6 picks our expert likes

Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour gambling tips column, featuring picks from GOLF.com expert prognosticator Brady Kannon. A seasoned golf bettor and commentator, Kannon is a host and regular guest on SportsGrid, a syndicated audio network dedicated to sports and sports betting, and is a golf betting analyst for CBS Sportsline. You can follow Brady on Twitter at @LasVegasGolferand you can read his picks below for the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship, which starts on Thursday in Southampton, Bermuda. Along with Kannon’s recommended shows, you’ll also see data from Chirp Golf, a mobile app featuring free and daily fantasy golf contests where you can win money and prizes with every round and tournament.

Welcome to Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda. This windswept, par 71 Robert Trent Jones Sr. design. it is located along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and is relatively short at less than 6,900 yards. This will be the seventh edition of this tournament at this golf course and is the sixth out of seven FedEx Cup Fall Events with only the RSM Classic remaining, behind state in Georgia next week.

As was the case last week in Los Cabos, Mexico, there are 120 players in the field and there is a 36-hole cut. The window is narrowing with just two events now left for players to enter or avoid falling out of the top 100 in the FedEx Cup rankings. One must find themselves there at the FedEx Cup’s fall conclusion in order to receive full PGA Tour status in 2026.

As can be easily deduced, the greens here are Bermudagrass. They are large putting surfaces and will move very slowly due to the wind. The fairways are of medium width with very little rough, but there are a number of bunkers to negotiate, putting the emphasis on accuracy, especially in strong winds. This isn’t necessarily a bomber course, but having a little length off the tee will be an advantage in windy conditions.

In the last six editions of the Bermuda Championships, we haven’t always seen wind, but it looks like we will this week. The forecast calls for anything between 15-30 mph on each of the four days.

I watched Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and the approach. I looked at Good Drives Gained, Scrambling, and Strokes Gained: Putting (Bermudagrass). I also used Hole Proximity from 100-150 meters. Ideally, we want a good driver of the golf ball who is sharp with the wedges and the short game. Also, did we mention the smell yet? Yes, this also drives me to players with a lower ball flight and those who have shown the ability to separate in such conditions.

It’s a bit of a mixed bag for me this week in terms of related courses. looked Pebble beach, Cougry Water Etiquette Club (Sony Open), Sea Island (RSM Classic), PGA National (Cognizant Classic), and TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. What we are featuring here are Bermudagrass in most cases, coastal location and/or windy conditions, a tendency towards accuracy, shorter courses and also courses where scrambling is paramount.

Matt Wallace (35-1)

The Englishman has done well at coastal venues in the past, winning at Corales Puntacana in 2023 and has also fared well in a number of other tournaments that historically feature windy conditions around the world. He’s been playing a lot on Tour lately in an effort to maintain his status inside the top 100 in the rankings, so he has motivation to keep it up. He is one of the best in the field at approach, from 125-150 yards, and ranks fifth in the field in the last 24 rounds at Scrambling.

Vince Whaley (36-1)

Whaley currently sits at No. 101 in the FedEx Cup standings, so he has plenty of reason to maintain his current form and his streak of cuts that has now spanned seven months. He has finished fifth and eighth here in the past and has a top-10 finish at Sea Island along with top-20 finishes at Sony and TPC Summerlin. These results are quite possibly related to the fact that Whaley has one of the lowest ball flights on Tour. Over the past 24 rounds, he ranks 10th in the field for Scrambling and is ninth in SG: Putting (Bermudagrass).

Eric Cole (40-1)

We know Cole has a great short game, is one of the best in the field in approach and wedges, and famously, he lost in a playoff at the Cognizant Classic in 2023. That same season, he finished third at both the RSM Classic and the Shriners in Las Vegas. He finished fifth earlier this year at the Sony Open in Waialae. His current form is up there with two top-10 finishes in his last three starts.

Victor Perez (45-1)

The Frenchman is currently ranked 109th in the FedEx Cup rankings. He will drop to 21st last week, in which he ranked in the top 20 in the field for driving distance, greens in regulation and scramble. He has two top 20 finishes at PGA National and over the last 24 rounds, he ranks 16th in the field for SG: Approach and 24th for SG: Putting (Bermudagrass). It’s also worth noting that Perez has one of the lowest ball flights on Tour and won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, an event that’s no stranger to strong winds.

Takumi Kanaya (60-1)

Kanaya is one of the highest ranked players in my stat crunch this week as he is 11th in Scrambling, sixth in Hole Proximity from 100-125 yards and is the no. 1 in Good Drives won over the last 24 rounds. Kanaya finished in the top 5 four weeks ago as he tries to make his way full-time on the PGA Tour. He has 10 international victories in his career.

Ben Kohls (110-1)

I’ll be going back to Ben Kohles once again this week at triple-digit odds, as in my eyes, he continues to make sense. Over the past 24 rounds, he is #1 in the field for SG: Approach. He’s top 10 for best drives gained and holeshots from 100-125 yards. He has never missed a cut here in Bermuda or at Sony in Hawaii and finished fifth in the RSM Classic in 2023. Like Whaley, Perez and Kanaya, Kohles has an especially low ball flight.

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