The way that Dustin Johnson has been playing lately, we may not have a whole lot of drama coming this week at East Lake Golf Club in the TOUR Championship. Johnson will start with a two-shot lead over Jon Rahm and he is the +160 favorite at MyBookie Sportsbook to take down the title.
The top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings are on hand at East Lake. Players get a head start on their scores based on where they rank in the standings, so DJ is the clear favorite because he starts at 10-under. Rahm is the second favorite at +270 because he starts at 8-under. Justin Thomas is the third favorite at +550 because he starts at 7-under and on down from there.
We’ll break it all down for you, but here are the odds from MyBookie for the TOUR Championship:
DUSTIN JOHNSON | +160 |
JON RAHM | +270 |
JUSTIN THOMAS | +550 |
WEBB SIMPSON | +1100 |
COLLIN MORIKAWA | +2000 |
BRYSON DECHAMBEAU | +2200 |
RORY MCILROY | +2500 |
XANDER SCHAUFFELE | +2500 |
DANIEL BERGER | +2800 |
HIDEKI MATSUYAMA | +3000 |
HARRIS ENGLISH | +4500 |
PATRICK REED | +5000 |
TONY FINAU | +5500 |
BRENDON TODD | +6600 |
SUNGJAE IM | +8000 |
TYRRELL HATTON | +10000 |
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER | +11000 |
SEBASTIAN MUNOZ | +12500 |
JOAQUIN NIEMANN | +15000 |
KEVIN KISNER | +15000 |
BILLY HORSCHEL | +15000 |
VIKTOR HOVLAND | +15000 |
ABRAHAM ANCER | +20000 |
LANTO GRIFFIN | +20000 |
RYAN PALMER | +22500 |
CAMERON CHAMP | +25000 |
CAMERON SMITH | +25000 |
MACKENZIE HUGHES | +30000 |
KEVIN NA | +35000 |
MARC LEISHMAN | +40000 |
Format
As mentioned, players are given a starting score based on their standings. Johnson is the best at 10-under. Cameron Smith, Viktor Hovland, Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Champ, and Billy Horschel all start at even par. That means that they are already trailing by 10 shots by the time they hit the first tee. Marc Leishman, Kevin Na, Ryan Palmer, Abraham Ancer, and Kevin Kisner are all 1-under. Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Scottie Scheffler, and Lanto Griffin start at 2-under. Sebastian Munoz, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Reed, Rory McIlroy, and Brendon Todd all start at 3-under. Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, and Daniel Berger start at 4-under. Collin Morikawa is at 5-under, Webb Simpson is at 6-under, and the aforementioned trio of Thomas, Rahm, and DJ are 7-under, 8-under, and 10-under, respectively.Course
East Lake Golf Club is another bomber’s course. After how hard Medinah played last week for the BMW Championship, I have to think that this week’s course plays a little friendlier with the playoff title on the line. East Lake checks in as a par 70 over 7,300 yards. We only had two par 5s last week at Medinah and the winning score was 4-under from Rahm after his playoff victory against DJ. Rory McIlroy won last year. He was 5-under going into the tournament and played to 13-under over his 72 holes. He won by four shots over Xander Schauffele. Approach shots will be a big deal here. Players that put themselves in bad spots around the green are going to have trouble and there are a lot of players that will be trying to make up strokes from the start. There are a lot of greenside hazards and chances to get short-sided on this course. That requires precision on approach. Power off the tee certainly helps so guys can swing short irons and wedges into the greens instead of longer irons that may not land as softly on what will likely be some hard greens.GET A 100% WELCOME BONUS TO BET AT MYBOOKIE SPORTSBOOK!