The 2023 The American Express will start Thursday, with the PGA Tour event at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., welcoming 156 world-class players to the year-opening full-field mainland event on the PGA Tour schedule.
The American Express is a good watch that is difficult to predict. Winners tend to be players that come out of nowhere to win, with some occasionally exceptions like Jon Rahm.
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We went to try to take some deeper shots here, looking past the top players. However, the field this week is better than it has been in years, meaning it will be tough to not think those top-tier players can win.
Jon Rahm is betting favorite
The 2023 The American Express betting odds show the betting favorite this week is Jon Rahm, who comes into the week at +650 betting odds. Rahm is a past winner here and clearly one of the two best performers in the world right now.
Scottie Scheffler is 19-to-2 on a board pricing players largely based on the mix of their most recent play and prior experience.
Patrick Cantlay is 10-to-1, while Tony Finau is at 14-to-1.
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2023 The American Express first looks
Tony Finau is worth a look early in the week, though I would expect some money to come in on him.
Taylor Montgomery is still at a good-enough price of 40-to-1, putting him squarely in the range of players you might like to take a shot on this week.
K.H. Lee tends to love shootout tournaments, and he did flash some game at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Still, his price is good this week.
Rickie Fowler has been playing better golf lately, and his swing probably has never looked this good. Something might be happening here.
2023 The American Express betting odds: Outright winner
| PLAYER | ODDS |
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| Jon Rahm | 650 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 950 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 1000 |
| Tony Finau | 1400 |
| Will Zalatoris | 1800 |
| Xander Schauffele | 1800 |
| Cameron Young | 2000 |
| Sungjae Im | 2000 |
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| Tom Kim | 2200 |
| Sam Burns | 2800 |
| Si Woo Kim | 3000 |
| Brian Harman | 3300 |
| Tom Hoge | 3500 |
| Aaron Wise | 4000 |
| Cameron Davis | 4000 |
| Sahith Theegala | 4000 |
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| Taylor Montgomery | 4000 |
| Andrew Putnam | 5000 |
| J.T. Poston | 5500 |
| K.H. Lee | 5500 |
| Adam Hadwin | 6000 |
| Rickie Fowler | 6000 |
| Davis Riley | 7000 |
| Jason Day | 7000 |
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| Joel Dahmen | 7000 |
| Denny McCarthy | 7500 |
| Justin Rose | 7500 |
| Wyndham Clark | 7500 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 8000 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 8000 |
| Taylor Pendrith | 8000 |
| Thomas Detry | 8000 |
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| Alex Smalley | 9000 |
| Chris Kirk | 9000 |
| Harris English | 9000 |
| Keith Mitchell | 9000 |
| Brendan Steele | 9500 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 9500 |
| David Lipsky | 10000 |
| Sebastian Munoz | 10000 |
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| Will Gordon | 10000 |
| Brendon Todd | 12500 |
| Dean Burmester | 12500 |
| Luke List | 12500 |
| Matthew NeSmith | 12500 |
| Patton Kizzire | 12500 |
| Stephan Jaeger | 12500 |
| Taylor Moore | 12500 |
| Lee Hodges | 14000 |
| Aaron Rai | 15000 |
| Ben Griffin | 15000 |
| Greyson Sigg | 15000 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 15000 |
| Justin Suh | 15000 |
| Martin Laird | 15000 |
| S.H. Kim | 15000 |
| Ben Taylor | 17500 |
| Robby Shelton | 17500 |
| Beau Hossler | 20000 |
| Byeong Hun An | 20000 |
| Callum Tarren | 20000 |
| Danny Willett | 20000 |
| Mark Hubbard | 20000 |
| Michael Thompson | 20000 |
| Nate Lashley | 20000 |
| Nick Taylor | 20000 |
| Stewart Cink | 20000 |
| Adam Long | 22500 |
| Kevin Yu | 22500 |
| Troy Merritt | 22500 |
| Carl Yuan | 25000 |
| Davis Thompson | 25000 |
| Doug Ghim | 25000 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 25000 |
| Erik Van Rooyen | 25000 |
| James Hahn | 25000 |
| Justin Lower | 25000 |
| Lucas Glover | 25000 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 27500 |
| Joseph Bramlett | 27500 |
