Shriners Open betting tips: Vegas may turn Louis’ luck

Brooks Koepka has alternated good finishes with missed cuts. He was T4 in 2015 and runner-up in 2017, but also had missed cuts in 2014, 2016 and 2020. The victorious Ryder Cup player is 18/1 this week.

Webb Simpson (pictured below) loves the challenge of this course. He won here in 2014 and has made nine straight Shriners cuts, a run that has included the win, three other top-10s and three additional top-20s. He is 20/1 this week.

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World number eight Louis Oosthuizen is the top-rated golfer in the field. Last season’s nearly-man, his CV was peppered with runner-up placings, including the PGA Championship, US Open and Open Championship. He shot 16-under at this tournament last season and is a live player at 22/1.

Beware the angry golfer with Kevin Na having a point to prove after being omitted from the USA Ryder Cup team. A dual winner and a runner-up here, he also enjoyed two second places and a third place in the season that recently finished. He is expected to challenge again at odds of 25/1.

Cameron Triangle played some solid shots at the Sanderson Farms Championship last week – a tournament won by Sam Burns – and finished T11, four shots behind.

Triangle, runner-up in 2016 and 16 under last year, is a 40/1 option for Shriners Open betting tips.

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Jason Kokrak was a little boom or bust last season. For example, he missed the cut at the Shriners and promptly won at Shadow Creek the following week.

He finished in the top 10 five times and made 21 cuts in 27 starts, and his recent T15 and T11 finishes at the BMW Championship and Tour Championship respectively mean he should not be overlooked at 40/1.

Patton Kizzire has had some decent runs at Shriners before, with T2 and T4 finishes in the locker, and was 15 under here last season. He had been playing well until missing the cut in Mississippi last week, but invariably bounces back with a strong showing after a missed cut so his odds of 80/1 are not to be sniffed at.

Rickie Fowler has been struggling. Last season he failed to record multiple top-10s for the first time since joining the PGA Tour in 2011. His T8 at the PGA Championship was a first top 10 on the Tour since 2020’s The American Express.

Yet he is simply too talented to be among the also-rans for much longer and his T4 here in 2018 suggests he may find some comfort level and regain some confidence. He is an 80/1 shot this week.

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