Dell Technologies Championship: PGA Golf Odds And Predictions
It’s a Friday-Monday tournament with the Labor Day holiday in the USA on Monday.
Dell Technologies Championship History
With the PGA Tour shortening its FedExCup playoffs to three tournaments in 2019 in order to finish before the NFL season kicks off, that meant one of the current four events had to go. That will be this week’s Dell Technologies Championship in the Boston area. If you go searching for this tournament on television, etc., and can’t find it on Thursday, that’s because it’s a Friday-Monday schedule due to Monday being the Labor Day holiday in America.
Only the Top 100 in FedExCup points following Sunday’s Northern Trust qualified to play the Dell Technologies Championship. Mr. 100 is Jason Dufner, while Sam Ryder is 101 and missed out by six points. Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel also is on the outside looking in. It’s expected that all but two of the Top 100 will play this week; British Open winner Francesco Molinari of Italy is not – he’s guaranteed a spot in the season-ending Tour Championship regardless. Rickie Fowler sits a second straight tournament due to injury.
The Top 70 and ties advance to the penultimate playoff event, the BMW Championship. Sitting at 70th currently is Kevin Streelman, with Tyrell Hatton at No. 71. The Dell Technologies is played at TPC Boston, a par 71 measuring 7,342 yards. Canadian Mike Weir is a co-owner of the course record, a 61 in the first round 10 years ago. He would finish second to Vijay Singh.
Dell Technologies Championship Odds Favourites
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson is usually the favourite in any tournament he enters and that’s the case here, priced +900 at Sports Interaction. Johnson is now second in the points after a tie for 11th last week at the Northern Trust. Johnson was 18th in this tournament a year ago and hasn’t won it.
Defending tournament and FedExCup champion Justin Thomas is +1100. He finished at 17-under 267 in 2017, beating Jordan Spieth by three shots. Thomas is third in the points after last week’s T8. Reigning U.S. Open and PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka is +1200, followed by Rory McIlroy at +1400. Koepka was T8 last week, while McIlroy skipped to work on his game. He’s a two-time winner of this tournament, last in 2016.
Tiger Woods is +1800 after nearly missing the cut last week. He won this event in 2006. Last week’s winner and new FedExCup leader Bryson DeChambeau is +3300. Adam Hadwin, the only Canadian in the field, is +12500. He sits at 52nd in the points so he’ll most likely be advancing regardless. Hadwin finished 13th last year in Boston.
Dell Technologies Championship Predictions
We recommend Henrik Stenson (a former champion) and Matt Kuchar for Top 10s – Kuchar needs a good result to advance. The winner is Paul Casey at +4500. He was fourth last year and runner-up in 2016.