Winning Prop Bet Strategies: Golf’s Elite Ranked at the Player’s Tournament

The Players Championship isn’t a major but it should be. The legendary TPC Sawgrass course challenges every golfer and the signature 17th hole with the island green makes for great fun. Here are a few prop betting suggestions.

If there ever is a tournament to be considered the fifth major, the Players Championship is the one hands down. Almost all of the top golfers in the world show up, this year, 48 out of the Top 50. So it’s only appropriate that the course where the Players is contested, TPC Sawgrass, is also home to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Now in its 51st year, the Players has had many furious finishes down through the years, and many of them were determined on what is debatably the most famous hole in golf, the 17th hole island green. While there certainly have been stellar performances on this hole, many people remember the 2013 event where Sergio Garcia arrived at the 17th with a 2-stroke lead over Tiger Woods and immediately deposited two shots into the water to open the door for a Tiger victory. It’s such an interesting hole, there are lots of prop bets on it.

 

 

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Aces High

Let’s start with a hole-in-one, yes/no. There have only been 14 aces on 17 all-time for the Players but a “yes” bet will pay off at +165. No is -225. Take a chance on two aces? Yes, would be +450. Or how about a hole-in-one by any player by round? For the first two rounds (prior to the cut) you can get +350. Round three would be +600 and the final round at +800.

How about the opposite on 17? How many balls will go in the water at 17? The Over/Under is 51. The under is -125, the over is +100.

Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win his third Players Championship in a row at +500 but if you believe he’ll become a victim of the 17th at least once during the tournament, you’ll get paid +300.

How about any player scoring an “albatross” or a double eagle (three under par) on any hole? The easiest way to accomplish this is by scoring a 2 on a par 5 or a hole-in-one on a par 4. You can get that bet at +1000. Interesting.

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Interesting bet on three players to make the cut.

Scheffler/McIlroy/Morikawa        -175

Aberg/Fleetwood/Thomas           +115

Straka/Cantlay/Lowry                  +160

Berger/Zalatoris/Burns                 +250

 

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How about going bogie-free in Round 1? The favorite Scheffler goes off at +900. For Rory McIlroy, you’ll get +1000, and Ludwig Aberg is one step down at +1100.

Finishing position? For a Top 10 finish, of course, it starts with Scheffler at -190. McIlroy and Colin Morikawa at +130. This is a place where you can get some value. Sepp Straka (+300), Corey Connors (+375), Jason Day (+400), and Wyndham Clark (+400) are all solid choices to make the list.

Good luck with the first “semi-major” of the 2025 PGA tour.

 

 

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