AT&T Byron Nelson: PGA Golf Odds and Predictions
About the AT&T Byron Nelson Golf Tournament
For many years, the Byron Nelson was the only tournament on the PGA Tour named after a golfer – currently it’s joined by the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the Florida Swing in the spring. The legendary Nelson was from the Dallas area and won the first staging of this tournament in 1944.
The tournament has been held at a handful of courses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. It moved to the new Trinity Forest Golf Club last year and will remain there for the foreseeable future. Trinity Forest was built on a landfill and doesn’t have a single tree on it. It’s a par 71 at about 7.370 yards and has an unusual double green at a whopping 35,000 square feet on Nos. 3 & 11.
Because this year the Byron Nelson is ahead of a major, the PGA Championship, a lot of big names are skipping and used last week’s Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte as their tune-up.
AT&T Byron Nelson Betting Favourites
American Brooks Koepka, who is the defending champion of the PGA Championship, is the clear Sports Interaction favourite at +650 this week. He didn’t play here last year and thus no course history.
Hideki Matsuyama is +1600. He was 16th last year and comes off a tie for 31st last week in Charlotte. Dallas native Jordan Spieth is +1800. He is having a horrible year but looks to complete the “DFW Double” as he won at Colonial three years ago. Spieth was 21st last year.
Henrik Stenson is +2200 and defending champion Aaron Wise at +2500. Last year’s victory was Wise’s first on the PGA Tour as he shot a tournament-record 23 under to finish three shots ahead of Aussie Marc Leishman. Wise hasn’t won since and isn’t having a good season.
Canadian Golfer Odds
No Canadian has won this tournament. Mike Weir finished second in 2014, two shots behind Brendon Todd. Nick Taylor is +11000, Mackenzie Hughes +15000, David Hearn +20000, Roger Sloan +30000 and Ben Silverman +30000. Taylor was 32nd last year, Hughes didn’t play, Hearn missed the cut, Sloan missed the cut and so did Silverman.
AT&T Byron Nelson Predictions
Always more difficult to handicap a tournament when it’s being played at a newish course, and this is an unusual layout. Some guys’ minds might be on next week too. We’ll go with Leishman to win at +2800. He usually plays well in Texas because he’s one of the best on Tour in windy conditions.
