In a surprise to no one, Scottie Scheffler is the massive betting favorite to win this week’s Hero World Challenge, although that should be expected considering his resume, tournament history and a field of just 20 players.
According to Fanatics Sportsbook, Scheffler’s odds to win this week are a ridiculous +140, as he looks to become the winner of Tiger Woods’ Bahamas event for the third straight year. Besides winning the last two events here, Scheffler was also the runner-up the two years prior.
Woods, the host, raved about Scheffler during his Tuesday press conference at Albany.
“What he’s doing on the golf course is just incredible, the consistency day in and day out, the strategy, how he attacks the golf course,” Woods said. “It starts from you can see him analyze it from the green back where the flag is, where he wants to miss a tee shot, what club to hit, where the wind is, what side of the tee box he’s to start off on. It’s truly amazing at how thoughtful he is and strategic he is throughout the entire round. And on top of that, he doesn’t have lapses in a round like most players do. He’s there present for all 18 holes and all shots played and that’s hard to do. To do that day in and day out with the grueling schedule that the Tour has and the players are playing now in more of a condensed season, and the big events that he’s playing in.
“I mean, he won six times and they’re not small events,” he continued. “He’s beating the best fields. So that’s something that I certainly can appreciate and I think that I hope everyone else appreciates it as well because you just don’t see this happen very often.”
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Betting on Scheffler, however, just isn’t quite as fun, especially with the meager payouts for correctly predicting his top-10 finishes (especially in small fields like this).
So for their Fanatics Sportsbook bets of the week, GOLF’s Subpar duo of Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz looked elsewhere. Knost picked Alex Noren to top 10 (-115), while Stoltz picked J.J. Spaun to finish in the top five (+190).
Noren recently played the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the DP World Tour Championship, finishing in the top 20 in each. Spaun’s last start came at the World Wide Technology Championship in early November, where he tied for 11th. Spaun has finished in the top 25 (including twice in the top 10) in his last six starts.
You can find complete Fanatics Sportsbook betting odds for the Hero World Challenge here, and you can listen to the full episode of the latest Subpar (with guest Gary McCord) here or watch on YouTube below.
