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2023 Tour Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Lucas Glover

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The 2022-2023 PGA Tour season will come to a dramatic conclusion this week with the Tour Championship at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

There’s a great deal at stake for the 30 players who qualified for this event by making it through the first three tournaments of the four-week FedEx Cup Playoffs. The winner of the Tour Championship will receive $18 million and a five-year PGA Tour exemption. Second place is worth $6.5 million. Every player in the field will earn at least $500,000 for making it this far, along with a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a 2024 Masters invitation.

The Tour Championship uses a unique “starting strokes” system that rewards players based on the number of FedEx Cup points they’ve accumulated throughout the season. The FedEx Cup points leader starts at -10. The No. 2 player starts at -8, the No. 3 player starts at -7, the No. 4 player starts at -6, and the No. 5 player starts at -5. The rest of the field is sorted into groups of five, with groups starting at -4, -3, -2, -1 and even par. Bear in mind that betting odds for the Tour Championship take the starting strokes system into account.

The field features betting favorite Scottie Scheffler, reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm and defending FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy. Will one of the big names claim the title, or will we see a less heralded but red-hot player such as Lucas Glover or Brian Harman win at East Lake?

Let’s look at the betting outlook for one of the players who’ll be competing in this week’s Tour Championship.

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2023 Tour Championship Odds & Picks: Lucas Glover

Here is our betting outlook and picks for Lucas Glover.

2023 Tour Championship Betting Stats to Know

  • Best odds to win: +5500 (FanDuel/PointsBet)
  • World ranking: 30
  • Best Tour Championship finish: T8 (2006)
  • Last four tournament finishes: Cut, 1, 1, T22

2023 Tour Championship Betting Outlook

What a run it’s been for Lucas Glover. After a U.S. Open win in 2009, Glover fell out of rhythm and only recorded one PGA Tour win over the next 10 years, without any Top 10 finishes in major championships. Some wrote Glover off, but he’s found something in his game in 2022-23. He’s had five top-5 finishes this year including back-to-back wins this month at the Wyndham and St. Jude championships to vault himself into the top five in the FedEx Cup rankings. Glover will start at -5 this week and will need to make some putts to climb into contention. He’s 159th in Strokes Gained: Putting on the season but has been very accurate on his approach shots, as he’s 11th in GIR%.

2023 Tour Championship Betting Advice

I’ve been impressed with Glover this season, but I think his great stretch ends this week at the Tour Championship, as I don’t envision him gaining ground on the top players in the world in this staggered format.

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