MELBOURNE, VIC – DECEMBER 15: The Presidents Cup is seen previous to presentation throughout the closing spherical of The Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Membership on December 15, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Picture by Pace Media/Icon Sportswire)
After three years, the Presidents Cup returns to skilled golf. Will the People proceed their dominance because the heavy favourite? Will the Internationals relish the function of the underdog and provides the People one other scare? We’ll reply these questions and extra. As at all times, right here is your early deep-dive on the 2022 Presidents Cup and a preview for the way to guess. As well as, pay attention under to the Golf Playing Podcast for extra details about golf betting.
2022 Presidents Cup Preview – The Area
Listed here are the rosters for either side (with their OWGR in parenthesis):
Group USA:
Scottie Scheffler (1)
Patrick Cantlay (4)
Xander Schauffele (5)
Justin Thomas (7)
Collin Morikawa (9)
Sam Burns (12)
Jordan Spieth (13)
Tony Finau (14)
Billy Horschel (15)
Max Homa (16)
Cameron Younger (18)
Kevin Kisner (25)
Group Internationals:
Hideki Matsuyama (17)
Sungae Im (19)
Joohyung Kin (22)
Corey Conners (26)
Adam Scott (30)
Okay.H. Lee (43)
Mito Pereira (49)
Sebastian Munoz (63)
Cameron Davis (66)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (67)
Si Woo Kim (76)
Taylor Pendrith (109)
The emergence of LIV Golf has wrecked havoc on the composition of every group. Nevertheless, the People have a big quantity of depth on their aspect of the tee field to face up to the defections. Regardless of lacking the likes of Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed, eleven of the 12 gamers on the American aspect are contained in the Prime 20 within the OWGR.
In the meantime, the cabinet is fairly lean for the Internationals. It’s a disgrace as a result of earlier than the emergence of LIV, that they had certainly one of their strongest cores of the competitors. We noticed a glimpse of their potential on the 2019 Presidents Cup the place they almost pulled off the upset. However take away gamers like Cameron Smith, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer, the Internationals are in dire straights.
Whereas the Internationals have considerably embraced excessive stage analytics to attempt to outwit their opponents, their probabilities of placing a scare within the People, not to mention pull the upset, appear bleak.
2022 Presidents Cup Preview – Quail Hole
The 2022 Presidents Cup can be held at Quail Hole Golf Membership in Charlotte, NC. Quail Hole is the first golf course used for the Wells Fargo Championship. It additionally hosted the 2017 PGA Championship. The yr prior, Tom Fazio gave the golf course a large face carry. For extra particulars concerning the renovation and the historical past of the golf course, click on right here.
Here’s a drone flyover of the Quail Hole Membership. It is a good preview of what the structure of the course will appear like on the 2022 Presidents Cup.
There are just a few addendums to make to the golf course preview from 2021. The most important change is within the agronomy. When the Wells Fargo Championship is performed in Might, the tough is overseeded with ryegrass and the greens are overseeded with Poa Trivialis at Quail Hole. However prefer it was in 2017, Quail Hole will showcase wall-to-wall Bermudagrass. The greens have a pressure of Bermuda often called Champion Bermuda. The next golf programs on the PGA Tour additionally characteristic this pressure of Bermuda:
Nation Membership of Jackson
Congaree Golf Membership
Sedgefield Nation Membership
TPC Southwind
Trinity Forest
As well as, the tough has been reduce to 1.75″. Bermudagrass will be fairly tough to hit method pictures out of as a result of balls can sink to the underside. However at this size, gamers received’t have any hassle making strong contact for his or her second. The choice to chop the size so brief is evident gamesmanship by the People, who possess an amazing benefit off-the-tee to the Internationals.
The golf course will even have a barely totally different routing than it does for the Wells Fargo Championship. The competitors will transfer holes 12-18, which embody the notorious “Inexperienced Mile” to the Holes 9-15. This was performed to assist showcase probably the most well-known a part of the golf course as many instances as doable.
The Presidents Cup will play at 7,576 yards. That’s an extremely lengthy golf course that’ll favor a robust driving group just like the People. It additionally will flip the golf course into basically a protracted iron contest. Right here’s the method shot distribution chart from the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship. This offers a wonderful preview of what sort of method pictures the gamers will hit on the 2022 Presidents Cup:
(Per DataGolf)
Nearly 75% of all method pictures will come from over 150 yards, together with nearly 55% from over 175 yards. Gamblers ought to give attention to proximity and relative-to-par scoring on method pictures > 175 yards this week.
2022 Presidents Cup Preview – Betting Methods
Let’s get one factor out of the best way – the People are going to win the 202 Presidents Cup. Between the overwhelming expertise benefit and a golf course that can be tailormade to swimsuit their strengths, it’s not a query of if the People will win. However by how a lot.
Sadly, if you happen to’re seeking to guess on the People to win, you may have missed the boat. Earlier than LIV started pillaging the PGA Tour, the People had been a snug -225 favourite to win at Quail Hole. After the primary wave of defections that took Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer away from the Internationals, the road moved nearer to -350 (the value I in the end settled on). However when the large bombshell dropped that each Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann would additionally go to LIV, the perfect you could find is -700 for the People to as soon as once more win the Presidents Cup.
Lengthy story brief – except you may have $3,500 laying round, betting them on the cash line most likely isn’t for you.
Nevertheless, you continue to have loads of choices out there to place collectively a worthwhile and enjoyable betting card for the 2022 Presidents Cup. Right here’s just a few of the methods to do it:
Choice #1 – Cross-Sport Parlay
The simplest and easiest way of juicing up your parlay slightly bit is by together with the People on a cross-sport betting card. Take no matter NFL or Faculty Soccer parlay of your liking and throw in Group USA to juice it up slightly bit extra.
Right here’s just a few examples of some parlays you are able to do (per WynnBet):
Group USA -900/Vikings -300 (vs. Lions)/Chiefs -300 (@ Colts) ML Parlay: -103
Group USA -900/Below 41.5 Falcons/Seahawks -105: +117
Group USA -900/Dolphins +4 vs. Payments -105/Texans ML @ Bears +125: +388
There’s lot of enjoyable combos so as to add to your favourite NFL or Faculty Soccer parlay and juice it up only a smidge with a assured win on the third leg.
Choice #2 – Profitable Margin, Actual Rating, & Session Winners
This route presents a way more profitable and enjoyable technique to guess the 2022 Presidents Cup. Betting the profitable margin presents a way more palatable juice to swallow, whereas the precise rating can yield 10/1+.
Earlier than slamming a prop for a USA romp, is there a world the place the Internationals can maintain it comparatively shut? Possibly…however just for a short time.
If something, I feel there’s a world the place the Internationals can maintain issues shut on Day 1. Or to place it one other means, the People get off to a sluggish begin. Solely Billy Horschel and Max Homa enter the Presidents Cup with an occasion underneath their belt inside the final 2 weeks. As for everybody else, none of them have performed a aggressive spherical for the reason that Tour Championship. That was over a month in the past. And given the expectation that this can be a cake stroll, possibly they get off to a sluggish begin.
If you happen to purchase that narrative, then betting the Internationals to win Day 1 at about +275 or a tie within the session at +500 is a good lengthy shot choice.
After Thursday, nonetheless, I anticipate the People to dominate the following three periods. By Friday, they need to have any course rust shook out of their recreation. And the Internationals simply don’t have the horses. Of the 24 gamers within the discipline, eight People have gained extra strokes per spherical over their final 50 rounds than the Worldwide’s high participant, Sungjae Im. 9 of them have gained lower than a stroke per spherical over their final 50 rounds. Solely 3 People can match that futility. And contemplating all of the golf course benefits the People could have, the Internationals simply don’t stand an opportunity.
Heading into Sunday, I anticipate the People to carry a commanding lead. Might the People take their foot off the fuel (aka allegedly holding a group bonding session over a keg of beer on Saturday night) and permit the Internationals to claw again a little bit of satisfaction in Sunday Singles? Maybe. That’s one other solution to get some Worldwide success in your card at about +300 to win Sunday Singles. Regardless, I don’t see how this isn’t at the least a 7 level or extra victory for the People. And possibly extra.
If you happen to agree, listed below are some choices out there to you:
USA Wins by 7+ Factors: -115
USA Wins 20-10 or higher: +185
USA Wins 23-7 or higher: +1400
Choice #3 – Participant Over/Unders
Based mostly on the way you see the 2022 Presidents Cup going, you could find methods to guess over/unders on whole factors received by gamers on either side. Right here’s just a few which can be on my radar:
Hideki Matsuyama Below 2 Factors: +100: Hideki has a ton of stress on his shoulders. He’s top-of-the-line and most skilled gamers on the group. He’ll most likely be requested to play at the least 4 instances on the 2022 Presidents Cup.
However he isn’t coming into this match in super type. He’s struggled lots off the tee this season, gaining solely 0.01 strokes OOT over his final 50 rounds and shedding a couple of quarter stroke over his final 12. He hasn’t had a Prime 10 for the reason that U.S. Open. And he’s battled nagging accidents all season lengthy.
Hideki additionally has some scar tissue at Quail Hole. After blowing a Again 9 lead on the 2017 PGA Championship, he has finishes of T76 and T31 in his subsequent two begins at Quail Hole. Throw that onto the immense stress he’ll really feel to hold the group, he won’t be in an amazing headspace.
This prop additionally could come right down to the Internationals technique of how they wish to pair him within the periods. My guess is that they’ll wish to put him towards the stronger American groups in hopes he and his teammate can take down a degree. That may enable the weaker Worldwide groups the chance to steal a degree or two away from a weak American groups. However that may imply a a lot more durable path for Hideki to win factors.
There received’t be a ton of factors out there for the Internationals. And as demonstrated above, there’s lots going towards Hideki within the competitors. As such, guess the underneath on his whole factors scored at plus odds.
Kevin Kisner Over 1.5 Factors: -115
The stat sheet isn’t pleasant to Kisner. He’s by far the weakest participant on the American group. Over his final 50 rounds, Kisner is gaining solely 0.24 strokes per spherical on the sphere. And over his final 12 rounds, Kisner is shedding 1.27 strokes per spherical together with his ball-striking. On a protracted and demanding golf course, that’s not a recipe for achievement.
Frankly, Kevin Kisner most likely shouldn’t be on this group. However that wasn’t my resolution. It was Captain Davis Love III’s resolution. And for no matter cause, he’s determined that Kevin Kisner was the right anchor to his 12 man group at Quail Hole.
The one knock on the People is their lack of creativeness and creativity. The People usually throw out very predictable pairings, particularly after they’re large favorites. They usually love leaning on previous group competitors expertise, particularly early on. Whether or not I agree with it or not, I anticipate Kisner will play proper out of the gate on Thursday. If he will get an early win, he’ll completely get thrown out once more on Friday. And doubtless as soon as on Saturday. Which means as much as 4 matches for Kisner.
Whereas on his personal Kisner might be a legal responsibility, he generally is a very ready associate if paired accurately. If he’s put with an extended participant (say, Tony Finau or Max Homa), his putter is an amazing asset as a result of he’s so good on Bermuda greens. In Fourball, he could make a large number all he desires on 60% of the holes. However he’s additionally going to win a bunch of holes by draining a protracted birdie putt out of nowhere as a result of he’s so good on Bermuda. And in alternate shot, he’s going to have the ability to maintain the ball within the fairway to offer his longer taking part in associate an opportunity to stuff the method shut and provides him an amazing have a look at birdie. Or ship an important par saving putt.
And regardless of Kisner’s total disdain for longer setups, Quail Hole occurs to be a golf course he enjoys. Earlier than the 2017 PGA Championship, he stated of Quail Hole’s Bermuda greens “I like placing on the surfaces. They’re pure…I simply really feel so snug, I don’t really feel like I’ve to learn it and over learn it. I can get up and putt like I’ve grown up doing”.
If the People are really going to roll, there’s a ton of factors out there for Kevin Kisner to acquire. Particularly if he has a reliable taking part in associate in Fourball and Foursomes. And at affordable odds, take the over that he’ll get at the least 2 factors within the 2022 Presidents Cup.
