2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Sleepers and Longshot Picks

• The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open tees off Thursday, October 8th at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas
• Cameron Davis is ranked fifth in birdie average in the early part of the 2020-21 season
• Read below for analysis of the event and our favorite sleepers and longshot plays

Sergio Garcia is the latest champion on the PGA Tour, capturing the Sanderson Farms Championship for his eleventh tour title as a +6000 long shot to take home the trophy.

The field at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is much deeper than the Sanderson Farms Championship with ten of the top 25 players teeing it up, so there’s value to be had with unheralded players seeing their odds longer.

With Hudson Swafford winning the week before at the Corales Puntacana Championship at a 210-1 ticket, we’ll be looking to identify a third straight sleeper to raise the trophy come Sunday.

2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Odds

Odds taken October 7th at DraftKings

Every single year in the 37-year history of this tournament, with the exception of Patrick Cantlay in 2017, the winning score has been double digits under par.

Six of the last eight champions have shot at least 20-under-par, so we’ll have to target golfers who can make birdies in bunches.

Cameron Davis Ready to Break Through

Last weekend at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Cameron Davis held the 54-hole co-lead before a final round 72 dropped him into a tie for sixth. That marked his sixth straight made cut, and his best finish of the six tournaments.

Australian’s know when Cameron Davis is on, he can beat anyone, anywhere. Today he did just that & positioned himself well to win his 1st PGA Tour event. https://t.co/hATbJVA46z

— Luke Elvy (@Luke_Elvy) October 3, 2020

The 25-year-old Australian has been knocking on the door a few times in 2020, with that result being his third top ten and he’s found himself on our radar in recent weeks.

In the early going for the 2020-21 season, Davis has been racking up birdies, where he’s had 40 of them along with an eagle in his first two events, good for an average of five birdies per round, fifth best on tour.

He’s gained shots on the field in 14 of his last 15 events, pointing towards the potential that he’ll break through into the winner’s circle.

Pick: Cameron Davis to win (+6000)

Kristoffer Ventura Playing Solid Golf

Another player who finds himself in virtually the same boat as Cameron Davis is Norwegian Kristoffer Ventura. In two of his last three events, the 24-year-old has been just a stroke off the lead through 54 holes.

Showing off his short game.

@KrisVentura95 with perfect touch to move within 3. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/I9S6WqoEH6

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 3, 2020

While he, like Davis, is still in search of his first victory after finishing T-6 and T-7 in those tournaments, Ventura has found himself in the top-20 in five of his last eight times teeing it up, meaning his value to post a top-10 or top-20 is still very good this week given that stat.

Last year, Ventura had a very solid showing on this track, placing in a tie for 18th.

He doesn’t get cheated on the greens also, having posted positive strokes gained numbers on the dance floor in eight of his nine tracked PGA Tour stops in 2020.

Pick: Kristoffer Ventura Top-10 (+800)

James Hahn With Two Straight Top Ten’s

It’s at least mildly surprising that James Hahn finds himself with such long +14000 odds to win outright given the fact that he’s been deep into contention in the last two times he’s teed it up. Two starts ago at the Safeway Open, he was the 54-hole co-leader, before settling for a T-9th result.

Happy birthday, James Hahn!

Go on. Dance like it's your bday. 🎂🎉 pic.twitter.com/rs30GSuN6J

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 2, 2016

Then in his very next start, Hahn did even better than that, placing T-6th at the Corales Puntacana Championship.

Though he hasn’t been better than T-15th in his last four starts at TPC Summerlin, Hahn has made the weekend in each of them, so it’s not as if this course vexes him.

Pick: James Hahn Top-20 (+500)