Less than a week after Satoshi Kodaira won the RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour will head to the Lone Star State for the Valero Texas Open. Unlike last week’s limited field event, this week’s tournament will have a full field of 156 golfers led by some big names including Sergio Garcia, Matt Kuchar and the defending Valero Texas Open champion Kevin Chappell. This event has seen its fair share of bad weather in recent years so keep an eye on the forecast before entering your sports betting picks. Here is a look at the best bets to win the Valero Texas Open this week. Odds courtesy of BetDSI.
Event Details
Event: Valero Texas Open
Category: PGA
Date: April 19th-22nd
Location: Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Past Five Winners
2017: Kevin Chappell -12
2016: Charley Hoffman -12
2015: Jimmy Walker -11
2014: Steven Bowditch -8
2013: Martin Laird -14
Sergio Garcia +1400
Garcia hasn’t teed up at the TPC San Antonio course since 2010 when he finished T-45th. Still, he is clearly one of the best pure talents in the field and he is the sports betting favorite to win the Valero Texas Open for a reason. Garcia is coming off a 13th place finish at The Masters and has placed in the top-10 in three of his last five starts overall. At +1400 odds, the sports betting favorite to win the Valero Texas Open is still available at a decent value.
Matt Kuchar +1800
Kuchar is another golfer that has put together a decent run of late with four straight starts in the top-28 including two top-10 results. Kuchar has just one top-10 finish in six appearances at TPC San Antonio but his experience should serve him well this week. Is this the year that Kuchar finally breaks through and wins the Valero Texas Open? He certainly deserves to be among the sports betting favorites.
Charley Hoffman +1800
Hoffman is one of the best values on the board at +1800 to win the Valero Texas Open. After all, Hoffman won this tournament two years ago and he has another two top-three finishes in eight starts here since 2010. Coming off a T-12th at The Masters, Hoffman might very well be the best play on the board this week even if he isn’t the favorite to win the event.
Ryan Moore +2500
Moore might not have the same resume as Hoffman at the Valero Texas Open but he did place in the top-20 here last year and is available at decent odds to win this tournament. Moore already has three top-10 finishes this season and nobody will be surprised if he registers another this week in San Antonio. At +2500 odds, Moore is a decent value option this week.
Kevin Chappell +2500
Chappell is another outstanding value pick this week. The defending Valero Texas Open champion finished second here in 2011 and T-4th here in 2016 in addition to his win here last year. Chappell would be much higher on this list of sports betting favorites if it wasn’t for a nagging back injury that has hurt his stock in recent events. However, Chappell is expected to be good to go this week and if he can put together four solid days then he could challenge for the outright victory in San Antonio for the second consecutive year.
Adam Scott +2800
While he hasn’t played this event since 2011, Scott actually won this tournament in 2010 so he is definitely on our radar this week. Scott has shown signs of life of late so perhaps this is the week that he delivers. While we aren’t buying his stock in terms of betting him to clinch an outright victory, he is a decent value option to bet on to place in the top-10 this week.
Brendan Steele +3300
Digging a little deeper on the list of contenders, Steele is the ideal sleeper play as a veteran golfer that has had success in Texas before that is available at a decent price. Steele won the Texas Open in 2011 and he has registered three other finishes in which he was T-13th or better. At +3300 odds to win outright, Steele is definitely a strong option as a value sleeper pick this week.
Ryan Palmer +4000
Our final option this week is a horse for the course in Palmer, who has recorded four top-10 finishes in eight starts at TPC San Antonio. Is this the year that he finally breaks through with a win? At +4000 odds, Palmer is another intriguing sleeper option this week. The safer bet is to take him to finish in the top-10 but if you feel like taking a chance then Palmer could be an excellent sleeper pick to win the Valero Texas Open this week.
