What an incredible weekend of golf at Southwind. It was only fitting that Will Zalatoris would finally get over the hump with his first win on Tour, in dramatic fashion, holding off a suddenly in-form Sepp Straka. Sunday was a tough afternoon for the ‘golf is boring’ crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’re on to Wilmington Country Club for the first time ever, hosting 68 of the world’s best golfers for the BMW Championship. We’re flying in the dark here, with a rare, never-before-seen course mixed in the BMW rota this season. Although WCC has never hosted a professional event, it has hosted six USGA events in the past, including the 2013 Palmer Cup between the United States and Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luckily for you, Ron<\/a> did a lot of the work, so you don’t have to. Check out his detailed course preview<\/a> here, but here’s an important tidbit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilmington Country Club is a tree-lined open parkland layout that averages a massively long 106.1 yards per par. It ranks as the 8th longest course played on Tour over the past few years. From an agronomy standpoint, fairways and greens are bentgrass, while the rough is a combination of fescue in the intermediate area and thick, lush, 4-inch bluegrass in the main area.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is an interesting mix of both long and short holes. Eight par-4s are under 450 yards. Much of the course’s length comes on five holes. Two of the three par-5s are over 630 yards. Reaching the green in two shots is not a realistic option for most players on either of them. Three of the par-4s are very long at 490-plus yards. And then three of the four par-3s are over 230 yards, including some challenging approaches over water.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The truth is, we don’t know how the course will play this week, but I believe the Tour doesn’t want another birdie fest. So when I put on my tinfoil hat here, I think tough conditions and pin placements on Thursday and Friday help the cream rise to the top, creating a fun leaderboard heading into the weekend, where generous pin placements on these ginormous greens create the best product for the television audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cappers can either pick an archetype and fill their betting card, selecting golfers with overlapping skills, or spread themselves out, covering multiple skill sets since the range of outcomes could be vast. I’m of the first ilk. I want multiple guys in contention on Sunday, and if I’m correct in how I think a course will play that week, I want to increase my chances of being rewarded for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My goal with this piece is to touch on the golfers I’m targeting this week. There are millions of ways to bet on this beautiful game, so I’ll share my opinion on the best way to bet on each golfer in my player pool at this week’s event. When pricing out finishing position bets, I’ll often lean towards BetMGM even if there’s a better number elsewhere because of MGM’s advantageous dead-heat rules. Know the rules of the books that you’re betting on! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please take advantage of the Discord<\/a> feature and community. It’s the best way to get up-to-the-minute lines and advice, and if you need help getting started, please reach out. That’s where my full card will be posted, along with any live in-tournament bets. Betting markets are fluid, but I’ll note the best number available at the time of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m not sure how I want to approach this week yet. I might take a few smaller shots at the outright market in place of laying massive juice in the finishing position market. Since it’ll be a lighter week in terms of overall investment, swinging for the fences a few more times may be the best approach. After a discussion on this week’s betting show<\/a>, I think I’ll fire a few live bullets once the numbers drift after Round 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Betting lines accurate at the time of publication.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ryan Noonan’s 2022 BMW Championship Betting Card Picks and Preview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4885,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"bs_types":[14],"bs_tags":[128,29],"class_list":["post-4884","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","bs_type-betting","bs_tag-bmw-championship","bs_tag-golf-betting"],"acf":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JonRahm2022BMWChampionship.jpg","tags_list":[{"id":128,"name":"BMW Championship","slug":"bmw-championship"},{"id":29,"name":"Golf Betting","slug":"golf-betting"}],"types_list":[{"id":14,"name":"Betting"}],"bs_author":{"name":"Ryan Noonan","profile_image":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ryan-Noonan-150x150.jpg"},"bs_term_name":null,"is_paid":"true","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bs_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bs_types?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"bs_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bs_tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}