2023 Players Championship Odds and Picks

It’s time for THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass and the Players Stadium Course at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The event comes after a string of exciting finishes on the PGA Tour, it has a $25 million dollar purse and an all-star field. One thing it won’t have is a defending champion, as Cameron Smith has moved to the exhibition-style LivGolf series.

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This will be one of the toughest fields of the season following a packed field last week. Like last week, Jon Rahm comes in as one of the favorites along with Rory McIlroy. Both enter the opening round at +400 with Scottie Scheffler at +440 giving us essentially three favorites outright.

There’s not much daylight between players as you go through the rest of the odds list. Here are the favorites to win THE PLAYERS Championship outright:

Jon Rahm +400

Rory McIlroy +400

Scottie Scheffler +440

Justin Thomas +600

Patrick Cantlay +600

Max Homa +600

The odds list is pretty tight behind Rahm as it includes two players that have won THE PLAYERS recently. That’s Justin Thomas who won in 2021 and McIlroy who took the title in 2019. This event was skipped in 2020 due to COVID.

There are also other former PLAYERS champs down the odds list such as Jason Day at +800, Si Woo Im at +900, and Rickie Fowler who comes in at +1100. Like I said this week the field is bunched together.

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2023 Players Championship Preview

Where: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Course: TPC Sawgrass/ Players Stadium Course

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 72

Length: 7189

When: March 9 –12, 2022

Purse: $25 Million

TV Coverage: NBC, Golf, Peacock, ESPN+, SiriusXM

TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course is one of Florida’s premier courses and its Island green is well known to all PGA fans. TPC Sawgrass will not be as difficult as Bay Hill was last week when it comes to wind and the rough, but there will be some gusts blowing and a chance for wet weather, especially on Friday. The weekend should be in the 70s and great for play. Sawgrass features narrow fairways, water hazards including marshes, and bunkers placed around every landing area. There’s not a lot of mercy given to wayward approach shots.

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2023 Players Championship Predictions

Scottie Scheffler +440

Scottie Scheffler looked to be in good form for much of the Arnold Palmer Invitational but missed several opportunities to grab the win. He was not alone as putting became an issue with several players during the final few holes. Scheffler is now 4th in FedEx points and No. 2 on the OWGR. He’s not missed the weekend any this season and he’s riding a streak of T12 or better, six finishes inside the top ten, and his win a few weeks ago at the Phoenix Open.

Tony Finau +660

Tony Finau has not had the best luck at TPC Sawgrass and this event as he’s 2 for 6 overall with a best finish of T22. However, he’s been on a roll for several months and finished off last season with a string of wins and has already won this season. Finau has had a stronger short game and putter since his last visit here and is now 13th on the OWGR and 8th in FedEx Cup points. He’s also first on Tour ins scrambling from the fringe and 2nd on 125-150 approaches which are important at TPC Sawgrass.

Shane Lowry +1000

Shane Lowry didn’t look to be at his best last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational where he carded a 67th finish with three rounds in the 70s and an 80 on Friday. All of that aside, Lowry was T5 at the Honda Classic and T14 at the Genesis Invitational. Lowry has been known for solid play and as a good player when it comes to scrambling. If he can get his putter going this week he should be around on Sunday.

Others I Like: Rory McIlroy (+400) has seemingly been the favorite for weeks but has seemed a bit off except for a DP World Tour win. He seems to be struggling with his driver and long irons at times with a lot of shots off the fairway. And, he’s finished 10th or worse in four of his last five outings. Rickie Fowler (+1100) won this tournament in 2015 and seems to be getting his game back on track. He’s moved to 21 st in FedEx points and is now No. 71 st on the OWGR. Much better than No 167 back in August.

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2023 Players Championship Betting Lines

Jon Rahm +400

Rory McIlroy +400

Scottie Scheffler +440

Justin Thomas +600

Patrick Cantlay +600

Max Homa +600

Xander Schauffele +660

Collin Morikawa +660

Tony Finau +660

Viktor Hovland +700

Will Zalatoris +800

Jordan Spieth +800

Matt Fitzpatrick +800

Tyrrell Hatton +800

Jason Day +800

Cameron Young +900

Sungjae Im +900

Tom Kim +900

Shane Lowry +1000

Keegan Bradley +1000

Rickie Fowler +1100

Keith Mitchell +1200

Si-Woo Kim +1200

Sam Burns +1320

Corey Conners +1320

Tommy Fleetwood +1320

Adam Scott +1320

Chris Kirk +1320

Harris English +1320

Kurt Kitayama +1320

Hideki Matsuyama +1400

Sahith Theegala +1400

Seamus Power +1400

Justin Rose +1400

Alex Noren +1400

Taylor Montgomery +1600

Brian Harman +1600

Adam Hadwin +1600

Jhonattan Vegas +1600

Matt Kuchar +1600

Tom Hoge +1800

Billy Horschel +1800

Aaron Wise +1800

Gary Woodland +2000

Min Woo Lee +2000

Russell Henley +2000

Maverick McNealy +2000

Thomas Detry +2000

Wyndham Clark +2000

Luke List +2000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +2000

Denny McCarthy +2000

Sepp Straka +2000

Lucas Herbert +2000

Francesco Molinari +2000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +2000

Taylor Pendrith +2000

Andrew Putnam +2000

Emiliano Grillo +2000

Taylor Moore +2000

Danny Willett +2000

Webb Simpson +2000

Aaron Rai +2000

Ryan Fox +2000

Nick Taylor +2000

Davis Riley +2000

Doug Ghim +2000

Brendon Todd +2000

Stephan Jaeger +2000

Beau Hossler +2000

Adam Svensson +2000

Justin Suh +2000

Russell Knox +2500

JT Poston +2500

Patrick Rodgers +2500

Scott Stallings +2500

JJ Spaun +2500

Lanto Griffin +2500

Ben Griffin +2500

Sam Ryder +2500

Eric Cole +2500

Lee Hodges +2500

Cameron Davis +2500

Davis Thompson +2500

Mackenzie Hughes +2500

Dylan Frittelli +2500

Seong-Hyeon Kim +2500

Ben Martin +2500

Brandon Wu +2500

Martin Laird +2500

Ryan Palmer +2500

Matt Wallace +2500

Trey Mullinax +2500

Tyler Duncan +2500

Robby Shelton +2500

Adam Schenk +2500

Byeong-Hun An +3000

Joel Dahmen +3000

Will Gordon +3000

Joseph Bramlett +3000

Nick Hardy +3000

Hayden Buckley +3000

Garrick Higgo +3000

Kevin Kisner +3000

Matthew Nesmith +3000

Adam Long +3000

David Lipsky +3000

Patton Kizzire +3000

Kramer Hickok +3000

Alex Smalley +3000

Nate Lashley +3000

Mark Hubbard +3500

Scott Piercy +3500

Kevin Streelman +3500

Dylan Wu +3500

Peter Malnati +3500

Chesson Hadley +4000

Matthias Schwab +4000

Erik Barnes +4000

Troy Merritt +4000

Stewart Cink +4000

Harrison Endycott +4000

David Lingmerth +4000

Lucas Glover +4000

James Hahn +4000

Justin Lower +4000

Doc Redman +4000

Ryan Armour +4000

Andrew Novak +4000

Michael Thompson +4000

Greyson Sigg +4000

Kevin Tway +4000

Aaron Baddeley +4000

Callum Tarren +4000

Robert Streb +5000

Austin Smotherman +5000

Kelly Kraft +5000

Chez Reavie +5000

Ryan Brehm +6000

Chad Ramey +7000

Tyson Alexander +7000

Nick Watney +7000

Max McGreevy +7000

Jerry Kelly +7000