Matt Every followed up his 170-1 outright bomb on Ben Kohles by grabbing a 5-to-1 top-20 ticket for added exposure. Every called Kohles “probably the best putter I know right now other than Denny McCarthy” and pointed back to Kohles’ recent upward trend in approach play—exactly what Sedgefield’s 72% GIR environment rewards. With the Wyndham historically turning into a Bermuda putting contest and Kohles already proving he can gain strokes in every department, Every believes the former UNC star has both the floor and ceiling to land inside the top-20. The 5-1 number, in his view, underrates a player whose spike-week flatstick alone can cash this prop.

Matt Every said he is betting Ben Kohles outright at 170-1 because the rookie’s approach numbers have been “decent lately” and he is “probably the best putter I know right now other than Denny McCarthy.” Every acknowledged Kohles has never won on Tour, but argued Sedgefield’s slick Bermuda greens turn the Wyndham into a putting contest where a hot flatstick can override lack of pedigree. With iron play trending up and a ceiling putter, Every thinks Kohles brings the exact upside needed for long-shot outright tickets and large-field DFS GPPs.

Matt Brown could not ignore Ben Kohles at 175-1 after the former Korn Ferry POY ranked 6th and 8th in two of his season-long models. Over the 2025 calendar year, Kohles is 14th in strokes-gained approach, 4th in driving accuracy, 4th in good-drive percentage, 5th in distance from edge of fairway, and 14th in proximity from 150-200 yards—all metrics Brown weighted heavily for Sedgefield. A T20 at the 3M showed the ball-striking upside (3rd in approach, 2nd in GIR that week), and with Kohles sitting 151st in the FedEx Cup he needs a top-3 or outright win to keep his card, providing maximum urgency. Brown paired a tiny outright with top-40 and top-20 tickets, calling Kohles the “statistical unicorn” of the long-shot tier.

For a 0.5-point each-way flyer at 190/1, Bamford touted Ben Kohles on the strength of unrivaled recent ball-striking: 1st in SG Approach and SG Tee-to-Green, top-20 SG Off-the-Tee in the eight-week tracker. Form is quietly improving—8th at the ISCO, then 20th at the 3M Open with four sub-70 rounds. Fairway-finding and GIR numbers have been elite; Bamford notes a merely neutral putting week on Champion Bermudagrass (where Kohles ranked 7th SG Putting here in 2022) would place him firmly in the mix. With nothing to lose and FedEx points to gain, the North Carolinian’s statistical profile screams high-ceiling upside at a venue that rewards precision over power.

Gannon’s first click after Scheffler was $6,200 Ben Kohles for this lineup. Kohles ‘absolutely stripes the driver,’ peppering fairways that set up stress-free approach shots—crucial on a course where positional play rules. The salary relief lets you keep upside elsewhere while still providing a make-the-cut floor. Matt calls him the key that unlocks elite line-ups.