PGA Tour 2023 Players Championship: Best bets and odds explored

Modified Mar 07, 2023 11:43 GMT

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The 2023 Players Championship is finally here. The event, featuring a 144-player field, will tee off on Thursday, March 9, at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The event has a prize purse of $25 million.

With a whopping prize money, valuable OGWR, and FedEx Cup points on offer, the Players Championship is set to be one of the biggest events of the 2023 PGA Tour calendar. The event will also feature the top three in the world rankings along with other big names. Unsurprisingly, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy are leading the event’s odds list.

According to betting experts, the World No. 1 and No. 3 top the odds list. The duo are co-favorites with odds of 17-2, edging past World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler. As per SportsLine, the American comes in with 10-1 odds. He is followed by Justin Thomas (19-1), Max Homa (19-1) and Patrick Cantlay (19-1) on the PGA Tour odds board. Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa, and Jordan Spieth are the other big names topping the odds list.

It is pertinent to note that defending champion Cameron Smith will miss the event due to his defection to LIV Golf. With the Aussie out of contention, the Players Championship will crown a new champion on Sunday.

2023 Players Championship odds

Here are the complete odds for the 2023 Players Championship (as per SportsLine):

Jon Rahm +850
Rory McIlroy +850
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Patrick Cantlay +1900
Max Homa +1900
Justin Thomas +1900
Xander Schauffele +2500
Viktor Hovland +2700
Tony Finau +2800
Collin Morikawa +2800
Will Zalatoris +3200
Jordan Spieth +3200
Matt Fitzpatrick +3400
Tyrrell Hatton +3400
Cameron Young +3600
Jason Day +3600
Sungjae Im +3700
Joohyung Kim +4100
Shane Lowry +4800
Keegan Bradley +5000
Rickie Fowler +5000
Keith Mitchell +5500
Corey Conners +6500
Si Woo Kim +7000
Sam Burns +7000
Sahith Theegala +7000
Chris Kirk +7500
Tommy Fleetwood +8500
Hideki Matsuyama +8500
Kurt Kitayama +9000
Justin Rose +10000
Adam Scott +10000
Tom Hoge +10000
Francesco Molinari +10000
Harris English +10000
Webb Simpson +14000
Aaron Wise +14000
Brian Harman +15000
Wyndham Clark +15000
Seamus Power +15000
Russell Henley +15000
Gary Woodland +17000
Alex Noren +17000
Billy Horschel +18000
Ryan Fox +18000
Davis Riley +18000
Taylor Montgomery +18000
Sepp Straka +19000
Adam Hadwin +19000
Min Woo Lee +19000
Maverick McNealy +21000
Patton Kizzire +21000
Justin Suh +21000
Taylor Pendrith +22000
K.H. Lee +23000
Lucas Herbert +23000
Danny Willett +23000

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2023 Players Championship prize money and points

The 2023 Players Championship has a record-setting prize purse of $25 million this year. The event’s champion will bag a whopping $4.5 million, as per the PGA Tour’s prize distribution system. Apart from the money, the winner will also earn 80 Official World Golf Ranking points and 600 FedEx Cup points.

Meanwhile, the runner-up will bag a paycheck of $2,725,000. One of the biggest events on the PGA Tour schedule, the event will even see the solo fifth-place finisher win over $1 million. The golfer finishing 65th on the leaderboard will take $53,750 for his efforts.

Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee