The Wyndham Championship is here, and with it comes the final chance for players to rack up points and advance to the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The latest: Only 70 players will advance past the regular season, and several players — like Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Austin Eckroat — find themselves on the bubble. I’m backing both of them this week, but my best bet is on superstar Hideki Matsuyama.
Check out my Wyndham Championship predictions for the 2025 tournament beginning on July 31.
Wyndham Championship predictions
Best bet: Matsuyama to win (+2,500) & top-20 finish (+175)
When Matsuyama is at his best, he’s an elite iron player who hits a ton of fairways.
That’s what players need to succeed at Sedgefield Country Club, which heavily skews to accuracy over power off-the-tee.
The problem is that he hasn’t been at his best with the driver.
Matsuyama has lost strokes off-the-tee in three of his last four starts, and he was below average in driving accuracy in two of them. The good news is he gained strokes OTT in his last start (at the Open Championship) and is dialled in with his irons.
- Matsuyama ranks sixth in strokes gained: approach in this field over the last three months, according to DataGolf.
- He also ranks 28th in strokes gained: putting in the same time span.
- Since April 28, he’s made seven of eight cuts with three top-20 finishes, including a T13 and a T16 in his last two starts.
If Matsuyama was driving the ball well, those top 20s could very well be wins.
I want to be early on the Japanese star. This is a week where he can put it all together against a field without Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler.
Key stat: Matsuyama finished T3 at the Wyndham Championship in 2016 and T11 in 2018.
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Golf picks
Bezuidenhout to win (+5,500) & top-30 finish (+140): These odds seem very generous considering how well Bezuidenhout is playing.
Check out how the South African ranks in this field (152 total players) over the last three months:
- 9th in driving accuracy
- 25th in strokes gained: approach
- 29th in strokes gained: around-the-greens
- 34th in strokes gained: putting
Now that’s a well-rounded player.
Bezuidenhout’s SG: OTT numbers aren’t great, but that’s only because he doesn’t hit it far, which doesn’t matter here.
He’s made the cut in all four starts at this event and finished a career-best T22 here last year. A 36th-place finish or better gets him into the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Eckroat to win (+8,000) & top-30 finish (+200): Eckroat — a two-time winner in 2024 — finished sixth here last year and is beginning to trend in the right direction after a brutal start to the season.
He has gained strokes on approach in four of his last five starts and ranks 26th in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour this year.
Eckroat’s short game has been very poor in recent months, but I’m hoping he can hit enough greens to overcome that.
The 26-year-old needs a T2 or better to advance to the playoffs. I’ll take a flier on him to win at huge odds.
Wyndham Championship predictions made at 4:00 p.m. on 07/28/2025.
Avery joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2022 before stepping into a full-time role soon after. He loves betting on and analyzing golf — mainly because it’s easier than actually playing — but is a fan of all sports, from the NFL to the UFC.