Rory McIlroy Favored at Wells Fargo Championship 2024

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00:00But let's take a look at the odds to win and the favorite this week is Rory McIlroy as

00:07he's back playing this week plus 650.

00:10The prohibited favorite Zander is plus 900.

00:13No Scottie Scheffler this week so it gives everybody else a chance to win.

00:17Wyndham Clark 16-1, Cantlay 20-1, Max Homa 22-1, Colin Murakawa 25-1 and we're very close

00:26right now to the PGA Championship which is coming up here real soon.

00:30So nice tune up event this week.

00:33Yeah absolutely signature status here all the big boys in the field big boy golf course.

00:39You mentioned Rory McIlroy he's won here three times and also has multiple top 10 finishes.

00:44He's an absolute horse for this course and he comes off of a victory in his last start

00:49in the team event with Shane Lowry and you know Quail Hollow Club the host course for

00:55the Wells Fargo Championship has also held a President's Cup and a PGA Championship.

01:01So you know this is a major championship level golf course.

01:05It is a great tune up for next week's PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.

01:12I kind of skirted the favorites a little bit Craig because I didn't feel their prices were

01:17real attractive which is somewhat surprising when you don't have Scottie Scheffler in the

01:21field and you also don't have Ludwig Oberg who just withdrew overnight.

01:27I guess he has a little bit of a knee issue and just wanting to make sure he's going to

01:32be OK for the PGA Championship coming up next week.

01:36The shortest shot I took was to hit the gala.

01:39This guy has been remarkable not only in signature events but on the correlated courses I used

01:45this week.

01:46He's got top 10 finishes in Phoenix at Torrey Pines and also Bay Hill.

01:51And I thought this was an interesting stat.

01:53We go to Bermuda grass greens this week in North Carolina and in to hit the gala's last

02:00six starts on Bermuda grass greens.

02:02The worst he's finished his ninth and he has two runner up finishes.

02:07And oh by the way over the last 36 rounds in this field he is number one in strokes

02:13game putting on Bermuda.

02:15The key to this golf course.

02:17Like I said it's a big boy track.

02:19It's a lot like Torrey Pines Bay Hill.

02:22You've got to drive it a long way and you've got to drive it straight.

02:25And then you've got to have a really good short game because it's one of the hardest

02:29courses on tour to hit greens in regulation.

02:32So you're going to miss some greens and you've got to be able to get up and down to hit the

02:36gala.

02:37I mentioned the putting.

02:38He's also excellent off the tee long and straight.

02:41So I like the combination of skills he has.

02:44And I took him at thirty five to one my shortest shot of the week.