No Scottie Scheffler, no problem.
While the world’s top-ranked player takes a
Pierceson Coody seems like a
Si Woo Kim was an intriguing name under consideration for this market but the Thursday number (+3400) just is not quite there to warrant the action. Instead we’ll re-navigate to Kurt Kitayama at +4100 who went 8 under on Friday at Doral to get inside the top 10. That makes it a trend because he finished in that exact same spot in Harbour Town.
A 2026 Genesis runner-up along with McIlroy, Kitayama has shot 65 or lower five times this year. Just love to see that kind of stat when taking a stab at first-round leader.
We like the form of Ben Griffin right now who is coming off a solo third at the Cadillac Championship — his second straight top-10 finish.
At +126 to finish tied inside the top 20, Griffin is worth the risk. After a string of missed cuts in March when the Tour moved to Florida, Griffin has shot 72 or lower in 19 of his last 20 rounds. This guy is scoring in the ideal range for a top-20.
Three more, plus-money plays for the road in this T-20 (including ties) category: Alex Smalley (+164), J.T. Poston (+240) and Sudarshan Yellamaraju (+255).
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