Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023 Preview

Aloha as the new year tees off in Hawaii for the PGA Tour’s Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023. I chip-in some coverage and tournament preview in Forbes, and add some dark horse picks and other coverage for The Duel Sports and FanDuel.

Just 39 players in this year’s expanded field, which includes PGA Tour winners in 2022 plus TOUR Championship finalists (top 30).

Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023 Odds

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• Course: Plantation
• Location: Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
• Date: Jan. 5-8, 2023
• Par: 73 / Yardage 7,596
• Prize Pool: $15 million / Winner $2.7 million

Betting Data

BetMGM reports the following golfers taking the most bets to win and money as of Wednesday morning Jan. 4.

Highest Ticket%

• Justin Thomas 15.7%
• Sungjae Im 10.9%
• Xander Schauffele 8.9%
• Scottie Scheffler 7.8%

Highest Handle%

• Justin Thomas 18.1%
• Sungjae Im 13.9%
• Xander Schauffele 13.7%
• Scottie Scheffler 8.1%

Tournament Longshot

Sungjae Im has finished T-8 and T-5 in his two appearances in the Tournament of Champions, and shot at least -20 under par in both events. Im led the field in strokes-gained tee-to-green on his 2021 debut in the event. He’s remained consistently strong across the board, is playing well the end 2022 and had three runner-up finishes to close into the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The 24-year-old South Korean has gained strokes putting in seven straight events, and if his putter performs well, Sungjae Im is a main contender.

Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023 Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau
Fairway’s Longshots: Sungjae Im, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama

Tournament Match-ups: Pass this week 

No tournament match-ups in the opening limited field event to tee off 2023.

Last year’s 2022 PGA Tour tournament match-up picks finished 20-12 and concluded with the TOUR Championship.

The 2021 tournament match-ups finished 21-15 following a 17-5 start January through May.

Past two years 2021 and 2022 tournament match-up picks posted on these pages at Vegas Sports Zone, 41-27.

Next week it’s the Sony Open in Hawaii.