Bets of the Week: The LPGA Tour Makes a Drive On Stop in Georgia

This tournament is a bit of an oddball to bet on. This tournament was added to the schedule just over a month ago to help fill what would have been a five-week gap of LPGA Tour play. Instead, this is the first time the Tour visits Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia.

With no track record to fall back on, there’s a major emphasis on recent performance in the picks of the week. The 104-player field has three of the top 10 players in the world this week.

Odds for the event can be found here courtesy of mybookie.

Carlota Ciganda (+2000)

The two-time winner posted her best finish of the 2020 season at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship of (-7) for T3. Ciganda battled Covid-19 during the break, yet came back strong with dueling top 16 finishes to open the restart. In one of the weaker fields of 2020, the Spaniard has an opportunity to win for the first time since November 2016.

Bet: 5 units to win 100 units

Jennifer Kupcho (+3000)

It’s back to back appearances in contention for Kupcho over her last two starts, with playing in the final group at the Shoprite LPGA Classic on Sunday and finishing T7 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. She went back to the college clubs that found her so much success in her amateur career before the ANA Inspiration, and Kupcho broke a four consecutive missed cut streak with a T22 finish before a second-place finish next to the Jersey Shore. Kupcho is set up to follow the Mel Reid script, following a disappointing finish in contention with a win in her next event. 30 to 1 feels pretty good for Kupcho becoming a Rolex first-time winner.

Bet: 7.5 units to win 225 units

Yealimi Noh (+4500)

Yealimi Noh is building a strong resume before her first win. She’s finished in the top 6 in 17% of her career starts on the LPGA Tour. Unlike many in the field, Noh played this course at an AJGA Tournament in 2018, the AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational. The American continues her run of consistent golf, with a T33 finish at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship marking her seventh consecutive made cut. She just missed out on a playoff at the Cambia Portland Classic a month ago. That additional experience on the course makes her a worthwhile bet at 45 to 1.

Bet: 5 units to win 225 units

Gaby Lopez (+6000)

Sensing a theme of those who placed in the top 10 at Aronimink? Lopez, like Ciganda, is recently recovered from Covid-19. She won at the beginning of 2020 at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions for her second career victory.

Since the restart, Lopez has either had the same result or improved from her previous start. She finished T59 at the AIG Women’s Open, Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, and the ANA Inspiration, T28 at the Cambia Portland Classic, T27 at the Shoprite LPGA Classic, and T9 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. That trend is appealing for a two-time career winner at 60 to 1 in a weaker field.

Bet: 5 units to win 300 units

Bianca Pagdanganan (+16000)

At 160 to 1, it’s worth betting on Pagdanganan holding onto the lightning in a bottle she captured with back to back bogey-free 65's at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship en route to a career-best T9 finish. Pagdanganan has not missed a cut in her rookie season in six starts and is the longest hitter on the LPGA Tour by over four yards.

Bet: 2.5 units to win 400 units

Do Not Bet

Maria Torres (+17500)

Torres WD’d after her caddy tested positive for COVID-19.

Full Odds

+750 DANIELLE KANG

+1200 MINJEE LEE

+1400 LEXI THOMPSON

+1800 LYDIA KO

+2000 CARLOTA CIGANDA

+2500 MORIYA JUTANUGARN

+2500 JENNIFER SONG

+2500 MEL REID

+2800 CAROLINE MASSON

+3000 ALLY MCDONALD

+3000 JENNIFER KUPCHO

+3300 JESSICA KORDA

+3500 YU LIU

+3500 STACY LEWIS

+3500 BRITTANY ALTOMARE

+4000 JENNY SHIN

+4000 HANNAH GREEN

+4500 AUSTIN ERNST

+4500 YEALIMI NOH

+4500 MINA HARIGAE

+4500 JASMINE SUWANNAPURA

+4500 KATHERINE KIRK

+4500 SOPHIA POPOV

+4500 ASHLEIGH BUHAI

+5000 ARIYA JUTANUGARN

+5500 LIZETTE SALAS

+5500 CELINE BOUTIER

+6000 GABY LOPEZ

+6000 MEGAN KHANG

+7000 AMY OLSON

+7000 KRISTEN GILLMAN

+7000 CHEYENNE KNIGHT

+7000 ANNE VAN DAM

+8000 AZAHARA MUNOZ

+8000 LEONA MAGUIRE

+9000 KELLY TAN

+9000 XIYU LIN

+9000 ALENA SHARP

+10000 EUN HEE JI

+10000 ANGEL YIN

+10000 CHRISTINA KIM

+11000 CHELLA CHOI

+11000 SARAH SCHMELZEL

+11000 CRISTIE KERR

+11000 BRITTANY LINCICOME

+11000 ANDREA LEE

+12500 MATILDA CASTREN

+12500 ROBYNN REE

+12500 ANGELA STANFORD

+12500 MARIA FASSI

+12500 LAUREN STEPHENSON

+15000 PERNILLA LINDBERG

+15000 PERRINE DELACOUR

+16000 PAJAREE ANANNARUKARN

+16000 PORNANONG PHATLUM

+16000 BIANCA PAGDANGANAN

+16000 EMMA TALLEY

+16000 ANNIE PARK

+16000 RYANN OTOOLE

+17500 STEPHANIE MEADOW

+17500 MARIA FERNANDA TORRES

+17500 LINNEA STROM

+17500 MARIAH STACKHOUSE

+20000 BRITTANY LANG

+20000 PATTY TAVATANAKIT

+22500 LINDSEY WEAVER

+22500 SU OH

+22500 LINNEA JOHANSSON

+22500 CHARLOTTE THOMAS

+27500 GERINA PILLER

+30000 MORGAN PRESSEL

+30000 JAYE MARIE GREEN

+30000 KIM KAUFMAN

+35000 HAEJI KANG

+35000 JACKIE STOELTING

+35000 AYAKO UEHARA

+35000 MIND MUANGKHUMSAKUL

+40000 LINDY DUNCAN

+40000 SARAH BURNHAM

+40000 DANA FINKELSTEIN

+40000 JING YAN

+40000 ELIZABETH SZOKOL

+40000 TIFFANY JOH

+40000 ALANA URIELL

+40000 YUJEONG SON

+50000 WICHANEE MEECHAI

+50000 MARISSA STEEN

+60000 HALEY MOORE

+60000 JENNIFER CHANG

+60000 MIN SEO KWAK

+60000 ALBANE VALENZUELA

+60000 ESTHER LEE

+60000 DANIELA DARQUEA

+75000 SARAH KEMP

+75000 KLARA SPILKOVA

+75000 LEE LOPEZ

+75000 JACLYN LEE

+100000 SARAH JANE SMITH

+100000 JIWON JEON

+100000 JULIETA GRANADA

+100000 ELIZABETH NAGEL

+100000 JENNY COLEMAN

+125000 GIULIA MOLINARO

+125000 LOUISE RIDDERSTROM

+125000 JILLIAN HOLLIS

+125000 BRIANNA DO

+150000 MAIA SCHECHTER

+200000 JULI INKSTER