Betting Picks for the 2021 Insperity Invitational

Both Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker were originally slated to tee it up at the Valspar Championship this week. Lefty is now in Palm Harbor trying his hand at the “Snake Pit,” while Stricker WD’d on Monday.

What does this mean for those making PGA Tour Champions picks?

It means that Jim Furyk’s name has leaped to the top of the betting sheet and is sitting at an unpalatable +450.

After assessing the Champions Tour odds, here are my Insperity Invitational predictions.

Don’t limit yourself to simply trying to pinpoint a winner. In fact, attacking the head-to-head matchup selection is my preferred method of betting golf online.

Scouring the sportsbooks allows you to find some juicy numbers floating around in the top-10 market as well.

Jim Furyk is a phenomenal player and deserves to be among the favorites this week at The Woodlands Country Club. On the other hand, Jim’s gone four straight starts on the “50 and over circuit” without logging anything better than a T9.

He finished T17 in his last start (Cologuard Classic), not to mention, his form on the PGA Tour has dwindled. 

As for what Kevin Sutherland has accomplished the last four times he’s teed it up on the PGA Tour Champions?

1^st-4^th-1^st-4^th.

I’d run out of room if I listed all the categories Sutherland leads the Champions Tour in this season, but I’ll leave you with a few.

I won’t be passing on Sutherland at +104 versus Furyk, will you?

Those who like scooping up value know that Miguel Angel Jimenez and Robert Karlsson are evenly matched head-to-head. However, the Swede is hanging out at -110 to crack the top-10, while the Spaniard sits at +150.

The betting value is apparent, so how about recent form and course history?

Jimenez has shot under par in nine consecutive rounds on the Champions Tour – racking up back-to-back top-10s in the process.

Stacking everything up, “The Mechanic” landing inside the top-10 is one of my top Insperity Invitational picks.

Now for the ultimate PGA Tour Champions prediction.

I would get a little fancy here and hope that Tim Petrovic parlays his success from the Chubb Classic. But why do that when MyBookie is letting us snag Bernhard Langer at +800?

Langer’s first victory on the Champions Tour came right here at this event in 2007. Those who want to scream out that ’07 was the final year that this tournament was held at Augusta Pines GC, hang on a second.

Bernhard won the Insperity Invitational again in 2008, 2014, and 2018. Langer’s won this event four times; nobody has won this event more than once.

Arriving with 10 straight showings of T14 or better, the 63-year-old German is hot on Kevin Sutherland’s trail for the top spot in the Charles Schwab Cup Standings.

Updated Schwab Cup standings into @InsperityInvtnl. pic.twitter.com/7DIUVAX3WO

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) April 26, 2021

Speaking of the top spot, Langer tops the Champions Tour in birdie average and putting average.

The best part is he’s showing absolutely no signs of slowing down any time soon.

Here’s a quick frame of reference displaying who’s won this event in recent years.

The Woodlands Country Club – a lush layout just north of Space City, has been the home of the Insperity Invitational since 2008 (no tournament in 2020). It hosted the PGA Tour’s Houston Open from 1985-2002.