AMEX Golf Tournament: Course Format and Betting Odds Explained

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00:05 >> And Stevens and Davis Maddock getting you ready for

00:08 the outright odds this week where Davis an interesting format at the American Express.

00:13 It's played at PGA West, but technically at three different golf courses,

00:18 three different properties, two courses at PGA West and

00:22 over the key to Country Club as well.

00:25 So a week in the desert out in California, Davis,

00:28 what do people need to know about these tracks that will set the stage for

00:32 the American Express here in 2024?

00:34 >> Well, I suppose what they need to know is that generally this event plays

00:40 pretty easy relative to a PGA Tour event.

00:43 The stadium course is super easy.

00:47 La Quinta is not particularly difficult.

00:50 And then the Nicholas course out of PGA West is of the three that they play is,

00:56 I suppose, the hardest of the three.

00:59 It's a pretty unique format where the cut does not come until Sunday.

01:04 So already this season we have had a no cut event.

01:07 We've had a standard event where you play Thursday,

01:09 Friday, the cut happens on Friday afternoon.

01:11 Now what happens is everyone is going to play three rounds.

01:15 Obviously you play one day at all three of the tournaments and

01:19 then we get the final round on Sunday.

01:21 It's also a pro-am, which means it's not that great for TV.

01:26 The shot tracker does not work that well and

01:28 your round is gonna take about six hours, which it makes betting on these events.

01:33 Kind of hard by the way, it's just the sweat is gonna be a little bit more

01:37 difficult, but at least because all these guys are out on three different courses,

01:41 we don't have the thing that just absolutely plagued the PGA Tour last year.

01:45 Ben, I don't know how much you bet on individual matchups and stuff, but

01:50 last year the PGA Tour kept having to suspend rounds for darkness.

01:55 And it would mess everything up.

01:57 It would mess head to head releases on fan duel.

02:00 They can't release because they don't know who's playing and

02:03 it just would mess up my spreadsheets.

02:05 It was a real nightmare.

02:07 I hope the PGA Tour takes all of that stuff more seriously.

02:10 And then I guess actually probably the most important thing to mention is that

02:14 this is a relatively strong field.

02:16 We've gotten so used in the era of live golf where the fields are not that strong

02:21 and we're heading into event and Adam Hadwin is the third favorite to win.

02:27 Not the case this week.

02:28 We do have a real field of high level golfers playing.

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