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Players Championship 2021 odds: Some of the world's best players have some (very) enticing odds this week at TPC Sawgrass. Odds and picks for the PGA Tour 2021 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from March 11th-14th. Dustin Johnson is favorite.

Current world No. 1 Dustin Johnson is at 11-1 and atop the 2021 Players Championship odds at William Hill Sportsbook. McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau, who won last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The PLAYERS Championship is one of the better golf tournaments of the year, especially for a “non-major”. The best of the best participate each year, and we will see the same again in 2021. Here’s a look at the leaders in terms of betting odds for last year’s event.

Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 6:30 AM (TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course)

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The first round of the PGA Tour’s 2021 Players Championship starts on Thursday morning.

Before I discuss my favorite longshot golf bets for this week, let’s take a look at the betting odds of past champions of this tournament to see if we can find any historical trends.

Here is a list of the last five winners of the Players Championship including that golfer’s opening odds the week they won the event and the score that player posted to win:

2020 *The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Rory McIlroy +1400 (-16)

2018 Webb Simpson +10000 (-18)

2017 Si Woo Kim +50000 (-10)

2016 Jason Day +1200 (-15)

2015: Rickie Fowler +6600 (-12)

As I evaluated the key statistics of the previous winners noted above, it became apparent to me early on that all five players performed exceptionally well in one specific statistical category the year they won the Players Championship. The statistic I am making reference to in my previous statement is strokes gained around the green. Just to provide some perspective, all of the winners of the Players Championship noted above ranked on average 16th in strokes gained around the green the year that golfer won the golf tournament.

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Here are two golfers to consider placing on your card to finish in the top ten.

Brendan Steele +1600 - Steele has three top 21 finishes in his last six events played on the PGA Tour, including a fourth place result at the Sony Open. It should also be noted that Steele finished sixth at the 2017 Players Championship.

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In relation to this week’s current listed 2021 Players Championship field, in the last 24 rounds played on the PGA Tour, Steele ranks 12th in strokes gained off the tee, 13th in driving accuracy, and 18th in GIR (greens in regulation).

Andrew Putnam +1800 - The 32 year old American has three top seven finishes in his last five tournaments played on the PGA Tour, including a fourth place result at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week. Yes, I know that he missed the cut in his only previous appearance at TPC Sawgrass in 2019. I also know that Putnam is a far better golfer now than he was two years ago. In my opinion, Putnam presents outstanding value at his current odds of +1800 to finish inside the top ten.

The PGA Tour’s best return to TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, for The Players Championship. Rory McIlroy will defend his 2019 title at this event after the 2020 tournament was canceled following the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below, we look at the 2021 Players Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions to win.

Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm, ranked Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings return to play after skipping last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Johnson is this week’s top betting favorite at +1100, with Rahm, McIlroy and DeChambeau following suit at +1400. DeChambeau claimed victory last week.

Brooks Koepka is this week’s most notable absentee after withdrawing Sunday afternoon due to a knee injury. Matthew Wolff and Tiger Woods also won’t be participating this week.

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2021 Players Championship picks – Favorite

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Tyrrell Hatton +4000

Hatton’s coming off a rollercoaster performance in his defense of his 2020 title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He opened and closed the tournament with rounds of plus-5, 77, but his second round of 67 was the second-best round of the day and his third-round 66 was Saturday’s fourth-best score.

He lost 1.22 strokes per round on the greens last week, but he gained 0.96 strokes per round around the greens with 2.52 Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and 0.86 SG: Approach per round. He’s still averaging 0.33 SG: Putting per round for the 2020-21 season and should bounce back with the flat stick.

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Though he missed the cut in each of the last two runnings of this event, he returns with his first PGA Tour victory and three other wins on the European Tour since then.

2021 Players Championship picks – Contender

Abraham Ancer +7000

Ancer leads the PGA Tour in driving accuracy at 72.50% through 40 rounds. Additionally, he’s T-31 in par 5 scoring average and T-37 in bogey avoidance, all of which are key stats for the 7,189-yard, par-72 TPC Sawgrass.

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He has two missed cuts in six international events in 2021, but he tied for fifth at The American Express and is coming off a quality T-18 showing against most of this week’s top competition at the WGC-Workday Championship. He tied for 12th in his debut at this event in 2019 with 2.02 strokes gained on the field per round from tee to green.

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2021 Players Championship picks – Long shot

Lee Westwood +10000

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This is a staggering price for last week’s runner-up to DeChambeau. Westwood was third in last week’s field with 1.57 SG: Approach and led the field with 3.30 SG: Tee-to-Green per round. His shorter driver won’t be as much of a disadvantage against this week’s top contenders at the shorter venue as it was against DeChambeau Sunday at Bay Hill.

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Westwood’s third PGA Tour event of 2021 will come at another familiar course. He has played 32 career rounds with an average of 1.48 strokes gained on the field per round at TPC Sawgrass. He hasn’t played here since 2017 but has three top-10 finishes in his last six appearances.

Last week’s third-place finisher, Corey Conners, is just +7000 to win this week.

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