Players Championship

McIlroy is the +750 favorite to win the Players Championship for the second year in a row. Those odds mean a $100 wager on him to win this year would net you $750 along with your $100 back. Here’s a look at the golfers who have the likeliest chances of emerging triumphant in the Sunshine State: 2020 The Players Championship odds. William Hill Sportsbook lists Johnson as the favorite at 11-1 in the 2021 Players Championship odds. McIllroy and Bryson DeChambeau, who won last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, are next on.

Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 6:30 AM (TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course)

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PGA Tour odds for The Players Championship, March 11-14. Players Championship betting odds, including favorite Dustin Johnson. The Players Championship - Top Scot Betting Odds. Get the best available The Players Championship odds from all online bookmakers with Oddschecker, the home of betting value. In a first for golf, The Players Championship will make available live streaming coverage of every shot from every player. (AP Photo/John Raoux, FIle) The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL tees off Thursday, March 11th Dustin Johnson is the +1000 favorite over Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy.

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The first round of the PGA Tour’s 2021 Players Championship starts on Thursday morning.

Before I discuss my favorite longshot golf bets for this week, let’s take a look at the betting odds of past champions of this tournament to see if we can find any historical trends.

Here is a list of the last five winners of the Players Championship including that golfer’s opening odds the week they won the event and the score that player posted to win:

2020 *The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Rory McIlroy +1400 (-16)

2018 Webb Simpson +10000 (-18)

2017 Si Woo Kim +50000 (-10)

2016 Jason Day +1200 (-15)

2015: Rickie Fowler +6600 (-12)

As I evaluated the key statistics of the previous winners noted above, it became apparent to me early on that all five players performed exceptionally well in one specific statistical category the year they won the Players Championship. The statistic I am making reference to in my previous statement is strokes gained around the green. Just to provide some perspective, all of the winners of the Players Championship noted above ranked on average 16th in strokes gained around the green the year that golfer won the golf tournament.

It's time to get to what I love doing the most! Here are my favorite longshot bets for the 2021 Players Championship.

Here are two golfers to consider placing on your card to finish in the top ten.

Brendan Steele +1600 - Steele has three top 21 finishes in his last six events played on the PGA Tour, including a fourth place result at the Sony Open. It should also be noted that Steele finished sixth at the 2017 Players Championship.

In relation to this week’s current listed 2021 Players Championship field, in the last 24 rounds played on the PGA Tour, Steele ranks 12th in strokes gained off the tee, 13th in driving accuracy, and 18th in GIR (greens in regulation).

Andrew Putnam +1800 - The 32 year old American has three top seven finishes in his last five tournaments played on the PGA Tour, including a fourth place result at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week. Yes, I know that he missed the cut in his only previous appearance at TPC Sawgrass in 2019. I also know that Putnam is a far better golfer now than he was two years ago. In my opinion, Putnam presents outstanding value at his current odds of +1800 to finish inside the top ten.

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One of the best weeks on the golf calendar is upon us, with the 2021 Players Championship upon us at Pete Dye’s masterpiece, TPC Sawgrass. Though we never quite know what to expect and who will play well at this nuanced, ultra-difficult design on the site of a former swamp, the finishing holes always seem to produce a dramatic ending, and with a loaded field this week we’d expect the same.

Forty-eight of the top 50 players in the world (minus Brooks Koepka and Matthew Wolff) will tee it up at The Players, with a balanced top part of the odds board. It seems like oddsmakers can’t quite determine who has an advantage here, with Dustin Johnson (12-1) the slight favorite over last week’s winner Bryson DeChambeau (14-1), Rory McIlroy (16-1) and Jon Rahm (16-1). Of that group, Rory has the best record, having lifted the most-recent trophy at TPC Sawgrass in 2019 with last year’s cancelation. Though DJ is on an absolute tear, he has just one top-10 finish in 11 appearances at TPC Sawgrass, and it came in 2019.

Some interesting names follow below, with Xander Schauffele (20-1) and Justin Thomas (20-1) being offered at the lowest odds we’ve seen from them in recent memory. Recent winner Collin Morikawa (22-1) would be an attractive bet, having just won the WGC at Concession in Bradenton, Fla., and Patrick Cantlay (22-1) has also been playing some great golf.

What we know about TPC Sawgrass: Your entire game needs to be on, and trouble lurks around every corner—with 17 water hazards presenting ample opportunities to make a big number. We were joined by Matthew Fitzpatrick on this week’s episode of “Be Right,” our betting podcast, and Fitzpatrick goes into detail about what you need to do well to play well at TPC Sawgrass (though he’s still searching for all the answers, having broken 70 just once in 12 rounds played here. But Fitzpatrick, ranked 16th in the world, enters this week on one of the hottest stretches of anybody in the world, with a win in Dubai to end 2020 and three top-15 finishes on the PGA Tour entering this week. Perhaps he’s a sleeper at (40-1) you might like this week?

Here’s a complete list of odds, as of Monday afternoon, from our friends at William Hill:

Players Championship 2021 odds (courtesy of William Hill):

Dustin Johnson: 12-1

Bryson DeChambeau: 14-1

Rory McIlroy: 16-1

Jon Rahm: 16-1

Xander Schauffele: 20-1

Justin Thomas: 20-1

Webb Simpson: 22-1

Collin Morikawa: 22-1

Patrick Cantlay: 22-1

Tony Finau: 25-1

Jordan Spieth: 25-1

Viktor Hovland: 25-1

Hideki Matsuyama: 30-1

Tyrrell Hatton: 33-1

Tommy Fleetwood: 35-1

Scottie Scheffler: 35-1

Patrick Reed: 35-1

Daniel Berger: 35-1

Jason Day: 35-1

Sungjae Im: 40-1

Matthew Fitzpatrick: 40-1

Paul Casey: 45-1

Joaquin Niemann: 50-1

Cameron Smith: 50-1

Louis Oosthuizen: 55-1

Adam Scott: 55-1

Will Zalatoris: 60-1

Christiaan Bezuidenhout: 66-1

Jason Kokrak: 66-1

Mike Ehrmann

Lee Westwood: 70-1

Sergio Garcia: 70-1

Harris English: 70-1

Max Homa: 70-1

Billy Horschel: 70-1

Abraham Ancer: 70-1

Justin Rose: 80-1

Corey Conners: 80-1

Kevin Na: 90-1

Francesco Molinari: 90-1

Marc Leishman: 100-1

Russell Henley: 100-1

Lanto Griffin: 100-1

Sam Burns: 100-1

Si-Woo Kim: 100-1

Carlos Ortiz: 100-1

Kevin Kisner: 100-1

Cameron Tringale: 125-1

Branden Grace: 125-1

Cameron Davis: 125-1

Bubba Watson: 125-1

Chris Kirk: 125-1

Rickie Fowler: 125-1

Ryan Palmer: 125-1

Ian Poulter: 125-1

Shane Lowry: 125-1

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Victor Perez: 150-1

Brendon Todd: 150-1

Alex Noren: 150-1

Andrew Putnam: 150-1

Kevin Streelman: 150-1

Keegan Bradley: 150-1

Byeong Hun An: 150-1

Matt Kuchar: 150-1

Emiliano Grillo: 150-1

Talor Gooch: 150-1

Sebastian Munoz: 150-1

Charley Hoffman: 175-1

Warren Little

Robert MacIntyre: 175-1

Wyndham Clark: 175-1

Maverick McNealy: 175-1

Brian Harman: 175-1

Gary Woodland: 175-1

Phil Mickelson: 175-1

Matt Jones: 200-1

Patton Kizzire: 200-1

Zach Johnson: 200-1

Chez Reavie: 200-1

Henrik Norlander: 200-1

Cameron Champ: 200-1

Luke List: 200-1

Bernd Wiesberger: 200-1

Jhonattan Vegas: 200-1

Ryan Moore: 200-1

Richy Werenski: 200-1

Doug Ghim: 200-1

Mackenzie Hughes: 200-1

Henrik Stenson: 200-1

Brendan Steele: 200-1

Russell Knox: 200-1

Harold Varner III: 200-1

Danny Willett: 250-1

Adam Hadwin: 250-1

Tom Lewis: 250-1

Matthew NeSmith: 250-1

Martin Laird: 250-1

Charl Schwartzel: 250-1

Dylan Frittelli: 250-1

Lucas Glover: 250-1

Aaron Wise: 250-1

James Hahn: 250-1

Kyle Stanley: 250-1

J.T. Poston: 250-1

Rory Sabbatini: 250-1

K.H. Lee: 250-1

Charles Howell III: 250-1

Patrick Rodgers: 250-1

Cameron Percy: 300-1

Brandt Snedeker: 300-1

Tom Hoge: 300-1

Keith Mitchell: 300-1

Adam Long: 300-1

Michael Thompson: 300-1

Nick Taylor: 300-1

Doc Redman: 300-1

Joel Dahmen: 300-1

Las Vegas Odds Players Championship Golf 2020

Jason Dufner: 300-1

Sepp Straka: 300-1

Stewart Cink: 300-1

Peter Malnati: 300-1

Scott Piercy: 300-1

Nate Lashley: 300-1

Mark Hubbard: 350-1

C.T. Pan: 350-1

Anirban Lahiri: 400-1

Troy Merritt: 400-1

Hudson Swafford: 400-1

Brian Stuard: 400-1

Sam Ryder: 400-1

Pat Perez: 400-1

Andrew Landry: 400-1

Adam Schenk: 400-1

Scott Stallings: 400-1

Bo Hoag: 400-1

Austin Cook: 400-1

Vegas Odds Golf Players Championship

Vaughn Taylor: 400-1

Brice Garnett: 400-1

Danny Lee: 400-1

Graeme McDowell: 400-1

Denny McCarthy: 400-1

Beau Hossler: 500-1

Harry Higgs: 500-1

Tyler McCumber: 500-1

Brian Gay: 500-1

Tyler Duncan: 500-1

Jimmy Walker: 500-1

Robert Streb: 500-1

Sung Kang: 500-1

Robby Shelton: 500-1

Xinjun Zhang: 500-1

Scott Brown: 500-1

Ryan Armour: 500-1

Las Vegas Odds Players Championship Golf

Jim Herman: 750-1

Jerry Kelly: 1,000-1

Vegas Odds Golf Players Championship

Scott Harrington: 1,000-1