Patrick Cantlay will be looking to build on his victory at last year’s Memorial Tournament when he returns to Muirfield Village Golf Club for this week’s Workday Charity Open as a +1400 wager at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Cantlay has remained a consistent threat in PGA Tour events since picking up his lone win of the 2019 campaign at the site of the 2020 Workday Charity Open, which begins Thursday morning in Dublin, Ohio. The 28-year-old is coming off an 11th-place finish at last month’s Travelers Championship in his last outing, capping that weekend with a final-round 65, which was his lowest single-round score so far in 2020.
Overall, Cantlay has finished among the Top 25 in each of his six PGA Tour appearances this season, including a pair of Top-10 performances. He has also built a strong record at Muirfield Village, where he preceded his victory at last year’s Memorial with a fourth-place finish at that event in 2018. However, with three of the top six ranked golfers in the world competing in this week’s tournament, Cantlay faces a battle to earn his third career victory on the PGA Tour.
Currently listed at No. 5 on the World Golf Rankings, Justin Thomas leads the way on the Workday Charity Open odds as a +1200 favourite at sports betting sites. Second-ranked Jon Rahm is joined by No. 6 Brooks Koepka at +1400, with Xander Schauffele set at +1800.
Thomas is looking to rebound after missing the cut in his last outing at the Travelers Championship. However, the 2017 PGA Championship winner has been steady otherwise this season, cracking the Top 10 in seven of 11 PGA Tour appearances, including victories at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges and the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Koepka returns to action after bowing out of the Travelers Championship as a precautionary measure after his caddie tested positive for COVID-19. The four-time major tournament winner has turned in disappointing results so far this season, missing the cut twice and failing to finish better than 32nd prior to his seventh-place performance at last month’s RBC Heritage. Rahm has also struggled, but has managed to maintain his strong ranking despite finishing well out of contention at both the RBC Heritage and the Travelers Championship.
Further down the Workday Charity Open odds, Adam Hadwin lags as a +5000 wager. The Moose Jaw, Sask., native is coming off his best performance so far in 2020, with a fourth-place finish at last weekend’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. However, Hadwin has struggled in previous visits to Muirfield Village, finishing no better than 11th in four appearances at the Memorial.
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