Deutsche Bank Championship

Odds to Win Tournament

With only a few tournaments left in the PGA season, the golfers head to TPC Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday. This event comes after an exciting Barclays tournament last week. Patrick Reed ended up emerging victorious in that one, shooting a nine-under to earn his first win of the season. He’ll join all of the other top players in the world on Friday, as Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson will all be out there competing. Vijay Singh is also going to be playing in this tournament. He isn’t one of the favorites to win this thing but is worth mentioning because of the fact that he is the only golfer in the field that has won this tournament twice. Rickie Fowler is another person that must be brought up, as he is the defending champion coming into this event. Fowler won by shooting a 15-under, defeating Henrik Stenson by one stroke. As has been the case all season, Tiger Woods will miss this tournament as he continues to recover from back surgery. With that out of the way, let’s now take a look at some of the best value plays heading into the weekend:

Jason Day (13-to-2) - Jason Day has been the best player on the TOUR this season and it’s really not even close. Heading into Friday’s tournament, Day has won three tournaments since Jan. 7 and also happens to be coming into this one after having finished inside the top-10 in nine of the past 13 tournaments. He is a guy that is consistently at the top of the leaderboard and that makes him an insane value at 13-to-2. Playing Day means that you will likely have a very good shot of winning on Monday and he also happens to have extra motivation coming into this one. Day has never won the Deutsche Bank Championship in his career and that is something he will surely be hoping to accomplish at some point. With Day driven and playing as well as ever, putting a few units on him is a very wise decision. Henrik Stenson (16-to-1) - Henrik Stenson was cut with a score of three-over at The Barclays last week, but there has still been more than enough dominant play over the past few weeks to make him a worthy play this weekend. Before missing the cut last week, Stenson had won The Open in the middle of July and followed it up with a tie for seventh place at the PGA Championship towards the end of that month. He is hitting the ball as well as anybody lately and also happens to have a ridiculous track record at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Stenson won this tournament with a score of 22-under back in 2013 and was the runner-up here in 2015. If he can channel that same level of play at TPC Boston this weekend then he just might be holding up the trophy come Monday.

Rickie Fowler (25-to-1) - Rickie Fowler is coming off of a tournament that he’d surely like to forget. Fowler was the leader heading into the final round of The Barclays, but he ended up struggling down the stretch and Patrick Reed emerged victorious. Regardless, Fowler still played some fantastic golf in the first three rounds of the tournament and there is a lot for him to be proud of. He also happens to be heading into a tournament that he was able to win in 2015. Perhaps getting onto a course that has provided Fowler with good memories will be enough to help him get over what happened last week. Fowler defeated some of the best golfers in the world at TPC Boston and it’s just a matter of whether or not he can put together a solid stretch of four rounds this weekend. The value is there at 25-to-1 and he’s a worth a play of a few units.

Steve Stricker (80-to-1) - Steve Stricker has not had a great season, but there are plenty of reasons to believe that he is an excellent value coming into Friday’s event. While Stricker has not performed to his best capabilities, he has still had some solid outings this year. One of those performances includes a fourth place finish at The Open in July. That event proved that Stricker is still capable of competing when he is on his game. The smooth putter also happens to be dominant when playing the Deutsche Bank Championship in his career. Stricker won this tournament in 2009, shooting a 17-under to defeat both Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank by one stroke apiece. He also shot a 20-under to finish in second place here in 2013. At 80-to-1, putting a half-unit or so on a guy that has torn this course up in the past is too good to pass up on.