2022 Scottish Open Round 3 Betting and Showdown Picks

Weather Forecast – North Berwick, Scotland

Cameron Tringale leads for the second straight day after a Friday of golf that saw much less of a wave differential with winds fairly steady for most of the day. But with Woodland, Xander and U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick only a few shots back it’s going to take a mighty effort to hold on to that solo lead for 36 more holes.

Betting Picks

Max Homa > Ryan Fox -106

Not excited about losing more money to Ryan Fox, but I still don’t have his metrics in a plac that merits him being a favorite to someone who’s won a decent tourney stateside recently and is still showing enough form to back. To boot, Max hasn’t even putted well yet, losing about a full stroke per round to the field so far on the greens. If we see him bring that back to an acceptable level, he should be competing for a top 20 spot on Sunday.

Alex Smalley > Thomas Detry -112

Smalley is another guy who is losing way too many strokes putting so far this tournament, which to be fair is not his strong suit. I don’t expect him to suddenly start gaining with his flat stick, but I do think the scoring opportunities will come. Despite missing some fairways, he’s found 30/36 greens in regulation so far this week and only registered seven birdies or better. I guess I’m just doomed to keep pounding my head against the wall betting against Euro golfers, but I’m a Smalley ride or die and I still think he will move up the leaderboard this weekend.

DFS Picks

Core Plays 

• Xander Schauffele – $9,500
• Joanquin Niemann – $8,700
• Max Homa – $8.300

In my Pool

• Corey Conners – $7,900
• Branden Grace – $6,900
• Chris Kirk – $7,400
• Stewie Cink – $6,500
• Alex Smalley – $7,000
• Jordan Spieth – $9,000
• Jon Rahm – $10,600

Full Avoid (for me at least)

• Cameron Tringale – $7,500
• Sam Burns – $9,600
• Matt Kuchar – $7,400

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