PGA Tour best bets - The American Express

The PGA Tour heads to the Pete Dye Stadium Course in La Quinta, Calif. for The American Express, an event that Si Woo Kim won last season.

Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worthwhile?

Betting analysts Chris Fallica and Anita Marks as well as sports betting deputy editor David Bearman offer their best bets.

Odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook unless otherwise noted.

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Bearman: Two big names headline The American Express field this week. Jon Rahm, the world's top-ranked player and Patrick Cantlay, the reigning Player of the Year. It should come as no surprise that they are also the top 2 betting favorites this week. You probably can't go wrong playing either or both this week, so why am I on Cantlay? For starters, he finished with a Stadium Course record 61 on Sunday last year to finish runner up to Si Woo Kim. That was just the first sign of things to come in the record-breaking 2021 season for Cantlay. He also finished T-9 in 2019 when all 3 courses were used. Last we saw him, he finished 4th at Kapalua in his first event since the Tour Championship as he took a well-earned break. The entire tournament is usually a birdie fest and he finished last year T-17th in par breakers. While I don't think Cantlay will match last season's success, he will pick off a few wins and this could be one of them.

Bearman: If you are an avid reader of this column, you'll probably remember me playing a lot of Top 10s for Finau but refusal to play him to win until he got one in the bag.