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.

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.

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.

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.

Byron is going straight back to Nico Echavarria after the Colombian collapsed in Sunday’s round last week. Echavarria thrives on Bermuda greens and his proximity strengths line up with Southwind’s 150-200 yard approach zones. Lindeque views the three good rounds shown at Wyndham as proof of form and expects sub-3 % ownership at $6,600, making Nico an appealing large-field tournament flyer.

At 90-to-1 with eight each-way places, Kenny Kim tabbed Nico Echavarria as his John Hasselbauer-inspired sleeper. Echavarria thrives on short positional layouts—runner-up finishes at Sony and RSM validate that—and sits top-10 in this field in strokes-gained putting on Bermuda. After a missed cut two years ago, he bounced back with a 22nd at last year’s Wyndham, thanks largely to fairway-finding off the tee and solid wedge numbers on 400-450-yard par fours. Kim believes that profile translates perfectly to Sedgefield’s demand for accuracy and hot Bermuda putting, giving Echavarria genuine top-10 equity despite the triple-digit price.

Bo McBrayer urged bettors to steer clear of Nicolas Echavarria at 90-1 despite the Colombian ranking No. 1 in putting in this field. McBrayer pointed out that Echavarria sits outside the top-105 in every other key category—off-the-tee, ball-striking and proximity—meaning he will struggle to generate enough birdie looks to capitalize on that hot flatstick. Bo’s bottom line: if you can’t find Sedgefield’s fairways you never create the wedge opportunities that separate contenders from cut-makers, so the number still overrates Echavarria’s actual win equity.

Kim could not pass on Nicolas Echavarria at 180-1 (eight places). The Colombian has a win at ZOZO and runner-up finishes at Sony and RSM – all short, coastal tracks comparable to Renaissance. He leads the PGA Tour in par-3 scoring and will face five one-shotters this week. Echavarria has multiple spike weeks with both putter and irons and flashed form with a T-6 in Detroit two weeks ago. Kim says that profile should be no worse than 100-1, making this a clear value play.

Martin Matthews closed his card with a gut-feel flyer on Nicolas Echavarria at 200-1. The Colombian repeatedly spikes whenever a course sits on the ocean: a win in Puerto Rico, top-15s at the RSM, Sony and Mexico Open. Renaissance features five par-3s—more than a standard tour stop—and Echavarria leads the entire PGA Tour in Par-3 Scoring Average this season while ranking top-20 in SG:Putting. Matthews argued those two elite skills matter even more with minimal wind in the forecast, turning the event into a wedge-and-putt contest. Having already stared down Justin Thomas to win in Puerto Rico, Echavarria owns proven closing chops. Matthews is sprinkling outright, top-20 and first-round-leader bets, calling him the perfect long-odds coastal wildcard.

Rick Gehman said Nico Echavarria is exactly the kind of high-variance swing you want in large-field DraftKings GPPs at TPC Deere Run. Over his last five starts Echavarria has gained at least four strokes on approach three separate times, a ceiling only a handful of sub-$8K players possess this week. The putter has complemented the irons, picking up 2.3 strokes or more in three of those events. The volatility shows in the finishes—T6 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, missed cut at the U.S. Open, 59th, 41st, and T25—but Gehman stressed that the top-10 upside is real when both clubs cooperate. Given the course’s emphasis on approach play and bent-grass putting, Gehman is comfortable treating Echavarria as a boom-or-bust differentiator in the $7,800 range.

Bamford’s 50/1 flyer is two-time Tour winner Nicolas Echavarria, whose trophies both came at −20 or better (latest at Narashino’s Bentgrass greens in the 2024 ZOZO). The Colombian is 5th in season-long SG Putting and showed his tee-to-green gear last week in Detroit (9th SG Approach, 13th T2G en route to 6th place). He’s flashed contention all year—54-hole factors at Torrey, Copperhead, Memorial Park, Augusta and TPC Craig Ranch—and owns runner-up finishes at the Sony and RSM, both low-scoring layouts. Bamford believes Deere Run’s pure Bentgrass and necessity for aggressive scoring perfectly align with Echavarria’s profile, giving him genuine win equity at an enticing number.

Byron Lindeque took a speculative 60-1 shot on Nicolas Echavarria, arguing that the Colombian is the type of two-time tour winner who only needs the occasional putting spike to close. Echavarria ranked sixth in approach last week and historically out-dueled Justin Thomas on the way to a ZOZO win, proving he can summon elite irons. TPC Deere Run’s lack of length neutralizes his main weakness (distance) while rewarding the short-game heater he flashed over the weekend in Detroit. Byron views him as a classic volatility play: low model exposure but dangerous whenever the irons cooperate.

Jason Rouslin recommended Nicolas Echavarria in the Svensson/Garnett/Echavarria opening-round trio, grading it 6-of-9 in confidence. Echavarria has quietly made six straight cuts and his recent ball-striking numbers have been "superb" according to Rouslin. By contrast, Adam Svensson and Brice Garnett have offered little to match that consistency, giving Echavarria a form edge for a single-round wager.

Pat Mayo revealed he is burning Nicolas Echavarria in One-and-Done despite having stars like Scottie Scheffler available. Colonial’s winner’s share is worth only one-fourth of next week’s Memorial purse, so Mayo expects Scheffler usage to be under 2 percent and mid-tier names such as Daniel Berger, Harris English, J.T. Poston and Davis Riley to command 15-20 percent of entries. Mayo prefers being one of a handful of managers who could solo the $1.6 million check if Echavarria wins rather than splitting a smaller haul with hundreds. He pointed to Echavarria’s T16 at Valspar, +5 strokes gained on approach over his last two PGA starts, and a documented ability to post nuclear putting weeks—all traits that match Colonial’s profile and explain why Mayo is comfortable taking the Colombian as a 1 percent OAD dart.

Pat Mayo locked in Nicolas Echavarria at 125-1 with eight each-way places, calling him a perfect storm play if Colonial turns into a wind-whipped grind. Echavarria has gained over five strokes on approach across his last two starts and owns one of the tour’s most extreme spike-putting profiles—he has multiple +7.5 SG:Putting weeks over the past year. Mayo added that the Colombian’s lone PGA win came at Narashino, another tree-lined, par-70 layout that correlates well to Colonial. If the forecasted Saturday gusts arrive, Mayo believes Echavarria can replicate Davis Riley’s shock runaway by pairing solid irons with one of his trademark nuclear putting weeks.

Calling the algorithm "broken," Matt Gannon raved about Nico Echavarria at $7,200. He contrasted the Colombian’s price with Jacob Bridgman’s $8,500 tag and said Echavarria "knows how to win, knows how to absolutely stripe his irons from a clean lie," evidence by a strong showing at the Masters. Because Craig Ranch rewards pure iron play and a hot putter, Gannon plans to be overweight on a golfer he believes should be in the mid-8k tier, labeling him a core play in both cash games and GPPs.

Jonny Leighfield highlighted Nicolas Echavarria as a deep sleeper at +12500. The Colombian leads the PGA Tour in SG: Putting this season, a skill Leighfield deems critical on Craig Ranch’s pure Bentgrass greens. Echavarria paired with Max Greyserman for a respectable T28 at the Zurich Classic and was T24 here last year thanks to elite driving. Leighfield expects similar tee-ball proficiency and, combined with Echavarria’s red-hot putter, sees a plausible path to a top-10 or better at juicy odds. He advises a small outright and top-10 wager.

Rick Gehman expressed uncertainty around Nicolas Echavarria for DFS during his Masters debut, despite being very high on Echavarria's talent and excellent putting performance in his recent outings. Gehman praised Echavarria as exceptionally talented and noted the putter has clearly been a strong asset lately, but expressed cautious interest in observing how Echavarria might handle Augusta's unique pressure and grandeur on his first attempt. Gehman's comments frame Echavarria as a talented but risky DFS pick given limited Augusta experience.

Matthew Wiley strongly recommended fading Nico Echavarria for DFS and betting at the Houston Open, noting Echavarria's recent rounds were filled with wildly inconsistent play. Wiley characterized Echavarria's recent performances as exceptionally volatile, highlighting his disastrous Sunday round where he quickly lost his lead after tied atop the leaderboard. Given his extreme driver inaccuracy and erratic emotional state, Wiley stated Echavarria's form was so chaotic and unreliable he could not endorse backing him in any capacity this week.

Byron Lindeque pinpointed Nico Echavarria as a DFS value at $7,400, mentioning his recent form improvement and status as a two-time PGA Tour winner. Echavarria tends to offer good value considering he's often listed at worse odds compared to similarly placed golfers. Despite not playing at his best recently, Byron emphasized Echavarria’s capability to 'pop' at any given moment. Fantasy players can target Echavarria as an underappreciated play with substantial upside due to his sporadically explosive performances.