Congrats to all Rory McIlroy backers at the Genesis Scottish Open. It was great to see Rory rally Sunday down the stretch to capture his second win of the season.
Vincent Norrman came through for us at the Barbasol Championship. It was great to hit our second outright in the past three weeks!
Let’s get into this week’s storylines…
This is an unusual event on the PGA Tour as it’s a modified Stableford format. Par earns a player 0 points, while a birdie earns a player +2 points, an eagle +5 points, and an albatross earns +8 points. On the other hand, bogeys are penalized as they earn a player -1 points, and a double bogey earns a player -3 points. Unlike other tournaments on the PGA Tour, the goal of this event is to earn the highest score.
This points scale encourages aggressive play since the reward for scoring under par is higher than the penalty for scoring over par. The maximum score is two strokes over par; once a player has made his shot and is one stroke over par, he may concede, pick up the ball, take a double bogey, and proceed to the next hole without penalty.
- Dates: July 20th, 2023 – July 23rd, 2023
- Location: Truckee, California, United States
- Course: Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood)
- Course Type: Parkland
- Par: 71 (4x 3’s / 11x 4’s / 3x 5’s)
- Length: 7,480 yards
- Format: Modified Stableford
- Greens: Bentgrass / Poa annua .100”
- Fairways: Bentgrass / Poa annua .360
- Rough: Bluegrass 2.5”
- Bunkers: 95
- Water Hazard(s): 6 (In-Play on 6 Holes)
- Average Green Size: 5,300 sq. ft.
- Stimpmeter: 11.0 ft.
- Purse/ Winner: $3,800,000/ $684,000
- FedEx Cup Points: 300
- Field/ Cut: 144 Pros | Top 65 and Ties – 36 Holes
Course Architect:
- Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (2004)
- Renovations: N/A
Comparable Courses & Greens:
- Comparable Courses:
- Silverado Resort and Spa – Fortinet Championship – RESULTS
- Designer Link (Jack Nicklaus):
- Muirfield Village Golf Club – Jack Nicklaus (1974) – the Memorial Tournament
- PGA WEST (Nicklaus Course) – Jack Nicklaus (1987) – The American Express
- Comparable Location (Truckee, California):
- Silverado Resort and Spa – Napa, California – Fortinet Championship
- PGA WEST (Stadium Course) – La Quinta, California – The American Express
- Torrey Pines Golf Course – San Diego, California – Farmers Insurance Open
- Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California – AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
- The Riviera Country Club – Pacific Palisades, California – The Genesis Invitational
- The Los Angeles Country Club – Los Angeles, California – U.S. Open
- Comparable Yardage (7,480 Yards):
- The Country Club of Jackson – 7,461 Yards – Sanderson Farms Championship
- TPC Craig Ranch – 7,468 Yards – AT&T Byron Nelson
- Comparable Greens (Bentgrass / Poa annua .100”):
- Detroit Golf Club – Bentgrass / Poa annua .100” – Rocket Mortgage Classic
- TPC River Highlands – Bentgrass / Poa annua .110” – Travelers Championship
- Oakdale Golf & Country Club – Bentgrass / Poa annua – RBC Canadian Open
- Comparable Average Green Size (5,300 sq. ft.):
- TPC River Highlands – 5,000 sq. ft. – Travelers Championship
- Muirfield Village Golf Club – 5,000 sq. ft. – the Memorial Tournament
- Colonial Country Club – 5,000 sq. ft. – Charles Schwab Challenge
- Detroit Golf Club – 5,150 sq. ft. – Rocket Mortgage Classic
- TPC Louisiana – 5,225 sq. ft. – Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TV Information:
- Round 1: Thursday, July 20th, 2023
- Golf Channel – 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET
- Round 2: Friday, July 21st, 2023
- Golf Channel – 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET
- Round 3: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
- Golf Channel – 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET
- Round 4: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
- Golf Channel – 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET
- Thursday: Sunny 87 F, 11 mp/h WSW, 30% Humidity, 1% Chance of Rain
- Friday: Sunny 92 F, 12 mp/h SSW, 25% Humidity, 0% Chance of Rain
- Saturday: Partly Cloudy 90 F, 12 mp/h WSW, 26% Humidity, 0% Chance of Rain
- Sunday: Partly Cloudy 88 F, 13 mp/h SW, 27% Humidity, 0% Chance of Rain
Course/ Tournament History:
The Barracuda Championship was founded in 1999. It’s an alternate event so the FedEx Cup Points are cut to 300 and the winner does not earn an invite to the Masters Tournament. However, the winner does receive a two-year two exemption and entry to the PGA Championship.
Originally the event was called the Reno-Tahoe Open and was held at Montrêux Golf and Country Club. In 2014, Barracuda Networks became the title sponsor and changed the name of the event. Six years later in 2020, the tournament moved to its current venue, Tahoe Mountain Club. In 2022, this event became a co-sanctioned event with the DP World Tour.
The event takes place on Old Greenwood this week, one of two 18-hole courses at Tahoe Mountain Club. It was designed by Jack Nicklaus and completed in 2020.
- 72-Hole Record:
- +50, Erik Van Rooyen (2021)
- 18-Hole Record:
- +22, Kyle Reifers (Round 4, 2015), Chad Campbell (Round 3, 2018).
Course Scorecard:
Featured/ Signature Hole(s): 10, 15, 18
For a hole-by-hole overview of the course, you can click the following link.
Key Statistics:
- Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green
- Strokes Gained: Putting (Bentgrass / Poa annua)
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Birdies or Better
- Bogey Avoidance
- Par 3 Scoring: 175 – 200 (x2)
- Par 4 Scoring: 450 – 500 (x5)
- Par 5 Scoring: 550 – 600 (x2)
- Comparable Courses and Event History
The Field/ Odds:
There will be 144 players competing in this year’s Barracuda Championship. Only five of the world’s top one hundred players are in the field. Here are the current favorites in this week’s event:
Stephan Jaeger (+1800) will play in his fourth Barracuda Championship. In his first three starts at this event, he’s finished MC/ 42/ T22. He’s been playing pretty well as of late finishing T13 at the John Deere Classic and T9 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Taylor Pendrith (+2000) has some of the best course history at Tahoe Mountain Club finishing T13 in 2021 and T11 in 2022. He also enters this week in great form finishing 6th at the Barbasol Championship and T14 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Keith Mitchell (+2000) will make his debut at the Barracuda Championship this week. He hasn’t won an event since the 2019 Honda Classic. Mitchell enters this week’s event off a missed cut at the Genesis Scottish Open. Before that, he finished T42 at the John Deere Classic and T20 at the U.S. Open.
Mark Hubbard (+2200) finished 4th at the 2022 Barbasol Championship. In his only other appearance at Tahoe Mountain, Hubbard finished T43 in 2021. He’s coming off a T6 finish at the John Deere Classic. In his last six starts on the PGA Tour, he has three top-10 finishes.
- Previous Winners in the Field:
- Chez Reavie (’22), Erik van Rooyen (’21), Richy Werenski (’20), Chris Stroud (’17), Greg Chalmers (’16), J. J. Henry (’15, ’12), Geoff Ogilvy (’14), Scott Piercy (’11),
- Notable Withdraws:
- Tyler Duncan, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Daniel Gavins, Callum Tarren, Fabián Gómez, Dylan Wu, Nicolai Hojgaard, Nate Lashley
To see the most up-to-date odds, you can click the following link.
To see the full field for this event and how they qualified, you can click the following link.
Previous Winners Scores & Prices:
- 2022: Chez Reavie (43 Points)
- Price: 50-1
- 2021: Erik van Rooyen (50 Points)
- Price: 50-1
- 2020: Richy Werenski (39 Points)
- Price: 30-1
- 2019: Collin Morikawa (47 Points)
- Price: 10-1
- 2018: Andrew Putnam (47 Points)
- Price: 25-1
Previous Winners Incoming Form (Last 5 Starts):
- 2022: Chez Reavie
- MC – John Deere Classic (PGA)
- T8 – Travelers Championship (PGA)
- T27 – Charles Schwab Challenge (PGA)
- MC – AT&T Byron Nelson (PGA)
- T15 – Wells Fargo Championship (PGA)
- 2021: Erik van Rooyen
- T58 – 3M Open
- MC – The Open Championship
- MC – U.S. Open
- T10 – Palmetto Championship
- MC – PGA Championship
- 2020: Richy Werenski
- T3 – 3M Open
- T35 – Workday Charity Open
- T21 – Rocket Mortgage Classic
- T46 – Travelers Championship
- 78 – The King & Bear Classic (KFT)
- 2019: Collin Morikawa
- T4 – John Deere Classic
- T2 – 3M Open
- T36 – Travelers Championship
- T35 – U.S. Open
- T14 – RBC Canadian Open
Picks (Outrights):
- Taylor Pendrith (+2000) – FanDuel
- Risk 0.40 to win 8.00 Units
- Akshay Bhatia (+4000) – DraftKings
- Risk 0.20 to win 8.00 Units
- Nathan Kimsey (+6000) – FanDuel
- Risk 0.14 to win 8.40 Units
- Greyson Sigg (+6000) – FanDuel
- Risk 0.14 to win 8.40 Units
- Justin Lower (+9000) – FanDuel
- Risk 0.09 to win 8.10 Units
- Trevor Cone (+11000) – FanDuel
- Risk 0.08 to win 8.80 Units
Total Risk on Outrights: 1.05 Units
Picks (Top 20):
- Vincent Norrman (+150) – DraftKings
- Risk 1.00 to win 1.50 Units
- Harry Hall (+220) – DraftKings
- Risk 0.50 to win 1.10 Units
Total Risk on Top 20: 1.50 Units
Total Risk on the Barracuda Championship: 2.55 Units
Best of luck, and as always you can find me on Twitter @GatorBetting and Instagram @Gator_Sports_Betting. Any feedback whether positive or negative, is always encouraged.
