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Expanded Field Opens Up Sentry Tournament Predictions
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12/30/2024
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00:00
Are we gonna get another down-the-board big shot winner this week, or do you think some of the favorites will be there?
00:06
Xander is a very heavy favorite this week in the five-to-one range
00:10
Well, I think you know, I mean Xander's been here seven times. He's got a win
00:14
I don't think he's ever finished higher than 15th or something like that
00:17
So this is definitely good golf course for him when it comes to the favorites
00:20
But you know you keep calling it the tournament of champions and you know if we bring in the accuracy guy from PTI
00:26
I'm gonna have to tell you that we can't call it that anymore Mike because they're not all winners, right?
00:31
And when they expanded the field last year
00:33
We actually brought in some very good players guys from the top 50 of the previous year FedEx Cup points list
00:38
That we're good enough to win this thing and Chris Kirk did it at 200 to 1
00:42
So when you expand the field and you almost double in size that this event used to be 30 35 guys
00:48
That was it now all of a sudden we have 60 guys and we probably have 30 or 40 guys in this field
00:54
With how easy this golf course is that if the putter goes nuclear
00:58
They could definitely win and Chris Kirk proved that last year. So it becomes a lot more fun. And then you know considering
01:05
You know
01:07
Scotty's little dance with the wineglass, you know, it opens the field up even more. I do like Xander as a favorite
01:13
I mean, I'm not gonna bet him, but he is a strong favorite on this golf course
01:17
But I think it's much more wide open than it has been, you know from let's say
01:22
2023 and prior
01:23
We've only had one year with the 60 guys and it's already proven to like kind of open up the field a little bit which
01:28
Makes it much more interesting from a betting perspective
01:32
And and look and by the way, we never bet anybody under 10 to 1 keys. You know the rules here
01:38
Nobody under 10 to 1 so Xander's not on anybody's card this week
01:41
But if you go and just look in the last four to five years of this event
01:45
You know, you can make a case for any guy who's a big name that they've had success here
01:51
You know, it's always a limited field thing. There's years, you know, Cantley's been the top five
01:55
There's years Fino's finishing the top five
01:57
Everyone's kind of had a crack at finishing in the top five and top ten of this century tournament of champions at some point
02:04
These guys are the best in the world. They're going to be able to get some big numbers on this course for me
02:10
I still believe Keith
02:12
Colin Morikawa owes me one from two years ago. Oh, yeah, he owes. Oh, yeah a ticket
02:16
For what he did on the back nine on sunday and let ron play great don't get me wrong, but morikawa owes us
02:24
Uh at this entry so for every year for the rest of my life that he plays in this event
02:28
I have to play him because I don't I don't want to be there when he wins and he still owes me from two years
02:34
ago keith
02:35
Well, i'm with you. I'm going down that road too. I was there in 23
02:39
Um, well, you know when rom got after him and uh, you know, he had that collapse
02:44
Uh on the back nine, it was terrible
02:46
Uh, but you know what what led to that collapse that year is the same reason why i'm very bullish on morikawa this year
02:52
Uh, he had a career year last year around the green and with the putter which with morikawa was like
02:58
Unheard of for the first couple years when he was winning major championships
03:01
He was a top five iron player in the world and last year's iron game was very average
03:05
Morikawa has always been good in january. He's got seven top tens in his career in the first month of the year
03:11
This guy works during the holidays
03:13
I'm, not sure every guy does but morikawa definitely does he's played well at the century
03:17
He putts well on these greens that iron game is going to come back and when it does and it complements
03:23
What he was able to do in his career last year, especially post masters
03:27
Um, all of those those times that he contended in those top fives
03:30
I think morikawa has a very good chance to rattle off a couple of wins
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