Why is Rickie Fowler finishing his PGA Excursion hiatus to kick off his October in Mississippi?
It is the quest for essential FedEx Cup issues that the brand new fall agenda presented remaining 12 months has created. Fowler remaining performed on the Open Championship in July. Having did not qualify for the playoffs, he took a longer smash to be at house in Florida together with his spouse and their new child kid.
Now Fowler is kicking off his fall agenda that can come with a minimum of two extra occasions as he pursues standing into subsequent 12 months’s signature and different marquee occasions. He is in Jackson, Omit., for this week’s Sanderson Farm Championship in conjunction with a box chock stuffed with avid gamers determined to strengthen their standing for 2025.
Our golfing professionals preview the development that starts Thursday at The Nation Membership of Jackson, and supply their favourite prop alternatives in conjunction with highest bets to win this week.
SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP
Location: Jackson, Omit., Sept. 30-Oct. 6
Path: The Nation Membership of Jackson (Par 72, 7,461 Yards)
Handbag: $7.6M (Winner: $1.368M)
Protecting Champion: Luke Record
FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday: 4-7 p.m.; Friday: 4-7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 4-7 p.m.; Sunday: 3:30-6:30 p.m. (All Occasions Golfing Channel)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. ET; Friday: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
X: @ Sanderson_Champ
PROP PICKS
–Mackenzie Hughes to Beat Maverick McNealy (-110 at DraftKings): Hughes is coming off dropping his Sunday singles fit to Max Homa on the Presidents Cup, however he and fellow Canadian Corey Conners did dominate 6&5 within the Friday Foursomes. Oh, and Hughes received this match simply two years in the past. McNealy overlooked the reduce on the Procore — the 3rd time he has did not make the weekend in his previous six begins.
–Davis Riley Most sensible 20 End (+400 at BetRivers): Riley is available in as a darkhorse regardless of being a local of Hattiesburg, Omit., not up to two hours away. He hasn’t performed for the reason that Wyndham Championship, narrowly lacking out on a playoff spot, and does not have a top-30 end since profitable the Charles Schwab Problem in Would possibly. However the two-time excursion winner is likely one of the maximum completed avid gamers within the box.
–Patrick Fishburn to Beat Eric Cole (-140 at DraftKings): Cole is the reigning Rookie of the Yr, however he is the +110 underdog within the matchup. He additionally enters coming off a overlooked reduce on the Procore, the place Fishburn completed solo 3rd. That marked the 36-year-old PGA Excursion rookie’s 3rd top-10 in his previous 4 begins, which incorporated a overlooked reduce on the Wyndham.
2024 Prop Selections Report: 45-51-1
BEST BETS
–Nick Dunlap (+2000 at DraftKings) is the one two-time winner 2024 on this week’s box. He’s already exempt for subsequent 12 months’s signature occasions. Dunlap is the most important legal responsibility this week at BetMGM, the place he leads the sphere with 13.5 p.c of the cash backing him to win whilst his odds have shortened from +2800 to +2500.
–Seamus Energy (+2500) is coming off a T26 on the Irish Open after a T10 within the first leg of the playoffs.
–Mackenzie Hughes (+2800) received the development two years in the past and competed in remaining week’s Presidents Cup.
–Harris English (+5000) overlooked the reduce on the Procore after qualifying for the primary leg of the playoffs. The five-time PGA Excursion winner is looking for his first name since 2021.
–Davis Riley (+9000) overlooked qualifying for the playoffs by way of two spots and received this 12 months’s Charles Schwab Problem.
NOTES
–That is the second one of 8 occasions at the FedEx Cup Fall agenda, which finalizes the highest 125 avid gamers who will retain exempt standing for 2025. Nos. 126-150 after the autumn will retain conditional standing. Gamers who completed Nos. 51-70 within the FedEx Cup have secured their excursion playing cards, however are competing for spots within the first two signature occasions after the season-opening The Sentry.
–Korn Ferry issues chief Matt McCarty will make his PGA Excursion debut as a member, standing he earned for the rest of the season by way of profitable 3 occasions.
–Fowler tees it up for the primary time since completing 71st at The 152nd Open. He’s one hundred and tenth within the FedEx Cup Fall, and in addition plans to play within the Shriners Kids’s Open and the Zozo Championship after failing to qualify for the playoffs.
–Record is trying to transform the primary individual to effectively protect on the Sanderson whilst becoming a member of Fred Funk (1998, 2004) and Brian Henninger (1994, 1999) as two-time winners.
–Box Stage Media
