Robert MacIntyre shares the +2000 line, and Glasscott argued the Scot’s late-season surge warrants investment. MacIntyre nearly captured the U.S. Open at Oakmont, placed T7 at Royal Portrush, and finished solo second at the BMW Championship before winning the Alfred Dunhill Links. He then stacked two more DP World Tour top-10s to close the year. With Ryder Cup confidence still fresh, Glasscott believes MacIntyre’s ball-striking travels and that the left-hander arrives as one of the hottest players in the field.

Glasscott viewed Keegan Bradley (+2000) as a course-fit special. The 2025 Travelers champ finished runner-up by a stroke at Waialae in 2024 and followed with a T6 in 2025, shooting 30-under combined across those two starts. With his Ryder Cup captaincy duties behind him, Bradley can focus solely on playing—an angle Glasscott thinks the market is undervaluing. On a layout that rewards accuracy and hot putting streaks, Bradley’s recent Sony form makes him a legitimate outright ticket.

J.J. Spaun, priced at +2000, earned an emphatic endorsement from Glasscott. Spaun held last year’s 54-hole Sony lead before finishing one shot outside the playoff, a springboard to a career-best 2025 highlighted by his clutch putt to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont. He also logged runner-up finishes at the Cognizant Classic and THE PLAYERS, plus top-6 results in the Playoffs and Hero World Challenge. Given Spaun’s proven comfort at Waialae and a newfound major-championship pedigree, Glasscott expects him to threaten again and sees +2000 as fair value.

Glasscott highlighted Collin Morikawa at +2000 as a ceiling play for bettors seeking upside. The two-time major winner logged three top-10s in his first five starts of 2025 but faded down the stretch while juggling caddie changes. Morikawa hasn’t won since the 2023 Baycurrent Classic, yet Glasscott notes that Waialae rewards elite approach play—Morikawa’s calling card. In his lone previous trip here (2021) he shot 18-under for T7. If the putter cooperates on the pure Bermuda surfaces, Glasscott believes Morikawa can snap the victory drought.

At +2000, Hideki Matsuyama rates as Glasscott’s favorite mid-tier option. The 2022 Sony Open champion is fresh off winning the Hero World Challenge and posted five worldwide top-20s during an unusually busy fall schedule, including top-seven finishes in Korea and Japan. Matsuyama owns nine consecutive made cuts at Waialae with six T30 or better results (T16 last year), and Glasscott believes his dialed-in irons plus renewed putting confidence on Bermuda make him a strong value to lift a 12th TOUR trophy.

Glasscott listed Ben Griffin as the +1600 second choice and argued the number is still enticing given Griffin’s breakout 2025. The North Carolina native racked up three victories (World Wide Technology Championship, Zurich Classic, Charles Schwab Challenge) and twelve top-10s, second only to Scottie Scheffler. Griffin closed the season with a win in his 30th start and now makes his fourth Sony Open appearance with confidence sky-high. Glasscott likes that Griffin couples elite birdie production with comfort on Bermuda and expects him to contend immediately in the 120-man field.

Mike Glasscott called Russell Henley "the man to beat" at +1100 on FanDuel. Glasscott pointed to Henley’s combination of elite recent form and a pristine history at Waialae. The five-time TOUR winner is coming off a 2025 campaign that featured a victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational plus T2 finishes at the Travelers and TOUR Championship, part of ten top-10 results (one of only three players to hit double digits). Henley famously opened his TOUR career by winning this event in 2013 at 24-under and has added a 2022 playoff loss, T4 in 2024, and T10 last year. Waialae’s 7,044-yard par-70 sets up perfectly for his precise iron game, and Glasscott believes that track record plus current confidence justifies backing Henley as the betting favorite.

Johnston played Kanaya Top-20 at +250, citing two top-5 finishes in his last four starts and the fact he currently leads the TOUR in Scrambling. Johnston expects that short-game edge to shine on both the Plantation and Seaside rotations and make the +250 price "a nice add to the card."

Breece wagered Cole Top-20 at +280, noting two top-10s in the last four starts and course results of T15 and T3 at Sea Island. With form trending up again, he trusts Cole to flirt with contention and easily land inside the top quarter of the field.

Reinman played Valimaki as Top Nordic at +340, citing the Finn’s "elite approach and putting tools" and red-hot form (T2 Mexico, T18 Bermuda). He expects those weapons to edge countrymen like Thorbjorn Olesen and Kris Ventura on the coastal setup.

Reinman bet Poston outright at +2500, reminding readers that the North Carolinian picked off a FedExCup Fall title in Las Vegas last year. Poston hasn’t teed it up since Sanderson Farms but ended the regular season with finishes of T11, T22 and T30, plus a T5 at Sea Island in 2024. Reinman trusts that proven ability to win off limited reps.

Johnston grabbed Hughes at +4500 because the Canadian owns two runner-up finishes and a T5 in his last four RSM starts. Despite a pair of recent missed cuts, Hughes opened the fall with a T7 in Napa, and Johnston thinks that course history plus talent makes the number too long.

Paul Hodowanic joined the Thorbjornsen train at +2500, pointing out that the last two RSM champions — Ludvig Aberg and Maverick McNealy — used the event as a launching pad. Hodowanic believes Thor possesses equal talent and has maintained solid form all fall, making him the logical next breakout at Sea Island.

Bolton played Hoey twice: Top Rest-of-World at +470 and Group A Winner at +360. He noted the Filipino is No.3 in his Power Rankings and has been "as consistently strong in the FedExCup Fall as anyone," outperforming more recognizable names like Harris English and Si Woo Kim in the same subgroup.

Bolton sprinkled on Villegas at +15000, citing the Colombian’s T9 in Bermuda and a history of catching fire late in the calendar. He recalled Villegas’ 2023 stretch where a T2 was followed by a win the very next week, arguing similar momentum could cash another massive ticket in a wide-open field.

Rob Bolton backed the top name in his own Power Rankings, taking Whaley outright at +3000. With no prohibitive favorite in the 156-man field, Bolton expects wider dispersion and sees Whaley’s steady tee-to-green profile as the safest path to the trophy.

Breece grabbed McCarthy Top-10 at +360 despite this being his first start since the BMW. McCarthy made The RSM his lone fall appearance the past two seasons and still finished T5 and T25. Breece trusts the elite putter’s course comfort to pay off again at attractive odds.

Chris Breece fired again on Smalley at +3500, reminding readers that each of the last four RSM champions earned their first TOUR win here. Smalley has two top-5 finishes in his last three starts and Breece thinks the door finally opens for the elite ball-striker to follow the recent script.

At +260 for a Top-40, Gray believes Kevin Kisner can summon old Sea Island magic. The former champion is reuniting with his longtime caddie and could be making his last TOUR start as a fully-exempt player. With four career top-10s at this event, Gray thinks the motivation and comfort level create an easy path to cashing the prop.

Gray labeled Coody an “ironman” for splitting time between the Korn Ferry and PGA TOUR yet finishing T31 or better in all five fall starts. With that high-floor form, he played Coody Top-10 at +500 and expects another strong week from the relentless ball-striker.

Gray grabbed Bud Cauley at +5000, noting the Alabama product owns four top-25 finishes at Sea Island including last year’s showing. After a long injury layoff, Cauley has “made huge strides” in 2025 and Gray sees the momentum building toward a maiden TOUR title on a course where the former U.S. Amateur star is already comfortable.

Will Gray said he kept “searching for reasons not to pick Thor” and came up empty, so he is leaning in at +2500 for an outright win. Gray pointed out that Sea Island rewards precise iron play and Thorbjornsen currently leads the TOUR in Greens-in-Regulation. The 22-year-old has stacked quality finishes all FedExCup Fall and Gray believes he caps the run with a first victory on a layout that accentuates his biggest edge.

Glasscott called Viktor Hovland an intriguing bounce-back bet at +3000. The Norwegian flashed elite form with a Saturday 63 at the Travelers before a neck issue forced a WD, then returned with closing 67-67 for T11 at the Scottish Open. He tied for runner-up at Southwind last year and has improved his finish every season in a five-year run at the course. With the injury discount baked into the odds and a layout that rewards his aggressive ball-striking, Glasscott sees significant upside for outright and DFS exposure.

Glasscott advised against backing Collin Morikawa at +3000. The two-time major champion is on his third caddie of 2025 and arrives off back-to-back missed cuts in Scotland and at Portrush. While he owns 17 of 20 rounds at par or better at Southwind and finished solo fifth here in 2022, Morikawa has not won on TOUR since fall 2023, and the instability on the bag plus a cold putter leave Glasscott questioning his ceiling relative to equally priced peers.

Glasscott labeled Russell Henley a value play at +3000 in finish markets. The Arnold Palmer Invitational winner arrives with four straight top-10s, including a Saturday 61 en route to T2 at the Travelers and T10 finishes in both summer majors. Henley’s nine top-10s trail only Scheffler’s 13, and he already owns two top-seven checks in seven Memphis starts. Growing up on Bermudagrass and boasting elite iron play and scrambling, Henley is positioned to parlay scorching form into another top-10—if not a podium—with quadruple FedExCup points on offer.

Glasscott recommended Tommy Fleetwood at +2500 for top-5 and outright tickets. Fleetwood’s precise tee-to-green game fits TPC Southwind, which ranks among the TOUR’s toughest fairways to hit. He owns solo 3rd (2023) and solo 4th (2019) results here and recently posted T34 in Scotland and T16 at Royal Portrush after nearly winning the Travelers. With form intact and a strategic layout that accentuates his ball striking, Glasscott expects another serious run at a long-overdue PGA TOUR victory.

Glasscott backed Justin Thomas at +2200, noting a perfect blend of recent success and course history. Thomas won here in 2020, has never finished worse than T30 at Southwind, and ranks sixth on TOUR in SG: Total. The 2025 RBC Heritage champion also owns three runner-up finishes this season. With his BMW and East Lake spots secured, Glasscott expects Thomas to play aggressively from the outset, leveraging elite iron play on a track where that skill historically wins.

Glasscott cautioned against chasing Xander Schauffele at +1600. Although back-to-back top-10s overseas hint at improved form after a rib injury, Schauffele still ranks 111th in SG: Off-the-Tee and 132nd in Putting, losing strokes in both categories—numbers that rarely hold up at narrow TPC Southwind. Last year’s runner-up finish and a closing 63 inflate his price, but Glasscott emphasized that those persistent ball-striking and putting issues make him an easy fade in the outright market, especially with the Californian needing a huge week just to crack the top-30 FedExCup cutoff.

Mike Glasscott said Scottie Scheffler is still a buy even at a skinny +280 outright price on FanDuel. The world No. 1 owns 11 consecutive top-10 finishes, four wins (two majors) since May 1, and leads the TOUR in both Strokes Gained: Total and Scoring Average. He returns to TPC Southwind—a record-long 7,288-yard par-70—for the eighth time after placing solo fourth here last year. With only 69 players in the field and Rory McIlroy sitting out, Glasscott believes Scheffler’s win equity towers over everyone else and justifies backing him despite the short number.

Casey Johnston recommended Keegan Bradley Top-20 at +130. Bradley sits 10th in the Ryder Cup standings, and Johnston expects the ultra-competitive veteran to eliminate any doubt about earning a playing-captain role. She thinks his balanced tee-to-green game will secure a solid finish and set the tone for the rest of the Playoffs.

Casey Johnston took +360 on Chris Gotterup to record a Top-10, noting that he arrives with three consecutive top-10s, including a win. Johnston added that Gotterup is battling for a Ryder Cup roster spot, giving him extra motivation, and believes the combination of scorching form and that incentive can extend the streak in Memphis.

Casey Johnston pegged Hideki Matsuyama as a value outright at +3200, leaning on the narrative of a comfortable title defense. Matsuyama has fired sub-70 scores in 10 of his last 13 rounds and, according to Johnston, ‘found something’ with his swing. Familiarity with the layout where he lifted the trophy last year could propel him back into the winner’s circle.

Casey Johnston also backed Russell Henley at +3000 but stressed different angles: Henley enters with four consecutive top-10s (two Signature Events, two majors), ranks fifth in total strokes gained this season, and already owns two top-10s at TPC Southwind. Johnston thinks that blend of white-hot form and proven course record positions Henley for win No. 2 of 2025.

Will Gray likes Aaron Rai at +210 for a Top-10 finish because Rai ranks second on TOUR in driving accuracy and finding fairways is paramount at TPC Southwind. Rai just flashed form while defending his Wyndham title last week, and Gray expects that fairway-finding profile to translate into another high finish.

Will Gray targeted Daniel Berger for a Top-5 ticket at +850, highlighting Berger’s remarkable record at TPC Southwind: two victories and a third-place finish. After a turbulent 2024, Berger returns healthy to one of his favorite venues, and Gray believes the familiar sight-lines give him realistic podium equity.

Will Gray identified Russell Henley as another +3000 outright worth attacking. Henley’s Bay Hill victory earlier this year underscored his elite strokes-gained approach numbers, and Gray thinks that iron play is exactly what TPC Southwind demands. Calling 2025 a potential career season, Gray believes Henley can punctuate it with a win in Memphis.

Will Gray said TPC Southwind’s tight corridors and small greens reward crisp ball-striking, a profile tailor-made for Viktor Hovland. He reminded readers that Hovland already showed ceiling form with a win on another shot-makers layout at Innisbrook earlier this season and historically catches fire once the FedExCup Playoffs begin, referencing the tear he went on two years ago. That blend of course fit, recent win equity and proven playoff heater makes Hovland a value outright bet at +3000.

In the Group F matchup, Glasscott sided with Daniel Berger at +320. Berger is a two-time winner at TPC Southwind and his comfort on its narrow fairways offsets Aaron Rai’s recent T5 at Wyndham. The rest of the pod—Shane Lowry returning from a month off, the out-of-form Jason Day, and Jake Knapp who has never broken 70 here—gives Berger a clear course-history edge on what Glasscott calls a ‘tricky layout.’

Glasscott selected Hideki Matsuyama at +150 to win the Top Asian market. Matsuyama is the defending champion, owns a playoff loss here from 2021, and has made seven consecutive cuts coming into Memphis. His last three starts produced T13, T16 and T19 paydays, a steadiness Glasscott trusts over the inconsistent Si Woo Kim (+300), struggling Sungjae Im (+320) and recently-MC’d Kevin Yu (+360).

For longer odds, Glasscott likes Chris Kirk at +550 for a Top-10. Kirk warmed up with T12 at Oakmont, a co-runner-up at the Rocket Classic two weeks later, then T14 at the 3M and T5 at Wyndham. That closing 65 at Wyndham vaulted him from 73rd to 61st in FedExCup points, keeping his season alive. He also opened this event with a 64 in 2024, proof he can go low at TPC Southwind.

Glasscott called Ben Griffin an appealing deeper Top-10 dart at +260. The North Carolina native has placed T14 or better in seven of his last nine starts and flashed closing upside with a Sunday 65 to finish T11 at last week’s Wyndham. That recent run of low-round scoring gives Glasscott confidence Griffin can sneak into the top tier of a trimmed 69-player field.

Glasscott urged bettors to strike while the iron is hot on Matt Fitzpatrick at +225 for a Top-10. The Englishman has cashed in nine straight starts, and five of those have been top-10s, including his last four results (T8-T4-T4-T8). Even the floor is impressive—seven finishes inside the top 23 and none worse than T38 during the streak—so Glasscott sees little downside in asking him merely to stay inside the first page of the leaderboard.

Glasscott recommended Xander Schauffele at +280 for a Top-5 finish. Schauffele arrives ranked only 42nd in FedExCup points but just rattled off consecutive top-10 paydays in Europe and was the runner-up at this event in 2024. He has also logged two other top-six results at TPC Southwind, so the combination of incoming form and proven course comfort makes him Glasscott’s preferred shorter-odds alternative to the expensive Scottie Scheffler number.

Mike Glasscott said Harris English is worth a Top-5 wager at +600 because the entire profile lines up. English grabbed his very first TOUR victory at TPC Southwind in 2013 and added a solo fourth here in 2021, proving the layout clearly suits his eye. Form is equally sharp: he lifted the trophy at Torrey Pines in January, finished T2 at the PGA Championship in May, and was solo second at The Open in his last start. Glasscott believes that blend of current ceiling golf and elite course history makes the +600 number far too long in a 69-man field.

At +2800, Tommy Fleetwood was highlighted by Glasscott as the best non-major winner inside 30-1. The Englishman finished runner-up (six shots behind Shane Lowry) when Portrush last staged the Open in 2019 and has logged three top-10s in his past five editions of the championship. Fleetwood’s comfort on linksy, wind-swept layouts combined with a rock-solid tee-to-green profile makes him a logical breakthrough candidate. Glasscott reminded bettors that Brian Harman’s 2023 triumph marked the fifth straight first-time major winner at this event, so history supports rolling the dice on Fleetwood finally converting.

Glasscott called Xander Schauffele an attractive play at +2500 to defend the claret jug. Even though his current season features just two top-10s, he led last week’s Genesis Scottish Open in SG: Approach on his way to T8, hinting that his iron game is peaking at the right time. Schauffele’s major reliability is elite: 30 made cuts and 16 top-10s in 33 starts, capped by last year’s Open win at Royal Troon. A victory would make him the first back-to-back Champion Golfer since Padraig Harrington in 2007-08 (Tiger Woods did it in 2005-06). Glasscott suggested the market is over-reacting to middling regular-season form and is undervaluing elite major consistency.

Glasscott urged caution on Bryson DeChambeau at +2000. While the two-time U.S. Open champion owns a sparkling recent major résumé—one win and four other top-six finishes in his last seven majors—his Open Championship record is poor: just one top-10 (T8 in 2022) and only four weekends made in seven tries. He missed the cut the last time Portrush hosted and failed to reach the weekend again last summer. Glasscott emphasized that the 7,282-yard, par-71 Dunluce Links exposes players who rely solely on power, warning that “science faces off against Mother Nature” this week. Given the volatility, he implied the number is too short relative to better links specialists on the board.

Glasscott backed Rory McIlroy at +700, noting that the Masters champion returns to Royal Portrush as a different player than the one who famously missed the cut here in 2019. The Northern Irishman arrives off back-to-back top-six finishes, including a share of second last week in Scotland where he led the field in Proximity and Scrambling and ranked 5th in SG: Putting. Those short-game numbers matter on the Dunluce Links’ tiny greens and penal run-offs. With his 30th career TOUR title still just two shots away last Sunday, Glasscott believes the 2014 Champion Golfer is “poised to pounce in his boyhood backyard,” making the +700 price acceptable despite being the second choice.

Mike Glasscott said Scottie Scheffler fully deserves his spot atop the FanDuel board at +470. The World No. 1 just ran his streak of consecutive top-10 finishes to 10 with a T8 at the Genesis Scottish Open, knocking off what little rust he might have had. He also leads the TOUR in every major ball-striking metric—SG: Total, Off-the-Tee, Approach and Tee-to-Green—so his floor is as high as it gets. Scheffler is making his fifth straight Open start; while it is the only major where he hasn’t finished on the podium, he owns a T7 (2024) and T8 (2021) at the championship, showing the links learning curve is behind him. Glasscott framed the number as short but still playable because you are buying the most bankable form in the sport on a course where wind and firm turf reward ball-striking precision.

Rob Bolton identifies Chris Gotterup as an excellent fantasy consideration due to his distance off the tee, ideally suited for bomber-friendly courses like the Corales Puntacana Championship layout. Gotterup, who won the Myrtle Beach Classic last season and placed T16 and T18 recently at similar long-course setups (Puerto Rico Open and Texas Children's Houston Open), is highlighted as a player whose driving distance can generate scoring opportunities at Corales. Bolton argues this recent success and the nature of the course should make Gotterup a popular betting and DFS choice.

Rob Bolton views Seamus Power as a potentially undervalued option for fantasy lineups at the Corales Puntacana Championship. Bolton acknowledges Power has shown inconsistency recently but underlines his accuracy on approach shots and strong scoring on Par-3s (ranking seventh). Power excels at Corales Puntacana historically, finishing T5 in the tournament's inaugural year. Bolton suggests that similar circumstances that led to Power's 2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship victory could manifest this week, making him a valuable fantasy play despite his struggles of late.