1. Who Is Favored To Win The Nascar Championship
2. Odds To Win Nascar Championship 2019

Busch, who won his second Cup championship in 2019, failed to win a race until the 34th race of the 2020 season. This for a guy who won 27 times between 2015 and 2019.

The interest in golf betting on the PGA Tour continues to grow. And for the bigger events like this week’s THE PLAYERS Championship, and majors – starting with next months Masters – wagering action reaches peak levels as the stakes intensify.

1. THE PLAYERS Championship odds. Dustin Johnson unsurprisingly opened the week as the favorite at top US sportsbooks. DJ was +1200 at DraftKings as of Monday morning. He was followed on the odds board by Bryson DeChambeau (+1500), Rory McIlroy (1600), Jon Rahm (+1600) and Xander Schauffele (+2000).
2. Predicting the winner of a NASCAR race is a tad tougher than for an NBA or NFL game – since there are 40 teams instead of two. Driver odds for Sunday’s Daytona 500 range from 5-to-1 (+500) for.

THE PLAYERS Championship was canceled last year after one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hideki Matsuyama had been the leader after tying the course record with a 63. In 2019, RoryMcIlroy took the title and the $2.25 million top prize. The purse has increased since then to the highest on tour, other than the Tour Championship finale in the FedExCup.

The iconic TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida has hosted the event since 1982, and is also the home of the PGA Tour headquarters.

THE PLAYERS Championship odds

Dustin Johnson unsurprisingly opened the week as the favorite at top US sportsbooks. DJ was +1200 at DraftKings as of Monday morning. He was followed on the odds board by Bryson DeChambeau (+1500), Rory McIlroy (1600), Jon Rahm (+1600) and Xander Schauffele (+2000).

View all the odds for The PLAYERS Championship at top US Sportsbooks like DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook and PointsBet.

Notable players in the field

A total of 154 players representing 25 countries and territories will compete for the huge $15 million purse and $2.75 million first place prize.

How strong is the 2021 field? There will be 113 PGA Tour winners teeing it up at TPC Sawgrass. That’s tied for most of any tournament since the 2000 RBC Heritage. In total, 49 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings, and 29 of the top 30 in the current FedExCup Standings will shoot for THE PLAYERS Championship title at TPC Sawgrass.

Top golfers in THE PLAYERS Championship

• Dustin Johnson (No. 1)
• Jon Rahm (2)
• Justin Thomas (3)
• Collin Morikawa (4)
• Xander Schauffele (5)
• Tyrrell Hatton (6)
• Patrick Cantlay (7)
• Rory McIlroy (8)
• Patrick Reed (9)
• Webb Simpson (10)
• Bryson DeChambeau (11)
• Viktor Hovland (13)
• Tony Finau (14)
• Daniel Berger (15)
• Matthew Fitzpatrick (16)
• Sungjae Im (17)
• Paul Casey (18)
• Harris English (19)
• Tommy Fleetwood (21)
• Louis Oosthuizen (22)
• Hideki Matsuyama (23)
• Adam Scott (24)
• Kevin Na (25)
• Ryan Palmer (26)
• Cameron Smith (27)
• Abraham Ancer (28)
• Joaquin Niemann (29)
• Scottie Scheffler (30)
• Jason Kokrak (31)
• Billy Horschel (32)
• Victor Perez (33)
• Kevin Kisner (34)
• Marc Leishman (35)
• Justin Rose (36)
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout (37)
• Max Homa (38)
• Lee Westwood (39)
• Shane Lowry (40)
• Sergio Garcia (41)
• Bernd Wiesberger (42)
• Robert MacIntyre (43)
• Carlos Ortiz (44)
• Gary Woodland (45)
• Jason Day (46)
• Will Zalatoris (47)
• Brendon Todd (48)
• Matt Kuchar (49)
• Lanto Griffin (50)

Other notable players include world No. 51 Mackenzie Hughes, 2017 PLAYERS Championship winner Si Woo Kim, 2015 PLAYERS Championship winner Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson, Russell Henley, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, 2007 PLAYERS Championship winner Phil Mickelson, and other players moving up in the current FedExCup Standings: Stewart Cink, Sam Burns, Peter Malnati, Hudson Swafford, Martin Laird, Brian Gay, Branden Grace and Wyndham Clark.

No Englishman has ever won The PLAYERS Championship. The top English players that will shoot to end that streak in 2021 include: Tyrrell Hatton, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, IanPoulter and last week’s third round leader at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, 47-year-old LeeWestwood.

Recent THE PLAYERS Championship winners and runner-ups:

• 2019 – Rory McIlroy (-16), Jim Furyk
• 2018 – Webb Simpson (-18), Xander Schauffele, Jimmy Walker, Charl Schwartzel
• 2017 – Si Woo Kim (-10), Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter
• 2016 – Jason Day (-15), Kevin Chappell
• 2015 – Rickie Fowler (-12), Sergio Garcia, Kevin Kisner

In the last event in 2019, Rory McIlroy won by 1-stroke, and 19 players shot 10-under par or better.

Top finishers from 2019 returning in 2021:

• Rory McIlroy (Win)
• Jhonattan Vegas (T3)
• Dustin Johnson (T5)
• Tommy Fleetwood (T5)
• Brandt Snedeker (T5)
• Hideki Matsuyama (T8)
• Jason Day (T8)
• Justin Rose (T8)
• Brian Harman (T8)
• Jon Rahm (T12)
• Abraham Ancer (T12)
• Adam Scott (T12)
• Joel Dahmen (T12)

Tommy Fleetwood and Jason Day also finished top 10 in the 2018 event.

Course and tournament information

• Course: TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)
• Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
• Date: March 11-14
• Par: 72 / Yardage 7,189
• Purse: $15 Million / Winner $2.5 M
• Fairways/Rough: Bermudagrass
• Greens: : Bermudagrass
• TV/Online: Golf Channel, NBC (Sat/Sun), PGA Tour Live
• Twitter & Hashtag: @THEPLAYERSChamp
• Defending Champion: Rory McIlroy (2019)

The Stadium Course at Sawgrass is one of the most mentally challenging in the world. So many superlatives are bestowed upon TPC Sawgrass, and the Pete Dye design challenges all players without favoring a single style of play. The course was redesigned in 2017 and now features pure TifEagle Bermudagrass on the putting surfaces. Moving the event to March provides softer conditions and more lush rough. Water looms and becomes a hazard on no less than 12 holes with the short signature hole and world famous island par 3 at the 17th one of the most recognized in the world. The closing stretch concludes with three of the toughest par 4 scoring holes at 14, 15 and the finishing hole at 18 – which is annually the most difficult with water lining the entire left side.

The big bombers hold little advantage on the Stadium Course at Sawgrass, where accuracy off the tee and precision iron play is required. Controlled power and placement is advantageous however, as a variety of shots are needed to navigate the 7,189 yard Par 72 layout. Small greens by PGA Tour standards require placement on approach and are now even more pure for putting.

Harbour Town and TPC River Highlands are two other Pete Dye designed courses to navigate in your research of player performances.

Key stats

Course management is critical, as is precision Ball Striking and Approach play with the ability to chip, scramble and score all part of the process when researching strokes gained stats. Arriving with your golf game in good shape is particularly important this week.

In 2019, THE PLAYERS Championship winner Rory McIlroy led the field in strokes-gained off-the-tee. Yet short-hitting but accurate runner-up Jim Furyk outscored McIlroy across the 16 par-5s. Those two players are most diametrically opposed, yet Sawgrass allows golfers with different styles to showcase their skills against the strongest, world class field.

Strokes Gained: Approach leaders in this field over their last 24 rounds, according to research and stats from Fantasy National:

Who Is Favored To Win The Nascar Championship

1. Hideki Matsuyama
2. Justin Thomas
3. Jason Kokrak
4. Sergio Garcia
5. Keegan Bradley
6. Talor Gooch
7. Gary Woodland
8. Webb Simpson
9. Dustin Johnson
10. Paul Casey

Next: Cameron Smith, Henrik Stenson, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Sungjae Im, Patrick Cantlay

Odds To Win Nascar Championship 2019

Strokes Gained – Ball Striking:

1. Rory McIlroy
2. Hideki Matsuyama
3. Jason Kokrak
4. Justin Thomas
5. Gary Woodland
6. Dustin Johnson
7. Keegan Bradley
8. Patrick Cantlay
9. Keith Mitchell
10. Sergio Garcia

Next: Paul Casey, Luke List, Xander Schauffele, Sungjae Im

Other stats to evaluate include Bogey Avoidance and SG: Tee-to-Green, which over the last 24 rounds is led by McIlroy, Matsuyama, Thomas, Kokrak and world No. 1 Dustin Johnson.

Following THE PLAYERS Championship, the PGA Tour heads down the South coast on I-95 to PGA National for the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.