One factor that the PGA Tour obtained proper over the previous few years is the choice to schedule signature occasions for the week instantly following a significant championship.
Not solely does it assist to maintain momentum from the largest occasions of the 12 months, but it surely additionally ensures terrific fields for tournaments like this week’s Vacationers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and newly-crowned U.S. Open champ J.J. Spaun are all set to compete this week.
Scheffler, who completed T7 at Oakmont as a +275 pre-tournament favourite, is sitting in that vary once more for the Vacationers.
The 28-year-old gained this occasion final 12 months in a playoff in opposition to Tom Kim.
Scheffler is the one golfer with single-digit odds at TPC River Highlands.
McIlroy (11/1), Schauffele (12/1), Morikawa (18/1), and Patrick Cantlay (25/1) spherical out the highest 5 on the betting board.
The Vacationers has had its fair proportion of heavyweight winners akin to Scheffler, Schauffele, and Dustin Johnson lately, but it surely’s additionally seen some massive lengthy photographs like Chez Reavie and Harris English carry the trophy.
2025 Vacationers Championship picks
Brian Harman (90/1, FanDuel): It’s laborious to disregard Brian Harman’s historical past on the Vacationers, particularly at this value.
The 2023 Open Champion has completed inside the highest 10 in six of his final seven journeys to TPC River Highlands and was the 2023 runner-up behind Keegan Bradley.
Harman’s previous few begins have been middling, however he’s two months faraway from bookending the Masters with a win on the Valero Texas Open and a T3 on the RBC Heritage.
Matt Fitzpatrick (90/1, BetMGM): An abysmal begin to the season is now within the rear-view mirror for Matt Fitzpatrick. The 2022 U.S. Open champion has made 5 consecutive cuts, and posted his first top-10 end ultimately month’s PGA Championship.
We all know he has the ceiling to win this event, and now his kind is beginning to come round.
These sorts of costs shall be a distant reminiscence if he retains trending in the fitting course forward, so right here’s hoping we money in earlier than the market catches on to Fitzpatrick’s resurgence.
Harry Corridor (110/1, FanDuel): He didn’t play on the U.S. Open, and that ought to be a superb factor for Harry Corridor.
The Englishman shall be recent, whereas loads of gamers above him on the chances board shall be licking their wounds after getting mopped up by Oakmont final week.
And it’s not simply the remaining issue that makes Corridor a worthwhile punt this week.
He’s additionally been in sturdy kind with 4 straight top-25 finishes at some powerful occasions just like the PGA Championship and Charles Schwab Problem.
Kevin Yu (125/1, Caesars): A growth or bust participant, Kevin Yu has completed fourth, T50, MC, and third in his final 4 outings and has as many top-20 finishes as missed cuts this 12 months.
In different phrases, if Yu makes it to the weekend, there’s a superb likelihood he’s going to present you a terrific sweat at an enormous value.
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Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, however a long-profiting sports activities bettor with 10 years of expertise within the playing business. He loves utilizing sport principle to assist punters win bracket swimming pools, discover lengthy photographs, and discover ways to beat the market in mainstream and area of interest sports activities.
