Up next is the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club (par 71, 6,828 yards, Bermuda greens) in Southampton, Bermuda. There will be 120 golfers competing this week and a standard top-65 and ties cut after the first two rounds.
Below, I have featured my two favorite bets for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Patrick Rodgers to win (+3500)
Rodgers has been improving in every start he makes this fall, peaking with a T-6 at the World Wide Technology Championship last week. Rodgers closed out this event with a 7-under 64 at El Cardonal, which marked his sixth straight under par round.
Rodgers’ game is ascending right now and the Stanford graduate now travels to Port Royal, where he has finished T-4, T-3 and T-9 in his last three starts at the venue. Among the players in this field that have competed at this course more than once, Rodgers ranks seventh in strokes gained per round at Port Royal.
Rodgers picking up his first PGA TOUR win at Port Royal this week would be very fitting and this +3500 price is just too long for the 33-year-old.
Matt Kuchar to win (+4000)
Kuchar hasn’t won on the PGA TOUR since 2019, but the 47-year-old is playing his best golf in years and he is worth rolling the dice on at this +4000 price. Kuchar is on the heels of a T-11 finish at the World Wide Technology Championship last week, which is the fourth time in his last five starts that he has finished inside the top-20.
Kuchar finished top-five in fairways found and PPR at El Cardonal, and he carded two 7-under 65s at the par 72. Kuchar has now gained strokes with both his irons and putter at three consecutive events and when we compare this field’s last 24 rounds, the veteran impressively ranks second in strokes gained per round.
Kuchar has never teed it up at Port Royal before, but he is an excellent match for this venue, as Port Royal is a short course that doesn’t require distance and that presents Bermuda greens. Five of Kuchar’s nine PGA TOUR wins have come at tracks with Bermuda putting surfaces and he ranks eighth in strokes gained per round when we compare this field’s histories at courses with Bermuda greens.
