Handicapper Wes Reynolds, co-host of VSiN’s “Long Shots” golf betting show, is looking at a handful of golfers to win this week’s BMW Championship near Baltimore.
Betting
Jon Rahm is the 10-1 favorite to win The Northern Trust. But handicapper Wes Reynolds looked down the odds board for his best bets, starting with Rory McIlroy at 22-1.
Brooks Koepka won the first WGC event in Memphis in 2019 and is the 13-1 favorite at Circa Sports to top a 66-player field that features 48 of the world’s top 50 golfers.
South Korean golfers Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim skipped the British Open to focus on the Olympics.
Brooks Koepka, second at the PGA Championship and fourth at the U.S. Open, has won four majors since 2017 and finished in the top four in all four majors in 2019.
U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm is the 9-1 favorite and money leader at the Westgate and William Hill sportsbooks to win the fourth and final golf major of the year.
Cam Davis’ victory in a playoff at the Rocket Mortgage Classic cost handicapper Wes Reynolds two possible winners in Troy Merritt (90-1) and Joaquin Niemann (24-1).
Aaron Rodgers and Bryson DeChambeau are -180 favorites at the Westgate sportsbook over Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson (+160) in the fourth edition of “The Match” on Tuesday.
Bryson DeChambeau is the 8-1 favorite to repeat as winner of the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. The rest of the field has odds in double digits.
The first five legs of the parlay already had hit Sunday when the seven-figure payday came down to Harris English, a 35-1 long shot to win the Travelers Championship.
Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka are the co-favorites at the Palmetto Championship, which will serve as the final tuneup for next week’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
Rahm was leading the Memorial Tournament by six strokes after the third round when he was notified that he tested positive for COVID-19 and was withdrawn from the event.
Jason Kokrak delivered a 62-1 winner for handicapper Wes Reynolds in the Review-Journal last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Las Vegas resident Inbee Park is the 10-1 co-favorite at the Westgate to win the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play tournament. Another Las Vegas resident, Danielle Kang, is 16-1.
Las Vegas resident Collin Morikawa missed a 6-foot birdie putt for the win in regulation last year at Colonial Country Club, then lost on the first playoff hole.