Pro Golf Now Staff backed Nico Echavarria at +2800 to lift another trophy. Since winning the 2023 Puerto Rico Open, the Colombian has stacked strong finishes—2nd at the ZOZO, runner-up at the Sony Open, and 9th at last month’s Baycurrent Classic. He fired a closing 63 for T14 in Mexico a week ago and owns two top-30 results in his last three trips to Port Royal. The short, wind-exposed par-71 sets up perfectly for his tidy wedge play and hot putter, giving bettors a compelling mid-tier outright candidate.

Pro Golf Now Staff endorsed Patrick Rodgers at +3500 to collect his first PGA Tour victory. Rodgers closed with a 64 to finish T6 at El Cardonal last week after a T27 at the Bank of Utah Championship, showing sharp current form. Port Royal is one of his favorite stops: two top-4 finishes in the last three years and a T9 in 2024. With a weaker-than-usual 120-man field and a course that rewards his accurate driving and strong putting, the touts see Rodgers finally breaking through.

Pro Golf Now Staff labeled Justin Lower a live sleeper at +7000. Lower has never finished outside the top-20 at Port Royal since 2022 and tied for 5th here last year. Over the past month he ranks top-5 in strokes-gained tee-to-green per Data Golf, a surge that includes a T3 at the Bank of Utah Championship. The 36-year-old opened 66-68 last week in Mexico on his way to T31 and enters the week 108th in the Fall standings, needing a big result to crack the top-100 and secure full status. The combination of urgent motivation, proven course comfort, and recent ball-striking makes him an enticing longshot outright.

Pro Golf Now Staff recommended betting Greyson Sigg at +190 for a Top-20 finish. The pick leans on Sigg’s steady FedExCup Fall form—top-21 results at the Procore, Sanderson Farms, and Bank of Utah Championships—and on his reliable course history at Port Royal, where he has produced three straight top-22 finishes. Sitting 140th in the Fall standings, Sigg desperately needs points to keep his card, adding motivation to a statistical profile that already fits the Tour’s shortest layout.

Paulie recommended Vince Whaley at -105 for a top-30 ticket, citing a perfect blend of venue history and current consistency. Whaley has placed eighth or better in each of his last three starts at Port Royal, demonstrating mastery of the short, wind-exposed layout. He also rides a 16-event made-cut streak dating back to April—described by Paulie as the best form of his career. With only roughly 100 legitimate competitors in the 120-player field, that reliability and elite course record give Whaley strong odds to land inside the top 30 again.

Paulie said Matt Kuchar is underpriced at -110 for a top-30 finish at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Kuchar excels in windy conditions and is an above-average wedge player, two skills Paulie views as vital at Port Royal’s 6,800-yard track where length offers little edge. The tout noted Kuchar’s form—three straight finishes of 18th or better this fall—and stressed that only about 100 golfers in the 120-man field are true contenders. That combination of venue fit, steady play, and a shallow field makes Kuchar one of the week’s best value bets in the finish-position market.

Stewart bet Patrick Rodgers +410 to finish top-10, citing his finishing run of 4th (2021), 3rd (2022) and 9th (2024) at Port Royal. Fresh off a 6th in Mexico and armed with a low-trajectory shot shape that cheats the wind, Rodgers checks every box for repeat success on this seaside track.

The Tour Coach played Michael Brennan +400 for a top-10. He argued the weak field will feel like a Korn Ferry Tour stop to the 21-year-old, who’s been stringing strong finishes together. With odds adjusting back to a fair number, the coach expects Brennan’s recent form and comfort on Bermuda greens to translate into contending over four days.

Stewart laid –125 with Victor Perez over Luke Clanton at FanDuel. Clanton owns just one top-20 in his last 14 starts, whereas Perez arrives off a T-21 in Mexico and sits top-10 in this field for recent SG: Approach and putting. Stewart expects Perez’s fairway-finding and birdie conversion to cash the head-to-head by Friday cut.

The Tour Coach grabbed Pierceson Coody +120 over Rico Hoey in DraftKings matchups, calling the price generous for a rising talent who has flashed high-end ball-striking this fall. He expects Hoey’s unreliable putter to drag him below expectation, giving Coody the edge across four rounds.

Hennessey is fading Chad Ramey at 25-1. While Ramey is a popular first-round-leader bet, Hennessey questions his ability to sink pressure putts on Sunday, noting last week’s runner-up was a distant second to Ben Griffin. Without proof he can close, Hennessey sees no value in an outright ticket.

Mayo crossed Rico Hoey off his outright card despite Hoey opening as the betting favorite at 18-1. Mayo loves Hoey’s ball-striking but points out every past Port Royal champion owned elite Bermuda putting numbers, a category where Hoey ranks near the bottom. Until the flat stick cooperates, Mayo refuses to pay favorite odds.

Lack’s dark-horse ticket lands on Greyson Sigg 60-1. Sigg gained 8+ strokes on approach in two of his last three measured starts and leads the entire field in 100-150-yard proximity over the past 12 months. With Port Royal forcing a steady diet of wedges and Sigg already three-for-three in top-25 finishes here, Lack views him as a live outright option that markets are underrating.

Stewart’s favorite mid-tier dart is Sami Valimaki at 40-1 after a runner-up in Mexico that featured 30 birdies. Valimaki leads this field in approaches from 200-225 yards, ranks 2nd overall in SG: Approach and 7th SG: Tee-to-Green. Stewart likes his power-plus-control combo: the Finn can club down for accuracy, still courting birdie looks while a left-to-right shot shape holds up in crosswinds. Another 30-birdie week could be enough in Bermuda’s usual mid-teens winning score.

Mayo labeled Andrew Putnam a 90-1 sleeper. Despite poor recent finishes (2/6 cuts, best T-40), Putnam hits 75 % of fairways and ranks top-5 long-term in 100-150-yard proximity and No. 1 SG: Around-the-Green. Mayo argued Port Royal’s generous fairways mitigate Putnam’s distance deficit and that his career-long elite putting (2nd per round the last two years) is due for positive regression after a cold swing season. If the putter heats, Mayo sees a Todd/Gay/Camilo-style island winner profile.

Christopher Powers invested in Patrick Rodgers at 35-1 after his top-10 finish in Mexico. Powers emphasized that Rodgers has "done everything but win" at Port Royal, pointing to multiple prior top-10s on this track. With form peaking and a layout that rewards his low-flighted irons and proven Bermuda putting, Powers believes the Californian finally bags his first PGA Tour title.

Keith Stewart grabbed Nico Echavarria at 25-1, citing top-5 ranks in both SG: Approach (4th) and putting (8th) over the past 24 rounds. Stewart highlighted Echavarria’s international wins (Japan, Puerto Rico) and two prior top-30s at this event, arguing the wind-exposed "Bermuda triangle" favors players comfortable on coastal tracks. Coming off a 14th last week and sporting a tidy birdie-to-bogey ratio plus a mid-trajectory left-to-right ball flight, Stewart expects the Colombian to extend the streak of foreign winners in Bermuda.

Pat Mayo also fired on Kuchar 35-1, pointing out the veteran grades green in every key wedge bucket (50-100 and 100-150 yards) and remains one of the field’s best long-term Bermuda putters. Mayo’s stat rankings peg Kuchar No. 1 in combined accuracy + scrambling, an ideal profile when Port Royal’s coastal wind forces players to flight wedges and save par. Mayo framed the bet as the "safest profile" available this week.

The anonymous Tour Coach backed Matt Kuchar to win at 35-1, noting Port Royal mirrors Kuchar’s last victory at the Sony Open: short, windy, Bermuda-grass and wedge-heavy. Kuchar arrives off a T-11 last week, and the coach believes his fairway accuracy plus elite 100-150-yard proximity give him a blueprint to repeatedly stuff approaches inside 15 feet and ride a hot putter in gusty conditions.

For his 225/1 “Bonus Bet,” Jacobs took a speculative swing on Frenchman Matthieu Pavon, arguing last week’s spark could ignite a full-blown revival. Pavon, mired at 168th in the FedEx Cup after a brutal 2025, finished 31st in Mexico while ranking top-10 in Greens in Regulation and firing a second-round 64 and closing 67—his best PGA Tour showing this season. Jacobs reminded readers that Pavon won the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open, finished 3rd at Pebble Beach and 5th at the U.S. Open, even flirting with Ryder Cup consideration just two years ago. He believes the forgiving par-71, 6,828-yard Port Royal layout mirrors those coastal setups (Pebble, Sony, Mauritius) where Pavon has thrived. Given Bermuda’s history of surprise winners arriving on cold form, Jacobs sees a clear path for a suddenly confident, high-ceiling ball striker to smash the board at 225/1 with five each-way places.

Jacobs pushed David Lipsky as a 100/1 longshot, stressing equal parts motivation and coastal pedigree. Lipsky sits 101st in the FedEx Cup, one spot shy of the exempt top-100 cutoff that kicks in after the RSM Classic, so every point matters. Form is trending: since missing the cut at the Procore (where Jacobs backed him at 150/1), the 36-year-old has improved week-to-week—48th, 52nd, 33rd, 31st—often flashing early heat (16th at halfway at Sanderson, 1st after round one in Utah). Port Royal suits his accurate but short game: after MC on debut he’s logged 13th and 9th, spending the final three rounds inside the top 10 last year. Although the stat sheet is bland, Jacobs upgraded him for his two DP World Tour titles, an Asian Tour win and a Korn Ferry triumph, noting Lucas Herbert rode a similar résumé to victory here. In a field devoid of stars, Lipsky’s multi-tour winning experience and urgent card-retention narrative make triple-digit odds attractive with eight places paid.

Jacobs labeled Sahith Theegala his 40/1 “Outsider,” saying raw talent should eventually trump recent injury rust in this diluted field. After battling physical setbacks earlier in the year, Theegala has posted finishes of 38th and back-to-back 27ths, each time sitting inside the top 10 halfway. At the Procore Championship he opened 65-67 (10th and 14th after R1/R2); at the Baycurrent Classic he was top-5 through 36 holes; in Utah he ranked 4th in Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green and 11th on Approach before sliding to 27th. Jacobs thinks that tee-to-green profile plus a short coastal layout that mitigates distance creates an ideal “get-right” spot. If Theegala strings four solid rounds together for the first time since his early-season World Top-10 standing, 40/1 with six places could look silly by Friday afternoon.

Tom Jacobs called Vince Whaley his “Banker” at 28/1 each-way, arguing the Texan checks every Bermudian box. Whaley has finished 7th, 8th and 5th in his last three trips to Port Royal and has spent 11 of his past 12 rounds here inside the top 8, dropping outside the top 10 only once. The 30-year-old arrives on the PGA Tour’s fourth-longest active made-cut streak—17 straight—which trails only Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler and has him rubbing shoulders with Corey Conners, Sam Burns and Harris English. Jacobs noted Whaley is thriving in lower-grade events: 2nd at the 2024 Barracuda, 3rd at this season’s Sanderson Farms, and 4th at the ISCO Championship. On a short, wind-exposed track that historically rewards veterans rather than breakthrough stars, Jacobs believes Whaley’s combination of course comfort, recent top-10 frequency (five career top-5s, eleven top-10s) and a weak field makes 28/1 generous, especially with eight each-way places available.

MacMillan advised sprinkling Ben Kohles at +10000 on FanDuel despite a T63 stumble last weekend. He highlighted that Kohles has gained +1.05 true strokes on approach over the past six months—0.29 better than anyone else in the Bermuda field—calling it "hard to look past." With the Butterfield Bermuda drawing one of the weakest PGA Tour lineups of the year, MacMillan argued that Kohles’ elite iron play gives him tournament-winning upside if he can merely deliver an average putting week.

Iain MacMillan recommended betting Matt Kuchar outright at +4000 on DraftKings. MacMillan noted Kuchar has quietly rattled off three consecutive top-18 finishes (culminating with a T11 at last week’s World Wide Technology Championship) and said Port Royal’s 6,828-yard setup neutralizes the veteran’s lack of distance off the tee. Over the last six months Kuchar ranks 4th in this field in strokes-gained approach and is the only player inside that top-10 who simultaneously gains strokes both around the green and on the greens. MacMillan believes that combination of elite iron play, short-game safety net and a course that does not demand power makes Kuchar mis-priced at 40-1 in an otherwise weak field.

Golficity Staff highlighted Francesco Molinari at 275/1 and $6,500 as an alternate sleeper. The 2018 Open Champion showed signs of life with a T27 last week in Mexico and finished T17 at Royal Port a year ago, confirming the venue suits his low, controlled ball-flight. With forecasts calling for almost 30 mph gusts, the staff expects Molinari’s links pedigree and disciplined iron play to surface again. They believe even a top-20 finish would smash value at his bargain salary while keeping outright backers live deep into Sunday.

Golficity Staff offered Brandt Snedeker at 125/1 and $6,800 as a wind-savvy sleeper. Since being named Presidents Cup captain, Snedeker has flashed vintage form: T7 Memorial, T9 Bank of Utah Championship, T19 Procore—each fueled by crisp irons and his trademark short game. Royal Port minimizes his length issues and rewards his strengths; he ranks 8th in Driving Accuracy, 9th SG:Putting, 20th Scrambling. With the Bermuda producing triple-digit winners in each of the last two years, the staff believes Snedeker fits the blueprint for another shocker and is worth DFS exposure and small outright or top-40 tickets.

Golficity Staff circled Justin Lower as the preferred salary-saver at 60/1 and $7,300. Course history is spotless—20-8-17 the last three trips to Royal Port—thanks to a precision-first profile that should thrive again when 27 mph winds shrink fairways and greens. Lower ranks 38th in Driving Accuracy, 42nd in approaches from 100+ yards, and 43rd in Proximity. At 108th in FedEx points he must post a big number to keep his card, increasing motivation. The tougher the scoring, the more his consistent fairway-finding and wedge play stand out, making him a low-owned DFS dart and a top-20 betting target.

Golficity Staff tagged Victor Perez at 45/1 and $8,100 as a bubble player with winning upside. The Frenchman sits 104th in FedEx points and needs a big week, yet his resume screams wind whisperer: victories on Scottish links, a desert win, and a 4th-place finish at the Olympics. American form is catching up—T18 Cognizant, T19 U.S. Open, T11 Sanderson Farms, T21 last week in Cabo. Season stats: 21st SG:Approach, 37th adjusted scoring, 44th SG:Putting. With half of Royal Port’s holes hugging the Atlantic and gusts near 30 mph, the staff expects Perez to leverage his trajectory control into a high-ceiling DFS and outright play.

Golficity Staff pushed 47-year-old Matt Kuchar as their favorite mid-tier value at 35/1 and $8,600. Sitting outside the FedEx top-100, Kuchar has said he refuses to burn his career-money exemption, so motivation is sky-high. He finished T11 in Mexico last week—his fourth T18 or better in five starts—and owns coastal trophies at the Sony, RBC Heritage, Cognizant Classic and Mayakoba, the latter a strong comp where past Bermuda champs Brendon Todd and Brian Gay also won. Stat profile screams fit: 4th in Scrambling, 15th in SG:Putting, 18th in Proximity. In expected 25-plus mph winds and on Royal Port’s tiny greens, the staff views Kuchar as a cash-game lock with live outright equity.

Golficity Staff labeled Nico Echavarria a co-headliner at 25/1 and $9,700. Since the start of 2024 he’s logged wins at the Puerto Rico Open and the ZOZO Championship plus runner-up finishes at the Sony Open and RSM Classic—every result coming on breezy, coastal tracks. He closed the WWT Championship with a −9 Sunday to signal a form spike just as Royal Port’s seaside winds roll in. Key metrics pop: 8th in SG:Putting, 32nd in Birdie-or-Better percentage, 40th in Proximity to the Hole. With the winning score projected to land in the mid-teens, the staff likes Echavarria’s combination of scoring and grind-it-out temperament for both DFS tournament leverage and outright bets.

Golficity Staff said Thorbjorn Olesen is their preferred top-tier play at 20/1 and $10,100 on DraftKings. The Dane owns eight DP World Tour victories—including the Alfred Dunhill Links and a UAE desert win—so heavy wind is firmly in his wheelhouse. They noted Royal Port’s exposed, 6,820-yard layout and a forecast calling for 27 mph gusts, conditions that should accentuate Olesen’s ability to flight the golf ball. Recent form supports the call: T14 at Sanderson Farms, T14 again at last week’s WWT Championship where he fired −6 on Sunday and hit 87.5 % of greens. Season-long stats back it up (8th in GIR, 11th in adjusted scoring average, 22nd in SG:Putting). In a field with only two OWGR top-50 players, the staff believes this is Olesen’s best chance to claim a first PGA TOUR title and makes him a core DFS anchor and outright ticket.

At 140/1 Bamford closed his card with Adam Svensson, pointing out that the last two Bermuda winners ranked 147th in FedEx Cup points and 300-plus OWGR—exactly the weeds Svensson (163rd Fall, outside top-250 OWGR) now inhabits. The Canadian is a proven Bermudagrass killer: winner of the 2022 RSM Classic at Sea Island and the 2018 Great Abaco Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour, plus T5 while defending at Sea Island and 7th at Waialae last season. He logged a quiet T22 on his lone Port Royal start in 2021 and comes in with trending irons and a “warming” putter that historically spikes on TifEagle. Bamford sees the combination of low expectations, coastal comfort and immediate job-security urgency as the exact recipe that produced recent 150-to-300/1 champs here.

Bamford grabbed Brandt Snedeker at 100/1 each-way, hoping sentiment and stats converge. The 44-year-old ranks inside the field’s top-15 for Strokes Gained current form after finishes of 10th in Puerto Rico, 7th at The Memorial (a Signature stop), 19th at Procore and 9th at the Bank of Utah, where he was top-12 in SG: Approach, Around-the-Green and Tee-to-Green. Snedeker’s eight career TOUR wins include four on coastal Bermudagrass (Torrey twice, Pebble twice, Harbour Town), proving he still thrives when wind, uneven lies and grainy greens dictate. Battling for a top-125 Fall finish to keep conditional status, Bamford believes Sneds’ elite scrambling and putter can ride the forecasted 25-mph gusts to at least a place payout.

Bamford sprinkled 1 pt EW at 100/1 on Germany’s Jeremy Paul, citing a track record of excelling when gusts pick up. Paul won the 2024 Great Exuma Classic at −17 on a wind-battered Bahamian layout and finished 16th at this year’s Puerto Rico Open, where he was 7th through 36 holes. In March he posted the second-best cumulative score (T2 with Mitchell and Dahmen) over the three windy rounds at Corales. Ranked just 131st in the FedEx Fall, he needs a top-finish to squeeze into the coveted top-125 conditional category, and Bamford likes his high-end upside—especially given that Port Royal favours creative trajectory control and stout short-game work, two of Paul’s strengths.

At 90/1 Bamford sees value in Ben Silverman, who has fired 68-66-67-67-67-68-64 over seven of his last eight rounds and arrives off T21 in Mexico. Silverman owns a Korn Ferry victory at the 2023 Great Abaco Classic, played in persistent 20-25 mph winds on Bahamian seaside turf that closely mirrors Port Royal. His coastal résumé also includes T20 at Waialae, T13 at Vidanta and a pair of top-20s at Myrtle Beach across the last two seasons. Currently 137th in the FedEx Fall standings, the 37-year-old must keep the pedal down to preserve TOUR status, and Bamford notes his low-ball flight and comfort on slow TifEagle greens as key weapons once the forecasted north-westerlies start howling.

Bamford wagered 1 pt EW at 66/1 on Justin Lower, calling Port Royal the Ohioan’s personal ATM. Lower’s four visits read 17-8-20-5, and his 67.69 scoring average is the best of anyone in this field with 3+ starts. Sitting 108th in the Fall standings and with a dreadful Sea Island record (four straight missed cuts), he effectively has one chance left to secure full status. Recent signs are encouraging: solo 3rd at the Bank of Utah Championship locked up conditional status and he ranked 9th after 36 holes at last week’s WWT before a balky putter cooled him to T31. Lower’s game—accurate driving, sharp wedges, proven wind management and total familiarity with Port Royal’s undulating, grainy greens—sets up for another leaderboard push in the gusty 20-30 mph forecast.

Steve Bamford backed Nico Echavarria each-way at 22/1, noting a perfect blend of form, motivation and course fit. Echavarria sits 58th in the OWGR and 62nd in the FedEx Fall standings, so a top finish could lock up a pre-Christmas Masters invite (top-50 OWGR) and one of the lucrative AON “Next 10” spots that feed into 2026 Signature events. The Colombian already owns two PGA TOUR titles on grainy Bermuda/Zoysia – the blustery 2023 Puerto Rico Open and last autumn’s ZOZO Championship – and was runner-up at the windswept Sony Open in January. He keeps getting into the hunt (8th, 1st, 7th, 2nd after 54 holes at Genesis, Valspar, CJ Cup Byron Nelson and Wyndham) and just closed last week’s WWT in Mexico with a weekend −14 (only Ben Griffin, J.J. Spaun and Garrick Higgo were lower over the final 36). Bamford expects that high-ceiling, coastal pedigree to translate at short, exposed Port Royal, making Echavarria a core outright play.