Wyndham Championship 2025 Betting Tips: Can Jamie go back-to-back on PGA?

We’re just one week away from the start of the FedExCup Playoffs, and with only the top 70 players qualifying for the St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind, this week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club takes on added importance. For those on the bubble, it represents one final chance for them to secure a spot in the field in Tennessee.

Our resident golf tipster Jamie Worsley picked out Kurt Kitayama as a winner at 35/1 last week at the 3M Open and he's back with six more each-way value picks this week, so let's check out his Wyndham Championship 2025 Betting Tips here at Betfred Insights...

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TOURNAMENT HISTORY

The Wyndham Championship was first played in 1938, making it one of the oldest events on the PGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been played the week immediately preceding the beginning of the FedExCup Playoffs.

That very first edition was won by Sam Snead. The legendary golfer holds the record for victories in the event, winning on a further seven occasions (1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965), and at the age of 52, his 1965 win makes him the oldest winner in the history of the PGA Tour.

Nobody has got close to matching Snead’s octet of tournament wins, with Davis Love III’s three wins (1992, 2006, 2015) second on the all-time list. Eight players have won the title twice, including Byron Nelson (1941, 1945), Sandy Lyle (1986, 1988), and most recently, Brandt Snedeker (2007, 2018).

Last five winners:

• 2024

Winner: Aaron Rai (-18)

Runner-up: Max Greyserman (-16)

• 2023

Winner: Lucas Glover (-20)

Runners-up: Byeong Hun An, Russell Henley (-18)

• 2022

Winner: Tom Kim (-20)

Runners-up: John Huh, Sungjae Im (-15)

• 2021

Winner: Kevin Kisner (-15, playoff)

Runners-up: Branden Grace, Si Woo Kim, Kevin Na, Adam Scott, Roger Sloan (-15)

• 2020

Winner: Jim Herman (-21)

Runner-up: Billy Horschel (-20)

England’s Aaron Rai won his maiden PGA Tour title at Sedgefield Country Club last year, shooting a superb final-round 64 to make up a three-shot deficit on 54-hole leader Max Greyserman, eventually beating the American by two shots. He returns to defend this week.

THE COURSE

The Donald Ross-designed Sedgefield Country Club was one of two co-hosts (alongside Starmount Forest Country Club) of the inaugural edition of the Wyndham Championship and continued to stage the event on-off throughout the following decades. It became the exclusive home of the tournament in 2008, one year after Kris Spence performed a restoration on the course, with the aim of reinstating that original Ross magic.

Little has changed since 2008, with this 7131yd par 70 possesses 4x par 3s (174-235 yards), 12x par 4s (374-507), and 2x par 5s (529-545 yards). Although it is no pushover, those who hit it well can create birdie chances at every turn and the event often turns into somewhat of a birdie-fest, averaging a winning score of -19.7 over the last 10 renewals.

Sedgefield Country Club is a classic, densely tree-lined parkland course that requires a strategic approach to contend. There are gentle elevation changes throughout and water is in-play on six holes.

The contoured fairways are predominantly doglegged and around average in width. Smartly placed bunkers offer protection, as does the two-and-a-half inch bermudagrass rough, and players will need to avoid these dangers to attack the greens.

These largely elevated and undulating bermudagrass putting surfaces are average-to-large in size and can run at a speedy 12.5 on the stimp. Often sloping back-to-front and crowned, designed to repel balls at their edges, they’re typical of Ross and have ranked among the 10 toughest greens to putt in each of the previous five years.

In addition, thoughtful greenside bunkering can leave players with bunker shots from awkward distances. Alongside challenging up-and-downs from the rough and tightly-mown chipping areas, it also ranks inside the top 10 for around-the-greens difficulty, and rates as one of the most demanding all-round short-game tests on the PGA Tour.

Having said that, Sedgefield Country Club is one of the simplest, most straightforward ball-striking tests around and among the easiest on approach. Therefore, providing there isn’t some adverse weather in North Carolina this week, we can again expect scoring to be low.

THE WEATHER

It’s forecast to be a warm, humid week in Greensboro, which carries a significant threat of thunderstorms and heavy rain throughout the event. This would leave us with an extremely soft and saturated golf course, and with little wind on the cards they’ll be throwing darts into these receptive greens.

KEY STATS

• SG: Approach/Greens-in-Regulation/Proximity from 150-175yds

Iron play is typically key at Sedgefield Country Club and with receptive conditions on the way, it will be vital this week. Particular focus should be paid to those who excel from 150-175yds, with approaches in that range rating as the most common each year.

This need for quality in approach was evident last year, as winner Aaron Rai ranked 1^st, and he was also 3^rd in greens-in-regulation. Runner-up Max Greyserman ranked 3^rd in GIR; J.J. Spaun in 3^rd hit more greens than anyone and ranked 7^th in approach; fellow 3^rd-place finisher Ryo Hisatsune ranked 3^rd in GIR and 7^th in approach; 5^th-place finisher Luke Clanton was 4^th in approach and 7^th in GIR.

Lucas Glover too ranked 1^st in approach when winning in 2023, along with leading the field in GIR, and Tom Kim ranked 12^th in approach to win in 2022 – a year in which six of the top 10 ranked inside the top 10 in approach. Kevin Kisner ranked 12^th in approach on his way to the title in 2021; 2020 champion Jim Herman ranked 4^th in approach; and J.T. Poston was the best iron player in the field when he claimed the trophy in 2019.

• Driving Accuracy

This course is next to impossible to overpower, and it’s no surprise to see many recent winners rank high in driving accuracy.

Aaron Rai ranked 7^th in this area last year, as five of the top six ranked inside the top 20. Meanwhile, Lucas Glover hit more fairways than anyone in 2023; Tom Kim and Jim Herman – the 2022 and 2020 winners, respectively – both ranked 4^th in driving accuracy; and in 2019, winner J.T. Poston ranked 2^nd in driving accuracy and runner-up Webb Simpson ranked 1^st.

• SG: Putting (bermudagrass)

In an event that is usually low scoring and where greens are easy to find, a good week with the putter is a necessity. Therefore, anybody with proven experience on tricky bermudagrass surfaces is of interest here.

Seven of the last 10 winners ranked inside the top 25 on the greens that week. Standout performances include Tom Kim leading the field in putting in 2022, whilst 2020 champion Jim Herman ranked 3^rd.

• Par 4 Scoring

Finally, with 12 par 4s – which rank as the toughest holes at the course when comparing to other venues – it’s imperative that players perform well on them.

CORRELATING EVENTS (COURSES)

Sony Open (Waialae Country Club)

Waialae Country Club is a short, tree-lined par 70 covered in bermudagrass. It plays to a similar level of difficulty to Sedgefield Country club, especially from a ball-striking perspective, and approaches from 150-175yds are the most common.

Notable correlating form:

Si Woo Kim:

Wyndham (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) / Sony (1^st)

Brandt Snedeker:

Wyndham (1^st) / Sony (2^nd)

Webb Simpson:

Wyndham (1^st, 2^nd, 2^nd) / Sony (3^rd, 4^th, 4^th)

Kevin Kisner:

Wyndham (1^st, 3^rd) / Sony (3^rd, 4^th, 4^th, 5^th)

Russell Henley:

Wyndham (2^nd) / Sony (1^st, 2^nd)

Kevin Na:

Wyndham (2^nd, 4^th) / Sony (1^st)

Byeong Hun An:

Wyndham (2^nd, 3^rd) / Sony (2^nd)

Ollie Schniederjans:

Wyndham (2^nd) / Sony (7^th)

J.J. Spaun:

Wyndham (3^rd) / Sony (3^rd)

Johnson Wagner:

Wyndham (5^th) / Sony (1^st)

Eric Cole:

Wyndham (7^th, 14^th) / Sony (5^th)

John Deere Classic (TPC Deere Run)

TPC Deere Run is a traditional tree-lined course that is often home to birdie-fests. The tee-to-green challenge compares closely, with greens-in-regulation percentages almost identical and much like this week, it’s at its most difficult around the greens.

Notable correlating form:

Lucas Glover:

Wyndham (1^st) / John Deere (1^st)

J.T. Poston:

Wyndham (1^st) / John Deere (1^st)

Ryan Moore:

Wyndham (1^st) / John Deere (1^st)

Aaron Rai:

Wyndham (1^st) / John Deere (7^th)

Russell Henley:

Wyndham (2^nd) / John Deere (2^nd)

C.T. Pan:

Wyndham (2^nd) / John Deere (2^nd)

Kevin Na:

Wyndham (2^nd, 4^th) / John Deere (2^nd)

Scott Brown:

Wyndham (3^rd) / John Deere (4^th, 5^th)

Ben Griffin:

Wyndham (4^th, 7^th) / John Deere (5^th)

Michael Kim:

Wyndham (5^th) / John Deere (1^st)

Luke Clanton:

Wyndham (5^th) / John Deere (2^nd)

Johnson Wagner:

Wyndham (5^th) / John Deere (5^th, 5^th)

Martin Flores:

Wyndham (7^th) / John Deere (4^th)

RSM Classic (Sea Island Resort)

Although the main Seaside Course at the Sea Island Resort is more exposed with wider fairways than Sedgefield Country Club, this short par 70 can still function as a great comp. It delivers a similar test in approach, possessing closely-matched greens-in-regulation percentages and requiring many approaches from 150-175yds. Meanwhile, the bermudagrass greens are alike in size and difficulty.

Notable correlating form:

Kevin Kisner:

Wyndham (1^st, 3^rd) / RSM (1^st, 2^nd)

Webb Simpson:

Wyndham (1^st, 2^nd, 2^nd) / RSM (2^nd, 2^nd, 3^rd)

J.T. Poston:

Wyndham (1^st) / RSM (5^th)

Billy Horschel:

Wyndham (2^nd, 4^th, 5^th) / RSM (2^nd)

Russell Henley:

Wyndham (2^nd) / RSM (4^th, 6^th)

C.T. Pan:

Wyndham (2^nd) / RSM (6^th)

Ollie Schniederjans:

Wyndham (2^nd) / RSM (6^th)

J.J. Spaun:

Wyndham (3^rd) / RSM (2^nd)

Scott Brown:

Wyndham (3^rd) / RSM (4^th)

Luke Clanton:

Wyndham (5^th) / RSM (2^nd)

Adam Svensson:

Wyndham (7^th, 7^th) / RSM (1^st)

Eric Cole:

Wyndham (7^th, 14^th) / RSM (3^rd)

Travelers Championship (TPC River Highlands)

As a short, tree-lined par-70 course that tests players with a comparable challenge from tee-to-green, TPC River Highlands can provide clues this week. The penalty for missing fairways and greens is similar to what players will encounter at Sedgefield Country Club, whilst approaches from 150-175yds are by far the most frequent.

Notable correlating form:

J.T. Poston:

Wyndham (1^st) / Travelers (2^nd)

Tom Kim:

Wyndham (1^st) / Travelers (2^nd)

Ryan Moore:

Wyndham (1^st) / Travelers (2^nd, 2^nd)

Kevin Kisner:

Wyndham (1^st, 3^rd) / Travelers (5^th, 6^th)

Russell Henley:

Wyndham (2^nd) / Travelers (2^nd)

Sungjae Im:

Wyndham (2^nd) / Travelers (3^rd)

Ryan Armour:

Wyndham (4^th, 8^th) / Travelers (6^th)

Brice Garnett:

Wyndham (6^th) / Travelers (5^th)

THE PLAYERS Championship (TPC Sawgrass)

TPC Sawgrass is another strategic, tree-lined course that has striking crossover form with Sedgefield Country Club. Despite having similar driving accuracy numbers, it puts more demands on the long game, but the test on and around the greens is akin to what players will be faced with this week.

Notable correlating form:

Webb Simpson:

Wyndham (1^st, 2^nd, 2^nd) / PLAYERS (1^st)

Si Woo Kim:

Wyndham (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) / PLAYERS (1^st)

Kevin Kisner:

Wyndham (1^st, 3^rd) / PLAYERS (2^nd, 4^th)

Lucas Glover:

Wyndham (1^st) / PLAYERS (3^rd, 3^rd)

Kevin Na:

Wyndham (2^nd, 4^th) / PLAYERS (3^rd, 6^th, 7^th)

J.J. Spaun:

Wyndham (3^rd) / PLAYERS (2^nd)

THE FIELD

World No. 7 Keegan Bradley is the top-ranked player in our last regular field before the FedExCup Playoffs. He’s one of four from inside the top 25 and there are 21 of the top 50 in attendance this week.

One of those players is our defending champion Aaron Rai, and he is joined by nine other former winners: Lucas Glover (2023), Tom Kim (2022), Kevin Kisner (2021), Jim Herman (2020), J.T. Poston (2019), Brandt Snedeker (2018, 2007), Si Woo Kim (2016), Camilo Villegas (2014), and Webb Simpson (2011).

An area of additional intrigue this week is on those players who sit around 70^th position in the FedExCup. Most at risk of falling out of the places are Patrick Rodgers (No. 68), Byeong Hun An (No. 69), and Matti Schmid (No. 70); positioned just outside and closest to displacing one of the current top 70 are Nicolai Hojgaard (No. 71), Keith Mitchell (No. 72), and Chris Kirk (No. 73).

Market leaders (1/4 5 places): Matt Fitzpatrick 20/1; Ben Griffin 20/1; Keegan Bradley 25/1; Hideki Matsuyama 28/1; Robert MacIntyre 28/1

SELECTIONS

1 pt Max Homa each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 60/1

Sat outside the top 100 in the FedExCup standings, Max Homa needs a huge week to get into the St. Jude Championship. His long game continues to show promise and possessing that little bit of class, I’m happy to take a chance on him finding a performance in North Carolina.

Homa had been struggling since June of last year, but after a 12^th-place finish in The Masters back in April, he’s started to find a touch more consistency. He’s only missed two of his last 10 cuts and just three starts ago he recorded a season’s best 5^th-place finish in the John Deere Classic.

He ranked 3^rd in greens-in-regulation and was the fifth-best ball-striker in the field at TPC Deere Run. His long game again looked in decent shape in the 3M Open, ranking 4^th in GIR; finding more fairways over his last three starts and as a typically sound putter – even in this disappointing season – he is primed to contend.

Homa has missed the cut on each previous visit here but hasn’t played since 2017. He has gone well in the Sony Open and PLAYERS Championship, finishing 6^th in both, and his best finish of the year coming in the John Deere Classic can only be a positive in relation to this test.

1 pt Davis Thompson each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 60/1

Davis Thompson arrives here after missing his last two cuts, which has seen him slip further down the FedExCup to 78^th position. However, his game hasn’t looked all that far away in recent weeks and returning to a course at which he’s finished inside the top 25 on his last two starts, he can bounce back.

I expected the former No. 1 amateur to kick on in 2025 after his breakthrough 2024 campaign, but it hasn’t quite happened for Thompson. He’s missed eight cuts in his 22 starts this year and recorded just five top-25 finishes, including a best of 10^th in THE PLAYERS Championship. He had looked good prior to his missed cut in The Open, leading after three rounds in defence of his John Deere Classic title and a return to a similar layout can spark him back into life.

He has driven the ball excellently for the most part this season, ranking 21^st and has been finding plenty of fairways. He’s also hitting lots of greens and at his best in approach from that 150-175yd range, ranking 13^th, his long game is an ideal match for Sedgefield Country Club.

Thompson missed the cut on debut here in 2021 but has returned to finish 22^nd in 2023 and 12^th last year. Many players have done the John Deere Classic/Wyndham Championship double, and I think he has every opportunity of adding his name to that list this week.

1 pt Tom Kim each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 60/1

Former Wyndham Championship winner Tom Kim is starting to consistently show precision with his ball-striking again. He’s another in need of a big week to move inside that top 70 on the FedExCup and coming here after recording two of his top three performances of the season in his last three starts, I expect him to go close in Greensboro.

Kim made a great start to this season, finishing 7^th at Pebble Beach on his third start but failed to build on it. He recorded his second-best finish in the Scottish Open three starts ago, finishing 17^th and his first-round display in The Open offered more encouragement, shooting a two-under 69 before succumbing to a 76 in round two to miss the cut.

The Korean finished 28^th in the 3M Open, signing off the event with a five-under 66 – his lowest round of the week. He hit his irons brilliantly in that final round, ranking 3^rd in approach and greens-in-regulation, as he has done for much of the season – ranking 53^rd in approach and 20^th from that all-important 150-175yd range. He’s also started to putt a little better and finding greater accuracy off the tee, he looks ready to be in contention.

There is probably no better place for Kim to do that than here – a course where he demolished the field by five strokes to win on debut in 2022, finishing the event with a nine-under 61. His case is strengthened by a runner-up finish to Scottie Scheffler in the Travelers Championship last year and with all of the relevant areas of his game beginning to come together, he’s of great appeal this week.

1 pt Chris Kirk each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 80/1

Chris Kirk has achieved his three best finishes of the season across his last five starts, which has moved him to 73^rd in the FedExCup after a previously underwhelming season. His record here isn’t as strong as you’d expect, but he has bags of comp form and with much on the line, this six-time PGA Tour winner’s experience can count for much at Sedgefield Country Club.

Kirk didn’t record a single top-15 finish in his first 15 starts this season but has since produced three from the middle of June. The first of these came at Oakmont in the US Open, where he finished 12^th and he followed that with a runner-up finish in the Rocket Classic two weeks later. He failed to shine in the John Deere Classic or Open Championship but comes here off the back of a 14^th-place finish in the 3M Open.

His iron play was the standout there, ranking 8^th in greens-in-regulation and 10^th in approach. Indeed, it’s with these clubs that he’s excelled most season-long, ranking top 50 in each area and driving the ball with a higher level of accuracy for several months now, he’s striking it well enough to be in the mix.

Kirk has played in this event eight times, missing two cuts and going best when 11^th in 2018. Furthermore, he has excellent records on the bermudagrass surfaces in the RSM Classic and Sony Open, winning the former in 2014 and he has twice finished 2^nd at Waialae Country Club, most recently in 2021.

1 pt Nico Echavarria each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 80/1

As a straight driver, usually strong putter, and currently enjoying his highest level of approach play this season, Nico Echavarria looks a perfect candidate for the Wyndham Championship. He showed potential in the event last year, finishing 22^nd and having recorded runner-up finishes at two of the comp courses mentioned, he has an enticing profile.

Echavarria was excellent at the end of 2024, winning a second PGA Tour title in the ZOZO Championship and finishing 2^nd in the RSM Classic. He carried that over to the beginning of this year, finishing 2^nd in the Sony Open, but has failed to maintain that standard throughout the rest of the season. However, he did pick up his second-best finish of the year in the Rocket Classic four starts ago, finishing 6^th, and played well enough on the links, finishing 22^nd in the Scottish Open.

His approach play has been excellent over the last three months, ranking 15^th in this field, and he’s also a handy 31^st from 150-175 yds. He drives it straight, ranking top 50 in driving accuracy, though it’s with the putter he has excelled, ranking 8^th on the PGA Tour this season. All of which adds up to the archetypal contender around this layout.

Echavarria failed to make the weekend here on debut in 2023 when in no kind of form, missing each of his nine previous cuts. He was playing more solid golf when 22^nd on his return last year, firing four rounds in the 60s, and as a better player now, it’s reasonable to expect another improved performance. Those runner-up finishes in the RSM Classic and Sony Open in the last 12 months only strengthen his case.

1 pt Austin Eckroat each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 80/1

After noticing improvements in his long game, I’ve backed Austin Eckroat a number of times in recent weeks. It hasn’t quite proved fruitful as yet, but he continued to show promise and ticking many of the necessary boxes for this event, he’s well worth another shot in North Carolina.

Two-time tour winner Eckroat was in great form at the start of the season, recording finishes of 15^th in The Sentry and 13^th at Pebble Beach across his first four starts. That level of play soon fizzled out, though he’s returned to form of late, finishing 25^th in the Travelers Championship four starts ago, 11^th in the John Deere Classic three starts ago, and he was a solid 39^th in the 3M Open.

He ranked 13^th in ball-striking last week, owing especially to his quality off-the-tee, ranking 7^th, as well as 12^th in driving accuracy. However, it’s his approach play that has impressed most over the last three months, ranking 8^th in this field. This precise ball-striking should serve him well at Sedgefield Country Club.

Eckroat showed a liking for the course on debut in 2021, ranking 5^th in ball-striking on his way to a 37^th-place finish. He missed the cut on his return in 2023, but improved his debut effort last year, finishing 6^th and appeared to finally get the hang of these greens, ranking 10^th. He’s also recorded finishes of 12^th or better in limited starts at the RSM Classic, Sony Open, and John Deere Classic – providing us with added reasons for optimism this week.

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