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The first PGA Tournament of the new calendar year is The Sentry where 59 players will battle in the first Signature Event of 2024. PGA Tour winners from last season are eligible as well as anyone who finished in the Top 50 in the FedExCup standings. The Sentry has a $20 million dollar purse and 700 FedExCup points go to the winner. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler leads the field along with FedExCup champion Viktor Hovland. Scheffler is listed as the golf betting favorite at Caesars at odds of +550, while Hovland is +750. A total of 21 of the world’s Top 25 players are in the field. Let’s look at The Sentry odds and picks.
Check out the latest Sentry odds at Caesars.
Venue: Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort is a par 73 that measures 7,596 yards. This will be the 26th straight year that Kapalua has hosted a PGA Tour event.
Last Year: Jon Rahm scorched the field in the final-round, shooting a 63 to win by two shots over Collin Morikawa. Morikawa had a big lead, as he was leading by six shots at one point, but he faltered down the stretch. Max Homa and Tom Hoge tied for third, while Tom Kim and J.J. Spaun tied for fifth.
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Sentry Odds
Scottie Scheffler +550
Viktor Hovland +750
Collin Morikawa +1000
Ludvig Aberg +1000
Xander Schauffele +1200
Max Homa +1200
Patrick Cantlay +1600
Matt Fitzpatrick +2000
Tony Finau +2200
Tommy Fleetwood +2500
Tom Kim +2500
Sungjae Im +2500
Jordan Spieth +2500
Tyrrell Hatton +3000
Jason Day +3000
Cameron Young +3500
Russell Henley +3500
Rickie Fowler +3500
Wyndham Clark +3500
Hideki Matsuyama +4000
Sepp Straka +4000
Sahith Theegala +4000
Corey Conners +4500
Brian Harman +4500
Eric Cole +5000
Justin Rose +5000
Keegan Bradley +5000
Sam Burns +5000
Lucas Glover +5500
Vincent Norrman +5500
Denny McCarthy +6000
Luke List +6000
Si Woo Kim +6000
Cam Davis +7500
Emiliano Grillo +7500
Byeong Hun An +8000
Harris English +8000
Adam Hadwin +8000
Akshay Bhatia +8000
Brendon Todd +8000
J.T. Poston +8500
Kurt Kitayama +9000
All other players are listed with odds of +10000 or more
Favorite
Scottie Scheffler +550
I have high regard for Scheffler, but if you read my weekly golf picks then you should know that golf betting favorites are a losing proposition. The favorites simply don’t win enough to be profitable and it will be extremely rare for me to take one. I like Scheffler, but I am not taking him as the betting favorite.
Value Picks
Collin Morikawa +1000
You can’t deny the success that Morikawa has had at Kapalua. He has finished 2nd, 5th, 7th and 7th in his last four trips to Maui. He has had plenty of chances to win the Sentry including last year when he led by six shots. He should be highly motivated to close the deal this time around.
Max Homa +1200
Homa has played well early in the season in the past with four of his six wins coming in California. He is a player who oftentimes gets overlooked as one of the top players in the world, but his numbers are right there with Scheffler and Rahm. He played well in November, winning the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Challenge and I expect him to contend this week.
Jordan Spieth +2500
I said late last season that it was finally time for me to get back to taking Jordan Spieth. I think Spieth has finally put some of his putting demons to rest and there is no denying he has a great short game. Did you know that since 2008 the two players who have the most wins on Bermudagrass on the PGA Tour are Scheffler and Spieth? I’ll take Spieth at a nice number this week.
Tom Kim +2500
I think we could see some wins for Kim this season. He has played well on seaside courses in the past and he looked very comfortable in this event a year ago when he was in contention. I’ll take a flyer on him at this number.
Erik van Rooyen +10000
It is not out of the question that we see a longshot winner this week. He has been playing really well of late and he has plenty of experience on this course. Van Rooyen has good approach stats and this week’s winner will rank highly in approach and putting. I’ll take a longshot and go with van Rooyen.
Check out the latest Sentry odds at Caesars.
