Who's Worth a Wager at the 2025 John Deere Classic?

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00:00so keith when we look at the odds board now we'll start at the very top you're probably not

00:04accustomed to seeing ben griffin being that betting favorite entering a week on the pga tour

00:10but what a 2025 season it has been for griffin already two wins a t14 last week at the rocket

00:18classic his last six starts keith he's been in the top 15 on the leaderboard by the time sunday

00:24has come around each and every start so ben griffin is the favorite entering this week

00:30at the john deere classic are you buying in you know what i'm not buying in although i think he

00:37will be near the leaderboard at the end of the week and i mean here's why you talk about seeing him on

00:43the betting board right the guys played nine weeks in a row the only week he took off was the masters

00:49just because he wasn't in the field he plays every single week he's been incredibly consistent

00:53he wants to position himself for beth page black and that rider cup team i mean he's done an

00:58incredible job this year but as a favorite at plus 1600 i think there's better value down the board i

01:04mean all of the favorites jason day he's only played here once in the last decade you've got guys like

01:09michael thorby orenson everyone's all over this kid like they were davis thompson last year they think

01:14that you know a couple good starts here at the jdc and also at the rocket makes him a favorite and then

01:20you've got jt poston who won here back in 2022 for me at the top of the board those favorites

01:26i might look some other places when it comes to the early leans on the early line this morning

01:30by the way keith let me ask you a quick question too because you said that there's a chance that

01:34some of these guys could go real low is there any market for like the first round leader because ben

01:39griffin is the favorite at plus 3500 who has a chance to get out to a really hot start this week

01:44you know this is a great question donnie and there's two guys that i'm eyeing that are at huge

01:48odds the first one sammy valamaki he loves to get off the hot starts and the second one is andrew

01:53putnam putnam's been excellent lately i mean he's at 60 to 1 in most markets and a guy that's fourth

01:59on the pga tour and thursday scoring putnam with the putter and around the greens he's a scoring

02:05machine so keith we see his name right there davis thompson who you mentioned a lot of people high on

02:11last year 33 to 1 the reigning champ of the john deere classic last week's winner in a dramatic

02:18playoff at the rocket classic in motown aldrich potteeter getting his first career win only 20

02:25years old the young stars have played well at tpc deer run it is time now without further ado

02:31for the early leans on the early line at the john deere classic keith who has a good week out there in

02:37the quad cities hey the john deere tractors they like to play in the dirt so i'm going with my man

02:43dirty denny mccarthy right in the last three trips there he's got a sixth a sixth and a seventh boys

02:49at plus 2500 this morning on the fan duel board i mean he's gaining an average of 10 strokes on the

02:55field in those last three starts here right three three top seven finishes incredible he was 12th at

03:01the travelers very quietly and here's a guy he's a scrambler he's a scorer from close range he knows how

03:07to play this place he will be up there come sunday afternoon and the second guy new jersey kid chris

03:12gotter up plus 3500 this morning at fan duel he started the week on monday at plus 4500 so i'm not the

03:18only person who thinks this way in 2022 he played here fresh out of college tied fourth right he's number

03:24one in the field and strokes gained off the tee i said you had to hit the fairway how about hitting

03:28the fairway and hitting it deep he can do that right approach he end off the tee he has been

03:34gaining positively in his last five starts the kid is having one of the best stretches in his young pga

03:40tour career and he's won before ben so you know what the unproven guys gotter up's done it

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