The PGA Tour is returning to the state of Utah for the first time in 60 years this week as the Black Desert Championship makes its debut in the FedEx Cup Fall series at the stunning Black Desert Resort.
At least nine golfers with ties to the Beehive State are competing, from Mike Weir to Patrick Fisburn and 65-year-old Jay Don Blake – who is set to retire after his 500th PGA Tour start. While opting for a home golfer could play a part in some punters’ choices, it is important to remember that hardly anyone has regularly played this course before.
Therefore, due to the lack of history involving this event, selecting a champion could be particularly tough. But we’re not afraid of a challenge here at Golf Monthly, and the team has outlined a handful of different players we feel should be in contention come Sunday…
Black Desert Championship Golf Betting Preview 2024: The Course
Opened in 2022, Black Desert Resort is an extraordinary Tom Weiskopf-design which is simply stunning on the eye. The golf course’s green features are settled in among fields of black lava and the vermillion hills, showcasing the very best of Utah.
The par-71 layout is 7,371 yards long and includes a couple of driveable par-4s, plus its signature hole which is a par-3 based on Royal Troon’s Postage Stamp – Black Desert’s 17th. The fairways are largely very forgiving while the greens include plenty of slopes and ledges.
And, this week, it is not the rough that players ought to be worried about, but instead the surrounding black rock. According to Utah native, Zac Blair, golf balls which miss the grass are unlikely to be seen ever again, so a premium will be based on accuracy.
Utah’s Zac Blair has warned against missing the fairways this week…
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Black Desert Championship Betting Odds
The odds to win outright are via FanDuel Sportsbook
- Keith Mitchell (+1600)
- Seamus Power (+2200)
- Kurt Kitayama (+2500)
- Patrick Fishburn (+3000)
- Beau Hossler (+3000)
- Stephan Jaeger (+3000)
- Chan Kim (+3300)
- Ben Griffin (+3300)
- Chris Kirk (+3300)
- J.J. Spaun (+3500)
- Patrick Rodgers (+3500)
- Andrew Novak (+3500)
- Ryan Fox (+3500)
- Lucas Glover (+4000)
- Michael Thorbjornsen (+4000)
- Mac Meissner (+4000)
- Erik van Rooyen (+4000)
- Alex Smalley (+4500)
- Doug Ghim (+4500)
- Matti Schmid (+4500)
- Matt McCarty (+4500)
- Adam Svensson (+4500)
- Daniel…
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