Rory McIlroy has a great opportunity to grab a win this week at the 2022 edition of the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy comes in at +700 and is the heavy favorite at a tournament that has some curveballs mixed into the event. Instead of the familiar venue of Quail Hollow in North Carolina, this year’s Wells Fargo is taking place in Maryland at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.

Why the change? Quail Hollow is being groomed for the 2022 President’s Cup so TPC Potomac is filling in. The good news is that TPC Potomac is still a familiar venue to many players as it has been on the schedule before. It has hosted events steadily from 1987 to 2018.

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Two recent Wells Fargo winners are somewhat close to McIlroy on the odds list. Max Homa won the event in 2019 and Jason Day took the title in 2018. Day comes in at +5000 while Homa rides in at +4000. The 2020 tournament was canceled to due COVID-19.

Another past winner is Rickie Fowler at +8000. Fowler won the 2012 tournament by beating both Rory McIlroy and D. A. Points in a Playoff. Speaking of which, there have been four playoff finishes at the Wells Fargo Championship in the last ten tournaments.

The Wells Fargo Championship has plenty of A-list players as usual so there should be no shortage of fighting for the top spot. But there is room for a surprise winner. After McIlroy, the odds begin to spread out quickly. It only takes seventeen players for the numbers to shoot from +700 to +4000.

Here are the top-five favorites to win the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship outright:

Rory McIlroy +700

Corey Conners +2000

Matt Fitzpatrick +2000

Tony Finau +2200

Tyrrell Hatton +2800

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2022 Wells Fargo Championship Preview

Where: Potomac, Maryland

Course: TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 70

Length: 7,107

When: May 5 – 8, 2022

Purse: $9 Million.

TV Coverage: CBS/Golf

The change of venue may seem like it could open the door for some players. It’s a par 70 course at only 7,107 yards. One would think this could lead to some good scoring opportunities for longer hitters and birdie opportunities on the par-five holes. That may not happen as Potomac is designed for tough play.

Don’t let the par 70 and yardage fool you. This course is tough due to tight fairways, plenty of bunkers, targeted landing areas, and small greens. This course has proven to be a beast during summer months but the weather this week is still spring like with cool afternoon temps. That should take some of the sting out.

The key to winning the Wells Fargo Championship this season will be the old fashioned way – Greens in Regulation. Staying out of the 2.5 inch rough off the tee will be a great place to start. Hitting and staying on the small greens for a manageable putt will be the way to finish.

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2022 Wells Fargo Championship Predictions

Rory McIlroy +700

Rory McIlroy has won the Wells Fargo Championship three times. The first came in 2010 followed by two more victories in 2015 and again last year. But those wins came at Quail Hollow. But McIlroy still comes in as the defending champ and as the top golfer in the field. He enters the event with some rest after scoring second a few weeks ago at the Masters. Remember McIlroy’s hole-out from the bunker to close out his Sunday Masters round? If he plays that comfortably again this week he could repeat those moves here.

Gary Woodland +3000

Gary Woodland has been on a nice roll the last several weeks. He’s had five top-25 finishes in his last seven outings. Last week he finished T24 to keep those numbers going. Woodland could use his putter to take advantage of the small, yet rolling, Bentgrass greens. This is a course that demands good wedge and approach shots and Woodland has that part of his game tuned in as of late.

Anirban Lahiri +7000

Anirban Lahiri is becoming a fan favorite due to his deadpan style of play mixed with a fan- friendly sense of humor. The player from India who speaks three languages and grew up as an Army brat moved to No. 85 in the OWGR and is 55th in FedEx points. He finished 2nd at the PLAYERS and was T15 at the Mexico Open. Lahiri finished T13 here in 2018.

Others I Like: Tony Finau (+2200) is a player that could win this event hands down but I’ve faded on him over the last few weeks due to some inconsistent play. Luke List (+9000) could have a wonderful weekend but what applies to Finau also applies to List. If he has the same hot putter that helped him win the Farmers earlier this year then he could be a player to keep an eye on.

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2022 Wells Fargo Championship Betting Lines

Rory McIlroy +700

Corey Conners +2000

Matt Fitzpatrick +2000

Tony Finau +2200

Tyrrell Hatton +2800

Russell Henley +3000

Gary Woodland +3000

Abraham Ancer +3000

Marc Leishman +3300

Keegan Bradley +3300

Paul Casey +3300

Patrick Reed +3500

Seamus Power +4000

Cameron Young +4000

Max Homa +4000

Sergio Garcia +4000

Si-Woo Kim +4000

Webb Simpson +4500

Keith Mitchell +5000

Matt Kuchar +5000

Jason Day +5000

Davis Riley +5000

Jhonattan Vegas +5000

Sepp Straka +5500

Aaron Rai +5500

Joel Dahmen +6000

Brian Harman +6000

Doug Ghim +6000

Troy Merritt +6600

C T Pan +6600

Kevin Streelman +6600

Matthew Nesmith +6600

Anirban Lahiri +7000

Brandon Wu +7000

Matt Jones +7000

Brendan Steele +7500

Matthias Schwab +8000

Adam Long +8000

Dylan Frittelli +8000

Denny McCarthy +8000

David Lipsky +8000

Cameron Davis +8000

Alex Smalley +8000

Russell Knox +8000

Rickie Fowler +8000

Lanto Griffin +8000

Lucas Glover +9000

Francesco Molinari +9000

Luke List +9000

Kurt Kitayama +9000

Beau Hossler +10000

Mark Hubbard +10000

Nate Lashley +10000

Taylor Moore +10000

Stewart Cink +10000

Branden Grace +10000

Mackenzie Hughes +12500

Greyson Sigg +12500

Matthew Wolff +12500

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +12500

Martin Laird +12500

Pat Perez +12500

Doc Redman +12500

Chad Ramey +12500

Scott Piercy +12500

Sung Kang +12500

JT Poston +12500

Peter Malnati +15000

Brian Stuard +15000

Tyler Duncan +15000

Stephan Jaeger +15000

Chez Reavie +15000

Zach Johnson +15000

Adam Svensson +15000

Charl Schwartzel +15000

Nick Taylor +17500

Andrew Putnam +17500

Andrew Novak +17500

Sam Ryder +17500

Ryan Armour +17500

Hank Lebioda +17500

Harry Higgs +17500

Michael Thompson +17500

Kramer Hickok +17500

Matt Wallace +17500

John Huh +20000

Cameron Percy +20000

Austin Smotherman +20000

Rory Sabbatini +20000

Trey Mullinax +20000

Charley Hoffman +20000

Peter Uihlein +20000

Lee Hodges +20000

Kevin Chappell +20000

Chase Seiffert +20000

Satoshi Kodaira +20000

Danny Lee +20000

Adam Schenk +20000

Hayden Buckley +20000

Kiradech Aphibarnrat +20000

Brice Garnett +20000

Joseph Bramlett +20000

Ben Martin +20000

Jonathan Byrd +25000

Ben Kohles +25000

Dylan Wu +25000

Ryan Blaum +25000

Vaughn Taylor +25000

Roger Sloan +25000

Callum Tarren +25000

Bo Hoag +25000

Luke Donald +25000

Wesley Bryan +25000

Bill Haas +25000

Justin Lower +25000

James Hahn +25000

Curtis Thompson +30000

Henrik Norlander +30000

Chesson Hadley +30000

Brandon Hagy +30000

Camilo Villegas +30000

Vincent Whaley +35000

Bryson Nimmer +35000

Kelly Kraft +35000

Paul Barjon +35000

Nick Watney +35000

Kevin Tway +35000

Brandon Matthews +40000

Jim Herman +40000

Martin Trainer +40000

Michael Gligic +40000

David Skinns +40000

Richy Werenski +40000

Scott Gutschewski +50000

William McGirt +50000

Jared Wolfe +50000

Turk Pettit +50000

Johnson Wagner +50000

Austin Cook +50000

Max McGreevy +50000

Brett Drewitt +50000

Dawie Van Der Walt +50000

Joshua Creel +50000

Seth Reeves +50000

Jim Knous +50000

Morgan Hoffmann +50000

Seung-Yul Noh +50000

Bo Van Pelt +80000

Jonas Blixt +100000

Larkin Gross +100000