Charles Schwab Challenge: Picks, Predictions and Odds

The PGA Tour is back this week at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where PGA Championship hero Scottie Scheffler makes a quick return to action in the Charles Schwab Challenge.

A long-time PGA Tour venue, Colonial opened in 1936 and has hosted a top-level event each year since 1946, while it was also the scene of the 1941 US Open, won by Craig Wood.

The course, which underwent significant renovations ahead of last year's edition, is a par-70 layout measuring 7,289 yards. It is a tight, tree-lined course which demands accuracy from tee to green.

While this course is vastly different to last week's venue, Quail Hollow, that might not stop Scheffler, who won his third Major championship by five shots on Sunday and is a strong +240 favorite in this week's field, which lacks other top PGA Tour names.

Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, who is yet to win on the PGA Tour, and former Colonial champion Daniel Berger also take high rank in the betting market, although both are on offer at much longer odds than Scheffler.

The three-time Major winner has yet to win this title but, having captured the Byron Nelson in his adopted home state of Texas prior to his PGA victory, Scheffler will aim to improve on already impressive three-year course form figures of 2-3-2.

Charles Schwab Challenge betting picks and predictions

Harris English to win (+3200)

Scheffler is going to be the man to beat whenever he tees it up following his triumph at Quail Hollow and, having won back-to-back titles, there is every chance he completes the triple this week.

He has already proven he can back up Major success on the PGA Tour, adding the RBC Heritage to his trophy cabinet after last year's Masters win, but the short odds against his name mean that others make more appeal.

Claustrophobic Colonial could instead prove an ideal fit for Harris English, who was one of the three players who finished five shots adrift of Scheffler in second place at Quail Hollow last week.

An accurate driver who putts well, English won the Farmers Insurance Open in California at the start of the year, then he finished 18th at the Texas Open, 12th at the Masters and 11th at the Truist before producing his best Major finish last week.

Colonial suits his eye, as he demonstrated when finishing second to Jordan Spieth in 2016 when the tournament was known as the Dean & Deluca Invitational. 

JT Poston to win (+3700)

With tidy, accurate operators likely to come to the fore, this looks like a good week to support JT Poston, who, like English, is coming off his best ever finish in a Major championship.

Poston harnessed the power of local encouragement in his native North Carolina, finishing in a share of fifth place at the PGA, but his rock-solid game translates to success all around the US with one win in his home state plus victories in Illinois and Nevada.

Since missing a cut at the Sony Open in January, Poston has made every PGA Tour weekend and his most recent efforts - which includes 11th place at the Heritage - have been among the most encouraging.

Poston was 10th at Colonial in 2020 in a field filled with elite names, while he finished 12th last year.

Ryan Gerard to win (+6500)

Colonial is quirky and takes some getting used to, and none of the last 10 winners were making their course debut in the event. That said, Ryan Gerard is playing well enough to suggest he could buck that trend.

Gerard, a well-rounded performer who tends to be more accurate than he is long, was also in superb form last week, finishing eighth on only his third Major start.

That performance, which guarantees him a place in next year's PGA field at Aronimink, was the latest in an impressive run of PGA Tour results which includes ninth place in the Houston Open and a runner-up finish in the Texas Open. He clearly thrives in the Lone Star State.

Charles Schwab Challenge outright odds

Scottie Scheffler	+240
Tommy Fleetwood	+2400
Daniel Berger	+2400
Hideki Matsuyama	+2700
Jordan Spieth	+2700
Maverick McNealy	+3000
Harris English	+3200
Aaron Rai	+3200
JT Poston	+3700

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