Odds to Win the 2017 CIMB Classic, Italian Open

Gambling911.com has your odds of winning the 2017 CIMB Classic and the Italian Open below.

Justin Thomas was listed as the favorite to win the CIMB Classic at 4/1 odds, followed by Hideki Matsuyama at 8/1 and Paul Casey at 9/1.

It is difficult to expect anyone to win five times in a year or win another major or FedEx Cup title. But those are the achievements Thomas will be judged against going forward.

"I'm going to try and spend a lot of time with Tiger (Woods) and definitely call and talk to Jordan (Spieth), because they're the two people I'm closest to who have done something close to this and they've both achieved way more than this," Thomas said. "I need to understand how to re-evaluate my goals, how to reset my goals, how to deal with everything.

"I'm going to have a lot more obligations; I'm going to have a lot more people wanting my time. I'm going to have a lot higher expectations from you guys (media), from the fans, from everything. So I'm going to need to understand and get better at handling all of it."

Jon Rahm was the runaway favorite at 6.5/1 odds of winning the Italian Open.

Rahm was hoping to boost his Race to Dubai chances this week.

He currently ranks third in the standings with just six events remaining.  Tommy Fleetwood sits well ahead atop the leaderboard.

"It became a goal of mine after Ireland," Rahm said at his pre-tournament press conference. "Before that, I wasn't really anywhere in the Race to Dubai. I was up there after the WGC in Mexico, but after winning Ireland, I really became conscious of the fact that I could win it, especially once I learned that nobody since Seve in Spain has won it.

"The course is fantastic. It's always great to come back to Europe and play all those traditional golf courses that I don't play in the States that often," added Rahm, who is also looking forward to going head-to-head with Masters champion Garcia and Fleetwood.

"Sergio and I get along great," he said. "It's a true honour to be playing with him. He is the Masters champion this year so it's even more of an honour to play with someone like Sergio and learn from him.

"And then Tommy, who is closer to my age, and is just a great guy. He's been playing some great golf and on top of that, he's won twice this year in Abu Dhabi and France.

"He's leading the Race to Dubai and he's playing some outstanding golf worldwide. He very, very much deserves to be in the No 1 spot right now and I'll be looking forward to playing with him."

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com