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2023 Tour Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Si Woo Kim

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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: Si Woo Kim

Here is our betting outlook and picks for Si Woo Kim.

2023 Tour Championship Betting Stats to Know

  • Best odds to win: +25000 (via Caesars Sportsbook)
  • World ranking: 38
  • Best Tour Championship finish: T10 (2016)
  • Last four tournament finishes: T31, T16, T33, Cut

2023 Tour Championship Betting Outlook

Si Woo Kim's best finish at East Lake Golf Club came in 2016. It was a -2 performance, placing him 10th. It was also his only outing at the Atlanta venue, and the tournament changed its format in 2019. We don't have much in terms of Kim's course history. On top of that, the South Korean will start at -2 this weekend, which is eight strokes off of Scottie Scheffler's -10 pole position. Kim hasn't been in the best form recently, missing two cuts in his last five starts.

2023 Tour Championship Betting Advice

Ultimately, I'm not very confident in backing Kim this weekend. The 28-year-old missed two cuts in the four majors and failed to record a top-20. Caesars Sportsbook is offering him at -175 to finish inside the top 20, but I wouldn't even touch that. There are better betting options available at this year's Tour Championship.

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