Jim Sannes told listeners to stay away from the Charlie Hoffman‑Nick Watney pairing despite their seven straight appearances at TPC Louisiana. Sannes noted they have made six cuts and logged five top‑25s, but current form is a disaster. Over the last 50 rounds only Hoffman ranks inside the top‑115 in total strokes gained (48th) while Watney sits well outside that range. When Sannes averaged their six‑month strokes‑gained data, the team falls near the bottom of his model. Given the 400‑to‑1 outright price at FanDuel and the event’s alternate‑shot format that doubles the impact of a weak partner, he advised fading any nostalgia‑driven bets on their chemistry and focusing on duos showing positive recent ball‑striking instead.

Erik Polzin recommended the Nick Watney / Charley Hoffman reunion as a cost‑saving plug‑in when jamming Rory/Lowry chalk. The veteran Californians have finished inside the top‑30 in three of the last four Zurich editions and rank top‑25 in his course‑history index. Watney has quietly gained strokes on approach in two of his last three starts, while Hoffman sits 15th in Polzin’s stat‑fit metric thanks to a resurgent driver (average 0.35 SG:OTT over eight events). Despite those arrows, DraftKings holds their salary near the basement and books hang triple‑digit outright odds. Polzin doesn’t see true win equity but projects a 55 % cut rate and likes them for +400 Top‑20 tickets and as the final click that unlocks a stars‑and‑scrubs DFS construction.

Calling it a true lottery ticket, Parker still sprinkled on Nick Watney and Charley Hoffman at massive +30000 odds. The Californians will tee it up together for the eighth time and have made the weekend in six of their last seven Zurich appearances, cashing five Top‑20 finishes—including T19 in 2023 and T11 in 2024. Although Watney failed to regain full PGA Tour status this fall and recently missed the cut in Punta Cana, Parker emphasized the duo’s comfort with TPC Louisiana’s sight lines and with each other in alternate‑shot situations. He added that an ‘out‑of‑nowhere’ team won this event just two years ago, making these odds worth a sprinkle, and suggested pairing the outright with a Top‑20 wager at +475 to mitigate risk.