The first PGA Tournament of the new calendar year is The Sentry where 59 players will battle in the first Signature Event of 2024. PGA Tour winners from last season are eligible as well as anyone who finished in the Top 50 in the FedExCup standings. The Sentry has a $20 million dollar purse and 700 FedExCup points go to the winner. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler leads the field along with FedExCup champion Viktor Hovland. Scheffler is listed as the golf betting favorite at Caesars at odds of +550, while Hovland is +750. A total of 21 of the world’s Top 25 players are in the field. Let’s look at The Sentry odds and picks.

Check out the latest Sentry odds at Caesars.

Venue: Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort is a par 73 that measures 7,596 yards. This will be the 26^th straight year that Kapalua has hosted a PGA Tour event.

Last Year: Jon Rahm scorched the field in the final-round, shooting a 63 to win by two shots over Collin Morikawa. Morikawa had a big lead, as he was leading by six shots at one point, but he faltered down the stretch. Max Homa and Tom Hoge tied for third, while Tom Kim and J.J. Spaun tied for fifth.

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Sentry Odds

Scottie Scheffler +550

Viktor Hovland +750

Collin Morikawa +1000

Ludvig Aberg +1000

Xander Schauffele +1200

Max Homa +1200

Patrick Cantlay +1600

Matt Fitzpatrick +2000

Tony Finau +2200

Tommy Fleetwood +2500

Tom Kim +2500

Sungjae Im +2500

Jordan Spieth +2500

Tyrrell Hatton +3000

Jason Day +3000

Cameron Young +3500

Russell Henley +3500

Rickie Fowler +3500

Wyndham Clark +3500

Hideki Matsuyama +4000

Sepp Straka +4000

Sahith Theegala +4000

Corey Conners +4500

Brian Harman +4500

Eric Cole +5000

Justin Rose +5000

Keegan Bradley +5000

Sam Burns +5000

Lucas Glover +5500

Vincent Norrman +5500

Denny McCarthy +6000

Luke List +6000

Si Woo Kim +6000

Cam Davis +7500

Emiliano Grillo +7500

Byeong Hun An +8000

Harris English +8000

Adam Hadwin +8000

Akshay Bhatia +8000

Brendon Todd +8000

J.T. Poston +8500

Kurt Kitayama +9000

All other players are listed with odds of +10000 or more

Favorite

Scottie Scheffler +550

I have high regard for Scheffler, but if you read my weekly golf picks then you should know that golf betting favorites are a losing proposition. The favorites simply don’t win enough to be profitable and it will be extremely rare for me to take one. I like Scheffler, but I am not taking him as the betting favorite.

Value Picks

Collin Morikawa +1000

You can’t deny the success that Morikawa has had at Kapalua. He has finished 2^nd, 5^th, 7^th and 7th in his last four trips to Maui. He has had plenty of chances to win the Sentry including last year when he led by six shots. He should be highly motivated to close the deal this time around.

Max Homa +1200

Homa has played well early in the season in the past with four of his six wins coming in California. He is a player who oftentimes gets overlooked as one of the top players in the world, but his numbers are right there with Scheffler and Rahm. He played well in November, winning the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Challenge and I expect him to contend this week.

Jordan Spieth +2500

I said late last season that it was finally time for me to get back to taking Jordan Spieth. I think Spieth has finally put some of his putting demons to rest and there is no denying he has a great short game. Did you know that since 2008 the two players who have the most wins on Bermudagrass on the PGA Tour are Scheffler and Spieth? I’ll take Spieth at a nice number this week.

Tom Kim +2500

I think we could see some wins for Kim this season. He has played well on seaside courses in the past and he looked very comfortable in this event a year ago when he was in contention. I’ll take a flyer on him at this number.

Erik van Rooyen +10000

It is not out of the question that we see a longshot winner this week. He has been playing really well of late and he has plenty of experience on this course. Van Rooyen has good approach stats and this week’s winner will rank highly in approach and putting. I’ll take a longshot and go with van Rooyen.

Check out the latest Sentry odds at Caesars.