{"id":10556,"date":"2024-04-23T14:42:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/?post_type=article&#038;p=10556"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:42:59","slug":"2024-zurich-classic-betting-card-picks-and-preview","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/article\/2024-zurich-classic-betting-card-picks-and-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Zurich Classic Betting Card Picks and Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Breaking up the regular season grind, the Tour heads to Louisiana this week for the Zurich Classic. This will be year six of The Zurich Classic as a team event. We&#8217;ll begin with 80 teams of two playing a best ball round on Thursday, followed by a round of alternate shot play on Friday before the field is cut to the top 33 duos and ties for the weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut makers will go back to best ball on Saturday before the event finishes with a final round of alternate&nbsp;shot&nbsp;on Sunday. This is back-to-back Pete Dye courses, the third in the past six weeks, so there&#8217;s some continuity around profiling the style of golfer that&#8217;s likely to find success this week. Unfortunately, the format makes it a tricky week to handicap things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everything You Need to Know for the Zurich Classic! | PGA Tour Betting Breakdown\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eh8ZvpsHM9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m all for wrinkles in the schedule to break up the monotonous stroke-play format we&#8217;re accustomed to. However, the combination of a Pete Dye track, notorious for leveling the playing field, no shotlink data, and two rounds of alternate shot makes this a better watch than a betting event, so I&#8217;ll have a light card this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more course details, check out&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PGASplits101\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ron&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/betspertsgolf.com\/golf-betting\/zurich-classic-at-tpc-louisiana-2024-preview\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">course preview<\/a>. It&#8217;s the best in the business, bar none. Here&#8217;s an important tidbit about TPC Louisiana:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As is typical, Dye created a &#8220;thinking man&#8217;s course&#8221; that demands precision around the water hazards and bunkers. Many holes, such as the par-4 16th, present a risk\/reward option.&nbsp;It challenges&nbsp;players to determine how much they are willing to risk to have a better scoring opportunity. It&#8217;s a very scoreable course, as evidenced by last year&#8217;s&nbsp;record winning score, along with&nbsp;each of the prior four winning pairs reaching 20-under or better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Statistically, off the tee seems&nbsp;not&nbsp;to matter&nbsp;as much&nbsp;here.&nbsp;Fairways are over 34 yards wide on average, and the rough is non-penal. The average driving distance ranking for the first 11 winners here at TPC Louisiana was only 32nd, while for driving accuracy, it was only 38th.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Before the format change to the team event, Strokes Gained Approach and Greens in Regulation were important for success here as seven of the 11 winners ranked inside the top-10 for GIR%. TPC Louisiana regularly ranked inside the top 10 easiest approach courses on Tour. Including the four par 3s that are each between 200-225 yards, over 30% of approach shots will come from over 200 yards making quality long iron play paramount to success.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Players can get away with shaky around-the-green play here as it consistently ranked among the&nbsp;easiest&nbsp;short-game courses on the PGA Tour. Six of the last seven winners before 2017 ranked inside the top 10 for putting average, and each of the&nbsp;last&nbsp;four gained at least 4.2 strokes putting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We have partnered with&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vividpicks.com\/promo\/betspertsgolf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vivid Picks<\/a>&nbsp;to bring you an easy way to claim a FREE, no-strings-attached 2024 season at Betsperts Golf, plus a 100% deposit match up to $250! 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