It’s back to the grind of the PGA Tour season after a break that saw Team USA dominate the International Team to win the Presidents Cup for a ninth straight time. One member from the US contingent makes the trip to Jackson, Mississippi for this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship and he just happens to be the betting favorite on the opening PGA line as well as the defending champ. Sam Burns collected the first of three titles here last year igniting his run to the Presidents Cup team and he is ahead of Sahith Theegala and J.T. Poston as the only players with shorter than 20/1 odds. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete updated list of betting odds when you’re ready to make a wager.
Odds to Win Sanderson Farms Championship
Sam Burns +1000
Sahith Theegala +1600
J.T. Poston +1800
Denny McCarthy +2200
Russell Henley +2200
Sebastian Munoz +2200
Scott Stallings +2500
Taylor Montgomery +3000
Sepp Straka +3300
Emiliano Grillo +3500
Thomas Detry +3500
Keegan Bradley +4000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4500
Davis Riley +4500
Dean Burmester +5000
Aaron Rai +5500
Adam Hadwin +5500
Harris English +5500
Justin Lower +6000
Seamus Power +6000
Taylor Moore +6000
Trey Mullinax +6000
Adam Svensson +6600
Brendan Steele +6600
Gary Woodland +6600
Justin Suh +6600
Wyndham Clark +6600
Brendon Todd +7000
Chris Kirk +7000
Kevin Streelman +7000
Andrew Putnam +7500
Nick Hardy +7500
Russell Knox +7500
Byeong-Hun An +9000
Chez Reavie +9000
Henrik Norlander +9000
Mark Hubbard +9000
Odds Analysis
Sam Burns +1000
He’s the player to beat based on everything that’s happened recently. The winner here last year and a total of three times during the season, Burns was also part of the winning US Presidents Cup team. And that’s where the issue comes in. I honestly have to wonder if Burns is all in emotionally after a chaotic week in North Carolina. He could be motivated by going 0-3-2 at the match play event and you couldn’t go wrong backing second-favorite Theegala in this spot if you think Burns has too many external factors working against him.
Harris English +5500
A career resurgence began for English on this course a few years ago helping him turn things around. He won twice on Tour in 2020-21 but had his momentum derailed last season with a months-long absence. That likely did him harm in the rankings and on the odds list. We saw English earn a top-10 a few weeks ago in Napa showing off the moves that made him a dangerous player. He’s back in Jackson for the first time since a T6 in 2019 that was part of a glorious run getting English back in form.
Russell Henley +2200
If you believe Henley can work around not playing competitively for a few months, there is some value backing him. He hasn’t won on Tour since 2017 so you could say he’s due. And he’s looking to carry the momentum from a strong run to open last season. Over his first 11 events Henley placed in the top-25 in eight of them making him a nice option in alternate markets as well.
Taylor Montgomery +3000
It seems like the betting markets have already caught up with Montgomery so we may have missed out there. But it’s never too late to jump on the bandwagon, and based on recent outcomes the wagon is getting full. He was one of the more consistent players on the Korn Ferry Tour the last two seasons and we saw what all the hype was about when he led the field in strokes gained: putting on his way to third-place at the Fortinet.
Davis Riley +4500
There are a few reasons other than the price to like Riley for the outright. Ranked near the top of last season’s rookies, Riley placed 35th in the FedExCup standings. And he had more top-10 finishes than Theegala last season despite playing in three fewer tournaments. He’s also a local kid from Hattiesburg and he’s looking to bounce back after an MC here last year and at the season-opening Fortinet Championship.
Course: Country Club of Jackson – 7,461 yards, Par 72
Jackson, Mississippi’s Country Club course plays host for the ninth consecutive year. The course has a classical design featuring tree-lined fairways that are sometimes difficult to find. However, they are not penal by nature with the field averaging a high number of greens in regulation. There are the typical hazards with two-thirds of the greens guarded by bunkers and water a factor on nearly half the holes. Overall, the layout is scoreable as we saw last year when Burns set a tournament course record of 22-under to win by a swing. In fact the last seven winners all scored 18-under or better.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel
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