The best on the PGA Tour will make their way to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and the TPC Sawgrass course for this week’s Players Championship. Considered by many to be essentially the fifth major tournament on the PGA Tour schedule, the Players Championship is one of the most prestigious events on the schedule and will once again draw an impressive field of contenders. We broke down that field and circled the options we think have the best chance to win this tournament outright. Here is a look at the best bets for this year’s Players Championship. Odds are courtesy of BetDSI Sportsbook.
Event Details
Event: THE PLAYERS Championship
Category: PGA
Date: May 10th-13th
Location: TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Past Five Winners
2017: Si-woo Kim -10
2016: Jason Day -15
2015: Rickie Fowler -12
2014: Martin Kaymer -13
2013: Tiger Woods -13
Jason Day +1600
The stars have lined up for Day to be one of the sports betting favorites to win the Players Championship outright. Day is coming off an impressive win last week and he is a former Sawgrass champion. While winning back-to-back events isn’t easy, Day has done is before in his career. With a great record in Florida, it’s impossible to overlook Day as the sports betting favorite to win this tournament.
Jordan Spieth +1600
Spieth is another of the co-favorites to win this year’s Player Championship for good reason. While he’s missed the last two cuts here, Spieth has a decent record on Pete Dye tracks and he finished fourth here when he debuted at this tournament three years ago. While he might not be as attractive of an option as the red-hot Day, Spieth should be a popular pick to win in Florida this week.
Justin Thomas +1600
Thomas ranks among the top contenders in the tournament in a number of the key statistics that should be looked at heading in to the Players Championship. More importantly, Thomas has proven he could contend here before after he placed third at this event in 2016. While he has been a little disappointing of late, Thomas shouldn’t be ignored heading in to a tournament where he could finally break through and contend for the outright win.
Rory McIlroy +1600
McIlroy is the final option on the board that is being offered at +1600 odds according to some sportsbooks. While he might not be considered an equal favorite to Day despite their betting odds, McIlroy should be an intriguing option in this week’s tournament. After all, Rory’s underlying numbers are great and he has shown he can putt at a high level on the Bermuda greens. With four top-12 finishes in his last five starts at this event, it will be interesting to see if this is the year that McIlroy finally contends for the win at the Players.
Patrick Reed +3300
There is definitely value betting on this year’s Masters champion to contend for the outright win in Florida this week. Reed is coming off his sixth straight top-10 finish at Quail Hollow last week and yet still he is available at significantly better odd than the top favorites on the board.
Ian Poulter +5500
Poulter’s underlying stats line up nicely for a strong performance this week. After all, he has really excelled on Bermuda greens and he has a great record in Florida. That record includes a history of playing well at Pete Dye designs including two runner up finishes at this course. At +5000 odds, Poulter is definitely an intriguing betting option to consider this week.
Bubba Watson +5500
Another intriguing option to consider this week is Watson, who is listed at +9000 odds to win this tournament despite the fact that he has already won twice this year. Watson, who recently placed fifth at the Masters, could be a dark horse sleeper pick to contend for the outright win at excellent odds.
Si Woo Kim +8000
Speaking of value, Kim is an intriguing sleeper pick for this week’s tournament based on both his talent and his +8000 price tag. Kim looked very good here in the opening round last year and while he couldn’t close on a high note that experience should help give him an edge in his return to TPC Sawgrass. One interesting note to consider for Kim is the fact that he more than half of the winners at this tournament have been positioned inside the top-three after day one in previous appearances here. Kim was just two strokes back of the lead after round one when he competed here last year. While he isn’t a favorite to win this tournament for obvious reasons, Kim could be worth sprinkling a small amount of money on as an intriguing sleeper value pick to win the Players.
Odds To Win 2018 The Players Championship
Jason Day +1250
Rory McIlroy +1250
Jordan Spieth +1550
Justin Thomas +1550
Dustin Johnson +1650
Rickie Fowler +1850
Jon Rahm +2250
Justin Rose +2550
Patrick Reed +3050
Henrik Stenson +2550
Sergio Garcia +3050
Paul Casey +3250
Phil Mickelson +3250
Hideki Matsuyama +3550
Tigers Woods +3250
Bryson DeChambeau +4550
Bubba Watson +5050
Tommy Fleetwood +5050
Francesco Molinari +4550
Billy Horschel +5500
Ian Poulter +5500
Brooks Koepka +5500
Louis Oosthuizen +6550
Patrick Cantlay +4550
Matt Kuchar +6550
Marc Leishamn +6550
Alex Noren +6550
Kevin Kisner +6050
Cameron Smith +6550
Tony Finau +6050
Emiliano Grillo +6050
Kiradech Aphibarnrat +14000
Brian Harman +6550
Jimmy Walker +9050
Brandt Snedeker +8550
Gary Woodland +12000
Jason Dufner +10000
Russell Henley +9050
