Updated Zurich Classic 2022 odds & 7 expert picks for Joaquin Niemann & Mito Pereira, more

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2022 Zurich Classic Odds

After a great few weeks of golf, we’re taking a week off from stroke play on the PGA TOUR.

The Zurich Classic is a team event that features 80 pairs of the world’s best at TPC Louisiana. Dream team Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland are favourites, although duo Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are not far behind.

Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman, as reigning champions, are next on the board. Smith has won this event twice since switching to a team format in 2017 when he tied for first place with Jonas Blixt. The likes of Billy Horschel and Sam Burns, as well as Ryder Cup veterans Tommy Fleetwood and Sergio Garcia ensure there’s plenty of quality on offer this week.

Oh, and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is playing alongside Ryan Palmer for the first time since his Masters win.

Rounds 1 and 3 are in best ball format, meaning each player plays the hole and the team gets the best score between the two. Rounds 2 and 4 are alternate recordings, and that’s exactly what it sounds like. The top 33 teams (including ties) will make the cut.

I have it? Great, then here are the best bets for this week at TPC Louisiana.

2022 Zurich Classic Picks

Keith Mitchell & Brandt Snedeker – Top 10 (+500)

Jason Sobel: I’m sure I’ll be firing a few longshots (or semi-longshots) straight this week, but instead of hoping your guys can beat players like Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland or Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, it might be wiser Just find some decent prizes for a few props in a field of essentially only 80 competitors (there are 160 players in the mix, but 80 teams).

When they played together last year – and partially finished fourth – Snedeker gushed about his partner Mitchell, calling it one of the better performances off the tee he’d seen. I myself have been extremely optimistic about Mitchell this year and think he’s due (or maybe overdue) for a serious title shot. In Sneds he gets a solid veteran who keeps the ball in play and can get hot with the flatstick. Don’t be surprised if you match or even surpass last year’s results.

Joaquin Niemann & Mito Pereira +2500

Chris Murphy: I’m sticking with my gut feeling this week because two young Chileans will be serving together at the Zurich Classic.

Joaquin Niemann has taken a step up with his overall game this year, earning a win at the Genesis Invitational and two other top-12 finishes, including last week’s RBC Heritage. Perhaps the most impressive thing we’ve seen from Niemann this year is his improvement around the greens, making him more than just a ball forward and that will certainly come in handy this week at TPC Louisiana.

Niemann’s partner and good friend, Mito Pereira, played good golf himself, but hasn’t put everything in place for a top result. He’s coming in after a solid week at Hilton Head, where he hit the ball for more than six shots on the field and that’ll suit Joaco just fine, especially when they get into the alternate shooting rounds.

Their comfort with each other will also go a long way in positioning them for a top finish, and at +2500 they offer good value in a week when that’s hard to find.

Tommy Fleetwood & Sergio Garcia +1600

Matt Vincenzi: Tommy Fleetwood is in the midst of one of the best PGA TOUR golf courses of his career. He’s been no worse than 22nd in his last six starts and was T10 at RBC Heritage last week.

That strong finish in the Harbor finish was powered by a Saturday 64 which illustrates why I’m so intrigued by the Englishman in this format. There will be low rounds and birdies in bunches in best-ball format on Thursday and Saturday, and Fleetwood can go low with the best of them.

Sergio Garcia has also shown some encouraging signs lately. After missing the cut at the Masters three years in a row, he bounced back this year with a 23rd place finish that year.

Perhaps more impressively, the Spaniard finished third in the field at Strokes Gained: Approach (+6.8) at Augusta National. If his elite iron game is indeed back, then TPC Louisiana should be a great match for him. The course is just south of where it won its last PGA TOUR (Country Club of Jackson) event and has played well here in the past.

Fleetwood and Garcia had a narrow chance at this event in 2019 when they finished second behind Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer. Both have been part of two of the finest duos in recent Ryder Cup history (Fleetwood and Molinari in Le Golf National and Garcia and Rahm in Whistling Straits), showing they have what it takes to excel in the best ball and exchange plays to be. recording formats.

Sungjae Im & Byeong Hun An +4000

Joshua Perry: I’ve just come from one of his better ball hitting weeks at RBC Heritage where he gained almost 10 shots from tee to green. He also finished in the top 10 at the Masters.

An had to drop out for the Korn Ferry Tour this year but has basically secured his return next year with a win in February and a second place finish last week. An also had his best finish on the PGA TOUR here, losing in a playoff before the event was moved to the team setup.

Sungjae Im & Byeong Hun An — Top 10 (+300)

Rob Bolton: For the conservative player, team events are no-plays. There are too many intangibles to consider in what is already the most difficult sport to predict most performances. So if you lean on the window – as one does – there are two primary strategies.

The first is to invest in missed cuts. The four editions of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans as a team event (2017-19, ’21) are littered with better laid plans. In fact, it only features the An-Im combo last year, but An really struggled. No more.

The other approach is to stay away from the outrights and top-5. My philosophy in singles competitions already is to chase the top 10, leave the top 5 as a bonus, and leave wins as cause for celebration. So, putting pressure on expectations in this tournament is the opposite adjustment.

The South Koreans are #10 on my PGATOUR.com power rankings, so they’re just about there. They play well enough on their own to be in contention for the title.

Doug Ghim & Matthias Schwab — Top 10 (+500)

Landon Silinsky: Last year Ghim played with Korn Ferry Tour mainstay Justin Suh and will get a major upgrade this year with Matthias Schwab.

These two complement each other beautifully as Ghim is one of the better ball forwards on the TOUR but just as bad with his short game. Enter Schwab, who ranks fifth in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and 24th in SG: Putting over his last 24 rounds in this field.

Ghim’s team finished T11 last year and now he will add someone who has had three top-eight finishes in his last six starts. This is one of the sneakier pairings and it looks like value for money to finish in the top 10 at 5-1 in this spot.

Alex Noren & Henrik Norlander — Top 5 (+1400)

Derek Farnsworth: This is one of those events where you can create a betting map based on a series of paths. You can chase form, you can chase class fitness, or you can chase team chemistry. The sample size of this team format is too small to draw any real conclusions, so I like to stick to the numbers. If a story goes with it, all the better.

That’s what we have this week with Noren and Norlander. The Swedes played together in this event last year (T21), so they should be very familiar with each other’s games.

The other difficult part of this event is deciding whether to select teams with matching skills (Hovland and Morikawa) or teams with complementary skills. Noren has always been known for his short game while Norlander has always been known for his ball strike. They complement each other’s weaknesses, which can be good or bad as we delve into the alternate recording format in rounds two and four.

Finally, I like Noren’s form, I like the course that suits both golfers, I like the team chemistry angle and I like the chances. You have +10000 to win and +1400 to finish in the top five.