The final stop of the PGA Tour regular season — the Wyndham Championship odds — is here, presenting one final opportunity for those jockeying for FedEx Cup positioning.
The course at Sedgefield Country Club is short and the field is light, but there's still a lot to play for. Some guys need one last push to get inside the Top 125 while others are hungry for their first win on Tour.
As such, we highlight three guys worth backing for the Tour's regular-season finale, including a favorite, sleeper, and longshot.
Wyndham Championship outright picks
Picks were made on 8/2/2022 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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Wyndham Championship outright picks
Among the favorites: Will Zalatoris (+1,700)
For last week's Rocket Mortgage Classic, I rolled with Cameron Young in this spot (finished T2) in the spirit of a dominant golfer capping off a strong rookie season with his first Tour victory. My stance on Will Zalatoris this week is more of the same.
Willy Z's season has been equally as impressive with eight Top-6 finishes, including two runner-ups and a T6 in three of the majors. He's consistently found himself around the hoop and could just as easily have two or three wins as opposed to none if a couple of things had gone differently. And for what it's worth, he's handled those losses with class.
He played so-so in Detroit last week and actually flirted with missing the weekend for parts of Friday, but made it through and rewarded himself by rattling off a final-round 65, somehow working his way up into a T20 finish.
We know about his otherworldly ball-striking numbers: first in strokes gained approach, ninth off-the-tee, and second from tee-to-green. We also know that his putting can come and go, but despite that, he seems to end up in contention every other week.
When he played this event a year ago, he finished T29 with some pretty muted iron play (+0.11 per round on approach) but actually rolled the ball well, gaining +0.66 strokes per round on the greens. A similar putting performance this week combined with Willy Z's typical tee-to-green play should almost assuredly have him contending on the weekend.
He's simply too damn good at golf to have not won yet. This should be the week that changes.
Sleeper to watch: Si-Woo Kim (+2,800)
When you combine form and tournament history, Si-Woo Kim has the best prospects of anyone in this tier of golfers.
He won by five shots here in 2016 and in three starts since 2019, has finished solo-fifth, T3, and T2 (lost in a playoff last year). He now gets to pair that undeniable course history with back-to-back Top-15 finishes at the Open Championship and last week's Rocket Mortgage.
Kim's season-long statistical resume doesn't jump out as overly impressive but his good performances here at Sedgefield have come thanks in large part to strong iron play and solid putting.
He's a proven winner that's taken down stronger fields than this one. Expecting anything other than another chance to win on the weekend would be foolish.
Longshot worth a look: Cameron Champ (+10,000)
When scanning longshot prospects this week, it's important to note where guys stand in the FedEx Cup standings — and more importantly what type of week they'll need to get or stay within the Top 125. Queue Cameron Champ.
To this point, the three-time Tour winner's season has been mostly forgettable, but a late-season run could quickly change that. After five straight missed cuts spanning from the PGA Championship through to the John Deere, Champ has posted quality finishes of T16 at the 3M Open and T20 at Rocket Mortgage.
He enters the week just outside of the bubble — 130th in the revised FedEx Cup standings that exclude suspended LIV golfers — and will need to post one of the best results of his season should he get and stay inside the line.
Like Kim, Champ is a proven winner. He can also overpower any course with a driver that leads the Tour in driving distance. Back him to rise to the occasion.
