2023 PGA Picks: Ryder Cup Odds and Expert Betting Predictions

For the first time since 2018, the Ryder Cup returns to European soil. The biennial event will take place just outside of Rome at the Marco Simone Golf Club. There are loads of talent on both teams, and the United States have not won outside of their territory in over 30 years. Luke Donald will serve as the captain of Team Europe, while Zach Johnson is the captain of Team USA. Key members of Team USA include Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele, while Jon Rahm and Rory Mcllroy lead Team Europe. Each match is worth one point in the match play event, with a total of 28 points available. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes, with 14.5 points required to win the Cup. Doc’s Sports will break down the best bets for the 2023 Ryder Cup below.

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Ryder Cup Rosters

Team USA

Scottie Scheffler – Wyndham Clark – Brian Harman – Patrick Cantlay – Max Homa – Justin Thomas

Xander Schauffele – Jordan Spieth – Brooks Koepka – Sam Burns – Rickie Fowler – Collin Morikawa

Team Europe

Rory Mcllroy – Jon Rahm – Viktor Hovland – Tyrrell Hatton – Matt Fitzpatrick – Shane Lowry

Robert MacIntyre – Tommy Fleetwood – Justin Rose – Sepp Straka – Ludvig Aberg – Nicolai Hojgaard

Ryder Cup Odds

Team USA +105

Team Europe +100

Tie +900

Ryder Cup Prediction

The stage will be set at Marco Simone Golf Club, a venue we have never seen host a Ryder Cup before. The course was designed in 1991 by Jim Fazio and renovated in 2018 by Jim’s son, Tom Fazio. Marco Simone is in the beautiful Italian farmland just outside of Rome, Italy and is set amongst mountainous, rolling terrain, with water hazards, and narrow fairways. This course is far and away the hilliest and physically imposing Ryder Cup venue in recent history. Plenty of drama is sure to await given its penalty for wayward driving, and plethora of risk/reward holes. Total driving and proximity from 175 yards or more are the key stats I am looking at for which team will succeed at this course.

Team Europe is flush with massive amounts of talent. The top-end of the European team may be the strongest we have seen in quite some time. Rory Mcllroy was playing some of his best golf toward the end of the summer, Viktor Hovland is fresh off a FedEx Cup victory, while Tyrrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood had career years in 2023. Jon Rahm is the reigning Masters champion and rookies such as Ludvig Aberg, Robert MacIntyre, and Nicolai Hojgaard hope to bring dominance on their home turf. Hojgaard has seen success at this course, winning the 2021 DS Automobiles Open, while MacIntyre won the 2022 rendition.

The United States top-end of the roster is no push over as well. Scottie Scheffler remains the best ball-striker on the planet. Brooks Koepka enters the Ryder Cup as the reigning PGA Champion and has been a force to be reckoned with on the LIV Tour, currently third in total points. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele have proven they can take their game up a notch when participating in team play with one another. Jordan Spieth is Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, despite having a career-worst season, is coming off a solid performance at the Fortinet Championship two weeks ago. Team USA won the Cup in 2021 when it was held in the states, running away with it, 19-9, but the Americans have not won on European turf since 1993. I expect this to be a very close contest after the last two events have been runaway victories for each team.

Golf Picks - Who to Consider This Week:

To win: Team Europe +100

Top Point Scorer: Xander Schauffele +1200

Top Rookie Point Scorer: Nicolai Hojgaard +1000

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