Get ready for the highly anticipated John Deere Classic, happening from July 6 to July 9, and stay tuned for our best picks for this event and the best expert analysis.
Picks Summary
- Russell Henley to Win Outright (+1600) Bet365
- Russell Henley to Finish Top 20 (-150) Bet365
- Ludvig Aberg to Win Outright (+2000) Unibet
- Ludvig Aberg to Finish Top 20 (+110) Unibet
- Callum Tarren to Win Outright (+10000) Bet365
- Callum Tarren to Finish Top 20 (+400) Bet365
Is Russell Henley a Solid Pick This Week?
Yes, Russell Henley looks like the best and most solid pick from the top of the market this week. The Georgia native has not always put the John Deere Classic on his schedule, but when he has, the thirty-four-year-old has looked ideally suited.
His best performance at the TPC Deere Run was a runner-up placing in 2019 when he closed with a round of 61. The other time, Henley played in Illinois he finished 11th in 2021.
The icing on the cake for such a solid pick is Russell Henley’s recent form, which has been sublime on the PGA Tour with a 4th place at the Masters, the highlight from a run of consistency that has seen him stack up eight top 20 finishes in his last nine events.
Here at OddsTrader, we suggest you have a very healthy stake on Russell Henley for another top-20 finish with Bet365 while adding an outright win this week at the John Deere Classic.
Golf Pick: Russell Henley to Win Outright (+1600) Bet365
Golf Pick: Russell Henley to Finish Top 20 (+150) Bet365
An Easy Test Awaits at TPC Deere Run
A birdie fest awaits this week on the PGA Tour at the TPC Deere Run on July 6-9. The track is a flat defenseless test set in Illinois parkland with wide Bentgrass fairways, and immaculate Bentgrass greens set to 12 on stimp meter. This inevitably means a strong putting display from high greens-in-regulation stats is what is needed to be champion in Illinois.
Let’s Stick with Ludvig This Week
Readers of the OddsTrader column will know we wagered the Swedish sensation, Ludvig Aberg last week and he let us down with a poor finish to his third round.
Our top 10 suggestion at (+550) should have landed last week, and while the twenty-three-year-old’s price has contracted further, he is still a bet this week, in a weaker event on an easy course.
You cannot say it about most in the field, but with Ludvig Aberg, there is no ceiling currently, meaning at any given time he could carry this event on his shoulders.
Professional golf has changed in recent years. Long since has gone the time when prodigious talents like Aberg started at (+50000) in price.
This has been illustrated in recent weeks when two amateurs won on their first professional start on the Korn Ferry Tour (Ricky Castillo and Adrien Dumont De Chassart) and Aberg was one of the most outstanding talents of the amateur/collegiate game in recent years.
Take Ludvig Aberg to win and top 20 this week at Unibet.
Golf Pick: Ludvig Aberg to Win Outright (+2500) Unibet
Golf Pick: Ludvig Aberg to Finish Top 20 (+110) Unibet
Callum Tarren Makes a Good Long Shot
Englishman Callum Tarren’s ball striking was out of this world last week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, according to the shots gained categories.
He arrives in Silvis, needing improvement in his putting that undermined his good ball striking in Detroit, as he was dead last in that category. So often you see this on the PGA Tour when great ball strikers are poor putters, but last year here at TPC Deere Run, Tarren ranked 15th in putting, so he’s obviously going to improve for the change in surface.
The thirty-two-year-old from North East England is trending in the correct direction overall, given he was 33rd at the elevated Travelers Championship the week before, and in doing so, shot a round of 63.
That shows the smallest tweak in his putting technique could pay dividends for Callum Tarren, so take him as this week’s long shot with the Bet365 price of (+10000) while balancing risk by adding him in the top 20 market with the same firm.
Golf Pick: Callum Tarren to Win Outright (+10000) Bet365
Golf Pick: Callum Tarren to Finish Top 20 (+400) Bet365
