Barbasol Championship
While most of the best PGA Tour players are playing the Scottish Open this week (here are my picks for that tournament) the PGA Tour is holding the Barbasol Championship as an alternate event for those who have not qualified and yes it is a very weak field (only 11 of the top 200 in OWGR).
As such, this tournament was established back in 2015 and has called Keen Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky home ever since! This course plays to about 7,330 yards and is a Par 72. Expect to see a winning score in the low 20s under par.
The 2022 championship saw Trey Mullinax (100-1 odds) capture his 1st and only PGA tour title when he shot 25 under par to beat Kevin Streelman (25-1) by 1 stroke. The 2021 edition saw co-favorite Seamus Power (16-1 odds) capture his first PGA Tour victory when he topped JT Poston (40-1) in a playoff after both golfers shot -21, and 20191 saw Jim Herman shoot an event record of -26 (aggregate 262) to win when he topped Kelly Kraft by 1 stroke.
For those bettors who like to bet the prop markets, this tournament has been plated 7 times and only once (Scott Piercy in the inaugural tournament) has the winner won by multiple strokes2.
Obviously, we already have a full card going in Scotland so I am going to be rather light here and taking only 4u of risk, but going to take some shots to see if we can find a long shot to get home for us:
Outright (0.25u each)3:
Chad Ramey +4000
Andrew Novak +5000
Tyler Duncan +6500
Austin Smotherman +6500
Jonas Blixt +8000
T204:
0.5u on Vincent Norrman +100
0.5u on Chad Ramey +160
0.5u on Andrew Novak +165
0.5u on Tyler Duncan +175
0.5u on Austin Smotherman +250
0.25u on Jonas Blixt +375
As always, I am using BetOnline and Bovada to pull these odds.
Good luck with all your action!
2020 edition was canceled due to COVID-19
4 times the winner won by 1 stroke and twice the tournament was decided in a playoff
Worth noting that my model views Norrman has a value at a 20-1 or above which is available right now on Bovada so if you wanted to take a single shot, I would do it with that, but I like spreading around and seeing if we can get a big winner home!
I am basically trying to finance my outright bets with these.