Analyst · 3-7 on settled picks
“as always, I'm going to be on Jon Rahm. Over the last couple of years, I think the best player has been Jon Rahm, and I'm comfortable saying he should be the clear favorite this week.”
Verified against the PGA TOUR final leaderboard: Bryson DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open and Jon Rahm did not win; the recorded outcome matches.
“steal half of your picks throughout the entire night but then I get to have you on the pod get to throw some softballs at you and then I get to bet on you this week at a place where you've won twice in Napa at the Safeway Open. And I said, I'm going to throw so much on you this week that I'm going to win more than you are when you win the golf tournament. How's that sound?”
The PGA TOUR's Safeway Open record names Stewart Cink as the winner, so Brendan Steele to win lost.
“Real quick, Peter, who do you like? You got Rory and DJ against Matthew Wolff and Rickie Fowler. Who you got? You know, I pick Rory. I've been on Rory every single time regardless, and I'm probably going to go with the plus money with Ricky and Wolfe Just because of what Keegan said, I think there's a lot of variance. And I'm taking the plus money in both matches, I think.”
PGA TOUR final results show McIlroy and Johnson won 11 skins to Fowler and Wolff's 7, so Fowler/Wolff moneyline lost. (McIlroy/Johnson 11 skins, Fowler/Wolff 7 skins)
“My favorite bet on the week right now I found Abraham answer at plus 1300 for a top five That is hands down my top bet”
The PGA TOUR Genesis Invitational leaderboard places Abraham Ancer outside the top five; the recorded outcome matches.
“moving down into kind of the middle or the bottom tier I think there a lot of compelling names I excited that Viktor Hovland back and that actually my best bet of the week is Viktor Hovland over Jordan Spieth in a matchup Fortunately the line has moved a decent bit but originally started off somewhat close to a pick-em in some books, and now Hovland's like a minus 145 all the way to minus 170 favorite over Spieth.”
Viktor Hovland's 36-hole 142 beat Jordan Spieth's 143 after both missed the cut (PGA TOUR leaderboard).
“I'm going to take the yes on that one at plus 250. I love Rory this year. I'm not saying anything new. I thought he was by far the best golfer last year. Didn't win a major, but won the players and had one of the best statistical years.”
Rory McIlroy did not win a 2020 men's major; the PGA Championship was won by Collin Morikawa and the U.S. Open by Bryson DeChambeau (PGA TOUR).
“Here another one And I guess my Tiger thing is I think it a stay away But if you are going to do it I don hate it I think his best chance by far is going to be the Masters every single year going forward just given the shortened field And the problem with the Masters is Tiger is always going to be juiced up So if you a huge Tiger fan I don hate this And I do think Tiger is primed for a really really good year Looks healthy and just has a lot of things going in his direction It just a really really deep PGA tour And again steep price here Will Jon Rahm win a major Plus 350 on the yes minus 500 on the no Give me all that plus money. I am all in on Jon Rahm right now.”
Jon Rahm did not win a 2020 men's major; his first major was the 2021 U.S. Open (USGA results).
“win this week. Guys, anything else? Any matchups you want to go over? I want to ask Peter about, on a guy that, I mention Chez all the time. I haven't taken this guy in a while, but it's Peter's favorite player in the field this week, Colin Morikawa. And the reason I love him for all the reasons but the reason i want this matchup is because he's matched up with jordan spieth and they're both minus 115 and god damn it i've lost probably five bets in a row against speed i haven't since remember the text the text gate that i had with it where i texted him the i texted him the stuff that was supposed to go to someone else and it was really embarrassing and all that shit i think i've been cursed by the gods and i have i've yet to win a spieth matchup since riviera i believe but we got colin moore cower over spieth meter talk me into it or talk me out of it i mean That's my favorite bit of the week by a mile. I was going to bring that up here at the close.”
Morikawa completed the Wyndham Championship while Spieth was cut after round three, so Morikawa won the matchup (PGA TOUR leaderboard). (Morikawa completed event; Spieth CUT)
“Before we transition into the Rocket Mortgage Classic, I did make a wager already this week, and it was on the Open Championship. I sent you guys the ticket. I'm on JT to win it at plus 4550. Sleaze, you just had him on your radio show.”
Shane Lowry won the 2019 Open Championship, so the Justin Thomas futures pick lost (PGA TOUR). (2019 winner: Shane Lowry)
“mean you guys still literally everyone I don't think the Bills is my my favorite bet of the week them on the money line in a big way. I think that that's a price, depending where you look, there's some pretty big discrepancies there. I think in general, the public just still thinks the bills are absolutely putrid, which obviously their quarterback play hasn't been good and they're not scoring points, but they play great defense at home. And I think this Jacksonville team after that heartbreaking loss is in big trouble. So that's my favorite bet of the week.”
Buffalo 24-21 Jacksonville — Buffalo beat Jacksonville 24-21 on November 25, so the Bills moneyline pick won (Pro-Football-Reference box score).