FedEx St. Jude Championship Betting Recap
Matthew Rooney
4 years ago
FINALLY, Will Zalatoris is a winner on the PGA Tour. After so many close calls in majors and other tournaments over the last few years, Zalatoris was finally able to seal the deal this weekend at TPC Southwind in the opening tournament of the FedEx Cup playoffs. The Betsperts Golf crew has been on Zalatoris all season, and their outright faith finally paid off as Andy, Ron, and Noonan all cashed Zalatoris tickets and had themselves big weekends. Noonan finished the St. Jude +8.54 units, Andy finished it +14.52 units, and Ron came away with an astounding +26.57 units for the week. The trio is now a combined +103.91 units for the 2022 season. If you haven’t signed up for Betperts Golf, there’s still time! It’s just $1 a month for the rest of the season, so give it a try today!
The win for Zalatoris (+2600 outright on FanDuel) couldn’t come easy. It took a playoff with Sepp Straka and a wild one at that for Zalatoris to take home his first win. After some clutch putting from both Zalatoris and Straka, things ended on the 3rd playoff hole, the par 3 11th. Straka went in the water, Zalatoris wedged in between the grass and the rock wall bordering the green. Both players took drops, and Zalatoris stuck it to a few feet and made the putt. It was an amazingly fun Sunday and tournament to kick off the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Not only did Zalatoris cash that outright bet, but he nailed his Top 5 (+550), Top 10 (+230), and Top 20 (+105) odds.
- If you were holding a Sepp Straka outright ticket, I’m sorry. Straka was +50000 outright on FanDuel when tournament odds opened early last week and was a break or two away from cashing that bet in the playoff. On the bright side his +6000 Top 5, +2700 Top 10, and +1400 Top 20 props all hit.
- Obviously, there were some big names in the field at TPC Southwind, but surprisingly enough, some top stars didn’t even make it to the weekend. Rory McIlroy (+1100 outright) and Scottie Scheffler (+1600 outright) entered the tournament as the top two betting favorites to win, and both missed the cut at just 1-under for the tournament. While Jordan Spieth wasn’t quite up there with those two, he was the 12th favorite entering the tournament with +2600 outright odds. He also ended up missing the cut with a 4-over Thursday & Friday. If you were betting missed cuts on any of these folks, congrats. To miss the cut, McIlroy was +610, Scheffler was +480, and Spieth was +240.
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