2018 Greenbrier Classic Betting Preview & Predictions

The Greenbrier Classic had to take 2016 off because of a huge storm that flooded out one of America’s most esteemed courses but returned last year, and the 2018 edition features a military tribute that will bring pageantry to a tournament that will be missing some of golf’s biggest names, with the British Open just around the corner. The tournament takes place on the Old White TPC, a 7,286-yard par-70 course. The course record is 59, set by Stuart Appleby in 2010, which also led him to the 72-hole course record (258). Last year, Xander Schauffele outplayed Robert Streb and Sebastian Munoz down the stretch to take his first victory on the PGA Tour, and he would win Rookie of the Year on the Tour after he won the Tour Championship at East Lake. Currently, Schauffele is ranked 24th in the world. Take a look at some of our picks to consider as you put together your golf betting strategy for this tournament.

2018 Greenbrier Classic Betting Preview & Predictions

Webb Simpson has missed two cuts in his last three tournaments, but when he makes the cut, he does well, as he has finished in the top 25 in each of the last tournaments where he’s made the cut, and in 10 of his last 14 made cuts. He ranks sixth on the PGA Tour in scoring average, and at The Greenbrier, he has done quite well, with three finishes here in the top 10 since 2011, finishing as high as third place in 2014. He brings +2200 odds, which is plenty of value for that pedigree. Phil Mickelson brings in +2200 odds. He’s here so that he can stack up points in the hopes of automatically qualifying for the Ryder Cup this fall. However, he hasn’t been playing well lately, and his ridiculous gaffe at the U.S. Open, where he struck his ball while it was still rolling so he could take a 10 on a hole, showed the sort of desperation that you show when you’re not close to winning. A lot of bettors like Mickelson, but he hasn’t done much for us lately, so I don’t know that I’d put money on him. Russell Henley also comes with +2200 odds, and he has done well as of late, cracking the top 25 in four of his last eight events — with the high watermark coming with a sixth-place finish at the Travelers Championship. He ranks tenth on the Tour in driving accuracy percentage. This course has treated Henley well, as he has come in fifth in each of the last two times he has played here. Andrew Putnam brings +5000 odds despite the fact that he played well at the Quicken Loans Invitational and finished as the runner-up at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. In five of his last six tournaments, he has finished in the top 30, and he has made every cut since the Valspar Championship back near the beginning of March. This is his first tournament at The Greenbrier, but his form so far the last few months makes him someone to add as a dark horse down your card. Jimmy Walker is available at +3300, and he is a feast or famine golfer right now. He played dreadful golf at the U.S. Open and the Quicken Loans Invitational. However, he finished as the runner-up at the Players Championship and has a few other top-10 finishes. At The Greenbrier Classic, he finished 18th in 2017 and finished in the top five in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Again, this is a field that features few true favorites, so a value wager like this makes a lot of sense. Brian Harman has not played here since 2014, when he missed the cut, and he never finished better than 65th in three appearances at The Greenbrier. However, he has made 10 cuts in his last 11 events and has cracked the top 25 in three of his last six events — including a top-10 finish at the Travelers Championship. He brings +3300 odds, and the fact that he ranks 14th on the tour in birdie average should help him at a course where low scores are common.