2023 Sanderson Farms Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Longshot Bets
With the Fortinet Championship and Ryder Cup in the rear-view mirror, we now look forward to this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi. The Country Club of Jackson will host this event once again, which it has done annually since 2014.
The Country Club of Jackson is a par-72, 7,461-yard track that was redesigned by John Fought in 2008 and features Donald Ross signatures, specifically the small bermudagrass greens. Looking at the top of previous leaderboards, the approach game is the biggest predictor of success at this venue.
Below, I give out my two best longshot bets to win the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship.
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2023 Sanderson Farms Championship: Best Longshot Bets
These plays are 0.5 and 0.25 units, or 0.5% and 0.25% of your betting bankroll.
Tom Hoge (+6100 via Circa): 0.5u
The first golfer to target this week is Tom Hoge, who ended last season in fine form with a 21st-place finish at the BMW Championship after making nine of his previous 12 cuts. He then went over to the European Tour for a pair of tournaments, culminating in a T14 finish at the BMW PGA Championship.
His approach game is to thank for this recent success, gaining strokes in this department in nine of his past 13 tournaments. On TOUR, Hoge ranks ninth in strokes gained on approach, placing him along the likes of Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.
Given this area of his game and his recent form, Hoge could have a great tournament at the Country Club of Jackson, especially against this watered-down field. He has also fared well on bermudagrass surfaces, gaining strokes putting in three of his past five tournaments when doing so.
Dylan Wu (+7000 via BetRivers): 0.25u
Another golfer to take a flyer on this week is Dylan Wu, whose game improved across the board in 2023. He enters this week in good form, making each of his past three cuts, including his T5 finish at the 3M Open and T14 finish at this season’s Fortinet Championship.
Wu ranks 47th on TOUR in strokes gained on the approach, which will be a nice complement to his red-hot putter. He gained 1.46 true strokes putting at the Wyndham Championship, +0.25 at the U.S. Open and +1.51 at the Wells Fargo Championship – his last three appearances on bermudagrass greens.
He also finished T51, T32 and T21, respectively, at those tournaments, which is promising for this week’s event, given how much weaker the field is compared to those contests. Wu has also made the cut in each of his past three tournaments that took place on courses with Donald Ross elements.
If the putter can stay hot and his approach game keeps him in the conversation, then it wouldn’t be shocking to see Wu towards the top of the leaderboard come Sunday, making 70/1 a good number to take a shot on.
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