It seems like the PGA Tour just can’t get enough of Texas.
For the third time in 2024 a Tour event will be held in the Lone Star state.
The first stop came in late March/early April when the players teed it up at the Texas Children’s Houston Open followed the next week by the Valero Texas Open.
Then came the CJ Cup Byron Nelson the first week of May.
Now, the Tour is back for this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge which will be held at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, and top-rated US sportbooks are offering Charles Schwab Challenge betting odds.
This is one of those events that tries its hardest to attract a great field.
The good news is that despite the fact the tournament follows last week’s second major, the PGA Championship, 26 of the world’s top 50 players are signed up.
The better news is that because a good share of the big names won’t be teeing it up, those players struggling to move up in the FedEx Cup points race have a little more of a chance to compete.
With arraignment looming, Scheffler returning to course at Charles Schwab Challenge
Well, except for the fact one of the big names in golf is here, some guy named Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler, the home-state favorite, is coming off a T-8 at the PGA Championship, his 10th top-10 finish of the year.
And that finish comes despite the fact he wasn’t a major factor over the weekend as he battled through a tough week.
Scheffler is coming off a week to remember … and forget.
The remembering part is the birth of a son, Bennett.
The forgetting part is getting arrested in a mix-up following an early-morning accident last Friday.
Scheffler wasn’t involved in the accident itself but in trying to get to the course for his early tee time he had a run-in with police that resulted in him being arrested.
Most called it a misunderstanding and Scheffler said the incident will be handled.
In the end, Scheffler made his tee time with a few minutes to spare and wound up with a solid finish.
That’s quite the falloff from his most recent tournament run that featured four wins and a second-place finish in a five-event stretch.
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Charles Schwab Challenge odds: Scheffler a massive favorite
We know what you’re thinking: We can’t back Scheffler at a Tiger-like .
But believe us, we’re back to driving his bandwagon. Jump on even at these low numbers because they are likely to go even lower.
We want to remind everyone of the fact we’ve backed him four times in his last six tournaments. He won four of them, was second once, and was T-8 last week when we backed off and didn’t bet him because of his layoff following the new addition to his family.
For Scheffler, it was a three-hole stretch on Saturday where he was four-over-par that derailed any chance of winning.
With the world around him spinning wildly with his new child to go along with being arrested, it would have been easy to mail it in on Sunday and just get out of town.
Didn’t happen.
He fired a final-round 65 to race up the leaderboard.
Now he’s back on home turf and in comfortable surroundings. He’ll take a day to get his mind re-focused, spend time with his family and he be set to go come his tee time on Thursday.
Oh, one last bit of information: His last two starts in this event wound up with T-3 and T-2 finishes.
If you’re still not sure about backing him at this price, you might wait until after the first round. If he’s not leading, his odds may go up giving bettors a better price.
Charles Schwab Challenge bet to consider: Harris English odds
It’s been awhile since Harris English, this week, found the winner’s circle (two wins in the 2021 season) but he’s been playing well enough to pique our interest.
He’s coming off a T-18 at last week’s PGA Championship where he opened with rounds of 68 and 67 and found himself right in the mix in the search for his first major.
With the talent level down compared to last week, we love his chances.
And that’s especially true when you look at his effort in this event in 2023.
He was on the first page of the leaderboard before a final round 76 saw him fall to a T-12 finish.
Despite that fact, we like his play coming into this event as he’s got a pair of top-10 finishes in 2024 and has made 12 of 13 cuts.
Charles Schwab Challenge longshot pick: Adam Schenk
We’re still waiting for Adam Schenk, this week, to get in the winner’s circle.
His solo second here in 2023 is the closest he’s come to a victory and except for a final round 72 he might be looking to be a repeat champion.
He lost in a playoff to Emiliano Grillo in 2023 to wind up with his second runner-up finish. Grillo birdied the first playoff hole to seal the victory.
In the 2023 tournament, he just never got on track in the final round as he posted three bogeys and just a single birdie as Grillo ran him down with a final-round 68.
We’re thinking Schenk’s going to have enough positive thoughts about his week here in 2023 to help him finally get that first victory on the PGA Tour.
PGA Tour prop odds, picks for Charles Schwab Challenge
Check out DraftKings for a wide variety of prop options. Here are a couple we really like.
We’re going to look at a bet we cashed last week: A triple chance to win the tournament.
Last week we had the trio of Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Jon Rahm to win. In the end, we had two chances on Sunday with Schauffele (winner) and Morikawa (solo fourth) giving us a cash at +600.
This week we’re going with Morikawa, Jordan Spieth and Max Homa to win at +550. Morikawa was oh-so-close last week, Spieth is playing a home game and Homa was solid but not spectacular last week at the PGA Championship.
We also cashed the bet of the winner birdieing the final hole.
We’ll double down this week on the 72nd hole bet, but we’re going in the other direction: We’re taking the winner will post a bogey or worse on the 72nd hole at +450.
Last year Grillo, the eventual winner, double bogeyed the final hole which is a daunting par-4.
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