The Sentry Tournament of Champions Betting Preview 2023

The Sentry Tournament of Champions golf betting tips (headlines):

• Xander Schauffele – Each-way (2 points e/w @ 11/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Justin Thomas – Each-way (1.5 points e/w @ 10/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Scottie Scheffler – Each-way (1.5 points e/w @ 9/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Hideki Matsuyama – Each-way (1 point e/w @ 40/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

The Sentry Tournament of Champions key information:

• PGA Tour.

• Thurs 5th – Sun 8th Jan 2023.

• Venue – Plantation Course at Kapalua (Maui, Hawaii). 

• Starts at 19:30 GMT (09:30 local time) on Thurs 5th Jan.

• Watch live coverage on Sky Sports Golf from 19:15 GMT on Thurs 5th Jan (UK viewers).

The Sentry Tournament of Champions golf betting tips (in more detail):

Xander Schauffele:

• Each-way (2 points e/w @ 11/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Current form (last 5 starts): T57 – T3 – T6 – T9 – 4.

• Tournament form (last 5 starts): T22 – 1 – T2 – T5 – 12.

• Reasons to believe:

  • • Course form.

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Strokes gained: Approach to the green (Ranked 7th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Birdies or better conversion (Ranked 11th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Par breakers (Ranked 8th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Rounds in the 60s (Ranked 12th).

• ParUp Golf’s resident tipster ‘Big Dal’ on why he can win – “Xander had a great season last year with 3 wins. He also has a great record here with a victory in 2019 and then a T2, T5 and a 12th place finish in his last three visits. Based on this, I believe he is the man to beat”. 

Justin Thomas:

• Each-way (1.5 points e/w @ 10/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Current form (last 5 starts): T13 – T52 – 4 – T40 – 5.

• Tournament form (last 5 starts): T22 – 3 – 1 – 3 – T5. 

• Reasons to believe:

  • • Course form. 

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Strokes gained: Approach to the green (Ranked 8th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Birdies or better conversion (Ranked 2nd).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Par breakers (Ranked 2nd).

• ParUp Golf’s resident tipster ‘Big Dal’ on why he can win – “Another former winner here (2020) and has registered a top 5 finish in his other 3 most recent visits to Kapalua. On paper, it certainly looks like he could go close this week, but just not quite as many positives as Xander at the moment for me, hence not being the headline pick.”

Scottie Scheffler:

• Each-way (1.5 points e/w @ 9/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Current form (last 5 starts): T13 – T45 – T3 – T9 – 2.

• Tournament form (last 5 starts): DNP – DNP – DNP – 13 – DNP. 

• Reasons to believe:

  • • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Strokes gained: Approach to the green (Ranked 4th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Birdies or better conversion (Ranked 8th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Par breakers (Ranked 3rd).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Rounds in the 60s (Ranked 3rd).

• ParUp Golf’s resident tipster ‘Big Dal’ on why he can win – “Finished last season well with 3 x top 10 finishes. Only 1 appearance at this course, which was 2 years ago, where he finished T13, but the world number 2 cannot be ruled out”. 

Big Dal’s, big price outsider – Hideki Matsuyama:

• Each-way (1 point e/w @ 40/1 – 6 places, 1/5 odds).

• Current form (last 5 starts): T60 – MC – T49 – T36 – T57.

• Tournament form (last 5 starts): T4 – DNP – DNP – T41 – T13.

• Reasons to believe:

  • • Course form. 

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Strokes gained: Approach to the green (Ranked 6th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Birdies or better conversion (Ranked 16th).

    • PGA Tour season stats (’21/’22) – Par breakers (Ranked 14th).

• ParUp Golf’s resident tipster ‘Big Dal’ on why he can win – “Hard to find a big price in these smaller fields, but Hideki could be the one at 40/1. He’s not been in great form of late, but a T4 here a few years back and T13 on his last visit, shows that he knows how to play the course”.