LIV Golf Greenbrier:
Three weeks ago, Jon Rahm finally won his first LIV event in Staffordshire, England. The following week, he held a four-stroke lead on the back nine at the Olympic Games in Paris, only to fall apart and finish out of the medals altogether. Rahm (+550) is back in the favorite role this week for the LIV Golf Greenbrier event held at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.
Bryson DeChambeau (+750) is the defending champion at the Greenbrier, having shot 58 in the final round, which tied the lowest-ever round shot in a major tour golf tournament.
In 2019, Joaquin Niemann (8/1) won his first professional golf event here at the Greenbrier when it still hosted PGA TOUR events.
Tyrrell Hatton (9/1) has finished in the Top 3 in each of his last three LIV events including a victory at Nashville back in June.
Cameron Smith (16/1) was part of a three-way tie for second with Hatton and Niemann behind Rahm at LIV UK three weeks ago.
At 20/1 are Louis Oosthuizen, Sergio Garcia, and Talor Gooch.
Kevin Na (66/1) and Danny Lee (150/1) won at The Greenbrier on the PGA TOUR back in 2018 and 2015, respectively.
The Course
The Old White Course at the Greenbrier is in White Sulphur Springs, WV. It was designed by legendary architect Charles Blair Macdonald and opened for play in 1914. Macdonald’s associate Seth Raynor returned in the 1920s to oversee updates to the course.
The layout will play as a Par 70 of 7,289 yards.
Bentgrass is the surface used throughout the course, including the greens (6,700 sq ft average), which will run at a 12 on the stimpmeter for average speed.
Both Par 5’s on the Par 70 are on the back nine.
There are 77 bunkers in all and eight water danger holes.
Here is the scorecard courtesy of the LIV Golf website:
Recent History
2023: Bryson DeChambeau (-23/187); 13/1
Weather
Intermittent rain is expected all three days at The Greenbrier.
Here is the weather forecast courtesy of AccuWeather:
Selections
Cameron Smith 16/1 DraftKings
Smith has finished in the Top 10 for four of the last five LIV events. While he can spray it all over the place off the tee, he leads LIV in putting and ranks 4th in birdie average.
Paul Casey 29/1 FanDuel
Casey has finished in the Top 10 in three of his last four LIV events. He ranks second in Greens In Regulation (73.06%), fifth in driving accuracy (64.72%) and seventh in scrambling (66.88%).
Harold Varner III 80/1 Caesars Sportsbook
Varner finished T-4 last week in the Asian Tour’s International Series event in England last weekend. He has two Top 6 finishes here with a 6th last year and a 5th in the 2018 PGA TOUR event held here.
Peter Uihlein 100/1 DraftKings
Uihlein won the Asian Tour’s International Series event in England last weekend.
