2021 WGC: FedEx St. Jude Invitational Betting Tips & Predictions (August 5-8)

2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Odds

According to online golf sportsbooks, Brooks Koepka (12-1) is the favourite to take home the grand prize. The 31-year-old American is coming off a victorious Waste Management Phoenix Open campaign earlier this season to go with T-2 in the WGC Workday. However, Koepka finds himself in uncharted territory as this is the first time he heads into a major tournament as the least profitable player to bet on.

According to the bookmakers, Collin Morikawa (14-1) and Xander Schauffele (14-1) are most likely to lift the trophy after Koepka. Both golfers enter this tournament feeling good about their chances, thanks to successful stints at the Japan Olympics.

Top 3 Expert Picks and Predictions

The lack of a clear favourite in this tournament means great value to be obtained from many players. If you have free bets, this might be the perfect time to use them. Here are 3 candidates you can bet on to be the winner of the St. Jude Invitational.

• Brooks Koepka (12-1)

While far from an odds-on favourite, Brooks Koepka’s name appears at the top of the list of likely winners for a good reason. The former world number one went T-4 at the US Open and T-6 at the Open Championship, to go with his exploits at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the WGC Workday. Koepka publicly downplayed the importance of the Olympics and made it clear that he preferred to focus on the four majors and the FedExCup. As a result, it is expected that Koepka will give everything he has to win the St. Jude Invitational.

• Xander Schauffele (14-1)

It’s hard to bet against Xander Schauffele at this moment. While the 27-year-old American golfer is yet to win a major, his best finish of T-2 at the 2018 Open Championship and the 2019 Masters suggests that success is on the cards. Schauffele has been playing some decent golf of late and displayed tremendous determination and grit in the Olympics this year. He also responded well under pressure. When it appeared Schauffele was about to blunder the gold medal from a good situation, a couple of clutch putts at the death secured a 4-under 67 and a one-shot winner over Slovakian golfer Rory Sabbatini. If he can carry this momentum to the FedEx St. Jude Invitational, one would be smart to bet on him winning the tournament.

• Jordan Spieth (16-1)

28-year-old Jordan Spieth is no stranger to lifting silverware, a three-time major winner and former world number one. Searching for his 12th PGA tour win, Spieth is back to his usual best, and one can almost smell major success on the horizon. It could come as early as next week because the Americans will push hard to win in Memphis. Statistics show that Spieth has been the best golfer in 2021 in the absence of Jon Rahm, and while making predictions isn’t as simple as that, it does at least single out Spieth as one of the strongest candidates to be the winner.

Recent Winners of the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Established in 1999, the WGC Invitational was originally an event organised each year in Akron, Ohio. However, in 2019, when FedEx became the title sponsor, the tournament took place in Memphis. Unsurprisingly, Tiger Woods has thoroughly dominated this event since its inception – winning the first 3 on the bounce. An American has failed to be the tournament’s winner on only 7 occasions, although 4 occurred in the last decade.

These are the winners of the last 5 years:

• Justin Thomas (Score: 267)
• Brooks Koepka (264)
• Justin Thomas (265)
• Hideki Matsuyama (264)
• Dustin Johnson (274)

Tiger Woods has the most number of WGC Invitational titles, with 8.