Northern Trust Open Odds And Picks Watson To Defend Title As Favorite

Coming in right behind Watson is Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth, who finished second and tied for 12th in this event last year, respectively.

Spieth is off to an excellent start this season, with a win and three top tens in five starts. He did miss the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open, however. Johnson has played in just two events this year, finishing fourth at Pebble Beach and missing the cut at Torrey Pines.

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While this week’s tournament is not exactly overflowing with marquee names, we enlist The Linemakers’ Brian Blessing for some picks to consider .

The Linemakers’ lean: “The distractions of defending his title could be a distraction for Bubba Watson,” Brian said, “Jordan Spieth (12-1) could be very tough to beat this week. Long-shot plays worth considering are Charl Schwarzel (30-1) and Bernd Wiesberger (60-1), who has been in contention virtually every week on the European Tour to start the season.”

ODDS TO WIN NORTHERN TRUST OPEN: BUBBA WATSON 10/1 DUSTIN JOHNSON 12/1 JORDAN SPIETH 12/1 JIMMY WALKER 15/1 BRANDT SNEDEKER 20/1 HIDEKI MATSUYAMA 25/1 SERGIO GARCIA 30/1 JIM FURYK 30/1 BILL HAAS 30/1 NICK WATNEY 30/1 CHARL SCHWARTZEL 30/1 J.B. HOLMES 30/1 HARRIS ENGLISH 30/1 KEEGAN BRADLEY 40/1 WEBB SIMPSON 40/1 HUNTER MAHAN 40/1 JUSTIN THOMAS 50/1 RYAN MOORE 50/1 GRAHAM DeLAET 50/1 GARY WOODLAND 50/1 BERND WIESBERGER 60/1 RUSSELL HENLEY 60/1 BRENDON TODD 60/1 CHARLEY HOFFMAN 60/1 KEVIN CHAPPELL 60/1 SANG-MOON BAE 60/1 MARC LEISHMAN 60/1 ROBERT STREB 60/1 CHARLIE BELJAN 60/1 CHARLES HOWELL III 80/1 SCOTT STALLINGS 80/1 LUKE DONALD 80/1 KEVIN NA 80/1 BRENDAN STEELE 80/1 SHAWN STEFANI 80/1 AARON BADDELEY 80/1 FRANCESCO MOLINARI 80/1 BRIAN HARMAN 80/1 ALEX PRUGH 80/1 PAT PEREZ 80/1 MATT JONES 100/1 K.J. CHOI 100/1 RORY SABBATINI 100/1 PAUL CASEY 100/1 JASON KOKRAK 100/1 CAMERON TRINGALE 100/1 ERNIE ELS 100/1 BRENDON DE JONGE 100/1 TONY FINAU 100/1 FIELD (all others) 3/1 TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS: DUSTIN JOHNSON -105 BUBBA WATSON -115 JORDAN SPIETH -110 JIMMY WALKER -110 HIDEKI MATSUYAMA EVEN BRANDT SNEDEKER -120 SERGIO GARCIA -120 CHARL SCHWARTZEL EVEN HARRIS ENGLISH +110 BILL HAAS -130 J.B. HOLMES -120 NICK WATNEY EVEN HUNTER MAHAN EVEN WEBB SIMPSON -120 KEVIN CHAPPELL EVEN BRENDON TODD -120 SANG-MOON BAE -110 CHARLIE BELJAN -110 AARON BADDELEY -110 K.J. CHOI -110

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