#WGC-FedEx St. Jude: Take a look at betting on these players

The WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational is in its second year in Memphis after being held at Firestone CC in Akron, Ohio from 1999-2018.

This year’s event was scheduled to be held over July 4th weekend between the U.S. Open and The Open Championship but the revamped schedule forced it to be moved the week prior to the new date for the PGA Championship.

The 10/1 co-favorites at William Hill are Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas, both of whom have wins already in 2020. New world No. 1 Jon Rahm, fresh off of his win at the Memorial two weeks ago, was seventh here last year and comes in at 11/1. No. 2 Rory McIlroy, fourth here last year, is 12/1. Xander Schauffele and Webb Simpson are next at 18/1 and Patrick Cantlay is 20/1.

Here are some players who are worth a wager this weekend at TPC Southwind:

​Xander Schauffele (18/1): ​Started out strong in the restart at Colonial with a third-place finish and very easily could have been the winner but a short missed putt on the 71st hole cost him a victory.

Four of Schauffele’s five professional wins have come against smaller fields in “no-cut” events including the 2017 Tour Championship at East Lake (Zoysia grass here as well), 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions (counts as PGA Tour and European Tour win) and the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua.

Tyrrell Hatton (30/1): Seems to be finally reaching his potential as a player as he is now ranked 14th in the world. He already has a win this calendar year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Unlike other higher-end players, he really hasn’t shown much rust. He has the look of a player who is primed, ready and focused for bigger events and this week’s WGC and next week’s PGA Championship certainly qualify.

Sung Jae Im (80/1): The stoppage in play probably came at the worst time possible for the highly active Im. He was playing like a top-10 player in the world back in March when he won the Honda Classic and then followed up with a third-place finish the next week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

He looked like he was going to continue that form when he finished T10 on the restart at the Colonial, but his usually solid tee-to-green game left him. Sungjae doesn’t know any other way but to play his way out of a slump with a missed cut at the RBC Heritage, T58 at the Travelers, T53 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, 63rd at the Workday and a MC on the number at the Memorial. However, he finally took a much needed week off and the price has drifted up enough in a short field on a course that he should like.

Paul Casey (90/1): Has missed back-to-back cuts at the Memorial and the 3M. Casey ended 2019 as the No. 15 player in the world but has dropped to No. 27. Nevertheless, I’ll buy on the dip here.

Scottie Scheffler (100/1): The PGA Tour rookie has struggled a bit on the restart with three missed cuts in five starts. However, his T22 at Memorial is his best showing since the resumption in play.