7 picks our gambling expert loves

Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour gambling-tips column, featuring picks from GOLF.com’s expert prognosticator, Brady Kannon. A seasoned golf bettor and commentator, Kannon is a host and regular guest on SportsGrid, a syndicated audio network devoted to sports and sports betting, and is a golf betting analyst for CBS Sportsline. You can follow Brady on Twitter at @LasVegasGolfer, and you can read his picks below for the 2025 Wyndham Championship, which gets underway Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina. Along with Kannon’s recommended plays, you’ll also see data from Chirp Golf, a mobile app that features both free-to-play and daily fantasy golf contests where you can win cash and prizes with each round and tournament.

If you felt a bit of a lull after the season’s final major championship, I hope that you’re over it because the excitement is just beginning here for the next couple of months in the world of golf.

The Wyndham Championship, held at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., marks the final tournament of the PGA Tour regular season. At the tournament’s conclusion, the top-70 players in the FedEx Cup standings will advance to the FedExCup Playoffs, beginning next week at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn. Those players who find themselves in the top 100 in the standings after the FedEx Fall maintain their active status on the circuit for the 2026 season. Players that find themselves ranked in the top 50 at the conclusion of the Tour Championship qualify for the 2026 Signature Events.

Oh, and there’s that friendly little golf get together in late September they call the Ryder Cup that still has plenty of open spots left on the line too.

Yes, there is a lot happening on the links and it begins this week at Sedgefield Country Club which is a relatively short par-70 Donald Ross design, stretching to just better than 7,100 yards. Narrow, tree-lined fairways approach smaller-than-average, heavily undulated greens that feature the traditional Ross run-off areas, making scrambling a key element this week. Driving accuracy is more important than length off the tee and short-iron play from 100-175 yards is a huge part of the winning formula. Ball strikers and putters tend to flourish here and so do players that play well on par-4s measuring 400-450 yards, of which eight of the 12 on the course fall.

Course history and crossover success with other golf courses similar to Sedgefield is a very strong component to the handicap this week. Take Webb Simpson, who has won here, at TPC Sawgrass, and at Harbour Town, home of the RBC Heritage. Matt Kuchar, Kevin Kisner, Si Woo Kim, Billy Horschel — it is a long list of players who have done well on all of the comp courses this week. I also looked at TPC River Highlands (Travelers Championship), TPC Deere Run (John Deere Classic), Sea Island (RSM Classic) and another Donald Ross design, East Lake Golf Club, where we will be in a few weeks for the Tour Championship.

Robert MacIntyre (35-1)

It feels like Bobby Mac is a bit under the radar this week. Matt Fitzpatrick is the tournament favorite and has been playing very well but we can get the Scotsman at nearly twice the price. Both players are well inside the top 70 in the standings but Fitzpatrick does have some work to do if he plans on playing on the European side for the upcoming Ryder Cup. MacIntyre hasn’t missed a cut since the Masters. He was sixth at the Charles Schwab, runner-up at the U.S. Open and seventh in his last start at the Open Championship. He also finished ninth earlier this season at the Players Championship and took 17th last month at the Travelers. He has everything I want here: accuracy off the tee, short game, approach play and he makes a lot of birdies.

Lucas Glover (39-1)

Very much a horse for this course, winning here two years ago and finishing top 10 or better at all of our correlated courses, including a win at the John Deere Classic in 2021. Glover has been playing great golf this season, finishing third at the Players and most recently ninth at the Travelers, fifth at the John Deere, and 23rd at the Open Championship. Over the last 24 rounds, he ranks top 16 in this field for Hole Proximity between 100-175 yards and is No. 1 from 125-150. Get that putter warmed up, Lucas.

Harry Hall (40-1)

No need to beg for a hot putter with Harry Hall, who ranks fourth in this field for SG: Putting (Bermudagrass) over the last 24 rounds and is No. 1 in Birdies or Better Gained. Like Glover, Hall too is one of the very best in the field for Hole Proximity from 100-175 yards. He hasn’t missed a cut in nearly five months and just recently finished ninth at the Travelers.

Akshay Bhatia (40-1)

Here’s another player who is excellent on approach, is a great putter and is accurate off the tee. He was tied for the 54-hole lead last week in Minnesota before unraveling with a round of 75 on Sunday. I expect a bounce back here for a guy, like Glover, who finished third earlier this season at TPC Sawgrass.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (55-1)

Being South African, he is not a part of the Ryder Cup conversation but he is trying to make the postseason, currently ranked 74th in the FedEx Cup, and he’s been playing very well. Bezuidenhout has finished top 16 three times in his last eight starts and was 20th just last week at the 3M Open. He is accurate off the tee, 12th in this field on the 400-450 yard par-4s over the last 24 rounds and ranks second for SG: Putting (Bermudagrass). He’s never missed a cut in four tries here at the Wyndham and is five-for-five in cuts made at the RBC Heritage. He’s twice finished 13th at the Players Championship and has been runner-up at the John Deere Classic.

Andrew Novak (66-1)

We mentioned a mix of ball strikers and putters and while Novak has been absolutely of the ball-striker type for a few seasons now, the putter has begun to fire as well. He went from ranking 100th on Tour in 2024 to 36th this season for SG: Putting. Novak grew up in Raleigh, N.C. – about 90 minutes from Greensboro – and went to Wofford College, about three hours from Sedgefield Country Club, so he is plenty familiar with the golf course and the surroundings. Earlier this season, Novak lost in a playoff at the RBC Heritage.

Chris Kirk (95-1)

We are jumping right back on the Chris Kirk train this week after narrowly missing out last month at the Rocket Classic when he lost in a playoff. Kirk has won at Sea Island, been fourth at East Lake and has multiple top-10 finishes at Harbour Town and three top-15 finishes at TPC Sawgrass. He is accurate off the tee, great on approach and one of the game’s best from 100-150 yards. Kirk currently sits 73rd in the FedEx Cup standings. He has twice finished top 15 and once runner-up in his last five starts.

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