Golfers to Bet - Northern Trust
Tournament: Northern Trust Open
Date: Thursday, February 18th
Venue: Riviera Country Club
Location: Pacific Palisades, CA
The TOUR stays in California for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club on Thursday. Last week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was extremely exciting and saw Vaughn Taylor come away with his first PGA TOUR victory in 11 years.
This week’s event will feature some serious firepower, as Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson will all be playing. As it seems to be the case with nearly every tournament, Phil Mickelson is a two-time winner at this event. He will, however, be absent from this year’s field.
James Hahn won’t be absent and he’ll actually be defending his victory from 2015 in this one.
Bubba Watson was the winner in 2014 and John Merrick came away victorious in 2013. The best score ever shot at the Northern Trust Open was a 20-under by Lanny Wadkins in 1985.
Let’s now take a look at who might be gunning to beat that come Sunday:
Golfers to Bet
Dustin Johnson (16/1) - Dustin Johnson did not play very well at Pebble Beach last week, shooting just a two-under for the tournament. He is, however, going to be hungry to win the Northern Trust Open this weekend. Johnson has been the runner-up at this event in back/1back years and coming that close to victory has to be eating away at him. He lost last year in a playoff and shot a 13-under in his defeat in 2014, but this could be the year he breaks through. At 16/11, he’s more than worth taking a shot on at a course he loves playing at.
Hideki Matsuyama (16/1) - Hideki Matsuyama did not play at Pebble Beach last week, but he won the Waste Management Phoenix Open the week before. Matsuyama shot a 14-under at that tournament and will be extremely confident coming into this one. He burst onto the scene with a strong 2015 season and he is now showing that he needs to be taken seriously moving forward. Having already notched one win in 2016, Matsuyama is going to stake his claim as one of golf’s best players. He is an excellent pick at 16/11, as this course should really fit his style of play perfectly.
James Hahn (100/1) - Course history is one of the most important things to factor in when trying to pick a winner and James Hahn is receiving some crazy odds for somebody that won this tournament in 2015. Not only did Hahn win last year, but he has also played pretty well this season. Hahn has a top-10 finish and two top-25 finishes to his name this year and he has made six of the seven cuts he’s faced as well. He is not a guy that is likely to spiral off and should be in the running to win on Sunday. He’s well worth putting a unit on for Sunday.
Mark Hubbard (300/1) - Hubbard is another guy that is worth putting a unit on this weekend. He has been a pleasant surprise this season, making nine of the 10 cuts he’s faced this season and he is getting 300/11 odds for this weekend’s event. Hubbard’s best finish this season was just a top-25, but he has consistently shot a few good rounds per tournament. He is a guy that just needs to find a way to put it together for four rounds and it’s likely that he’ll find a way to do it at some point. This is an excellent spot for him to show up and his talent could lead him to a win on Sunday.
Odds to win Northern Trust Open
Jordan Spieth 6/1
Rory McIlroy 7/1
Dustin Johnson 16/1
Hideki Matsuyama 16/1
Justin Rose 18/1
Bubba Watson 20/1
Jimmy Walker 24/1
Sergio Garcia 26/1
Charl Schwartzel 28/1
J.B. Holmes 29/1
Adam Scott 35/1
Bill Haas 35/1
Paul Casey 45/1
Justin Thomas 55/1
Harris English 60/1
Keegan Bradley 60/1
Matt Kuchar 60/1
Freddie Jacobson 65/1
Kevin Na 65/1
Andy Sullivan 70/1
Bernd Wiesberger 80/1
Brendan Steele 80/1
Charles Howell III 80/1
Danny Lee 80/1
Jason Dufner 80/1
Matt Jones 80/1
Ryan Moore 80/1
Billy Horschel 85/1
Gary Woodland 85/1
Graham Delaet 100/1
Luke Donald 100/1
Patrick Rodgers 100/1
William McGirt 100/1
John Huh 110/1
Daniel Berger 125/1
Hunter Mahan 125/1
James Hahn 125/1
Jamie Lovemark 125/1
K.J. Choi 125/1
Marc Leishman 125/1
Patton Kizzire 125/1
Robert Streb 125/1
Si Woo Kim 125/1
Charley Hoffman 140/1
Aaron Baddeley 150/1
Adam Hadwin 150/1
Anirban Lahiri 150/1
Brian Harman 150/1
Bryce Molder 150/1
Cameron Tringale 150/1
Chris Kirk 150/1
Francesco Molinari 150/1
Hiroshi Iwata 150/1
Lucas Glover 150/1
Smylie Kaufman 150/1
Tony Finau 150/1
Vaughn Taylor 150/1
Will Wilcox 150/1
Ernie Els 170/1
Fabian Gomez 175/1
Padraig Harrington 175/1
Seung-Yul Noh 175/1
Brendon Todd 200/1
Cameron Smith 200/1
Daniel Summerhays 200/1
Hudson Swafford 200/1
Jamie Donaldson 200/1
John Merrick 200/1
Kevin Chappell 200/1
Martin Laird 200/1
Retief Goosen 200/1
Roberto Castro 200/1
Scott Stallings 200/1
Steve Stricker 200/1
Stewart Cink 200/1
Zac Blair 200/1
Ben Crane 225/1
Morgan Hoffmann 225/1
Fred Couples 230/1
Andrew Loupe 250/1
Blayne Barber 250/1
Brendon de Jonge 250/1
Chad Campbell 250/1
Chez Reavie 250/1
Harold Varner III 250/1
Jason Kokrak 250/1
Kyle Reifers 250/1
Matt Every 250/1
Pat Perez 250/1
Spencer Levin 250/1
Angel Cabrera 300/1
Ben Martin 300/1
Brett Stegmaier 300/1
Camilo Villegas 300/1
David Hearn 300/1
David Toms 300/1
Jason Gore 300/1
Jeff Overton 300/1
John Senden 300/1
Johnson Wagner 300/1
Jon Curran 300/1
Michael Kim 300/1
Peter Malnati 300/1
Scott Brown 300/1
Scott Pinckney 300/1
Shawn Stefani 300/1
Vijay Singh 300/1
Bronson Burgoon 350/1
Carlos Ortiz 350/1
Charlie Beljan 350/1
Greg Owen 350/1
Mark Hubbard 350/1
Ricky Barnes 350/1
Steven Bowditch 350/1
Chris Stroud 400/1
Derek Fathauer 400/1
Mark Wilson 400/1
Nick Taylor 400/1
Luke List 450/1
Tyler Aldridge 450/1
Tyrone Van Aswegen 450/1
Andres Gonzales 500/1
Brian Gay 500/1
Brian Smock 500/1
Carl Pettersson 500/1
Chad Collins 500/1
Erik Compton 500/1
J.J. Henry 500/1
J.J. Spaun 500/1
Justin Leonard 500/1
Ken Duke 500/1
Matt Dobyns 500/1
Robert Allenby 500/1
Scott Langley 500/1
Steve Wheatcroft 500/1
Stuart Appleby 500/1
Troy Merritt 500/1
Whee Kim 500/1
Will MacKenzie 500/1
Odds Subject to Change