156 golfers are set to tee off from the PGA Tour’s final regular season event in 2024 at the Wyndham Championship. Located at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, this Donald Ross design is a par 70 course that demands accuracy and precision from tee-to-green.
Putting is an added bonus, while Bermudagrass fairways, greens, and rough all challenge with narrow size. There are a few water hazards, however, weather could be in play for most of the event, softening greens and letting golfers hunt flagsticks on approach. Only the top 70 golfers in the FedExCup rankings qualify for the first FedExCup playoff event at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee next week, so expect a course that has ceded 20-under-par or lower to seven of the past eight winners to produce plenty of red scorecards throughout each of the four rounds played.
In this article, I’m recommending golfers to insert for one-and-done leagues and survivor formats. Make sure to follow me on X @Matt_MacKay_ for more free PGA betting insights and advice throughout the week.
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Big Guns
Sungjae Im
Sungjae Im is the betting favorite at 12-1 in the outright winner market, which is due to previous finishes of T14 and T2 at this event. Im ranks sixth in this field for total strokes gained, including tee-to-green, showing minimal flaws in his game right now. He’s undoubtedly a big gun in one-and-done leagues this week.
Shane Lowry
Shane Lowry leads the field in strokes gained: approach (+0.89), second in SG: tee-to-green, and third in total strokes gained. Yes, Lowry’s short game is a bit of a burden at times, but if he’s dialed in with his irons and gets off to another quick start, we could see the Irishman return significant value in survivor formats at Sedgefield this week.
Secondary Options
Billy Horschel
After contending for the outright win at Royal Troon during the British Open, Billy Horschel should carry plenty of momentum into an event he’s fared well at in previous years, recording a solo fourth and solo second-place finishes in 2023 and 2020. Horschel leads the field in total strokes gained (+1.39) and has fantastic putting ability to sink birdies if his approach shots regress a bit. Don’t hesitate to plug Horschel into your one-and-done league at Sedgefield.
Cam Davis
Aussie Cam Davis is a bit more volatile than these other golfers but he’s still ranked top-30 SG: tee-to-green this week. Davis has turned in finishes of T7 and T15 in both appearances at the Wyndham Championship since 2020, plus he’s fresh off of his second outright win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Davis also had a chance to contend at the 3M Open before falling apart on the back-nine, so he’s primed to get you points in survivor leagues with a strong finish this week.
Sneaky Plays
Brendon Todd
Brendon Todd’s short game is the best skillset he holds coming into this event. Todd ranks inside the top-30 SG: putting and top-12 SG: around-the-green. Off-the-tee and on approach are a completely different story, which is why he’s a sneaky play for me, but don’t neglect Todd as an option if you’ve burned through other top golfers in this field.
Eric Cole
Bettors like Eric Cole to contend for an outright win this week, which would be his first on the PGA Tour. Cole logged a T14 finish at Sedgefield in 2023 and also possesses talent around the greens and with his putter. Off-the-tee is the biggest concern for Cole, who may wind up in rough more often than on the ribbon-thin fairways, but he can recover well with his short game.
Favorite One-And-Done: Shane Lowry
While oddsmakers are giving us Sungjae Im as the betting favorite at the Wyndham Championship, I’m all in on Shane Lowry this week. He’s atop the field in all of the critical metrics, excluding putting and scrambling, but he doesn’t need the latter since he finds so many greens in regulation. If you’ve been sitting on Lowry to deploy him at an event, I strongly suggest using him at Sedgefield since he may wind up with an outright win this week.
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