2022 BMW Championship golf odds: Cameron Young taking most betting action to win PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff event
Bettors at Caesars Sportsbook like a bit of a surprise player to win the BMW Championship.
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The second FedEx Cup playoff event on the PGA Tour, the BMW Championship, tees off Thursday for the first time ever at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware – the first Tour event held in the state – and in a bit of a surprise, the golfer taking the most action at Caesars Sportsbook to win is Australian rookie Cameron Young. He's +2200.
Fellow Aussie Cameron Smith is No. 2 in the world and No. 3 in FedExCup points and clearly the best player from Down Under in the world, but he withdrew Monday due to injury. The top 30 in points after Sunday advance to the season-ending Tour Championship and Smith will advance regardless. This writer wonders whether some casual golf bettors are confusing Smith (the winner of this year's Tournament of Champions, Players Championship and British Open) and Young (yet to win on the Tour).
The 25-year-old Young is taking 11.3 percent of all action to win the tournament, nearly two percent more than No. 2 Jon Rahm (9.5 percent). Young does have an incredible five runner-up finishes this season, and is likely to win PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
"It's the first time we're getting some PGA action in Wilmington at this particular course," said Anthony Salleroli, Lead Golf Trader at Caesars Sportsbook. "I'm just curious to see how the PGA has this one set up, and whether it will be a birdie-fest because that's how it yielded previously. It's a lot more difficult to handicap with a new course because you don't have a stat database. You can look at comparable courses, but you're not getting the main kibbles and bits of what this course provides. Then there's also the Cam Smith factor, whose absence from the field definitely took an effect on the top end of the market [odds-wise].
"We can now say that Cam Young is the new (Will) Zalatoris," Salleroli said. "He's been a public favorite for a while, and he's finished in second in two of the past three tournaments. He's been knocking at the door, so it's not a surprise to see all the bets on him. People are just waiting for him to win just like they did with Zalatoris until he finally did it last weekend."
Rory McIlroy is the +1000 favorite but isn't among the five golfers taking the most money to win. He won this tournament in 2012 when it was held in Indiana. He's coming off a rare missed cut last week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
One bettor in New York wagered $1,288.15 on Brendan Steele at +17500 for potential winnings of $225,426.25. Steele is now +12500.
There is no cut with a small field of 68. Wilmington Country Club's South Course is a par 71 at approximately 7,534 yards. The automatic qualifiers for the Presidents Cup teams will be determined after the BMW with six Americans and eight internationals securing spots on their respective teams. Golfers competing in the LIV Series will not be eligible for that event.
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