Phil Mickelson heads to the Safeway Open fresh off a win on the Champions Tour.
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The long PGA Tour offseason is finally over, and the 2020-21 season officially kicks off this week at the Safeway Open. Phil Mickelson makes his return to the Tour after a successful debut on the Champions Tour, and he does so as the favorite at 20/1 odds, according to golfodds.com. He’s joined at the top by Si Woo Kim.
This is will be a return trip for both favorites at the Safeway, with Mickelson owning a pair of top-10 finishes in the last several years. Kim has not been quite as successful, a T49 representing his top finish at the event last fall.
Brendan Steele and (still) defending Open Championship champion Shane Lowry lag just behind the pair of favorites, both owning 25/1 odds. Steele is a two-time winner of the event, while Lowry is making his Safeway debut.
Rounding out the top five is a hoard of players at 35/1 odds, including Jordan Spieth, Sergio Garcia, Erik van Rooyen, Joel Dahmen, Chez Reavie, Doc Redman and Emiliano Grillo.
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