PGA Tour Wyndham Championship 2018 Golf Winner odds & Predictions

Snedeker a nice fit for Sedgefield

Golf Betting

The action at the Majors has all died down now for the season but the high drama continues still on the PGA Tour. The famous Wyndham Championship is the final stop on the regular season on the PGA Tour which means that this is the final chance for players to get themselves into the season-ending FedEx Cup Play-Offs.

The top 125 in the standings at the end of the Wyndham will be making their way forward to the FedEx Cup playoffs and therefore players who are on the outskirts looking in, need to turn and leave everything out on the course. The course in question is the Sedgefield Country Club which has been hosting the Wyndham Championship since 2008. Here we take a look at Wyndham Championship 2018 golf predictions.

Wyndham Championship 2018 odds

Webb Simpson 12/1
Hideki Matsuyama 16/1
Henrik Stenson 18/1
Rafael Cabrera Bello 22/1
Brandt Snedeker 22/1
Shane Lowry 25/1
Billy Horschel 28/1
Joaquin Niemann 30/1
Ryan Moore 33/1
Daniel Berger 33/1
Sergi Garcia 40/1
Ollie Schniederjans 40/1
Si Woo Kim 40/1
Harold Varner III 45/1
Jason Dufner 50/1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 50/1
Bar 60/1
* (betting odds taken on August 13th, 2018 at 10:44 pm)

Webb Simpson is out front as the 12/1 favourite in the outright winner market* (betting odds taken on August 13th, 2018 at 10:44 pm). He has some pretty strong course history at the event including his 2011 triumph in the Wyndham. Since then he has fired off five other top-twelve finishes at the tournament so he can’t be written off really. He had a boost of confidence at the PGA Championship as he took a share of 19th which saw him earn his spot on the US Ryder Cup team after looking vulnerable in locking down a place. He was third here last year. He is also just one of two players taking apart who are currently sat inside to the 30 on the FedEx Cup standings and the only one inside the top fifteen.

Looking down the list of players as well we can pick up on Brandt Snedeker who has done alright at Sedgefield before. He also has a nice bit of form behind him with a T3 at The Greenbrier, a T8 at the Canadian Open while it didn’t quite happen for him at the PGA Championship, he is at least trending in the right direction overall. Out at that juicy 22/1 odds mark, he will make for an appealing each way bet in the tournament* (betting odds taken on August 13th, 2018 at 10:44 pm).

In looking further at the form, Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello has hit a nice peak after he carded a top ten finish at Bellerive over the weekend. That was a good showing in testing times for the Spaniard and he has a little course history too because he took fifth at Sedgefield two years ago. So if you put that together then he is pretty much in the same boat in terms of value as Snedeker is. Another one who had a good run at the PGA Championship was Adam Scott.

Last year’s Wyndham Winner Henrik Stenson is back and looking for a strong title defence in a field which is massively hungry for FedExCup points. The fairways can be a bit tight around the Greensboro course and so you need someone who can deliver that consistent accuracy off the tee. Stenson is pretty solid and reliable when it comes to that and has a good chance of playing himself into contention at the tournament although title defences are a rare thing at the course. Stenson is the highest ranked player at the tournament.

Stenson was the seventh winner in the last ten editions of the Wyndham Champions to have won the tournament after having ended the third round top of the leaderboard. Among other former winners taking part this week are 2016 champion Kim Si-woo and Sergio Garcia. When it comes to those all-important FedExCup points, there are men under pressure with twelve players within 50 points of that cutoff line to get into the top 125.

Prediction

We like the fit of Stenson, but because title defences are not an easy thing to pull off we have to look past him. We are going to lean instead on Snedeker coming through the field and producing a good tournament. He seems to be improving at the right time of the season for all of this and can push on from some recent steady results to better things. He is certainly worth a look at 5/2 odds for a top ten finish* (betting odds taken on August 13th, 2018 at 10:44 pm).

Our other tip is Chilean teenager Joaquin Niemann to make the top ten at 11/4 odds* (betting odds taken on August 13th, 2018 at 10:44 pm). He has amassed enough non-member points this season to have qualified for the FedEx Cup playoffs but can’t get into the event unless he wins here. So really there’s no pressure on him and he can just relax and have a great crack at the event.