Golf Pick: Patrick Cantlay To Win Outright (+1100) at Bet365
Picks Summary
- Patrick Cantlay To Win Outright (+1100)
- Patrick Cantlay To Finish in Top 10 (+125)
- Hideki Matsuyama To Win Outright (+4000)
- Hideki Matsuyama To Finish in Top 10 (+400)
- Kevin Streelman To Finish in Top 20 (+400)
What Type of Player Suits Muirfield Village?
Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio was designed by Jack Nicklaus in 1974. The track is a par 72, at over 7,500 yards on undulating terrain with its pristine fairways set amongst tree-lined parkland. An exacting test of golf with water in-play on 2/3 of the holes and lightning-fast Bentgrass small undulating greens.
The remit is for precision iron play which means long and accurate from the tee box is important to allow flexibility in approach play. With thick rough surrounding the greens finding those correct landing areas on the greens is the key to unlocking Muirfield Village.
Top Golf Selection
There is only one port of call for this week’s top selection for Oddstrader and that is Patrick Cantlay.
I must confess, that I have backed and tipped him for readers and followers for the past four years here, but on two of those occasions he has won at prices of (+2200) and (+2000). Funnily enough, the wins came in 2019 and 2021 bringing perfect symmetry for this year but obviously, that is no reason, rather a good luck charm for the thirty-one-year-old Californian.
Remember, he was our headline pick two weeks ago at the PGA Championship and just finished outside the top 10, so what better preparation could we ask for? Cantlay’s stats have been fantastic so far this season and a win looks well overdue. There is nowhere better than his favorite track and those previous good vibes could be the extra edge he needs this week.
Take Patrick Cantlay to keep up his recent ownership of the Memorial Tournament at Jack’s place by taking the winning price of (+1100) and top 10 (+125), both with Bet365.
Golf Pick: Patrick Cantlay To Win Outright (+1100) at Bet365
Golf Pick: Patrick Cantlay To Finish in Top 10 (+125) at Bet365
Next Best Golf Selection
There are several strong alternatives for a mid-range solid win and place pick. I considered Shane Lowry and Sahith Theegala strongly but plumped for the proven class of Japanese superstar Hideki Matsuyama.
The thirty-one-year-old Japanese superstar and 2021 Masters champion absolutely loves Muirfield Village, having won on debut back in 2014. Those good memories and positive vibes from visiting Ohio each year have been evident since, with a strong defense in 2015 and a high placing in 2018.
Interestingly, 2023 has been a stop-start year for Matsuyama with him seemingly under a constant injury cloud. A month ago, he returned home to Japan for treatment of his neck injury.
On returning to the PGA Tour, he performed creditably despite citing feeling fatigued saying, “I didn’t grip the club for nearly a month. After hitting every day since Monday and playing rounds for the first time in a long time, I’m sure I’m already tired. Running out of gas.”
With a week off since the PGA Championship, hopefully, Matsuyama has no ill effects and is feeling stronger now. It’s never easy to back a golfer under an injury cloud but I feel Hideko Matsuyama’s price of (+4000) does compensate us this week.
Golf Pick: Hideki Matsuyama To Win Outright (+4000) at Bet365
Golf Pick: Hideki Matsuyama To Finish in Top 10 (+400) at Bet365
Sleeper and Prop Golf Selection
Like Cantlay as our top golf pick at Oddstrader, Kevin Streelman is a standout sleeper and golf prop pick this week.
The veteran PGA Tour grinder and board member has a slew of impressive forms here at Muirfield Village with six top 20s in his last eleven starts. Amazingly, for a player not as long as many on tour, three of those were top-10 finishes.
The last two weeks have been his best of 2023 with an 18th at the Wells Fargo Championship followed by 9th at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge. With his 50% top 20 strike rate take the veteran Kevin Streelman as a prop bet in that market this week with Bet365.
Golf Pick: Kevin Streelman to Finish in Top 20 (+400) at Bet365
