The World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba is over. Now the question is if Russell Henley can win back-to-back PGA TOUR tournaments. Henley won at Mayakoba in fine form and he’s a former winner at the Houston Open. Does that make him the outright favorite heading into Thursday’s opening round? Short answer – nope.

PGA Bookies

Instead, oddsmakers are looking toward Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns. Scheffler is the No. 2 ranked golfer in the world and comes in at +550 while Sam Burns trails at +1100. Things start to open up down the odds list as this is a week where possible value picks are everywhere. A great example is Harris English at +6600.

Here are the top five favorites to win outright:

Scottie Scheffler +550

Sam Burns +1100

Aaron Wise +1600

Tony Finau +1800

Hideki Matsuyama +2000

How to Bet on Golf

2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open Preview

Where: Houston, Texas.

Course: Memorial Park Golf Course

Par: 70

Length: 7,412

When: November 10-13, 2022

Purse: $8.5 million

TV Coverage: Golf Channel/Peacock

Memorial Park Golf Course is a public course that is a stunner. The fairways can play tight, landing zones are tricky, and bunkers will swallow a ball. That is if a tee shot goes wild. If not, then players should be safe to make it to the greens with little trouble.

Still, there are plenty of areas where scrambling skills will come in handy. Greens are Tifdwarf grass while fairways are Bermuda. Byron Nelson claimed the first modern-era trophy in 1946. But the original Houston Open was first played in 1922. Since then, there have only been nine players that have won this tournament more than once.

PGA 3-Ball Betting

2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open Predictions

Scottie Scheffler +550

Scottie Scheffler finished T3 last week at Mayakoba by going 18 under in a tough field that saw Russell Henley card the win at 23 under. Still, Scheffler yielded a steady hand on his full bag which included his putter. Scheffler can take advantage of that skill again with the trimmed areas surrounding the greens at Memorial.

Sam Burns +1100

Sam Burns has finished T7 in his last two visits to the Houston Open. He plays this course well and has nice touch around the thicker roughs that the venue is known for during this tournament. Burns has been busy during the fall portion of the schedule. He was part of the winning Presidents Cup team, finished T30 at Sanderson Farms, and recovered with a T7 at the CJ Cup.

Sahith Theegala +3300

Sahith Theegala has looked at times as if he could go on a winning streak. Only a few strokes here and there have seemingly kept him from winning on the PGA TOUR, or at least being in position on Sunday. A bit inconsistent in the last few events, but the California native has carded a T6 and a T5 in his last four outings.

Others: I want to run with Tony Finau (+1800) this week as he had been a force heading into the new season. But he look completely off last week at Mayakoba where he missed the cut. He may need another outing to knock the dust off. Russell Henley (+2200) was on fire last week but this course plays completely differently than where he outpaced the field at Mayakoba. And, it’s tough to go back to back on the PGA TOUR.

PGA Statistics

2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open Betting Lines

Scottie Scheffler +550

Sam Burns +1100

Aaron Wise +1600

Tony Finau +1800

Hideki Matsuyama +2000

Russell Henley +2200

Maverick McNealy +2200

Taylor Montgomery +2500

Jason Day +2800

Denny McCarthy +3300

Sahith Theegala +3300

Matthew Nesmith +3500

Emiliano Grillo +4000

Joel Dahmen +4000

Si-Woo Kim +4500

Davis Riley +5000

Alex Noren +5000

Taylor Pendrith +5000

Andrew Putnam +5000

Taylor Moore +5000

Keith Mitchell +5000

Mackenzie Hughes +5000

Patrick Rodgers +5500

Adam Hadwin +6600

Wyndham Clark +6600

Alex Smalley +6600

Harris English +6600

Dean Burmester +6600

Will Gordon +7000

Sebastian Munoz +7000

Aaron Rai +7000

Lee Hodges +8000

Justin Suh +8000

Danny Willett +8000

Justin Lower +8000

Luke List +8000

Adam Schenk +8000

Sepp Straka +8000

Adam Long +8000

Greyson Sigg +8000

Brandon Wu +8000

Robby Shelton +9000

Brendan Steele +9000

Francesco Molinari +9000

Cameron Champ +10000

Justin Rose +10000

Davis Thompson +10000

Martin Laird +10000

Mark Hubbard +10000

David Lipsky +10000

Russell Knox +10000

Beau Hossler +12500

Gary Woodland +12500

Kevin Streelman +12500

Chesson Hadley +12500

Sam Ryder +12500

S.H. Kim +12500

Nick Taylor +12500

Dylan Frittelli +15000

Matt Wallace +15000

Henrik Norlander +15000

Ryan Palmer +15000

Stephan Jaeger +15000

Byeong-Hun An +15000

Charley Hoffman +15000

Adam Svensson +15000

Garrick Higgo +15000

Ze-Cheng Dou +15000

Trey Mullinax +15000

Johannes Veerman +15000

Erik Van Rooyen +15000

Stewart Cink +15000

Austin Smotherman +15000

Ben Griffin +15000

David Lingmerth +15000

Scott Piercy +17500

Matthias Schwab +17500

M-J Daffue +17500

James Hahn +17500

Robert Streb +17500

John Huh +17500

C T Pan +20000

Kramer Hickok +20000

Callum Tarren +20000

Austin Eckroat +20000

Zach Johnson +20000

Joseph Bramlett +20000

Ryan Armour +20000

Nate Lashley +20000

Austin Cook +20000

Carl Yuan +25000

Tyler Duncan +25000

Doc Redman +25000

Peter Malnati +25000

Paul Haley +25000

Kevin Tway +25000

Vincent Whaley +25000

Ben Taylor +30000

Michael Gligic +30000

Ben Martin +30000

Zac Blair +30000

Harry Hall +30000

Max McGreevy +30000

Kelly Kraft +30000

Travis Vick +30000

Nick Watney +30000

Chad Ramey +35000

Danny Lee +35000

Chris Stroud +35000

Eric Cole +40000

Richy Werenski +40000

Brent Grant +40000

Jimmy Walker +40000

Nicolas Echavarria +50000

Philip Knowles +50000

Michael Kim +50000

Augusto Nunez +50000

Erik Barnes +50000

Kyle Westmoreland +50000

Tyson Alexander +50000

Brandon Matthews +50000

Jason Dufner +50000

Cole Hammer +50000

Carson Young +50000

Jim Herman +50000

Ryan Brehm +100000

Ben Kern +100000

Walker Lee +100000