The official PGA Tour season may be over, but many of the stars in the game are teeing it up at Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge this week, and we’re picking Tiger as our long-shot to win in his return to competition. Here’s our pick, the Hero World Challenge odds, betting favorites and everything else you need to know.
Hero World Challenge odds: Long-shot bet
This week’s event features only 20 players, and all are among the best in the game. Typically this would mean there are no long shots in the field.
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But with Woods making his big return to competition this week after many, many months off the course, he’s been installed at the bottom of the odds-to-win list at +5000.
That’s good enough to make him our long-shot pick of the week. Should Tiger pull off an unlikely win in his return to golf, you can turn a $10 bet into $500.
Hero World Challenge odds: The favorites
Leading the betting odds for the star-studded Hero World Challenge is Viktor Hovland, who has won the last two Hero events, at +400.
Close behind Hovland in second is Scottie Scheffler at +450, with Collin Morikawa and Max Homa tied at +750.
You can see the top 10 in Hero World Challenge betting odds as of Monday morning below, or head over to BetMGM to see the full list of odds and bets for this week.
2023 Hero World Challenge betting odds (Top 10 and ties)
Viktor Hovland (+400)
Scottie Scheffler (+450)
Collin Morikawa (+750)
Max Homa (+750)
Justin Thomas (+1400)
Matt Fitzpatrick (+1600)
Cameron Young (+2000)
Rickie Fowler (+2000)
Wyndham Clark (+2000)
Jordan Spieth (+2200)
Sam Burns (+2200)
Tony Finau (+2200)
How last week’s long shot fared
At the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour event of the 2022-23 season, we picked Adam Schenk at +6600 to pull off a long-shot win.
Though Schenk didn’t come through with a W, he did shoot a final-round 65 to secure a T19 finish, giving us another top-20 hit, our 14th of the season in the final tournament.
PAST RESULTS
Check out how our long-shot picks have fared all season long below.
2023 RSM Classic: Justin Lower (Odds: Adam Schenk: +6600; Finish: T19)
2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship: Justin Lower (Odds: +5500; Finish: T20)
2023 World Wide Technology Championship: Joel Dahmen (Odds: +5500; Finish: WD)
2023 Zozo Championship: Cameron Champ (Odds: +5000; Finish: T59)
2023 Shriners Children’s Open: Cameron Champ (Odds: +6600; Finish: T18)
2023 Sanderson Farms Championship: Akshay Bhatia (Odds: +5000; Finish: T43)
2023 Fortinet Championship: Mark Hubbard (Odds: +5000; Finish: T17)
2023 BMW Championship: J.T. Poston (Odds: +5500; Finish: T22)
2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship: Cam Davis (Odds: +6600; Finish: T6)
2023 Wyndham Championship: Harris English (Odds: +6000; Finish: T33)
2023 3M Open: Tom Hoge (Odds: +6600; Finish: T20)
2023 Open Championship: Hideki Matsuyama (Odds: +8000; Finish: T13)
2023 Genesis Scottish Open: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +8000; Finish: T54)
2023 John Deere Classic: Dylan Wu (Odds: +6600; Finish: MC)
2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic: Austin Eckroat (Odds: +6600; Finish: MC)
2023 Travelers Championship: Adam Scott (+6600; T19)
2023 U.S. Open: Keegan Bradley (Odds:+8000; Finish: MC)
2023 RBC Canadian Open: Nick Taylor (Odds: +6600; Finish: 1)
2023 Memorial Tournament: Keegan Bradley (Odds: +6600; Finish: T30)
2023 Charles Schwab Challenge: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +6600; Finish: T29)
2023 PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton (Odds: +4000; Finish: T15)
2023 AT&T Byron Nelson: J.J. Spaun (Odds: +6600; Finish: WD)
2023 Wells Fargo Championship: Sahith Theegala (Odds: +4000; Finish: T56)
2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta: Gary Woodland (Odds: +3300; Finish: T39)
2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Dahmen/McCarthy (Odds: +4000; Finish: T11)
2023 RBC Heritage: Tom Kim (Odds: +3500; Finish: MC)
2023 Masters: Tommy Fleetwood (Odds: +6600; Finish: 33)
2023 Valspar Championship: David Lingmerth (Odds: +12500; Finish: T27)
2023 Players Championship: Corey Conners (Odds: +6600; Finish: MC)
2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Billy Horschel (Odds: +10000; Finish: MC)
2023 Honda Classic: Sepp Straka (Odds: +5000; Finish: T5)
2023 Genesis Invitational: Adam Scott (Odds: +5500; Finish: 65)
2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Beau Hossler (Odds +8000; Finish: T11)
2023 Farmers Insurance Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +10000; Finish: T11)
2023 Sony Open in Hawaii: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +5000; Finish: T73)
2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions: Ryan Brehm (Odds: +75000; Finish: T35)
