By Eric Cohen
In the inaugural Best Bet Corner PGA Tour Betting Challenge, neither
Harry nor myself cashed a winning ticket. Fortunately, he was able to
recoup $50 of our imaginary $200 budget with Brooks Koepka withdrawing
from The Travelers Championship for precautionary reasons due to
COVID-19.
I’m not going to lie…I took a look at Dustin Johnson coming off of mild
success at the RBC Heritage but I still didn’t think his game was in good
enough shape to place a win bet on him. Whoops! The biggest surprise of
the weekend to me was Justin Thomas, arguably the favorite (along with
Rory McIlroy) never even being in contention on Thursday and Friday…to
make the cut!
As for this week, Bryson DeChambeau at less than +700 as the
tournament favorite justisn’t a value worth betting though I wouldn’t be
shocked at all if he finally broke through for his first win of 2020. Last year’s
winner of this birdie-filled tournament, (my fellow Arizona Wildcat) Nate
Lashley came at an astronomical price…actually he didn’t even have odds
at some sportsbooks as a Monday qualifier! Only in the second year at
Detroit Golf Club, it’s hard to look at past trends to make any qualified
selections.
This week Harry and I add his fellow Against All Odds companion, The
Parlay Kid to our challenge going forward. Let’s see which one of us can
get on the board this time around.
Once again the rules:
Each week, the contestants will get a simulated $200 to bet…$100 on
golfers to win that week’s tournament and another $100 to be spread
amongst top-5, top-10, and top-20 bets. We’ll track the progress to see
who does the best and whether we can produce positive ROIs.
Here are this week’s plays for the Rocket Mortgage Classic:
Harry
Last Week’s Results: -$150
Total ROI: -$150
$25 to Win on Patrick Reed (+1600)
$20 to Win on Brandt Snedeker (+6600)
$15 to Win on Rory Sabbatini (+5000)
$10 to Win on Hideki Matsuyama (+1800)
$10 to Win on Rickie Fowler (+2800)
$10 to Win on Doc Redman (+4000)
$10 to Win on Brian Stuard (+10000)
$10 on Top-5: Nate Lashley (+3300)
$10 on Top-10: Talor Gooch (+1000)
$30 on Top-20: Rickie Fowler (+140)
$20 on Top-20: J.T. Poston (+200)
$20 on Top-20: Mark Hubbard (+400)
Eric:
Last Week’s Results: -$200
Total ROI: -$200
$45 to Win on Tyrell Hatton (+1600)
$20 to Win on Scottie Scheffler (+3300)
$20 to Win on Doc Redman (+4000)
$15 to Win on Adam Hadwin (+6600)
$25 on Top-10: Scottie Scheffler (+350)
$25 on Top-10: Adam Hadwin (+500)
$10 on Top-10: Doc Redman (+500)
$25 on Top-20: Harold Varner III (+300)
$15 on Top-20: Cameron Tringale (+800)
The Parlay Kid
Last Week’s Results: N/A
Total ROI: N/A
$20 to Win on Tyrell Hatton (+1600)
$20 to Win on Patrick Reed (+1600)
$15 to Win on Tony Finau (+3000)
$15 to Win on J.T. Poston (+4000)
$10 to Win on Sungjae Im (+2000)
$10 to Win on Kevin Na (+4000)
$10 to Win on Bubba Watson (+4500)
$15 on Top-5: Jason Day (+1100)
$10 on Top-5: Lucas Glover (+1450)
$10 on Top-10: Brandt Snedeker (+600)
$10 on Top-10: Will Gordon (+900)
$10 on Top-10: Luke List (+1100)
$10 on Top-10: Nate Lashley (+1150)
$15 on Top-20: Rickie Fowler (+120)
$10 on Top-20: Wes Roach (+350)
$10 on Top-20: Wesley Bryan (+650)
Eric Cohen is co-host of The Daily Blender (M-F 3-6pm) on 1580 The
Fanatic in Phoenix.
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