Modelo respalda a Morikawa para top 5 en el Players Championship 2026

El Players Championship 2026 comienza el jueves en TPC Sawgrass, en Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, con golfistas destacados como Scottie Scheffler y Rory McIlroy. Un modelo de golf probado ha simulado el torneo 10.000 veces y destaca apuestas prop sobre Collin Morikawa, Si Woo Kim y Ludvig Aberg. Scheffler entra como favorito a +480, con McIlroy a +1600.

El Players Championship 2026, conocido a menudo como el quinto major no oficial, atrae a un fuerte campo a TPC Sawgrass. Scottie Scheffler lidera las cuotas de apuestas a +480 para ganar, seguido por Rory McIlroy a +1600. El evento sigue al Arnold Palmer Invitational del fin de semana pasado, donde Akshay Bhatia derrotó a Daniel Berger en un playoff, y Collin Morikawa y Ludvig Aberg finalizaron ambos en el top 5. El modelo de SportsLine, que ha generado más de $8.000 en ganancias en las mejores apuestas desde que la PGA Tour se reanudó en junio de 2020 y predijo correctamente 16 majors —incluidos el Masters 2025, PGA Championship y Open Championship—, ofrece varias selecciones prop. Proyecta a Morikawa terminando en el top 5 a cuotas de +430 en DraftKings. El de 29 años logró una victoria en el AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am el 12 de febrero, seguido de un T7 en The Genesis Invitational y quinto en el Arnold Palmer Invitational, marcando tres top 7 consecutivos. Morikawa ocupa el octavo lugar en total strokes gained, séptimo en total driving, noveno en driving accuracy, noveno en scoring average y 11º en birdie average esta temporada. Terminó en 10º lugar en el Players Championship del año pasado. El modelo también favorece a Si Woo Kim para un top 10 a cuotas de +340. Kim, noveno en la FedEx Cup, tiene tres top 10 en sus primeras siete salidas, incluido un T13 en el Arnold Palmer Invitational. Registra dos resultados en el top 3, ocupa el 12º en total strokes gained y segundo en strokes gained: approach to the green. Kim lidera en proximity to the hole, es cuarto en driving accuracy, sexto en scoring average y quinto en par-4 holes. Ganó el Players Championship en 2017 y tiene dos top 10 en sus últimas cinco apariciones allí. Para las apuestas de grupo en DraftKings, el modelo selecciona a Ludvig Aberg para liderar el Grupo B, que incluye a Kim, Cameron Young, Russell Henley y Hideki Matsuyama, a cuotas de +335. Aberg terminó T3 el fin de semana pasado y registró seis top 10 en 20 salidas durante la temporada 2025. El de 26 años tiene dos victorias en la PGA Tour en 61 eventos y finalizó octavo en su debut en el Players Championship de 2024.

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