Quicken Loans National Betting Odds – 2015
Carrie Stroup has your Quicken Loans National betting odds for this week courtesy of our friends at Sportsbook.ag.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club – Gainesville, VA
Sportsbook.ag Odds to Win the Tournament
The PGA Tour golfers now head to Gainesville, VA for one of the fresher tournaments on TOUR, the Quicken Loans National, formally the AT&T National, which has been held annually since the 2007 season. The event is one of five during the year with “invitational status” and will feature 120 participants as Tigers Woods and his Tiger Woods Foundation host at the par-71, 7,385-yard course which has been the site of four President’s Cup tourneys between 1994 and 2005. The field this year is very top-heavy with three top-15 players in No. 7 Justin Rose, No. 8 Rickie Fowler and No. 14 Jimmy Walker making the trek and they are joined by No. 30 Bill Haas from the top-30 in the Official World Golf Rankings. Also making his way to the course will be Ollie Schniederjans who is making his pro debut after being the No. 1 amateur in the world and ranking 12th with a score of nine-under-par at the Open just a few weeks ago.
As with most of the non-major PGA events, plenty of Americans have won here in the past with Tiger Woods winning his own tournament on two separate occasions (2009, 2012). Most of the other installments of this tourney have finished with a fairly low score, the best outing being a score of 13-under twice; once by Tiger Woods (2009) and once by Nick Watney (2011). The outlier here is Englishman Justin Rose, who took the trophy twice, including last year when he won with the highest score (-4) since the inception of the tournament. He won in a playoff over Scott Piercy as the event was obviously tough with a mere 10 golfers posting red numbers at week’s end.
As the FedEx Cup season begins to near its end, it is more important than ever to perform and be in the top-125 at the conclusion of the regular season in four weeks, so let’s take a look through the visitors of Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and see who has a chance at cashing a big check.
Rickie Fowler: (+750) There really isn’t too many top tier golfers going in this one with the fourth and fifth players in terms of odds being rookies and that bodes well for Fowler, who has upped his game to an elite level. He has won at both the PLAYERS Championship and the Scottish Open in 2015 and has proven to be one of the best players in the world with his performances at the Majors. The 26-year-old will not blow you away in any one area of his game, but he ranks in the top-50 in driving distance (295.3 yards per, 45th on TOUR), total driving (104, 10th on TOUR), sand save percentage (56.8%, 35th on TOUR) and overall putting average (1.576, 22nd on TOUR). What has really changed about the flamboyant and uber-talented golfer is his ability to close out tournaments and if he has some strokes on the field come Sunday, look for him to take down the trophy.
Tony Finau: (+3000) It seems like it is just a matter of time before Finau is a winner on TOUR and Vegas has noticed. He crushes the ball an average of 308.9 yards per drive (6th on TOUR) behind an amazing swing speed of 124.05 MPH (2nd on TOUR). Putting the ball further than most has aided in ranking 32nd in strokes gained from tee-to-green (0.675) and that is allowing him to move up the ranking as he sits in 40th in the FedEx Cup standings while setting himself up to jump into the top-100 of the OWGR with a nice outing. Finau has been tearing up the courses of late with a top-25 finish in eight of his last nine events and he is coming off a Sunday 66 which vaulted him to 22nd at the RBC Canadian Open this past week. His putting, which overall ranks as one of the weaker parts of his game, has been better than the field in three of the past four tournaments, and if he can keep that up, his strong play should continue.
John Senden: (+6000) It isn’t so much the entire body of work that Senden has put together this year that gets him a spot here, but rather his consistent play of late which has earned him a visit to the weekend in six of the last seven events; ranking in the top-15 three times during that stretch. His experience will also aid him against a pretty weak field this week as the two-time TOUR winner most recently won in 2014 and has proven he can still be amongst the best in the game with a 14th at the U.S. Open, an eighth at the PLAYERS and a tie for fifth at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championships. Senden does not have the length off the tee (288.3 yards per, 107th on TOUR) that others do, but his accuracy (67.5%, 33rd on TOUR) and ability to hit greens (68.1% GIR, 55th on TOUR) should allow him to do well at this Robert Trend Jones course.
Cameron Tringale: (+8500) At the age of 27, Tringale has yet to earn a win on the PGA TOUR, but he has had a successful career and has finished in the top-100 of the FedEx Cup standings during each of the past five seasons. Last year was his best, finishing 20th in the standings, and he has continued the solid performances in 2015 with one runner-up and three other top-25s while making 16-of-23 cuts (70%). The Georgia Tech alum consistently puts balls in the fairway (67.7%, 29th on TOUR) and is better than most with a sand save percentage of 53.4% (65th on TOUR). Tringale will have his time in the limelight someday, and this type of event is perfect with the field less than stellar, so look for him to do well after making it to the weekend.
Stephen Gallacher: (+18000) Although Gallacher has fallen off of late with missed cuts at both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship, he knows how to win with three European Tour victories in his career as he has jumped up to 67th in the OWGR. He is hitting the ball further (299.9 yards per) than he has in any year since 2011, and although his accuracy (55.2%) has taken a hit, he makes up for it with 1.68 putts per hole. At the age of 40, Gallacher is certainly a long shot to grab his first PGA TOUR win, but his odds do not reflect his talent and this Scottish player should have no issues outplaying plenty of the youngsters heading to Gainseville this week.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
