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PGA Tour’s next stop is the Black Desert Championship, taking place for the first time on the PGA Tour schedule. This is the PGA Tour's first stop in Utah since 1963 and the Black Desert Resort Golf Course has been picked as the venue. The event will continue for four days from October 10 to 13.
An array of golfers registered for the latest event, including Keith Mitchell with odds 16-1, Beau Hossler with odds 28-1, and Chris Kirk with odds 30-1 among others, according to CBS Sports. But some underdogs can be expected to surprise this week with their performances. Here's the list of 5 such sleeper picks for the Black Desert Championship:
Top 5 sleeper picks at the Black Desert Championship
#Justin Lower
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Justin Lower will be playing at the Black Desert Championship this week and his last PGA Tour event was the Sanderson Farms Championship, where he finished at T28 with a score of 15 under 273. Apart from that, he had three top-ten finishes on the PGA Tour, including a T3 at the Mexico Open with 14 under 270. Next, he had a T4 at the Corales Puntacana Championship with 18 under 270. Following that, he had a T7 at the Procore Championship with a score of 12 under 276.
#Patrick Fishburn
Patrick Fishburn had 11 missed cutlines throughout the PGA Tour season, including the Wyndham Championship, the RBC Canadian Open, the Cognizant Classic, and others. But the golfer also had three top-ten finishes, with the most recent being the Procore Championship where he finished at T3 with 14 under 274.
His last tournament was the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship, where he finished at T48 with 11 under 277, scoring 67, 69, 70, and 71 over the four rounds.
#Ben Kohles
The Texas-based golfer missed 8 cutlines throughout the year, including the Farmers Insurance Open, the Cognizant Classic, and the PLAYERS Championship. But he had four top-20 finishes, including a T6 at the Puerto Rico Open, a T2 at the CJ CUP Byron Nelson, a T20 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, and a T16 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Kohles played only two majors out of the four in 2024. His best performance was at the PGA Championship, where he finished at T26.
#Austin Smotherman
The golfer had only one top-ten finish on the PGA Tour, which was at the Procore Championship with T7. Apart from that, he had a T20 at the ISCO Championship.
#C.T. Pan
His odds to win the Black Desert Championship is +7500, according to CBS Sports. C.T. Pan had two top-ten finishes on the PGA Tour this year. It includes a T3 finish at the Mexico Open and a T2 finish at the John Deere Classic.
