PGA Tour: Honda Classic 2022 Golf Picks and Betting Odds

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PGA Tour: Honda Classic 2022 Golf Picks and Betting Odds

The 2021-22 season of golf continues this week with the Honda Classic on Thursday morning held at the PGA Resort and Spa's Champion Course in south Florida. As with every event on the golf schedule, we've got three outright winner picks, ranging from one of the favorites to some mega value!

After picking Hideki Matsuyama to win the Sony Open a few weeks ago at +2000 odds, we're feeling good about going again with this week's picks.

So let's look to this week's Honda Classic and three guys that we like to win this week's golf tournament, varying from one of the best chances, who still represents good value, down to some nice plays on a couple of stars that look set for big weeks at longer odds! We also show you the best sportsbook promos to play.

With crowds back and a host of big names out there, we're set for an awesome four days of golf... and betting... in Florida! As we do each and every tournament, we provide you with our best golf picks for outright winner, as well as some in-play picks throughout.

Let's get into our best bets for this week ⬇️

Golf Picks: 2022 Honda Classic

Top Pick - Daniel Berger

The 20th-ranked player in the world has had a reasonably slow start to the season, competing in just four events since last September's Ryder Cup.

But in saying that, Berger's finishes have been more than solid, reading as such:

  • Hero World Challenge: T7
  • Sentry TOC: T5
  • Farmers Insurance: T20
  • Phoenix Open: CUT

So although his latest appearance was his poorest, he's still made the cut at a .750 rate, with all three of those seeing him finish in the Top-20.

Berger missed this tournament in 2021, but did have a T4 finish here in 2020, which bodes very well for this week considering the similar strength of field we've got this time around.

It was in this very month that he secured his one win for the year in 2021, and after being forced out do to health and safety protocols last week, Berger well be extra determined to get a win this week.


Value Pick - Mackenzie Hughes

We were liking Cameron Tringale at +2800 here, but as he's pulled out, we've pivoted to Canadian, Mackenzie Hughes.

Highes has played this tournament five teams, making the cut in an impressive four of those.

His best result here is a 2nd in 2020 which shows that he's got what it takes to perform on this course, in a field that looks pretty similar to what we're getting in 2022.

Hughes finished that tournament with a 66-66 and will be out to get back to that form after finishing 36th here last year.

He also has 2nd (RSM Classic) and T4 (ZOZO) already this season, so his first win since 2017 is looking close!


Dark Horse - Brendan Steele

A guy who had a very different Sunday to Tringale at last year's Honda is world number 138, Brendan Steele.

Steele finished last season's tournament with a five-under 65 to storm home into a T3 finish.

The 38-year-old has competed in this event 10 times, for an extremely impressive 9 made cuts and 5 Top-25s, including last year's T3 and 2020's T4.

After two high finishes here in a row, watch for Steele to come out firing as he looks for his fourth PGA victory.

Whilst Steele is our official dark horse pick this week, some other guys that could be worth a sprinkle are Matt Jones at +5500 (last year's champ), CT Pan at +6600 (in form and finished T3 last year) and Garrick Higgo at +8000 (will win a lot more than those odds suggest).


2021-22 Dark Horse Picks Record:

Harry Higgs @ Fortinet – CUT
Jonas Blixt @ Sanderson - CUT
Martin Laird @ Shriners - T11
Mav McNealy @ CJ Cup - T38
Matt Jones @ ZOZO - T18
Kiradech Aphibarnrat @ Bermuda - T39
Talor Gooch @ Mayakoba - T11
Brian Harman @ Houston - T54
Jason Day @ RSM - CUT
Patrick Reed @ Hero World - T3
Jason Kokrak @ Sony - T17
Brian Harman @ AmEx - T3
Jordan Spieth @ Farmers - CUT
Christiaan Bezuidenhout @ Pebble - T14
Rickie Fowler @ Phoenix - CUT
Tony Finau @ Genesis - T33

Best 2020-21 Dark Horse Picks:

Sungjae Im @ Sentry TOC – T5 (Top 5)
Marc Leishman @ Sony Open – T4 (Top 5)
Corey Conners @ Farmers – T37
Cameron Smith @ Genesis – 4th (Top 5)
Collin Morikawa @ WGC Workday – 40/1 WIN
Rafa Campos @ Texas - T34
Marc Leishman @ Masters - T5 (Top 5)
Hoffman/Watney @ Zurich - T11
Charley Hoffman @ Valspar - T18
Harris English @ Byron Nelson - T13
Tony Finau @ PGA Champ - T8
Charley Hoffman @ US Open - T56
Cameron Smith @ Travelers - T30
Robert MacIntyre @ The Open - T8
J.T. Poston @ 3M Open - T28
Si Woo Kim @ Olympics - T32
Sungae Im @ St. Jude - T46
Joaquin Niemann @ BMW - T29
Collin Morikawa @ TOUR - T26

As you can see, we had five dark horses place in the Top-5 last season, including an outright winner!


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