Paddy Power in fact go 45/1 Niemann and 66s Burns at the time of writing, which I find difficult to understand except to say it must reflect the fact antepost markets don't generate all that much interest. College rival Collin Morikawa has hogged the headlines so far and by no means could anyone confident predict that Hovland will soon join him as a major winner, but he certainly has the talent and, increasingly, the belief. Betfred's 66/1 about Louis Oosthuizen is there for whoever wants it, some firms going as short as 33/1, while the 125/1 quoted about JASON KOKRAK undersells his surge to 22nd in the world, his correlating form at Riviera, his apparent love of Bentgrass greens, and a decent second look at Augusta where he sat eighth after round one. Official World Golf Ranking - Player Profile - OWGR So take them with a grain of salt. While the Open Championship remains the major most likely to throw up a surprising result, the PGA can't be far behind. Burns has plainly improved past the Chilean this year, to the extent that there's no logic in them being the same odds. Some firms offer 50/1 about Jason Day and won't return stakes if he doesn't qualify. U.S. As it stands, there are double that number. From there, he made the eagle putt for the win. Players underrated in one market will likely be underrated in another, and while fancy prices next to Burns' name have been taken over the last six weeks, on current form he ought to be half the 66/1 currently available. Retief Goosen's US Open win here came in four-under, this time nine players beating par. 1 in the world, and become the first world No. Imagine how players themselves must feel: the good ones play upwards of a hundred rounds in a season, but 16 of them are of significantly added importance. He even nailed the acceptance speech afterward while holding the Claret Jug. This is a player who has broken 70 in four of his eight Augusta rounds, clearly taking to the unique challenge it presents. 0:37; Collin Morikawa drops approach shot within inches. Collin Morikawa With 66s the best on offer now, patience is advised. Come that second week in April, you will surely get 10, maybe as many as a dozen, and while that comes with tightened markets, most punters would understandably prefer to wait. Oh. Nevertheless, Zalatoris is already established as one of the best iron players in the sport and finished the season ranked seventh, 10 places above his Augusta conqueror. He will keep hitting it close. Collin Morikawa Tyrrell Hatton, 50/1 for other majors, is a best of 25/1 and shorter than a higher-ranked and quite simply better player in Viktor Hovland. AVGDR. To be clear: both styles are working just fine for both players. Male Golfers: Golf Club Distance Chart We have separated our golf club range chart for men by handicap and club. So we could find ourselves in a situation where Bryson racks up more PGA Tour wins while Morikawa collects the big ones. Morikawa That's in part why he's no bigger than 50/1 when there are higher-ranked players with more obviously suitable games available at bigger. Welcome: you have missed the glory days, but this is a feature all about the future so, for now, let's remain optimistic. DeChambeau because he melted the front nine and looked as if he was going to run away with the event. Thankfully, he was brave and mature enough to step away, and such is his talent that he was able to contend for the US Open straight out of the gate upon his return, ultimately finishing 15th at Torrey Pines. The problem with the Masters is that all these things are known, which means anyone who fits the bill tends to be priced prohibitively even this far out. Scheffler is on the list for this and the Masters having already impressed in majors before that scintillating Ryder Cup debut, but this time last year you could take three-figure prices for the Open, and 50s isn't quite big enough to tempt me in. Oklahoma, wind, and the tournament's propensity to throw up a first-time major champion all point to the beautiful, beaming face of Viktor Hovland. Bryson DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa were the two most fascinating golfers on the course all day in the final round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. items that PGA Tour players would want St Andrews on a calm day could take a beating, even if he's yet to demonstrate the more refined skills of a typical Open champion. Trackman numbers - WRX Club Techs - GolfWRX Have a look at Collin's driver swing and numbers Club In doing so, the first thing to establish is that we're immediately on the back-foot. Where golf goes from here will be of massive consequence to both players. Collin Morikawa uses delicate touch to chip in for eagle. Golf has changed so much in the 15 years which will have passed that I'm loathe to predict exactly what sort of test we'll get in May, except to say it might well be a difficult one. He's won on a tough course in Florida, where contending for the Honda Classic also reads well, and in general Americans are better at this than we give them credit for. 1pt e.w. Thankfully I don't hit it 330.". However, distance should only be one part of a multi-layered test in championship golf. Matsuyama first came to Augusta as an amateur invitee. However, the world number 12 is underrated across the board, and there are players alongside or in front of him who ought to be behind. One hole potentially cost him the Hero and ensured Hovland kept just ahead of him in the world rankings, but the gap between them is narrower than 28/1 and 66/1 suggests. The only thing he's yet to do is stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the game's elite and beat them, but his game is good enough for that to appear close to a formality. Morikawa kept the big numbers off his scorecard, making worse than bogey just once, a double-bogey 6 at the 16th hole Thursday. Experience has also been vital, a fact which both underlines why Matsuyama's success was far from unexpected, and why the performance of runner-up Will Zalatoris was astonishing. Two appearances still leaves him short in that department, but we can't have everything at this stage and he has the right fundamentals for the challenge. Yes, that leaderboard had something of the abnormal about it, with no patrons and a soft, autumnal setting making things far less fearsome than can be the case in spring. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. My suggestion is that Burns ought to be absolutely no bigger than 40/1 for the US Open and US PGA, and perhaps just a shade bigger for both the Masters and the Open, where experience is that bit more valuable unless you happen to be Zalatoris or indeed Morikawa. That's why Oosthuizen is as short as 18/1 in a place and the same sort of price as Dustin Johnson, something you plainly would not see anywhere else. History tells us that for all these rapid greens are treacherous, for all there's long been an advantage for those who hit the ball a long way, it's quality iron play which holds the key. He'd strongly hinted at a return to the game's elite with a top-five finish in the September US Open, but was priced as though it was all built on sand. What I do hope is that both stay in their own lanes. Not only do we know less now than we will prior to each of the four, but no bookmaker offers more than six places currently. Talor Gooch at 200/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6). Yes, history suggests winning on debut at Augusta isn't likely, and his overall majors record so far amounts to little. I'd put his basement price at about 16/1. Both percentages are astoundingly impressive. David Dusek. Southern Hills has always had such a reputation, and so does Tulsa when it comes to wind. Under either scenario he would likely have arrived at St Andrews, where he's caught the eye on both visits, as a live one. It nearly worked. 1), had some intriguing insight on this very topic (if unintentionally) after he hit the shot of his life on Sunday at Harding Park. Opens and Open Championships demand a level of skill in controlling your ball flight and trajectory that regular PGA Tour stops often do not.. Scheffler could well win before July and, combined with eighth place in Kent, he'd become a very popular candidate to add to the Open's Texas connections, which cover Spieth, Johnson, Justin Leonard and even the likes of Dylan Frittelli and Austin Connelly, who have gone well at massive prices recently. DJ was 10s when he won it as an all-conquering world number one, don't forget. Most of all, if his form at the back end of 2021 extends through to spring of 2022, he'll be back on everyone's radar. Its ironic that, in capturing a second win in his eighth major start, 24 year-old Collin Morikawas golf swing is destined to be used as a model for the young golfers of tomorrow. Itll be dissected and analyzed, its component parts disseminated into golf swings everywhere. Bones was Phil Mickelson's caddie for all three victories here and was on Thomas's bag when they won the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational in 2020. Collin Morikawas TrackMan numbers. A quiet summer followed, but Wolff again capitalised on time away when returning at the start of the new season to mark himself down as one to follow with a string of back-to-form displays. Backing him 16/1 win-only to collect a major at any stage is a nice, straightforward way to get him on-side now. The Country Club's set-up will determine plenty but I would guess we'll get more of the same from the USGA, even if a (relatively) short-hitting Englishman holds the strongest recent form credentials. 1pt e.w. The intrigue only begins there, though, because they could not be more different stylistically if they tried. DeChambeau is all meat and potatoes, often pumping himself up like an Olympic powerlifter before he pummeled his golf ball into the thick San Francisco air all week. But Thomas is 12/1 with most firms and a best of 14/1, which is the price he went off last season. If Ancer does have a weakness it's those missing 20 yards off the tee and a short-game you'd have to describe as inconsistent, but he's firmly camped inside the world's top 20 now and, since last he played in a major, has won his first PGA Tour event. Round 1 Collin Morikawa putts well in round one of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Expert Picks: the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Round 4 Collin Morikawa shoots 1-over 71 in round four of the Charles Schwab Challenge Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose. Sam Burns at 90/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6). Gooch is a bet at 150 and up. There's not a great deal more to say, except that we shouldn't assume he won't be able to cope with an Open Championship. Few have matched Matsuyama in that regard over the last eight or so years, and his sharp short-game made him a perfect fit for this major above all others. FEDEX. The men's major champions in 2021 provided a full house in betting regret bingo, for those who missed all four. Last year, Harris English would've been the obvious candidate. TrackMan. Between 10 and 20 might be a mid handicap and anything in single digits would be a low handicap. Collin Morikawa PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career