The PGA heads to TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, CT for the Vacationers Championship.
This week’s profile is an elite quick iron participant with sufficient putt upside to create birdie alternatives, acquire across the greens when errors happen, and win races to fifteen below.
Method is prime, but when we are able to study something from this previous 12 months, it is that in-season placing is not very useful. In different phrases, I am extra involved concerning the latest spikes. Is the participant strong sufficient to compete anyplace else in his sport, even when he misses putts? That is what we’re searching for this weekend.
Odds by DK Sports activities (Consists of tie) Topic to vary.
finest wager
aaron rye
High 20 +136
High 10 +345
High 5 +790
To get +5500
Rai has a textbook profile. Hit the golf green, have a very good quick iron, and keep away from errors. He ranks within the prime 16 in accuracy on method, tee-to-green, and across the inexperienced. Placing is a query mark right here, however I am not betting on the putter. Rye hits with management and we all know he has the flexibility to spike his putter if he does so once more this week. That is as a result of he gained practically seven strokes by the point he received the PGA Championship. Moreover, he completed T24 and T17 on the course a number of years in a row, however solely misplaced twice all season with irons. He has a profitable template.
Scotty Scheffler
Schaeffler’s profile is pure Traveler DNA. The primary time was from the method and tee to the inexperienced, and the third time was from the regulation inexperienced. He is a confirmed winner on the Tour, however he is additionally confirmed himself at this observe as he received the 2024 model and completed within the prime six in two of his final three begins. He has remained impartial across the greens all season, however his ball putting may be very elite and Poa Anua (Annual Bluegrass) is his finest placing floor and has a spiked placing week scheduled. His ball putting alone creates too many appears.
Extra betting and DFS recommendation
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Sam Burns, $9,300: Burns is presently in excessive spirits, rating sixth in method and second in placing. If the Vacationers had been a pure ball-striking occasion, I would not usually think about Burns, however he is been on a roll currently with the irons, hitting 5 or extra in two of his final three begins and rising his stroke rely in 4 consecutive tournaments. Mix that together with his placing genius, and Burns appears nice, particularly if that is one other placing contest. He is a brief gamer, first over ball striker so he is unstable, however he has the shape. I like Barnes (+2200), however +188 within the prime 10 is just not interesting.
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Tommy Fleetwood, $10,300: Fleetwood might win, however this model of Fleetwood is just not the 2025 model of Fleetwood that was knocking on the door. What I do not like in comparison with final 12 months is that he is 54th in approaches. In 2025, he was averaging multiple stroke per occasion, however this 12 months that quantity has been reduce in half. He nonetheless matches, however he is extra of a power than a consolation piece. $10,300 is a value for a model we all know we are able to deal with, however Fleetwood does not have the identical juice this time round.
Matt Fitzpatrick, $10,000: You want birdies out of Fitzpatrick — particularly in case you’re paying him some huge cash — and that is precisely the realm he is missing. Fitz has a clear profile and is prime 5 in irons and quick sport, however he must be at the very least 13 strokes decrease, however wanting good is not necessary if he will convert.
