The PGA has a weakened field heading to Texas for the John Deere Classic, for two reasons.
LIV Golf has poached several stars, while a number of PGA players are already heading to Europe to prepare for the Open Championship in two weeks.
We see Webb Simpson come in as favorite, and what it does do is open up an opportunity for somebody lesser known to get on the board with their first win.
Nick Hardy is a player that seems to be finding some form. He lost in a playoff on the Korn Ferry Tour, and then followed that up with three good finishes including 14th in the US Open and 8th a week ago at the Travelers. He can continue that upward trend here with a big finish in his home state and 33/1 is a very appealing price.
Featured Groups for this week's @JDClassic:
🏌 Simpson
🏌 Day
🏌 Griffin⛳️ Howell III
⛳️ Snedeker
⛳️ Theegala🏌 Ramey
🏌 Poston
🏌 Brehm⛳️ Streb
⛳️ Kizzire
⛳️ Laird🏌 Glover
🏌 Frittelli
🏌 Johnson⛳️ Hoffmann
⛳️ Champ
⛳️ Davis pic.twitter.com/3tMweKOWar— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 28, 2022
This course is one of the easiest on tour and we should see another shootout. And with all of those type events, it often comes down to who gets hottest with the putter. Adam Hadwin has been playing really well of late and if he can just get a few more putts to drop he has every chance here.
He had a good finish last time out at the US Open and lead after round one at that major. He has won on the PGA Tour before and in this event with very few big names, his experience could pay off. 20/1 actually makes him second favorite but it is still a big price for the player that is perhaps playing the best in the field of late.
Last time the two tours went up against each other we got Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas battling it out in a great event on the PGA Tour. It will be interesting to see if they can keep eyes on them this time with the LIV Tour certainly having a vast amount of star power in comparison.
