The PGA Tour Championship wraps up the FedEx Cup Playoffs this weekend inwards capital of Georgia at storeyed East Lake Golf Club. And bettors placing bets inwards the to a greater extent than 30 states where such play is permitted same Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, and Rory McIlroy.

The Tour Championship is the end of the PGA Tour’s regular harden and FedEx Cup. Only the upper side 30 players in the season-long points standings qualify for the Tour Championship.

The players teeing it upwards starting today are assigned handicaps based on their points berth entering the last stop. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who arrives at Orient Lake as the FedEx Cup leader, begins the four-round Tour Championship at -10.

Schauffele and McIlroy, respectively tertiary and fifth, start at -6 and -4. Bettors the likes of their chances, and with to a greater extent appealing betting odds than Scheffler because of their four- and six-shot differential origin the tournament. Much action mechanism has been wagered on Xander and Rory.

BetMGM told Casino.org that Schauffele is responsible for(p) for 13% of its Tour Championship handle and 12% of the tickets. McIlroy has spurred still to a greater extent money at 14% of the hold on near 11% of the sum up bets wagered.

As a result, BetMGM has lowered Schauffele from +700 to +650, and McIlroy from +1400 to +900. BetMGM says Schauffele and McIlroy are ii of its biggest liabilities, as the Tour Championship tees turned inwards a matter of hours.

No. 1 Tops Handle, Bessie Smith Returns

BetMGM also cut Scheffler’s Tour Championship odds after the world’s topper player attracted nearly 9% of the handle. Scottie is the public’s favorite, as he is responsible for(p) for almost a billet of the tournament hold to win the FedEx Cup and its $18 jillion first-place prize.

Scheffler is at present at just now +200 to win the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup. type A $100 play on that rail line nets simply $200.

For bettors seeking a more rewarding payout, BetMGM says Captain John Smith has been a popular choice. The retail and online sportsbook operator says the Open champ is its biggest liability of the 29-player field of view (Will Zalatoris withdrew earlier this calendar week because of injury.)

Smith, who is expected to announce his departure for LIV Golf after the ratiocination of run on Sunday, is on 8% of the fine slips and slow to a greater extent than 10% of the money bet.

Smith remains instead long at +2500 because of a recent hurt that forced him to miss endure week’s BMW Championship. As a result, BetMGM says the Australian represents its biggest liability.

Patrick Cantlay, the defending FedEx Cup champ who won finally hebdomad at the BMW, begins today in 2d at -8. Cantlay, who is trying to become the number one participant to win consecutive Tour Championships and FedEx Cups, is at +350. He’s responsible for(p) for 13% of the palm and 9% of the tickets.

PGA Tour Ready to Pay Up

In other golf news, the PGA Tour yesterday announced major changes to its operations. The service comes in response to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf conference poaching away players with lucullan signing bonuses.

Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan proclaimed Wed that 12 tournaments will mean(a) purses of $20 meg apiece beginning next season. All full free Tour members will also follow guaranteed a $500,000 pedestal salary.

The Tour’s top-ranked players will follow required to toy inwards the 12 events, so long as they qualify. McIlroy, a staunch pleader of the Tour and strict critic of LIV Golf, said the update will better think about golf fans.

I reckon if you’re trying to sell a mathematical product to TV and to sponsors and to seek to acquire as many eyeballs on pro golf as possible, you need to at least let people know what they’re tuning in for. When i line into a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, i anticipate to see Tom Mathew B. Brady flip a football,” McIlroy said of his support.

“Sometimes what’s happened on the PGA Tour is we all do independently and we sort of make our own schedules, and that way that we never really capture unitedly all that often,” the four-time major winner added.