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2019 PGA Tour Barracuda Championship Odds & Picks

Michael Harrison

By Michael Harrison in Golf

Updated: March 26, 2020 at 10:24 am EDT

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Bill Haas holding a golf ball in a blue shirt
Veteran Bill Haas is one of the favorites at this week's Barracuda Championship. Photo from @GolfDigest (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">Twitter</a>)
  • The Barracuda Championship tees off Thursday, July 25th
  • Opposite field event to the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational allows young guns & struggling vets a chance at victory
  • We’ve narrowed down the golfers with the best chance of emerging victorious

For those players who didn’t qualify for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, the Barracuda Championship offers a chance to win a PGA Tour title against a diluted field, one that includes a past two-time major champ like Martin Kaymer and a young hotshot upstart in Collin Morikawa.

This tournament uses the unique Modified Stableford Scoring System which rewards lots of birdies and eagles while it punishes bogeys or worse with a points system. So when you see the winner at +47 (47 points), don’t panic, because that’s a good thing in this fun and quirky format.

2019 Barracuda Championship Odds

Golfer Odds to Win 2019 Barracuda Championship at Sportsbook 1 Odds at Sportsbook 2
Collin Morikawa +1400 +1200
Martin Laird +2200 +1800
Martin Kaymer +2500 +2000
Daniel Berger +2500 +2200
Russell Henley +2500 +2200
Emiliano Grillo +2500 +2200
Bill Haas +2500 +2800
Sepp Straka +2500 +2800
Cameron Tringale +2800 +2800
Ryan Palmer +3000 +2500

*Odds as of 07/22/19. 

Bill Haas Poised to Return to Winner’s Circle

Six-time PGA Tour winner Bill Haas fell on tough times last season, battling injury stemming from a fatal car crash he was involved in, but the last two weeks have provided a glimpse of a light at the end of the tunnel for the 37-year-old.

In the last two weeks, he’s been on the periphery of contention, posting a T-10 at the John Deere Classic and was right in the thick of things going into the final round of the Barbasol Championship before settling on a T-11 finish.

The veteran has solid +2800 odds to win his first tournament in four years.

Kelly Kraft Out to Avenge Tough Barbasol Championship Loss

At last week’s Barbasol Championship, we noted Kelly Kraft was a huge boom or bust candidate, and he nearly won at +12500 odds, with two late bogeys sinking his chances.

This week, he’s still sporting fantastic +6600 odds, which is great value for a guy who very nearly won last week. Bet Kraft to boom again this week, with the expectation that he potentially could bust as well.

Last 5 Barracuda Championship Winners

Year Winner
2018 Andrew Putnam
2017 Chris Stroud
2016 Greg Chalmers
2015 J.J Henry
2014 Geoff Ogilvy

2019 Barracuda Championship Best Value Picks

  1. Sam Saunders (+5000): Arnold Palmer’s Grandson hasn’t had the best of years but he has T-10
    & T-23 finishes this month. Also a horse for this course, with T-7, 8th & T-9th results in last three years at this event.
  2. Jim Herman (+8000): Was having an absolutely dreadful season before clipping Kelly Kraft to win the Barbasol Championship last weekend.
  3. Chad Campbell (+15000): This week’s boom or bust candidate, who, like Herman, has been having a rough year. Last year nearly won this tournament, finishing runner-up to Andrew Putnam.
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison

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Michael "Hound Dog" Harrison is well known in the sports industry as the resident statistician for the SC with Jay Onrait Show. He has worked at TSN for over 19 years, is the CEO of his "All Bets Par Off" weekly golf betting videos and his HDOG POD, along with several others.

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