me leaning toward him. Fowler was runner-up at Muirfield in the 2017 Memorial and grabbed a pair of top-14s in the last two.
Viktor Hovland +2299
There aren’t a lot of players who have competed in every event since the reboot. Hovland is one of them. He’s been solid finishing in the top-23 in all four of those tournaments and he gets a course that’s more to his liking this week. He will need to putt better, but Muirfield takes more of an approach technique with obstacles around nearly every hole, and Hovland does that splendidly.
Marc Leishman +4000
If Leishman can finally concentrate on playing golf he’s a solid pick with a nice payday. Concerned about playing because of his wife’s preexisting medical condition, Leishman didn’t look fully on board with a MC at the Schwab and T58 at Travelers. Some of those concerns were alleviated with the Tour’s strict safety protocols, and Leishman no doubt wants a crack at a course that’s been good to him. He had a win and runner-up at two of his favorites before the shutdown, so why not take a chance at Muirfield, where he has a pair of top-5s among four top-15s in his last five starts.
Kevin Streelman +7000
We can look further down the odds board here since we’ve already had a few players make their way to the winner’s circle from down the list. Sure, there is talent at the top. We also saw that at the Schwab and look what happened. Streelman finished second at the Travelers two weeks ago and rested up to attack a layout that’s yielded him three top-15s in the last four years at the Memorial.
Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club – 7,456 yards, Par 72
Designed by Jack Nicklaus and affectionately known as Jack’s Place, Muirfield Village has been a longtime Tour host. The venue is so beloved that consecutive tournaments will be contested on the layout with the Memorial next in line. The setup will be different for both events with the WDC playing longer at 7,456 yards. There are generous fairways and fast greens, but strategically placed bunkers surround a number of greens leaving the field playing for a second shot. And that has been the winning formula over the years as opposed to bombing it off the tee. You don’t want to get caught on the beach with a success rate for sand saves below Tour average. Most golfers concur that Muirfield is a second-shot layout that yields favorable scores with excellent ball striking and proper positioning off the tee.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel, CBS
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