Bank of Utah Championship Picks, Predictions & Odds

• The Bank of Utah Championship tees off Thursday, October 23rd from Ivins, Utah
• Maverick McNealy is the +1400 favorite over a trio of golfers
• See my 2025 Bank of Utah Championship picks, best value bets, and the odds to win the tournament below

Following Xander Schauffele’s victory at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan, the PGA Tour had a week off. Now, the tour resumes action in the United States, for the second ever iteration of the Bank of Utah Championship. Last year, Matt McCarty won the then named Black Desert Championship by one stroke over Stephan Jaeger.

With it being a Fall Series event, this field lacks star power, with just two golfers in the top-20 of the world rankings competing in Alex Noren (17) and Maverick McNealy (19). That provides plenty of opportunities for unheralded champions, with the potential for a longshot to claim the trophy.

Bank of Utah Championship Odds 2025

I’m starting my card this week with a golfer that’s been close a handful of times at getting into the winner’s circle, but to date has just fallen short – Rico Hoey. Tasting victory has been elusive on the biggest stage, but perhaps he can look to Cameron Young and Tommy Fleetwood in the last few months as other players who finally broke through.

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In the last eight times competing, he’s been eleventh or better half the occasions with two of the last three a T-4th at the Baycurrent Classic and T-9th at the Procore Championship. In the last 24 rounds, he’s been a stats darling, ranking first in strokes gained: tee-to-green, second off the tee and third in approach.

Last year, in the debut for this tourney, Hoey was solid with a T-21st. He’s at +3000 to win outright, which is longer odds than the top-seven golfers on the board, so there’s a decent amount of value.

Bank of Utah Championship 2025 Picks & Value Bets

1. Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4000: South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout is long overdue for his first career PGA Tour title after being triumphant in three DP World Tour events. The last two starts have been very promising in the fall series, with a T-6th at the Sanderson Farms followed by a T-10th at the Baycurrent Classic. In the last 24 rounds, C-Bez is fifth in total strokes gained, sixth around the greens and seventh in putting.
2. Taylor Montgomery +7500: Taylor Montgomery has been quite solid the last half of the year, putting up four top-30s in his last five PGA Tour starts. His latest one resulted in a tie for sixth at the Sanderson Farms Championship, and he also had a tie for second in August on the Korn Ferry Tour. In the last 24 rounds, Montgomery in first in SG: putting, third around the greens and ninth in total strokes gained.
3. Lanto Griffin +9000: Lanto Griffin very nearly won for the second time in his career two starts ago, where he wound up third at the Procore Championship. He has three top-25 results in the last five times teeing it up and is third in strokes gained: putting in the last 24 rounds. At +9000, you could do a lot worse for a player who is trending upwards.
4. Nick Dunlap +20000: A deep longshot with massive potential is Nick Dunlap. 2025 was a huge letdown after he won as a 20-year old amateur in 2024, then posted another victory that season. However, at these odds against a weak field, I’m taking the phenom with amazing boom or bust potential, and he’ll be interesting to monitor in the top 10/20 markets.

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