2019 Sanderson Farms Championship Odds & Preview

This week the PGA Tour continues the young 2019-2020 campaign in Jackson, Mississippi, as The Country Club of Jackson will host the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship. At this juncture, the field consists mostly of rookies who want to pick up some early high finishes and some veterans looking to boost their rankings in the FedExCup standings. Such veterans as Jason Dufner, Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson will join a novice-filled field. We have thoughts about the course as well as golf odds and suggestions for your wager cards.

2019 Sanderson Farms Championship Odds & Preview

Event Info

• When: September 19 – 22
• Where: The Country Club of Jackson. Jackson, Mississippi
• TV: Golf Channel
• Live Stream: Golf.tv

Contender Odds to Win the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship

• Joaquin Niemann                                                                                                        12/1
• Brandt Snedeker                                                                                                         18/1
• Lucas Glover, Sungjae Im                                                                                          20/1
• Byeong Hun An, Scottie Scheffler                                                                             22/1
• Brian Harman, Cameron Smith                                                                                  31/1
• Corey Conners                                                                                                            34/1
• J.T. Poston                                                                                                                  37/1
• Dylan Frittelli, Emiliano Grillo                                                                                     40/1
• Russell Henley, Vaughn Taylor                                                                                  42/1
• Aaron Wise, Austin Cook, Si Woo Kim                                                                      48/1
• Cameron Champ, Denny McCarthy, Martin Laird, Wyndham Clark                         50/1
• Kyle Stanley                                                                                                                55/1
• Bronson Burgoon, Cameron Tringale, Kevin Streelman, Nick Taylor, Richy Werenski, Sam Burns, Zach Johnson                                                              60/1
• Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, Harris English, Ryan Armour, Sam Ryder, Sebastian Munoz                                                                                                        65/1
• Grayson Murray, Lanto Griffin, Luke List, Matt Jones, Robert Streb, Tom Hoge     70/1

The Court

The Country Club of Jackson will run 7,421 yards as a Par 72, and the greens will feature Bermuda grass. This is the ninth longest course on the PGA Tour, with the average driving distance somewhat shorter here than on the average PGA Tour course. The four par 5s account for a great deal of the distance, with three over 550 yards and the 18th hole also exceeding 500 yards. The fairways here are narrow, as players hit them in regulation 11 percent less than the Tour average. The most common approach shot comes from over 200 yards, so long irons come into play here as well.

Emiliano Grillo

Grillo leads the field in strokes gained: approach the green for his last six tournaments, and he has also gained strokes using his irons in nine of ten tournaments, averaging three strokes gained per tournament. In the 2018-19 season, Grillo missed the cut just three times; his Achilles heel is his putting, as in those three missed cuts he lost over 10 strokes after reaching the green. His fall record is impressive, with a win at the 2015 Safeway Open and top-ten finishes at the 2016 and 2017 OHL Classics at Mayakoba.

Aaron Wise

Wise ranked in the top 35 in driving distance last year, and he will bring that big driver to the par 5’s in Jackson this week. He ranks first among this week’s field in par 5 scoring percentage and second in birdie or better gained over his last 24 rounds.

Cameron Tringale

Tringale shot three rounds in the 60s, but it was the outlier that left him in a tie for 36th, as he only hit 69 percent of his greens in regulation and just over half of his fairways. He gained less than a stroke with his putter, but his form has been solid for several months now. Going into last week’s tournament at Greenbrier, Tringale was in the top 15 in strokes gained: approach the green, in the top 20 for par 5 scoring average and first on the tour in birdie or better gained over his last six events.

Wes Roach

Roach gained strokes through approach in four of his last five events going into the Sanderson Farms tournament and is now 13th in strokes gained: approach the green. He is having a hard time putting on Bermuda greens, sliding down to 63rd in strokes gained: putting in his last 24 rounds. However, his iron game is so accurate that this course still feels like a natural for him.