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2023 Tour Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Sepp Straka

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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: Sepp Straka

Here is our betting outlook and picks for Sepp Straka.

2023 Tour Championship Betting Stats to Know

  • Best odds to win: +7500 (FanDuel/Caesars/BetRivers)
  • World ranking: 24
  • Best Tour Championship finish: 7 (2022)
  • Last four tournament finishes: T2, Cut, 63, T37

2023 Tour Championship Betting Outlook

Just call him Streaky Straka. The 6-3, 235-pound Austrian missed the cut at the U.S. Open and then posted uninspiring T38 and T64 finishes in his next two events before winning the John Deere Classic and then tying for second at the Open Championship two weeks later. In the three events he’s played since returning from England, he’s finished no better than 37th. Handicapped by beginning the tournament at even par in starting strokes, 10 shots behind favorite Scottie Schefler, Straka doesn’t seem like a wise investment this week in Atlanta.

2023 Tour Championship Betting Advice

Fade the hulking Straka this week.

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