The Majors and the Olympics may be a thing of the past, but we still have the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational to look forward to and we take a look at this week’s event from a betting angle.

The St Jude has been a WGC event since 2019 and it takes place at the TPC Southwind Course.

TPC Southwind plays to a par 70 and while driving accuracy is not the be-all and end-all, it is not the sort of course where you can be too wayward off the tee and finding the fairways is a definite advantage. Just as important is the approach shot into the green and all of the last 6 winners of the St Jude have all finished in the Top 10 in Greens in Regulations stats.

We certainly have a quality field this week although Jon Rahm is missing having also missed the Olympics due to a positive COVID test. Brooks Koepka is currently the 12/1 favourite with Collin Morikawa, the Open Champion, at 14/1 alongside Olympic Champion, Xander Schauffele. You can get 16/1 and better the balance.

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PAST WINNERS

2020 – Justin Thomas

2019 – Brooks Koepka

Prior to 2019 this was a regular tour event so there is plenty of course form to go on

BETTING – Click here to bet

Brooks Koepka 12/1

Collin Morikawa 14/1

Xander Schauffele 14/1

Jordan Spieth 16/1

Justin Thomas 16/1

Dustin Johnson 18/1

Rory Mcilroy 18/1

22/1 and better the balance, prices correct at the time of posting but are subject to change

SUGGESTED BETS:

Daniel Berger each way at 25/1

Daniel Berger won here in both 2016 and 2017 and last year he finished runner-up so he clearly loves the track. He is also in good form with 3 Top 10’s in his last 6 starts including an 8^th place at the Open Championship last time out.

I like the fact that he comes into this fairly well rested as I do feel that those who played in Japan last week could have had plenty of energy sapped out of them by the humidity.

Matthew Fitzpatrick each way at 30/1

Fitzpatrick is another who has strong course form having played here twice and finishing Top 5 on debut in 2019 and just outside the Top 5 last year. Looking at his recent form it has been a bit of a mixed bag, he finished just outside the Top 25 in the Open Championship and was runner-up the week before that.

Billy Horschel each way at 80/1

Horschel is a roughie for me this week and he certainly has excellent course form and in the last 7 years has no fewer than 5 Top 10 finishes with a best placing of 4^th. His recent form is something of a concern and he finished outside of the Top 50 in the Open Championship, but this could be the sort of course where Billy Horschel comes to light in the time of the year when he usually starts playing well.

Phil Mickelson each way at 90/1

Mickelson’s game has gone off the boil since he won the PGA Championship and he has had 2 missed cuts and 3 other starts when he hasn’t finished inside the Top 60. Mickelson is at the age though where he probably doesn’t give his best in every event and if his game is going to come back to life it would be on this track where he has had 4 Top 3 finishes in 8 starts including a runner-up finish last year.