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The first PGA Tournament of the new calendar year is The Sentry where a limited field of 60 players will battle in the first Signature Event of 2025. 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 will not be playing this week as he has a minor hand injury, so World No. 2 Xander Schauffele is listed as the golf betting favorite at Caesars at odds of +450. Justin Thomas is the only other player listed at single-digit odds as he is +900. 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 27th straight year that Kapalua has hosted a PGA Tour event.
Last Year: Chris Kirk held off a hard charging Sahith Theegala to win last year’s tournament. Kirk finished at 29-under par, while Theegala was a shot back in second. Jordan Spieth finished another shot back in third, while Beyong Hun An was another shot back in fourth. There was a logjam for fifth place with Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Brian Harman, J.T. Poston and Sungjae Im finishing another shot back.
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Sentry Odds
Xander Schauffele +450
Justin Thomas +900
Collin Morikawa +1000
Ludvig Aberg +1400
Patrick Cantlay +1400
Sungjae Im +2000
Hideki Matsuyama +2000
Viktor Hovland +2500
Sahith Theegala +2500
Akshay Bhatia +3000
Wyndham Clark +3000
Byeong Hun An +3500
Corey Conners +3500
Tony Finau +3500
Sam Burns +3500
Cameron Young +4000
Max Greyserman +4000
Davis Thompson +4500
Russell Henley +4500
Adam Scott +4500
Robert MacIntyre +4500
J.T. Poston +5000
Nick Dunlap +5000
Si Woo Kim +5000
Jason Day +5000
Matt Fitzpatrick +6000
Billy Horschel +6000
Max Homa +6000
Maverick McNealy +6000
Keegan Bradley +6000
Will Zalatoris +6000
Aaron Rai +6000
Austin Eckroat +6000
Taylor Pendrith +6500
Sepp Straka +6500
Brian Harman +6600
Eric Cole +7000
Alex Noren +7000
Chris Kirk +7000
Jake Knapp +7000
Stephan Jaeger +7500
Tom Hoge +7500
Adam Hadwin +7500
Denny McCarthy +7500
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +7500
Matt McCarty +9000
All other players are listed with odds of +10000 or more
Favorite
Xander Schauffele +450
If you read the weekly golf picks on a regular basis you know that golf betting favorites don’t win often enough to be profitable. The only player worth considering as a golf betting favorite is Scottie Scheffler and he is not playing this week due to a hand injury. Schauffele is in the role of favorite and although he is coming off a really good season there is no way he should be listed at odds this low, as he is not Scheffler. I will definitely pass on Schauffele as the favorite and at this price.
Value Picks
Justin Thomas +900
I take Thomas in this tournament with some trepidation, as Thomas has not won since the 2022 PGA Championship. It definitely helps his chances that Scheffler is not playing and it also helps that JT has played really well at Kapalua including wins in 2017 and 2020. He did play pretty well in the latter half of the year with a 2nd at the ZOZO and a third at the Hero World Challenge. I’ll take him this week and hope he finally gets off the schneid.
Sungjae Im +2000
Im has played really well at Kapalua in the past with a number of high finishes. He was 2nd last year after 18 and 36 holes before doing nothing on Saturday to fall out of contention. He is another player who finished the 2024 year in decent form with solid finishes at the ZOZO and Hero World Challenge. I expect Im to be in the mix this week.
Akshay Bhatia +3000
Bhatia is a player I will be following all year. He could be in for a huge 2025 season. He is coming off a 2nd place finish at the Dunlop on the Japan Golf Tour where he played against Hideki Matsuyama and eventual winner Max McGreevy. Bhatia was 4th at the Hero World Challenge and was in the final group. I expect Bhatia to be very much in the mix for the win this week.
Byeong Hun An +3500
Another player who I expect to have a big 2025 is An. He got his second career win in the Genesis Championship in October. He tied for fourth in this event a year ago. This course is great for An who drives the ball a long way and who does well when birdies are needed in bunches. It would not surprise me at all to see An win this week, especially with Scheffler not playing.
J.T. Poston +5000
Poston is another player who does well when birdies are plentiful. He is up to 33rd in the latest World Golf Rankings but he stills goes under the radar. He finished tied for 5th in this event a year ago and there is no reason he can’t contend again this year.Check out the latest Sentry odds at Caesars.
