Picks Summary
- Scottie Scheffler to Win Outright (+600)
- Cameron Davis to Win Outright (+11000)
- Cameron Davis to Finish Top 10 (+1000)
- Keith Mitchell to Win Outright (+9000)
- Keith Mitchell to Finish Top 20 (+350)
*All odds from Bet365 (check our Bet365 Review)
The Players Championship
March 14-17, 2024 at TPC at Sawgrass
The TPC Sawgrass, the Stadium Course plays host to the Players Championship for the fiftieth time this year and unlike most PGA Tour tracks it has barely changed.
An exacting demanding test of strategic golf awaits the players where patience and discipline will be required. Approach play stats can be key because hitting the correct areas of the green is fundamental, but to do that, the players need to find fairways and approach from the correct angles.
What is interesting about the Players Championship is that no player has ever dominated the event, particularly in the modern era, with Jack Nicklaus the only three-time winner as mentioned earlier and despite Tiger Woods winning twice and Phil Mickelson once, those greats of the sport invariably struggled with Sawgrass unique demands.
This year’s weather forecast looks decent for Thursday and Friday but rather unsettled over the weekend with typical Florida weather for the time of year with winds and rain with predicted thunderstorms on both days.
Will Scottie Be the First Ever Defending Champion at The Players Championship?
One of the amazing records in professional golf is at the Players Championship, where fifty renewals have taken place and there has never been a champion defending his crown next year. TPC Sawgrass is the ultimate test of ball striking and strategy, meaning multiple winners are rare, with Jack Nicklaus the only three-time champion, and four two-time champions.
That tells you the task that awaits Scottie Scheffler this week, but let’s not forget, Scheffler won last year’s Players by five strokes, and despite not winning until last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, his ball striking has been some of the best, if not the best in professional golf.
High praise indeed and the fact he has not won more often comes down to his putting alone, and there have been occasions that superb ball striking and mediocre putting has been rewarded by Sawgrass, particularly by Sergio Garcia’s affinity that illustrated a similar type well over the years.
We believe that Scottie Scheffler could make his own slice of Players Championship history this year as the first champion to ever defend his title in the following season, so take the fair price of +600 with Bet365.
Golf Pick: Scottie Scheffler to Win Outright (+600) at Bet365
Can Cam Davis Be Another Aussie Winner?
Notoriously over the last 30 years, Aussies have been regular winners of the Players Championship since Steve Elkington’s initial breakthrough in 1991. Greg Norman followed in 1994, Elkington again in 1997, Adam Scott in 2004, Jason Day in 2016 and two years ago Cam Smith.
Well, Cameron Davis has a strong profile this week coming here on the back of solid efforts at the Arnold Palmer last week and at the Genesis Invitational a couple of weeks before.
Last year, the twenty-nine-year-old from Sydney figured prominently here at TPC Sawgrass, eventually finishing 6th. With that positive experience behind him, we can expect stronger this year.
Cameron Davis’ natural progression could be to be the next Australian winner of the Players Championship, so take the price of +11000 with Bet365 combined with a top-10 finish.
Golf Pick: Cameron Davis to Win Outright (+11000) at Bet365
Golf Pick: Cameron Davis to Finish Top 10 (+1000) at Bet365
Will Keith Mitchell Be Fresher than Most?
Missing last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational has the potential to be a huge advantage for many this week.
One such player, is Keith Mitchell, the thirty-two-year-old from Chattanooga who just missed out on last week’s signature event.
Mitchell holds a solid profile at TPC Sawgrass so that has the potential to be a huge positive coming here on the back of a solid plethora of form that has resulted in three top 20 finishes on the spin.
Mitchell was a solid 13th here in 2022 when the weather forecast was challenging. The winds will not be as bad this weekend, but the Players Championship looks likely to be weather-delayed over Saturday and Sunday, and that experience could stand him in good stead this week.
Look to take Keith Mitchell outright win and top 20 this week at the Players Championship at Bet365.
Golf Pick: Keith Mitchell to Win Outright (+9000) at Bet365
Golf Pick: Keith Mitchell to Finish Top 20 (+350) at Bet365
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