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Safeway Open 2018 odds: What are Brendan Steele's chances of pulling off a historic three-peat?
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There are no weeks off when it comes to the PGA Tour. Quite literally. Just a couple days after the conclusion of the Ryder Cup, and a week after the Tour Championship, the fall season commences Thursday on the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif., with the Safeway Open.
This will be the PGA Tour debut for many of the rookies graduating from the Web.com Tour, so you might not recognize as many names as you’re used to knowing. Only two players from the top 50 in the world will tee it up this week (Patrick Cantlay and Phil Mickelson). Given that fact, there might be more value when it comes to the Safeway Open odds than normal weeks.
California native Brendan Steele has won the previous two Safeway Opens. Can he make it three in a row? He’d become the first player since 2011 to three-peat at the same event, when Steve Stricker took down his third consecutive John Deere Classic. The odds give him a 40-1 chance of doing so—Steele missed the cut in four of his five final events of the year. And he finished inside the top 40 in only one of his final 10 events of the season. So it might be a surprise to some to see him with one of the better odds of the week, according to oddsmakers.
(Odds to win -- courtesy of Sportsbook.ag)
Patrick Cantlay: 14-1
Brandt Snedeker: 18-1
Jon Curran: 23-1 (The Sportsbook odds interestingly made Curran the third biggest favorite to win at the Safeway Open. DraftKings puts him at 500-1 to win, while FanDuel has him at 250-1.)
Phil Mickelson: 25-1
Joaquin Niemann: 27-1
Brendan Steele: 30-1
Emiliano Grillo: 30-1
Ryan Moore: 30-1
Abraham Ancer: 35-1
Adam Hadwin: 35-1
Beau Hossler: 35-1
Denny Mccarthy: 35-1
Harold Varner III: 40-1
Kevin Tway: 45-1
Luke List: 45-1
Peter Uihlein: 45-1
Russell Knox: 45-1
Sangmoon Bae: 45-1
Bud Cauley: 50-1
Chez Reavie: 50-1
Chris Kirk: 50-1
Dylan Frittelli: 50-1
J.B. Holmes: 50-1
Jamie Lovemark: 50-1
Jason Dufner: 50-1
Joey Garber: 50-1
Kevin Streelman: 50-1
Ollie Schniederjans: 50-1
Russell Henley: 50-1
Andrew Landry: 60-1
Cameron Davis: 60-1
Chesson Hadley: 60-1
Martin Laird: 60-1
Patrick Rodgers: 60-1
Danny Lee: 70-1
Scott Piercy: 70-1
Sungjae Im: 75-1
Anirban Lahiri: 80-1
Brady Schnell: 80-1
Bronson Burgoon: 80-1
Hank Lebioda: 80-1
Hunter Mahan: 80-1
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez: 80-1
Kramer Hickok: 80-1
Mark Mulder: 80-1
Martin Piller: 80-1
Matt Jones: 80-1
Peter Malnati: 80-1
Ricky Barnes: 80-1
Sam Ryder: 80-1
Shawn Stefani: 80-1
Cameron Champ: 85-1
Jeff Brehaut: 90-1
Anders Albertson: 110-1
Bill Haas: 110-1
Brandon Hagy: 110-1
Danny Willett: 110-1
Harris English: 110-1
Jonas Blixt: 110-1
Lucas Glover: 110-1
Roberto Castro: 110-1
Whee Kim: 110-1
Adam Schenk: 120-1
Hudson Swafford: 120-1
Joel Dahmen: 120-1
Mackenzie Hughes: 120-1
Nick Watney: 120-1
Trey Mullinax: 120-1
Alex Prugh: 140-1
Brian Stuard: 140-1
Curtis Luck: 140-1
Grayson Murray: 140-1
Nick Taylor: 140-1
Sam Burns: 140-1
Sam Saunders: 140-1
Chad Campbell: 160-1
Jhonattan Vegas: 160-1
Johnson Wagner: 160-1
Michael Thompson: 160-1
Richy Werenski: 160-1
Roberto Diaz: 160-1
Seamus Power: 160-1
Sung Kang: 160-1
Ted Potter Jr.: 160-1
Troy Merritt: 160-1
J.J. Spaun: 170-1
Brandon Harkins: 180-1
Corey Conners: 180-1
Ben Crane: 190-1
Carlos Ortiz: 190-1
David Hearn: 190-1
Fabian Gomez: 190-1
James Hahn: 190-1
Kelly Kraft: 190-1
Michael Kim: 190-1
Robert Streb: 190-1
Roger Sloan: 190-1
Sean O’Hair: 190-1
Stephan Jaeger: 190-1
Tom Hoge: 190-1
Tyler Duncan: 190-1
Tyler McCumber: 190-1
Tyrone Van Aswegen: 190-1
Chris Stroud: 220-1
Jim Knous: 220-1
John Huh: 220-1
Max Homa: 220-1
Vaughn Taylor: 220-1
Wes Roach: 220-1
Scott Brown: 230-1
J.T. Poston: 240-1
Ryan Blaum: 240-1
Ben Silverman: 250-1
Jonathan Byrd: 250-1
Josh Teater: 250-1
Nate Lashley: 250-1
Adam Svensson: 250-1
Cameron Tringale: 300-1
Chase Wright: 300-1
Kyle Jones: 300-1
Sepp Straka: 300-1
Seth Reeves: 300-1
Wesley Bryan: 300-1
Maverick McNealy: 450-1
Scott Langley: 450-1
Sebastian Munoz: 450-1
Chris Thompson: 600-1
Cody Gribble: 600-1
Fred Couples: 600-1
J.J. Henry: 600-1
Jim Herman: 600-1
John Chin: 600-1
Julian Etulain: 600-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee: 600-1
Wyndham Clark: 600-1
John Senden: 650-1
Adam Long: 700-1
Chad Collins: 700-1
Dominic Bozzelli: 700-1
Martin Trainer: 700-1
Odds to Finish Top-5/Top-10 (DraftKings)
Patrick Cantlay: Top 5: +250 (bet $100 to win $250) | Top 10: +100. (bet $100 to win $100)
Brandt Snedeker: Top 5: +500 (bet $100 to win $500) | Top 10: +200. (bet $100 to win $200)
Jon Curran: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +6600. (The Sportsbook.ag odds interestingly made Curran the third biggest favorite to win at the Safeway Open. DraftKings puts him at 500-1 to win, while FanDuel has him at 250-1.)
Phil Mickelson: Top 5: +550 | Top 10: +225.
Joaquin Niemann: Top 5: +900 | Top 10: +333.
Brendan Steele: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
Emiliano Grillo: Top 5: +550 | Top 10: +200.
Ryan Moore: Top 5: +500 | Top 10: +200.
Abraham Ancer: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
Adam Hadwin: Top 5: +800 | Top 10: +275.
Beau Hossler: Top 5: +1000 | Top 10: +450.
Denny Mccarthy: Top 5: +900 | Top 10: +400.
Harold Varner III: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +700.
Kevin Tway: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +700.
Luke List: Top 5: +900 | Top 10: +333.
Peter Uihlein: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
Russell Knox: Top 5: +900 | Top 10: +400.
Sangmoon Bae: Top 5: +1000 | Top 10: +450.
Bud Cauley: Top 5: +1600 | Top 10: +800.
Chez Reavie: Top 5: +900 | Top 10: +400.
Chris Kirk: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
Dylan Frittelli: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
J.B. Holmes: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +700.
Jamie Lovemark: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +600.
Jason Dufner: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +600.
Joey Garber: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +6600.
Kevin Streelman: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Ollie Schniederjans: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +650.
Russell Henley: Top 5: +900 | Top 10: +400.
Andrew Landry: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +700.
Cameron Davis: Top 5: +1600 | Top 10: +800.
Chesson Hadley: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +650.
Martin Laird: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +700.
Patrick Rodgers: Top 5: +1600 | Top 10: +800.
Danny Lee: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +650.
Scott Piercy: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
Sungjae Im: Top 5: +2000 | Top 10: +1000.
Anirban Lahiri: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Brady Schnell: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Bronson Burgoon: Top 5: +1600 | Top 10: +800.
Hank Lebioda: Top 5: +5500 | Top 10: +2200.
Hunter Mahan: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +5000.
Kramer Hickok: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Mark Mulder: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +6600.
Martin Piller: Top 5: +7000 | Top 10: +2800.
Matt Jones: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +750.
Peter Malnati: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Ricky Barnes: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +2800.
Sam Ryder: Top 5: +2000 | Top 10: +1000.
Shawn Stefani: Top 5: +1600 | Top 10: +750.
Cameron Champ: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Jeff Brehaut: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +6600.
Anders Albertson: Top 5: +2500 | Top 10: +1200.
Bill Haas: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Brandon Hagy: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Danny Willett: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Harris English: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Jonas Blixt: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +4000.
Lucas Glover: Top 5: +1100 | Top 10: +500.
Roberto Castro: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Whee Kim: Top 5: +2500 | Top 10: +1100.
Adam Schenk: Top 5: +1600 | Top 10: +800.
Hudson Swafford: Top 5: +2000 | Top 10: +1000.
Joel Dahmen: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Mackenzie Hughes: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Nick Watney: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Trey Mullinax: Top 5: +2500 | Top 10: +1100.
Alex Prugh: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Brian Stuard: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Curtis Luck: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Grayson Murray: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Nick Taylor: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Sam Burns: Top 5: +2500 | Top 10: +1200.
Sam Saunders: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Chad Campbell: Top 5: +2000 | Top 10: +1000.
Jhonattan Vegas: Top 5: +1400 | Top 10: +750.
Johnson Wagner: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Michael Thompson: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Richy Werenski: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Roberto Diaz: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Seamus Power: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Sung Kang: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +2000.
Ted Potter Jr.: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Troy Merritt: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
J.J. Spaun: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +800.
Brandon Harkins: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Corey Conners:. Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Ben Crane: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Carlos Ortiz: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
David Hearn: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Fabian Gomez: Top 5: +2000 | Top 10: +1000.
James Hahn: Top 5: +1800 | Top 10: +900.
Kelly Kraft: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Michael Kim: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Robert Streb: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Roger Sloan: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1400.
Sean O’Hair: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Stephan Jaeger: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Tom Hoge: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Tyler Duncan: Top 5: +5000 | Top 10: +2000.
Tyler McCumber: Top 5: +5500 | Top 10: +2200.
Tyrone Van Aswegen: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Chris Stroud: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1600.
Jim Knous: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1400.
John Huh: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Max Homa: Top 5: +5500 | Top 10: +2200.
Vaughn Taylor: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Wes Roach: Top 5: +2200 | Top 10: +1000.
Scott Brown: Top 5: +5500 | Top 10: +2200.
J.T. Poston: Top 5: +5500 | Top 10: +2200.
Ryan Blaum: Top 5: +5000 | Top 10: +2000.
Ben Silverman: Top 5: +2000 | Top 10: +1000.
Jonathan Byrd: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1600.
Josh Teater: Top 5: +3300 | Top 10: +1400.
Nate Lashley: Top 5: +2800 | Top 10: +1200.
Adam Svensson: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Cameron Tringale: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Chase Wright: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Kyle Jones: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Sepp Straka: Top 5: +5000 | Top 10: +2000.
Seth Reeves: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1400.
Wesley Bryan: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Maverick McNealy: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Scott Langley: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Sebastian Munoz: Top 5: +5000 | Top 10: +2000.
Chris Thompson: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Cody Gribble: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +4000.
Fred Couples: Top 5: +5000 | Top 10: +2000.
J.J. Henry: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1400.
Jim Herman: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +4000.
John Chin: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +3300.
Julian Etulain: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +5500.
Kyoung-Hoon Lee: Top 5: +5000 | Top 10: +2000.
Wyndham Clark: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +4000.
John Senden: Top 5: +6600 | Top 10: +2500.
Adam Long: Top 5: +4000 | Top 10: +1400.
Chad Collins: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +6600.
Dominic Bozzelli: Top 5: +8000 | Top 10: +4000.
Martin Trainer: Top 5: +10000 | Top 10: +6600.
Odds to Finish Top-20 (FanDuel)
Patrick Cantlay: -115
Brandt Snedeker: +115
Ryan Moore: +120
Phil Mickelson: +130
Emiliano Grillo: +135
Joaquin Niemann: +155
Brendan Steele: +170
Adam Hadwin: +175
Beau Hossler: +175
Chris Kirk: +200
Denny McCarthy: +200
Chesson Hadley: +230
Chez Reavie: +230
Kevin Tway: +240
Sangmoon Bae: +240
Luke List: +240
Abraham Ancer: +250
Jamie Lovemark: +260
Nick Watney: +260
Sungjae Im: +260
Harold Varner III: +270
Ollie Schniederjans: +270
Russell Henley: +270
Russell Knox: +270
Peter Uihlein: +290
J.B. Holmes: +300
Jason Dufner: +300
Dylan Frittelli: +320
Kevin Streelman: +330
Martin Laird: +340
Patrick Rodgers: +340
Scott Piercy: +340
Joel Dahmen: +380
Kramer Hickok: +380
Peter Malnati: +380
Aaron Baddeley: +430
Cameron Champ: +430
Cameron Davis: +430
Danny Lee: +430
Danny Willett: +430
Hunter Mahan: +430
Sam Saunders: +430
Seamus Power: +430
Adam Schenk: +470
Andrew Landry: +470
Anirban Lahiri: +470
Bill Haas: +470
Hudson Swafford: +470
Ryan Blaum: +470
J.T. Poston: +500
Lucas Glover: +500
MacKenzie Hughes: +500
Matt Jones: +500
Whee Kim: +500
Richy Werenski: +500
Robert Streb: +500
Sam Burns: +500
Troy Merritt: +500
Jhonattan Vegas: +550
Johnson Wagner: +550
Sung Kang: +550
Curtis Luck: +600
J.J. Spaun: +600
Sean O’Hair: +600
Trey Mullinax: +600
Anders Albertson: +650
Corey Conners: +650
Fabian Gomez: +650
Kelly Kraft: +650
Maverick McNealy: +650
Nick Taylor: +650
Roberto Castro: +650
Scott Brown: +650
Shawn Stefani: +650
Brian Stuard: +700
Chris Stroud: +700
Harris English: +700
Sam Ryder: +700
Sepp Straka: +700
Brandon Hagy: +750
Brandon Harkins: +750
James Hahn: +750
John Huh: +750
Michale Thompson: +750
Roberto Diaz: +750
Stephan Jaeger: +750
Tyler Duncan: +750
Tyrone Van Aswegen: +750
Benjamin Silverman: +850
Chad Campbell: +850
Grayson Murray: +850
Jonathan Byrd: +850
Ted Potter Jr.: +850
Vaughn Taylor: +850
Alex Prugh: +900
Roger Sloan: +900
Tom Hoge: +900
Ben Crane: +1000
Brett Drewitt: +1000
Carlos Ortiz: +1000
David Hearn: +1000
J.J. Henry: +1000
Martin Trainer: +1000
Michael Kim: +1000
Ricky Barnes: +1000
Adam Svenssson: +1100
Jim Knous: +1100
Josh Teater: +1100
Sebastian Munoz: +1100
Wesley Bryan +1100
Jim Herman: +1200
Jonas Blixt: +1200
Kyoung-Hoon Lee: +1200
Martin Piller: +1200
Scott Langley: +1200
Wes Roach +1200
Wyndham Clark: +1200
Adam Long: +1300
Chase Wright: +1300
Chris Thompson: +1300
Max Homa: +1300
Nate Lashley: +1300
Tyler McCumber: +1300
Brady Schnell: +1400
Cody Gribble: +1400
John Chin: +1400
John Senden: +1400
Jon Curran: +1400
Julian Etulain: +1400
Kyle Jones: +1400
Seth Reeves: +1400
Joey Garber: +1500
Dominic Bozzelli: +1600
Fred Couples: +1600
Hank Lebioda: +1600
Jose de Jesus Dominguez: +1700
Andres Gonzales: +1800
Mark Anguiano: +1900
Chad Collins: +2600
Mark Mulder: +2600
Jeff Brehaut: +10000
Match-up odds(courtesy of GolfOdds.com/Westgate Las Vegas):
Patrick Cantlay (-160) vs. Joaquin Niemann (+140)
Ryan Moore (even) vs. Brandt Snedeker (-120)
Beau Hossler (-110) vs. Luke List (-110)
Chez Reavie (-110) vs. Brendan Steele (-110)
Chesson Hadley (even) vs. Russell Henley (-120)
Jamie Lovemark (-110) vs. Kevin Tway (-110)
Chris Kirk (-110) vs. Russell Knox (-110)
Patrick Rodgers (-110) vs. Ollie Schniederjans (-110)
Jason Dufner (-115) vs. Kevin Streelman (-105)
Cameron Davis (-125) vs. Kramer Hickok (+105)