Genesis Championship 2025 Betting Tips: 40/1 to 350/1 Shots for the DPWT this week

The Genesis Championship moves to a new course for the 2025 edition of the event following a run at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. The Woo Jeong Hills Country Club will take over and Jamie has had a good look at what challenges await the golfers with a $4,000,000 purse up for grabs.

Our golf tipster Jamie Worsley is here with his comprehensive preview of the event and has picked out six players to back each-way this week. Check out Jamie's thoughts and his Genesis Championship 2025 Betting Tips below...

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After breaking through on the PGA Tour and playing a starring role in Team Europe's sensational Ryder Cup victory in New York, Tommy Fleetwood continued his fine 2025 campaign last week, producing a superb final-round display to win the DP World India Championship. 

The DP World Tour now completes the Back 9 section of its season with the Genesis Championship at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club – the final event before the season-ending playoffs in the U.A.E.  

For many here, the aim will be to advance to the first of those events – the Abu Dhabi Championship at Yas Links – by finishing inside the top 70 on the Race to Dubai at the culmination of play. However, for others, it is more a story of survival, as the top 115 in those same rankings at the end of this week will hold on to their full playing privileges next season. 

TOURNAMENT HISTORY 

The Genesis Championship debuted on the KPGA (Korean PGA) in 2017 and was merged with the Korea Championship – held on the DP World Tour in 2023 – to create this now co-sanctioned event. 

Every renewal of those contests was held at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, but this year's tournament will be staged at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club for the first time. 

Last three winners: 

• 2024 (DP World Tour/KPGA) 

Winner: Byeong Hun An (-17, playoff) 

Runner-up: Tom Kim (-17) 

• 2023 (DP World Tour) 

Winner: Pablo Larrazabal (-12) 

Runner-up: Marcus Helligkilde (-10) 

• 2023 (KPGA) 

Winner: Sanghyun Park (-17, playoff) 

Runners-up: Sungjae Im, Yongjun Bae (-17) 

Fans were treated to a titanic tussle between two of Korea's best in 2024, as Byeong Hun An beat Tom Kim in a playoff to win his first DP World Tour title in over nine years. He returns to defend this week. 

THE COURSE 

Woo Jeong Hills Country Club opened in 1993 and was designed by Perry Dye – son of renowned architects Pete and Alice Dye. Although hosting this event for the first time this week, it was the exclusive home of the Korea Open from 2003-2024. 

This big-and-bold American-style course usually plays as a par 72 but has been converted to a par 71 for this event. It measures 7367 yards and possesses 4x par 3s (193-255 yards), 11x par 4s (349-501 yards), and 3x par 5s (543-570 yards). 

Framed by wooded mountains, the striking Woo Jeong Hills Country Club is an undulating, hilly course that is tree-lined in places, yet feels open and exposed for the most part, making it susceptible to wind. It features frequent elevation changes, both uphill and downhill, and water is a constant threat, in play on 11 holes. 

The fairways are average-to-wide in width, but the severely sloping nature of them makes them challenging to hit, and they are full of peril. Out-of-bounds areas line several holes, whilst large, strategic bunkers often complement the water to create double-hazards around the landing areas. 

Renovations that took place at the course earlier this year primarily focused on the reshaping of the greens. The heavily-contoured bentgrass putting surfaces are large and elevated, abound with run-offs, and further protected by deep greenside bunkers. These greens and their surrounds have been described as the toughest aspect of play at the course. 

Woo Jeong Hills Country Club contains a particularly long, challenging selection of par 3s, including the signature 228-yard 13th hole – featuring an island green in a similar style to the 17th at TPC Sawgrass.  

Birdie chances can be attained on the three par 5s, and there is variety on the par 4s. However, there is a reason that this course has averaged a winning score of -7.2 across the last five Korea Opens, and I look forward to seeing this high-class field tackle the layout this week. 

THE WEATHER 

There is little in the forecast to cause problems for the players this week, and it will be up to the course alone to provide the challenge. The sun is predicted to shine throughout, accompanied by temperatures of around 20°C and with nothing more than a 4-7mph breeze, it will also be flat calm. 

KEY STATS 

• SG: Approach/Greens-in-Regulation 

• SG: Off-the-Tee/Driving Distance 

• SG: Putting (bentgrass) 

The long game will be vital this week, and I believe it is going to be especially important to reduce the difficulty of these large, undulating greens with high-class iron play. 

While I don't think length is a necessity, I do feel it will be an advantage if properly controlled. There are several risk/reward opportunities where bigger hitters can attack and be rewarded for their aggressiveness with better looks at birdie. 

Lastly, experience of putting positively on similarly challenging and sloping bentgrass greens will also be a plus.  

CORRELATING EVENTS 

We don't have the benefit of any correlating form for this week's test, but there are several current DP World Tour courses that I felt would be useful guides to Woo Jeong Hills Country Club. 

Singapore Classic (Laguna National – Classic Course) 

Laguna National's Classic Course is another venue that is in the Dye family's portfolio, designed by Pete Dye's nephew Andy. Much like this week's host, it is an open and strikingly undulating course, with wide, sloping fairways, large greens, and water in play on 12 holes. 

Irish Open (K Club) 

Though not quite as hilly, the K Club is a U.S-style course that bears similarities to Woo Jeong Hills. It is tree-lined but open in feel, with frequent, subtle elevation changes and large, sloping bentgrass greens, which are protected by tightly-mown run-offs and deep greenside bunkers. 

Hainan Classic (Mission Hills Resort Haikou – Blackstone Course) 

The lengthy Blackstone Course is heavily undulating and features regular, often dramatic changes in elevation. The sloping fairways are extremely wide, whilst top-quality approach play is vital into the large, strongly-contoured greens. 

Turkish Airlines Open (Regnum Carya Golf Club) 

Lastly, it may pay to take a look at returning Turkish Airlines Open host Regnum Carya Golf Club. It doesn't display the same severe sloping as this week's venue, but it has generous fairways, lots of water in play, and most importantly, large and undulating bentgrass greens that require players be on point in approach. 

THE FIELD 

We have another tantalising field teeing it up on the DP World Tour this week. World No. 18 Hideki Matsuyama heads the entries, joined by fellow top-50 players Sungjae Im (No. 36) and Thomas Detry (No. 47), whilst PGA Tour pros Adam Scott and Si Woo Kim add another sprinkling of star power. 

Byeong Hun An returns to defend and is among five past champions in attendance, alongside Pablo Larrazabal (2023), Yeongsu Kim (2022), the aforementioned Sungjae Im (2019), and Taehee Lee (2018). 

Minkyu Kim is one former winner at this course in action, winning the Korea Open here in 2024 and 2022; Thailand's Sadom Kaewkanjana is in the field after winning this year's edition of the Korea Open at La Vie Est Belle's Dunes Course; and it's a big welcome back to fan-favourite Andrew Johnston, who hasn't played for over 12 months due to a thumb injury. 

SELECTIONS 

Market leaders: Hideki Matsuyama 9/1, Si Woo Kim 11/1, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 14/1, Sungjae Im 14/1, Adam Scott 16/1, Byeong Hun An 16/1 

The top of the betting is extremely competitive this week and I spent some time pouring over those market leaders. After making some recent improvements on this year's wretched approach play, Sungjae Im held the most appeal, but I couldn't quite pull the trigger at the price due to his underwhelming results in 2025. 

That is how I felt about the majority of those up there, so I'll be looking for some value further down the betting this week, beginning with the in-form Joakim Lagergren. 

Joakim Lagergren 

There are few players who arrive in Korea performing as strongly as Joakim Lagergren. He ranks 4th in this field in SG: Total across the last three months, and possessing a wealth of form on similar layouts, Woo Jeong Hills Country Club should be right up his street. 

Lagergren dropped down to the HotelPlanner Tour last year but swiftly secured his return to the DP World Tour thanks to victories in Ireland and Sweden. He started this season positively, finishing 8th in Bahrain and 13th in Kenya, but he blew those efforts out of the water with a runner-up finish in the KLM Open back in June. 

His form was a touch in-and-out following that close call, but he's been superb in his last six starts, missing zero cuts and picking up four top-15s. He was an unlucky loser in the Irish Open across those efforts, losing out to an inspired Rory McIlroy in a playoff, after the Northern Irishman eagled his final hole in regulation to tie the lead. 

The Swede finished 5th in the Open de Espana on his most recent start, which was engineered by a top-class approach display, ranking 5th. Indeed, he has been in fine form with his long game during this run of results, ranking 12th in approach and 16th off-the-tee, and as a player who excels on the greens, ranking 23rd season-long, he should appreciate this test. 

Lagergren's runner-up finish at the K Club strengthens that belief. Having also won his Irish Challenge title at the Palmer South Course there last year – another long and undulating resort-style course – I have no doubt that he can capitalise on his fine form to walk away with the trophy in Korea.  

Elvis Smylie 

Aussie youngster Elvis Smylie has enjoyed a consistent debut season on the DP World Tour. His game looked in great shape when he finished 2nd in the Open de France a month ago, and as a longish hitter who is thriving in approach and on the greens, he should relish the demands of Woo Jeong Hills. 

Smylie earned his tour card thanks to that memorable victory in the Australian PGA Championship at the end of last year. He took some time to get going in 2025 but found form in East Asia with back-to-back top-20 finishes in China, and his performances have been largely sound since. 

He's missed just one cut in his last 10 starts, which came at Royal Portrush in The Open Championship. He secured his first DP World Tour top-10 of the year two starts later, finishing 6th in the Danish Golf Championship, but he then topped that result with an excellent runner-up finish in France, closing with a six-under 65 to end the week a shot behind winner Michael Kim. 

His putter and irons were on fire there, ranking 1st and 4th for the week in each respective area. That is a prime example of the quality he's been producing in these areas of late, ranking 4th on the greens and 16th in approach over the previous three months. 

Smylie's comp form is thin on the ground but his back-to-back top-20s in China at least show he is comfortable in this part of the world. His 16th-place finish in the potentially correlating Hainan Classic is particularly encouraging – an event in which he sat 2nd at the halfway point. 

Martin Couvra 

After suffering a drop in form following his breakthrough DP World Tour win in Turkey, Martin Couvra has started to turn his game around. He's gone well on several of the comp courses mentioned and as one of the strongest iron players in the field, I expect him to contend in Korea. 

Couvra showed no signs of slowing down in the immediate aftermath of his Turkish Airlines Open victory back in May, finishing 8th in the Austrian Alpine Open and 2nd in the Italian Open over his next three starts.  

His form left him following that, missing five of his next six cuts, but he turned that around with a 13th-place finish at Wentworth four starts ago. More subdued efforts in France and Spain came after, though he again impressed in India last week, finishing 17th. 

Even during the down period of form, the Frenchman has continued to show excellence in approach, ranking 7th in this field in 2025. He's also a solid driver, and while the putter has been unreliable of late, he did putt well on large, undulating bentgrass greens to win in Turkey. 

That should act as a great pointer for Couvra this week and having also finished 5th in the Hainan Classic and 14th in the Singapore Classic on debut in 2025, I'm confident this layout will suit. 

Ugo Coussaud 

Ugo Coussaud's 5th-place finish in Spain just two starts ago was his best result of a generally consistent 2025 campaign. He performed solidly at the unsuitable Delhi Golf Club last week and should appreciate teeing it up at this more open venue, where his strength with the driver is more of an advantage. 

Coussaud has missed six cuts in 23 starts this year, recording 10 top-25 finishes. In recent weeks he's finished 22nd at home in the Open de France, and he then took the first-round lead on his next start in the Open de Espana, before eventually finishing 5th. 

A 40th-place finish in India may not stand out, but he hit the ball well enough around that tight layout and can hopefully carry that into this week. 

He's shining with the putter this season, ranking 5th in the field on the greens. That said, he's a solid all-rounder, and with rankings of 28th in driving distance and 39th in greens-in-regulation on the DP World Tour, he has the long-game prowess to tackle this course. 

Coussaud's strongest performances at this level have often come on more open, expansive courses, and having achieved the second-best DPWT result of his career just two starts ago, he looks primed for a breakthrough win in Korea. 

Robin Williams 

Sitting in 128th position on the Race to Dubai, Robin Williams is in desperate need of a big week to retain full playing privileges for next season. He did have his best finish since August last week, on a course that wouldn't necessarily be a good fit, and as a player who produced his strongest performance of the season on a comp course, I'm happy to chance this talented youngster at a big price. 

Williams missed five of his first six cuts this season but looked to have found form in the Joburg Open, finishing 14th. He backed that up with a 7th-place finish in the Turkish Airlines Open four starts later but has found it tough since, recording just one further top-20 in the Barracuda Championship. 

He has made three of his last four cuts and it's been encouraging to see him control the ball better off the tee, which helped him to a 40th-place finish in India. In addition, he's also found something on the greens on his last two starts. 

As a long hitter, ranking 21st in driving distance, Williams has the firepower to take it to Woo Jeong Hills, and we can count on that solo top-10 of the season in Turkey as a promising guide. 

Dylan Frittelli 

I'm going to finish with a punt on Dylan Frittelli at a huge price. A run of four straight missed cuts came to an end on his latest DP World Tour start and again showing promise in South Africa last week, this proven winner is worth a shot in Korea. 

Frittelli was in good form at the beginning of the season, finishing 10th in the Dubai Desert Classic and 4th in the Joburg Open across his first six starts. He has struggled for form since, but we saw signs of life in the Open de Espana two weeks ago, where he finished 47th.  

He again made progress on a trip home to the Sunshine Tour last week. After a disappointing first-round 73, he responded with scores of 68, 67 and 69 to finish 7th in the Fortress Invitational at Glendower Golf Club. 

Despite his underwhelming results this season, Frittelli has produced quality in approach, ranking 66th. This helped him towards an encouraging 28th-place finish in the Singapore Classic on debut, and with a runner-up finish in Turkey to his name from 2017, this three-time DP World and one-time PGA Tour winner could spring a surprise at Woo Jeong Hills. 

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