The 2023 champion is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2024 tournament at BetMGM and is also a preferred choice for betters ahead of Thursday’s first round. He receives more than 15% of the Schaeffler (+550) bet and nearly 24% of the amount allocated to the winner.
Favorite Player in Championship Defending Champion Scottie Scheffler
Scheffler shot 69 or more in all four rounds of the tournament, winning five times for last year’s Players against Tyrrell Hatton. A week ago on Bay Hill in Orlando, Scheffler turned his putting weakness into a strength when he ran off the field for a five-shot victory Sunday.
The No. 1 player in the world is the best golfer in the world, from tee to green. However, things became dangerous when Scheffler broke down a putter. Statistics from Data Golf show that since winning the Players last season, Scheffler has played in 21 tournaments and lost strokes on the green in 11 of them. A week ago, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Scheffler had 1.3 strokes around the green in terms of data golf. This is the most strokes he has had on the tournament green since the 2021 U.S. Open.
Rory McIlroy is the No. 2 pick to win The Players with +1600. The 2019 Players champion has been brilliant so far this season, but that glow has been dashed by poor play.안전놀이터
No other golfer has a better dividend payout ratio than +2200. Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele are both +2200 and Will Zalatoris, Viktor Holland, and Patrick Cantlay are all +2500.
However, there are good reasons to bet against Scheffler, McIlroy, and other golfers who have already won The Players. As the century changed, only three players won their second Players’ victory. Hal Sutton won his second title in 2000, Davis Love III won his second in 2003, and Tiger Woods won his second title in 2013, following his first in 2001.
Since Woods’ victory in 2013, players have produced nine winners in nine tournaments. And some of them have been explosive. Ricky Fowler won the playoffs in 2015, but four of the nine tournaments since 2013 have won by more than three strokes.
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