This year’s Wyndham Championship will occur Thursday, August 3, through Sunday, August 6. Specifically, the event occurs at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Last year, Tom Kim announced himself onto the world golf scene with his first PGA TOUR victory. And Kim is expected to return to defend his Golf Betting Lines title in 2023. Of course, the Wyndham Championship is the final tune-up before the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Next week brings the first postseason event at Memphis with the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
2023 Wyndham Championship Betting Information
When: | August 3-6, 2023 |
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Where: | Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC |
Course | 7131 yards, Par 70 |
Purse: | $7.6 million |
Defending Champion: | Tom Kim |
TV Coverage: | CBS, GOLF, ESPN+, Peacock |
2023 Wyndham Championship Betting Odds: | Click Here |
2023 Wyndham Championship SBG Overview
Sedgefield Country Club is your prototypical positional golf course. Specifically, it rewards players for hitting fairways. At the same time, it penalizes any wayward tee shots with thick, rough, tricky angles from tight tree lines. There is a heavy concentration of par-4s under 450 yards. So players who dialed in with their wedges and short irons have repeatedly succeeded at this event. Moreover, the most skilled long-term putters have proven to separate from the field on these tricky greens.
Previously, Sungjae Im, Webb Simpson, Kevin Na, Russell Henley, and Patrick Reed highlight the players who have repeatedly played well at Wyndham. That suggests a strong correlation from players with proven sportsbook success on short, positional courses. And with a long-term pedigree of elite putting on Bermuda greens.
Due to more narrow fairways than the TOUR average and tricky Bermuda rough, there is a large emphasis on keeping the ball in the fairway. In turn, that mitigates any advantage from longer hitters. Sedgefield CC has routinely ranked top 10 in scoring difficulty from outside the fairway. Plodders who can remain in control of their ball off the tee should have a leg up on the field.
Considering the Wyndham Championship winners over the last ten years, it’s notable that only one favorite (Henrik Stenson in 2017) won this event. All other winners over that span have opened at 25-1 odds or longer. Including six winners at 80-1 odds or longer. With the Wyndham Championship known to be a “Wedge Fest,” many players from the top to bottom of the field possess the skillsets needed to contend here. And that makes for one of the most viable weeks of the year to bet on longshots.
2023 Wyndham Championship Top Contenders
Justin Thomas
So far this year, Justin Thomas has no wins, three top-10s, and nine top-25s in 18 events with 13 cuts made. Of great concern is that Thomas missed the cut in four of his previous six events. Thomas cracked the top-10 in only two of his previous 14 events. Thomas ranks 75th on the FedEx Cup standings and 24th on the Official World Golf Ranking.
Adam Scott
Overall, Adam Scott ranks 80th on the FedEx Cup standings and 39th on the Official World Golf Ranking. Scott has 16 events in 2023 with three top-10s, five top-25s, and 14 cuts made. Scott has three top-10s in his previous eight events.
Billy Horschel
In turn, Billy Horschel ranks 119th on the FedEx Cup standings and 47th on the Official World Golf Ranking. Horschel has two top-10s and three top-25s with 11 cuts made this year.
2023 Wyndham Championship SBG Free Pick
In this situation, Justin Thomas is the class of the field with the Golf Betting Lines.
2023 Wyndham Championship SBG Best Bets: Justin Thomas.