With the top golfers in the world teeing it up at the final major championship of the year, there is an opportunity for some younger players to make their mark at the 2023 Barracuda Championship this week. Rico Hoey, who has secured his first PGA Tour card for 2024 after posting four top-three finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour, will make his second career PGA Tour start at Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood). Hoey is a 50-1 longshot in the 2023 Barracuda Championship odds at Caesars Sportsbook. The co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour is the only modified stableford event on the schedule, featuring a modified scoring format.
Golfers will be awarded eight points for an albatross, five points for an eagle and two points for a birdie. Which golfers should you include in your 2023 Barracuda Championship bets? Before locking in your 2023 Barracuda Championship picks, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up more than $10,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.
McClure's model predicted Jon Rahm would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. And at the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm's second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scottie Scheffler winning in 2022.
In addition, the model included Nick Taylor in its best bets to win the 2023 RBC Canadian Open. That bet hit at +7000, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned nearly $1,900. McClure's best bets also included Jason Day (17-1) winning outright at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson and Rickie Fowler (14-1) finishing on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
This same model has also nailed a whopping nine majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now that the 2023 Barracuda Championship field is set, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.
Top 2023 Barracuda Championship predictions
One major surprise the model is calling for at the Barracuda Championship 2023: Sam Bennett, who made a run at the Masters in April and is one of the top favorites this week, stumbles and fails to crack the top 10. He burst onto the scene as an amateur, shooting a 4-under-par opening round at the Masters in April, carding the first bogey-free round by an amateur in 30 years. Bennett also became the first amateur to be in the top 10 after three rounds at Augusta National since 1964.
However, he has not finished better than T20 at his five PGA tournaments since then, including a missed cut at the Travelers Championship. Bennett turned professional in May following the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. He still lacks experience on the PGA Tour, so the model is not interested in backing him as one of the top favorites this week.
Another surprise: Nick Hardy, a 45-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He has a much better chance to win it all than his odds imply, so he's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. Hardy was in a slump earlier this year, missing the cut at five straight tournaments from the middle of February to the middle of March.
He has bounced back with some impressive results since then, including a win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. Hardy finished T20 at the U.S. Open in June and T21 at the John Deere Classic in his last event, so he has momentum heading into Thursday's opening round. This is one of the weaker fields that he has faced this season, making him an attractive longshot wager. See who else to pick here.
How to make 2023 Barracuda Championship picks
The model is also targeting three other golfers with odds of 28-1 or longer to make a strong run at the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model's Barracuda Championship picks here.
So, who will win the Barracuda Championship 2023, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the 2023 Barracuda Championship odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2023 Barracuda Championship leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed nine golf majors, including this year's Masters.
2023 Barracuda Championship odds, field
See the full Barracuda Championship 2023 picks, best bets, and predictions here.
Stephan Jaeger +1800
Keith Mitchell +1800
Vincent Norrman +2500
Patrick Rodgers +2500
Mark Hubbard +2800
J.J. Spaun +2800
Beau Hossler +2800
Taylor Pendrith +3000
Sam Bennett +3000
Nicholas Lindheim +3500
Justin Suh +3500
Akshay Bhatia +3500
Ryan Palmer +4000
Peter Kuest +4000
Nick Hardy +4000
Joseph Bramlett +4000
Harry Hall +4000
Chez Reavie +4000
Sam Stevens +4500
Rico Hoey +4500
MJ Daffue +4500
S.H. Kim +5000
Matt NeSmith +5000
Luke List +5000
Niklas Norgaard +6000
Nathan Kimsey +6000
Marcel Schneider +6000
Greyson Sigg +6000
Grayson Murray +6000
Cameron Champ +6000
Andrew Novak +6500
Maximilian Kieffer +7000
Matthieu Pavon +7500
David Lipsky +7500
Chad Ramey +7500
Justin Lower +8000
Charley Hoffman +8000
Carson Young +8000
Ryo Hisatsune +8000
Trevor Cone +9000
Sean Crocker +9000
Scott Piercy +9000
Jimmy Walker +9000
Aaron Baddeley +9000
Marcus Helligkilde +9000
Troy Merritt +10000
Scott Jamieson +10000
Chesson Hadley +10000
Zecheng Dou +11000
Tano Goya +11000
Sebastian Soderberg +11000
Ryan Gerard +11000
Peter Malnati +11000
Marcus Kinhult +11000
Julien Guerrier +11000
Joel Dahmen +11000
Carl Yuan +11000
Augusto Nunez +11000
Adam Long +11000
S.Y. Noh +13000
Ryan Moore +13000
Russell Knox +13000
Nico Echavarria +13000
