Scheffler (+280) a Towering Favorite for FedEx Cup Playoffs

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00:00Scotty Scheffler is still the current favorite, and he's about as big as a favorite as we've seen, plus 280.

00:05Xander, 16-1. Thomas, 22-1. Fitzpatrick, 24-1. And Tommy Fleetwood is 25-1.

00:12I know you really enjoy this time of the year, Keith, because it really shows who's got the guts, right, at the end of the season.

00:19Well, there's no doubt about that. And these guys have a lot more to play for than even just the FedEx Cup standings.

00:24I mean, yes, there's a lot of money on the line and everything, but there are a lot of guys where this Ryder Cup situation,

00:30where I really feel like there's two or three spots that are open for about five or six players.

00:35And, Craig, it's got to be on these guys' minds. I mean, we saw what happened with Cam Young last week.

00:40We certainly know that he's from New York, going to Beth Page.

00:43It's got to be a huge goal for him to play on that Ryder Cup, like a lifetime bucket list goal, not just a goal for the year.

00:48Being from New York, and Chris Godderup, that story, of course, you've got the European side,

00:54somebody like Matt Fitzpatrick that's playing so very well. He'd love to close off a win this week.

00:58And he's played very well there at TPC Southwind before in the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

01:05I think right now, when I look at it, the markets are really interesting on Fitzpatrick.

01:09Sepp Straka, two names. Let's kind of go into some possibilities here.

01:13Certainly, Matt Fitzpatrick, he had the second-best weekend at the Wyndham Championship, Craig.

01:20He kind of just quietly snuck into a tide for eighth place.

01:23So, if you had him top ten at the beginning of the week as the pre-tournament favorite down there in Greensboro,

01:28well, then you cashed, right?

01:30And this week, now he's coming in off four straight top eights.

01:34If you want to play him straight up, he's plus 2,200 on FanDuel.

01:37But you know what? Scotty Scheffler, he's back in the field.

01:41So, if you're a little shy to go against Scheffler and you like a guy that could win or come in second place,

01:46you could play a guy like Matty Fitz at plus 2,000.

01:48You're not going to take a huge hit for some of these guys at the top of the board.

01:51Now, you mentioned Sepp Straka.

01:53I love Sepp Straka down here at TPC Southwind.

01:57And the reason for that, and it's a little bit of secret sauce, is that they have Zoysia Fairways down there.

02:02And Sepp's record on Zoysia is incredible.

02:05Not to mention the fact there is a ton of water off the tee, and Sepp is extremely accurate.

02:10You look at one of his career wins at the Honda, which is now the Cognizant, which was down there at PGA National.

02:16Tons of water off the tee, Bermuda grass, Bermuda on the greens.

02:20You know, Sepp is the type of guy that can handle this type of golf course.

02:23And he's won already a couple times this year, one of which was a signature event against the same style of field.

02:29So let's do this.

02:42Let's do this.