This long shot could end his MC streak with a win this week: 2023 Genesis Scottish Open odds

The 2023 Genesis Scottish Open, the ultimate tune-up earlier than the Open Championshipwill get underway this week on the Renaissance Membership, and we’re selecting a Tour winner who has had a troublesome latest stretch to drag off a long-shot victory. Right here’s our choose, the Genesis Scottish open odds, betting favorites and all the pieces else you could know for the week.

Scottish Open odds: Lengthy-shot wager

For this week’s choose, we’re going for a real lengthy shot, at the very least by way of odds-to-win. That participant is Kurt Kitayamawho comes into the week with extraordinarily lengthy odds of +8000.

Kitayama’s ugly odds aren’t stunning contemplating his latest efficiency: three-straight missed cuts on the Memorial, the U.S. Open and the Vacationers Championship.

However we expect Kitayama has an important likelihood to outplay these odds. Initially, he earned a runner-up eventually yr’s Scottish Open, ending one shot in need of Xander Schauffele’s profitable rating of seven underneath. Importantly, that stellar efficiency got here after Kitayama had missed two-straight cuts at, you guessed it, the Memorial and U.S. Open.

Kitayama has additionally proven flashes of greatness this season, capturing his first win on the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a runner-up on the CJ Cup, a T5 on the WGC-Dell Applied sciences Match Play and, most not too long ago, a T4 on the PGA Championship.

He’s additionally proven a capability to carry out nicely in tournaments with a low profitable rating (the Memorial and U.S. Open apart). His profitable complete at Bay Hill was 9 underneath, which was the identical profitable rating on the PGA. With one other low-scoring affair so as this week, we expect Kitayama is nicely price a small wager.

Do you have to wager $10 on Kitayama to win and he comes by in Scotland, you’ll win a whopping $800. For extra insurance coverage bets, put small wagers on Kitayama to complete high 10 and high 20.

Searching for extra long-shots to wager on? This week’s long-shot honorable mentions are Aaron Rai (+6600) and Alex Smalley (+6600).

Scottish Open odds: The favorites

With the Open Championship one week away, most of the largest stars within the recreation are within the area this week in Scotland, they usually’re crowding to the highest of the odds-to-win rating.

In first is World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (+700), and Rory McIlroy is nipping at his heels with +750 odds-to-win.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele is tied for third with Patrick Cantlay at +1400.

You possibly can see the highest 15 and ties in Genesis Scottish Open betting odds as of Monday afternoon beneath, or head over to BetMGM to see the complete record of odds and bets for this week.

2023 Scottish Open betting odds (High 15 and ties)

Scottie Scheffler (+700)
Rory McIlroy (+750)
Patrick Cantlay (+1400)
Xander Shovel (+1400)
Rickie Fowler (+1600)
Viktor Hovland (+1800)
Matt Fitzpatrick (+2000)
Jordan Spieth (+2200)
Tommy Fleetwood (+2200)
Tyrrell Hatton (+2500)
Min Woo Lee (+3500)
Justin Rose (+4000)
Justin Thomas (+4000)
Max Homa (+4000)
Shane Lowry (+4000)
Wyndham Clark (+4000)

How final week’s long-shot fared

We skilled one other huge miss eventually week’s John Deere Traditional. Our main choose, Dylan Wu (+6600 odds-to-win), put collectively a strong second spherical, nevertheless it wasn’t fairly sufficient to make up for his disappointing Thursday, and he missed the minimize by one shot.

In higher information, one among our honorable point out lengthy pictures, Peter Kuest (+6600 odds-to-win), completed T17, incomes us a top-20 end hit regardless of his lackluster even-par remaining spherical.

PAST RESULTS

2023 John Deere Traditional: Dylan Wu (Odds: +6600; End: MC)
2023 Rocket Mortgage Traditional: Austin Eckroat (Odds: +6600; End: MC)
2023 Vacationers Championship: Adam Scott (+6600; T19)
2023 U.S. Open: Keegan Bradley (Odds:+8000; End: MC)
2023 RBC Canadian Open: Nick Taylor (Odds; +6600: End: 1)
2023 Memorial Match: Keegan Bradley (Odds: +6600; End: T30)
2023 Charles Schwab Problem: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +6600; End: T29)
2023 PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton (Odds: +4000; End: T15)
2023 AT&T Byron Nelson: J.J. Spaun (Odds: +6600; End: WD)
2023 Wells Fargo Championship: Sahith Theegala (Odds: +4000; End: T56)
2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta: Gary Woodland (Odds: +3300; End: T39)
2023 Zurich Traditional of New Orleans: Dahmen/McCarthy (Odds: +4000; End: T11)
2023 RBC Heritage: Tom Kim (Odds: +3500; End: MC)
2023 Masters: Tommy Fleetwood (Odds: +6600; End: 33)
2023 Valspar Championship: David Lingmerth (Odds: +12500; End: T27)
2023 Gamers Championship: Corey Conners (Odds: +6600; End: MC)
2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Billy Horschel (Odds: +10000; End: MC)
2023 Honda Traditional: Sepp Magpie (Odds: +5000; End: T5)
2023 Genesis Invitational: Adam Scott (Odds: +5500; End: 65)
2023 WM Phoenix Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +8000; End: T10)
2023 AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am: Beau Hossler (Odds +8000; End: T11)
2023 Farmers Insurance coverage Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +10000; End: T11)
2023 Sony Open in Hawaii: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +5000; End: T73)
2023 Sentry Match of Champions: Ryan Brehm (Odds: +75000; End: T35)

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