Breaking down opening lines for Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, NC

UPDATE: Patrick Reed has withdrawn from the tournament. He had the fourth best odds to win. Josh Teater will replace him.

The final PGA Tour tournament before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs is this weekend, with the Wyndham Championship teeing off from Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC, from Thursday, August 12 through Sunday, August 15.

Webb Simpson (+1000) opens on DraftKings Sportsbook as the favorite to take the event, having won the tournament in 2011 and finished as the tournament runner-up in two out of the last three years. 2021 Master’s Tournament Hideki Matsuyama (+1400) heads into Greensboro with the second-highest odds to win and is followed by Louis Oosthuizen (+1600), Patrick Reed (+2000), and Brian Harman (+2200) rounding out the top five.

The 2020 Wyndham Championship winner Jim Herman enters at +15000 and will try to fight against history in regards to defending champions. No one has repeated at the Wyndham since Sam Snead accomplished the feat in 1955/1956.

With the top 125 players in the FedEx Cup standings qualifying for the Northern Trust postseason tournament in Jersey City next week, an interesting thing to take note of are the players right on the edge who need strong performances at the Wyndham to qualify and make the cut. Right now, No. 124 Matt Kuchar (+18000) and No. 125 Bo Hoag (+15000) are hanging onto the the last two postseason invites while No. 126 Scott Piercy (+18000) and No. 127 Nate Lashley (+30000) will try to play their way in with strong efforts in Greensboro.

Here are the opening lines for the PGA Tour’s 2021 Wyndham Championship from DraftKings Sportsbook:

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