One tournament remains on the PGA Tour before the Masters, the Valero Texas Open, April 4-7 from TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course).
Even though it isn’t a PGA Tour signature event and the week before the major, several star players are in the field, including Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa and Jordan Spieth.
When it comes to golf betting, bettors at the BetMGM online sportsbook are favoring several of these stars.
As of Wednesday, Aberg, Spieth and McIlroy are the three most popular players. McIlroy has the shortest odds in the field at +1000, followed by Aberg at +1200, while Spieth is fourth at +2000.
Aberg is pulling in the most handle (17.2%) on the third-most tickets (6%), while Spieth has the second-highest handle (10.7%) on the second-most tickets (6.4%). Meanwhile, McIlroy has the third-highest handle (9.5%) on the most tickets (6.9%).
Spieth has the best course history, winning the event in 2021 and finishing in the top 35 in his two other appearances. McIlroy missed the cut in his lone appearance in 2022, while Aberg also missed the cut that year in his only start here.
In terms of recent form, Aberg enters playing the best. He’s coming off four straight top 25 finishes, including a solo eighth-place finish at the Players Championship.
On the other hand, Spieth has missed back-to-back cuts at The PLAYERS Championship and Valspar Championship, and McIlroy’s best finish on the PGA Tour this year in five events is a T-19 at The PLAYERS Championship.
Spieth, Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick (+2800) are BetMGM’s biggest liabilities this week.
Current Handle & Tickets
Handle
- Ludvig Aberg – 17.2%
- Jordan Spieth – 10.7%
- Rory McIlroy – 9.5%
- Matt Fitzpatrick – 6.1%
- Hideki Matsuyama – 4.5%
Tickets
- Rory McIlroy – 6.9%
- Jordan Spieth – 6.4%
- Ludvig Aberg – 6.0%
- Hideki Matsuyama – 5.1%
- Matt Fitzpatrick – 4.8%
Fitzpatrick is making his tournament debut and is coming off a fifth-place finish at The PLAYERS.
Corey Conners (+2200) is the defending champion, having also won in 2019, and is drawing 3.9% of the tickets and 3.7% of the handle.
