2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds & Betting Preview

Detroit Golf Club is the site of this weekend’s inaugural edition of the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic, the PGA Tour’s first visit to Detroit in 10 years. The field will consist of 156 golfers playing for a $7.3 million prize pool and 500 FedExCup points. The North and South courses at the Detroit Golf Club have been around since 1916, but recent upgrades have brought them up to PGA standards. The tournament will take place on 17 holes from the North course and one from the South course, running 7,340 yards at a Par 72. The fairways are lined with trees, and there are 87 bunkers. The greens are average or below-average in terms of size and covered with bentgrass and poa. With four par-five courses, you’ll want to look at golfers who can take advantage on those holes, and you’ll also want to look to the golfers who hit the most greens in regulation, as they tend to stack up the birdies. We have your golf odds for this tournament as well as wagering suggestions.

2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds & Betting Preview

Contender Odds to Win the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic

• Dustin Johnson                                                                                               +550
• Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler                                                                  +1200
• Gary Woodland                                                                                               +1400
• Chez Reavie                                                                                                   +2500
• Brandt Snedeker, Ryan Moore                                                                       +2800
• Billy Horschel, Patrick Reed                                                                           +3000
• Kevin Kisner                                                                                                    +3300
• Bubba Watson, Sung-Jae Im                                                                         +3500
• Joaquin Niemann                                                                                            +4000
• Aaron Wise, Kevin Streetman, Viktor Hovland                                              +4500
• Brian Harman, Jason Dufner, Kevin Tway, Rory Sabbatini                           +5000
• Kyoung-Hoon Lee                                                                                           +5500
• Charles Howell III, Charley Hoffman, Jason Kokrak                                     +6000
• Kyle Stanley                                                                                                    +7000
• Keith Mitchell                                                                                                  +7500
• Jimmy Walker, Luke List, Nick Watney, Sung Kang, Vaughn Taylor                        +8000
• J.J. Spaun, Martin Laird                                                                                  +9000
• Bud Cauley, Cameron Smith, Corey Conners, Danny Lee,
• Harold Varner III, Mackenzie Hughes, Matthew Wolff, Peter Malnati, Russell Henley, Si Woo Kim                                                   +10000

Sung-Jae Im

Looking for a dark horse? Consider Sung-Jae Im. He has zero wins so far on the PGA Tour, but he has a number of bullet points that make him a smart play. He ranks 33rd in scrambling percentage, 38th in strokes gained (tee to green), 55th in greens in regulation, and 60th in both driving accuracy and strokes gained (putting). A lot of the golfers above him in many of these rankings are taking the weekend off, and he is skilled at a lot of the different metrics that make sense on this course. He tied for 21st at the Travelers and finished seventh at the RBC Canadian Open. Given that value, he’s a smart pick.

Dustin Johnson

Johnson is a smart pick because of his recent consistency. His last missed cut came at the 2018 British Open, and he has seven top-ten finishes in his last twelve tournaments. Given that we do not have any historical results at this tournament, going with consistency is wise, even when there is not a lot of value on his moneyline.

Gary Woodland

Woodland just won the U.S. Open, but we see that this result was no fluke, as he has six top-20 finishes in his last twelve tournaments. He ranks #1 on the PGA Tour in birdie average and #8 in greens in regulation percentage. Those are two skills that will pay major dividends at the Detroit Golf Club, and he offers relatively decent value.

Bill Horschel

Horschel is another dark horse for you to consider, with five top-25 finishes in his last nine tournaments and just one missed cut since the BMW Championship. In eight of his last twelve tournaments, he has finished at even par or below, and he has been on the leaderboard on Saturdays and Sundays. This could be the week he finishes the job.

Kevin Kisner

Kisner put together a -8 tournament at the Travelers Championship, his first finish in the top 20 since New Orleans. He is a golfer who tends to play well in streaks, riding momentum from one tournament to the next. He ranks #13 on the PGA Tour in driving accuracy percentage and he looked confident on the weekend at the Travelers Championship.