FedEx St. Jude Championship 2022 Betting Preview/Prop Picks
10 August 2022
The PGA Tour is coming close to the end of its season, with only a few events left on the calendar. This week’s event is the FedEx St. Jude Championship and is part of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Recent performances leading up to this event showcase a lot of talent heating up at the right time. Below you can see which golfers make the best case to win.
Tony Finau to win the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship +2200
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Tournament Details
Date: Aug 11–14, 2022
Course: TPC Southwind
Watch on: NBC, GOLF
Purse: $15,000,000
Betting Overview
The FedEx St. Jude Championship is being held at the TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Many golfers have played well here in the past, so this will be key for this year as well.
The field is tremendously packed, as it should be, with the top golfers in the world competing. The winner receives 2,000 FedEx Cup points, so this is a pivotal event.
Head to Head Matchup to Watch
Tony Finau (-27.611) and Cameron Smith (-30.641) are two golfers to take note of here. Finau is the defending champion, while Smith was the runner-up after a playoff.
Smith is a dynamic player that fits this course well. However, Finau recently won the Rocket Mortgage Classic and has an excellent opportunity to win once again.
Dunkel Index For This Event
The Dunkel Index is showing these top 10 golfers that could win this event. The following ten are:
1 Tony Finau -27.611
2 Cameron Smith -30.641
3 Rory McIlroy -33.268
4 Xander Schauffele -33.571
5 Patrick Cantlay -34.084
6 Joo-hyung Kim -34.102
7 Scottie Scheffler -34.512
8 Cameron Young -34.874
9 Matt Fitzpatrick -37.660
10 Sam Burns -37.841
*index is subject to changes
Golfers That Could Win
Rory McIlroy (-33.268) has played some of the best golf in the field since the restart of this season. Looking back at his runner-up at the Masters, he definitely has shown a different side to him this year.
Cameron Young (-34.874) has landed in either the second or third spot in his last five out of eight events. This is insane to see how close he has become to winning and not afraid of the big stage. He has shown dominance in his driving and strokes gained off of the tee, so he is definitely worth a look.
Patrick Cantlay (-34.084) finished T12 here last season, which is a huge improvement from his last two times. Coming into this one, his putting has been dominant and ranked ninth in strokes gained on the season with putting.
Potential Winning Pick
Tony Finau (-27.611) looked like a vintage version of himself when he won the Rocket Mortgage Classic a few weeks back. As he ran up the score, it should remind bettors of what he can do on the course. If he can continue his positive momentum, he has an excellent opportunity to repeat success.
Prop Picks
Top 20 Finish: Cameron Smith (-110)
Smith fired a closing-round 64 to take his first major at the Open Championship with a score of 20-under par. The 28-year-old Australian has played some of his best golf with the best fields this season, also finishing 1st at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and Players Championship. Smith ranks No. 1 in birdie average (4.76) and No. 3 in scoring average (69.132).
Rated No. 2 in this week’s Dunkel Index, Smith is a good bet to win this weekend, but at a minimum take the Aussie (-110) to rack up another Top 20 finish.
Tournament Matchup: Xander Schauffele (-110) OVER Matt Fitzpatrick
No golfer has been hotter than Schauffele this summer with back-to-back wins at the Travelers Championship and Scottish Open in addition to Top 20 finishes at the U.S. Open, PGA and Open Championship. Overall, Schauffele has 13 Top 25 finishes in 18 events. He ranks No. 5 in birdie average (4.47) and No. 11 in greens is regulation percentage (70.28%).
Fitzpatrick claimed his first major at the U.S. Open, but slipped a bit as one of the favorites at the Open Championship with a tie for 21st. He ranks No. 70 in birdie average (3.81) and No. 73 in greens in regulation percentage (70.28%).
With Schauffele rated No. 4 in this week’s Dunkel Index and Fitzpatrick at No. 9, take the more accurate Schauffele (-110) to have the edge in this high-level matchup.
Tournament Matchup: Rory McIlroy (-140) OVER Patrick Cantlay
Although disappointed he did not close out a win at the Open Championship, McIlroy’s 3rd place finish still stood out in a stretch that also saw the 33-year-old finish 8th at the PGA and tied for 5th at the U.S. Open. He ranks No. 1 in scoring average (68.595) and No. 2 in driving distance (319.4).
Cantlay is enjoying a strong closing stretch with a tie for 2nd at the Rocket Mortgage and tie for 4th at the Scottish Open sandwiched around a tie for 8th at the Open Championship. Cantlay ranks No. 5 in scoring average (69.453) and No. 46 in driving distance (306.7).
With McIlroy rated No. 3 in this week’s Dunkel Index and Cantlay at No. 5, these two should be battling at the top of the leaderboard this weekend, but take the longer-hitting McIlroy (-140) to get the better of this matchup in Memphis.
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