Rory McIlroy, a three-time FedEx Cup champion, has the second-shortest odds to win this week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta, and his odds are nonetheless 5 occasions longer than Scottie Scheffler‘s.
Scheffler was listed at +160 Wednesday at ESPN BET, adopted by McIlroy at +850. No different participant has odds shorter than 12-1 on the sportsbook.
At +160, Scheffler’s odds are the shortest of his PGA profession, albeit towards a condensed 30-player area. They’re additionally the shortest odds for any participant to win a PGA Tour occasion (excluding beginning strokes) since Tiger Woods was even cash to win the 2009 Tour Championship, in keeping with ESPN Analysis.
Regardless of the brief odds, bettors are gravitating to Scheffler, who, as of Tuesday, had attracted 33% of the full sum of money wagered on the match’s winner at DraftKings. That is almost as a lot as has had been wager on subsequent high three contenders (McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley) mixed.
The match at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta will start with out the beginning strokes utilized in earlier years, and the winner will likely be topped FedEx Cup champion.
Jeff Sherman, who has been a revered golf oddsmaker in Las Vegas for 3 many years, estimated that Scheffler could be round +350 towards a full area this week with the season-long championship at stake.
Scheffler has completed within the high 10 in every of his final 13 PGA Tour begins, the second-longest streak ever behind Jack Nicklaus, who has 14 consecutive high 10s in 1977. Scheffler has gained 5 occasions on tour this season.
“Greatest we have seen since good Tiger [Woods],” Sherman of the Westgate SuperBook mentioned of Scheffler.
Fleetwood is 12-1, adopted by Ludvig Åberg and Henley, who’re every 16-1.
