2022 Honda Classic Odds and Predictions

One year ago Matt Jones ran away with the Honda Classic! The former Arizona State player from Sydney Australia won by five strokes over Brandon Hagy who finished in sole 2nd place at PGA National at Palm Beach, Florida. Now Jones comes in slightly down the favorites list but is still considered a contender by oddsmakers.

Jones comes in as the defending champion at +4000 which is about 10 players away from Sungjae Im who enters as the favorite to win the 2022 Honda Classic. Im enters the opening round at +1200 as the lone favorite.

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This is an indicator that the field is a combination of strong PGA favorites and possible dark horses that include a fantastic mix of international flair. The best indicator of this is Tommy Fleetwood who returns to the PGA Tour for only his 3 rd event in the 2021-2022 season. Another interesting name is Daniel Berger who was recovering from a rib injury last year during this event on his home turf.

Now Berger enters completely healed from his rib injury but is nursing some soreness along his spine and lower back. He is just behind Im at +1600. As for Fleetwood, he comes in just outside of the top-five at +2200 along with Shane Lowrey. Last year I faded on Berger due to his nagging injury and that’s something I’m still considering due to his back issue.

Hopefully, Berger will be in the mix on Sunday as his style of play is a great fit for this event. Here are the top-five favorites through +2000 to win the 2022 Honda Classic outright.

Sungjae Im +1200

Daniel Berger +1600

Joaquin Niemann +1800

Brooks Koepka +1800

Louis Oosthuizen +2000

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2022 Honda Classic Preview

Where: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Course: PGA National Resort and Spa Champion Course

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 70

Length: 7,140

When: March 24 –27, 2022

Purse: $8 Million.

TV Coverage: NBC/Golf

The PGA National Champion Course can make you look great or expose some weak spots in your game. The Par 70 course can be brutal at times especially if the wind is blowing which could be the case in Palm Beach this week. That being said, the course is always stunning to view and short enough where the big hitters on the Tour can lay back a bit.

This is a second shot course that forces players to be precise off the tee to hit landing areas while staying away from well-placed bunkers. If a player misses then they are in the deep combination rough of Bermuda and overseeded Ryegrass.

There’s also the “Bear Trap” which is considered among the toughest three consecutive hole stretch on the PGA Tour. It consists of holes 15, 16, and 17. How tough are they? Water comes into play on all three which are two par three holes and a par four. It can be a 3-hole stretch of bogies. A plaque is in place, complete with a statue of a bear, homage to Jack Nicklaus.

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2022 Honda Classic Picks

Sungjae Im +1200

Sungjae Im won this event in 2020 by going 6-under and beating a hard-charging Mackenzie Hughes by one stroke. Im finished T8 in his Honda Classic title defense last year but he’s playing better golf as of late. He is now ranked 5th in FedEx points and No. 24 on the OWGR list. If Im has his putter and wedges going he’ll be hard to beat.

Tommy Fleetwood +2200

Tommy Fleetwood has spent the majority of his time on the European Tour as of late but can capture a Tour win this season at the PGA National Champion Course. He seems to play well here as he finished 4th here in 2018 and 3 rd in 2020. Fleetwood can be very precise off the tee on a course like this.

Mackenzie Hughes +5000

Mackenzie Hughes could have the strongest short game going in this entire field and always shows well at this course. He also comes in strong with a 2nd place finish at the RSM Classic and a T4 at the ZOZO Championship. He looked great at Pebble Beach before finishing T16.

Others I Like: I would be full in with Daniel Berger (+1600) if not having a back issue, That could change if he has no issues during practice rounds. Rickie Fowler (+6600) has not had the best run of luck over the last few seasons but he can get back on track here with a solid short game.

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2022 Honda Classic Betting Lines

Sungjae Im +1200

Daniel Berger +1600

Joaquin Niemann +1800

Brooks Koepka +1800

Louis Oosthuizen +2000

Tommy Fleetwood +2200

Shane Lowry +2200

Billy Horschel +2500

Keith Mitchell +3300

Matthew Wolff +3300

Alex Noren +3500

Brian Harman +4000

Matt Jones +4000

Mito Pereira +4500

Jhonattan Vegas +5000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +5000

Patrick Reed +5000

Taylor Moore +5000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +5000

Mackenzie Hughes +5000

Gary Woodland +5500

Cameron Young +5500

Russell Knox +5500

Denny McCarthy +6000

Ryan Palmer +6000

Aaron Wise +6000

Lee Westwood +6600

Lucas Glover +6600

Nicolai Hojgaard +6600

Rickie Fowler +6600

C T Pan +7000

Ian Poulter +7500

Chris Kirk +8000

Martin Kaymer +8000

Charles Howell III +8000

Brendon Todd +8000

Michael Thompson +8000

Lucas Herbert +8000

Zach Johnson +9000

Aaron Rai +9000

Brendan Steele +9000

Garrick Higgo +10000

Stewart Cink +10000

Greyson Sigg +10000

Nick Taylor +10000

Beau Hossler +10000

Dylan Frittelli +10000

Kevin Streelman +12500

Alex Smalley +12500

Taylor Pendrith +12500

Patrick Rodgers +12500

Sepp Straka +12500

Sam Ryder +12500

Camilo Villegas +12500

Matthew Nesmith +12500

Chad Ramey +12500

Hudson Swafford +12500

Harry Higgs +12500

Mark Hubbard +12500

Padraig Harrington +12500

Henrik Stenson +15000

Matthias Schwab +15000

JJ Spaun +15000

Rory Sabbatini +15000

Davis Riley +15000

Kramer Hickok +15000

Hayden Buckley +15000

Adam Svensson +15000

Doc Redman +15000

Lee Hodges +15000

JT Poston +15000

Doug Ghim +15000

Danny Willett +15000

Adam Schenk +15000

Nate Lashley +15000

Charl Schwartzel +17500

Satoshi Kodaira +17500

John Huh +17500

Vincent Whaley +20000

Ryan Armour +20000

David Lipsky +20000

Stephan Jaeger +20000

Austin Smotherman +20000

Trey Mullinax +20000

Brandon Hagy +20000

Nick Hardy +20000

Brian Stuard +25000

Kiradech Aphibarnrat +25000

Dylan Wu +25000

Brice Garnett +25000

Hank Lebioda +25000

Robert Streb +25000

Peter Uihlein +25000

Roger Sloan +25000

Jason Dufner +25000

Tyler Duncan +25000

Sung Kang +25000

Andrew Novak +25000

Jimmy Walker +25000

Jared Wolfe +25000

Brian Gay +25000

Anirban Lahiri +30000

Luke Donald +30000

Nick Watney +30000

Kevin Tway +30000

Bronson Burgoon +30000

Austin Cook +30000

Wesley Bryan +30000

Paul Barjon +30000

Justin Lower +35000

Brandon Wu +35000

Kyle Stanley +40000

Bill Haas +40000

Kelly Kraft +40000

Seth Reeves +40000

Jim Herman +40000

Tyler McCumber +40000

Ben Kohles +40000

Chris Stroud +40000

Callum Tarren +40000

Chase Koepka +40000

Curtis Thompson +40000

Richy Werenski +40000

Michael Gligic +50000

Brett Drewitt +50000

Joshua Creel +50000

Grayson Murray +50000

Seung-Yul Noh +50000

William McGirt +50000

Max McGreevy +50000

Jim Knous +50000

David Skinns +50000

Dawie Van Der Walt +50000

Erik Compton +50000

Martin Trainer +50000

Alan Morin +100000

Kyle Westmoreland +150000