Five events on five tours, and nine bets on nine players, 16 points in all. Si Woo Kim leads the card at the Genesis Championship in Korea. Hye-Jin Choi and Auston Kim play the BMW Ladies Championship, and Eric Cole, Denny McCarthy and Corey Conners are in Bermuda. George McNeill and Ryan Armour are on the PGA Tour Champions, and Shannon Tan defends the Women’s Indian Open.
Eight of the nine are each way, at six places at 1/5 for the Genesis Championship and the Stifel Charity Classic, five at 1/4 at the BMW Ladies Championship and ten at 1/5 in Bermuda. Tan is the only win-only bet.
The Genesis Championship
The Genesis Championship is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the KPGA Tour, with a $4 million purse. It moves this year to Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in Cheonan, a 1993 design by Perry Dye, the son of Pete Dye. It is the last event before the DP World Tour Play-Offs, so members outside the top 110 in the Race to Dubai have one week left to keep their cards. The winner receives $680,000, a Genesis car and a two-year card on both tours.
Byeong Hun An won last year, beating Tom Kim in a playoff, and is back to defend. Ryan Fox, the Open champion, is the best-known name, and Sungjae Im returns to Korea for the first time in six months. Kim is the highest-ranked Asian player in the field, at 14th in the world.
Si Woo Kim 13/2, 2pts e/w
Genesis Championship, 6 places at 1/5
Kim has no win this season but has eleven top-10 finishes. He was second at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on 27 under, third at the RBC Heritage, tied sixth at The Open and tied ninth at the Genesis Scottish Open. A home event is the best chance to turn those into a win, and six places at 1/5 protect the bet. He gets the biggest stake on the card, two points each way.
The BMW Ladies Championship
The BMW Ladies Championship is at Pine Beach Golf Links in Haenam, a links-style course on the south-west coast that uses the Pine Course for the front nine and the Beach Course for the back. It is the only regular LPGA event in Korea, with an 84-player field that includes 15 from the KLPGA Tour, and a $2.35 million purse. Sei Young Kim is the defending champion, and Hyo Joo Kim has won twice this year.
Hye-Jin Choi 16/1, 1.5pts e/w
BMW Ladies Championship, 5 places at 1/4
Choi was on last week’s card too, at 22/1 outright and 16/1 as top Asian, and both bets placed for +6 points. She led the Buick LPGA Shanghai after each of the first three rounds and finished second, a shot behind Ruoning Yin, after bogeys at the seventh and eighth on Sunday let Yin catch her. It was her fifth runner-up finish and her 124th start without a win. She was tied seventh here last year on 16 under. A player who leads for three rounds has the game for it, and at 16/1 with five places at 1/4 she gets a point and a half each way.
Auston Kim 28/1, 0.5pts e/w
BMW Ladies Championship, 5 places at 1/4
Kim was on last week’s card at 20/1 as well, but withdrew after an opening 75 in Shanghai, so the bet lost. Before that she was fourth at the Lotte Championship earlier this month, with rounds of 67, 70, 68 and 67, tied fifth at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and second at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in February. The price is longer now and the stake is smaller, half a point each way.
The Butterfield Bermuda Championship
The Butterfield Bermuda Championship is the fourth event of the FedEx Cup Fall, played at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton for the eighth year in a row. It is the shortest course on the PGA Tour in 2026, wind is expected, and the large greens suit good putters. The field is 120 players for a $6 million purse, and the winner takes 500 FedEx Cup points.
Ben James, a rookie who earned his card through the PGA Tour University rankings and made his professional debut at the RBC Canadian Open in June, is the favourite at 9/1. That is a short price for a player who turned professional this summer, and the card goes elsewhere.
Eric Cole 20/1, 1pt e/w
Butterfield Bermuda Championship, 10 places at 1/5
Cole was in the final group at the Biltmore Championship in September, 17 under after rounds of 64, 68 and 64, then shot 73 on Sunday and finished tied 24th as Jacob Bridgeman won. That round looks like the exception. He lost a playoff at the Charles Schwab Challenge in May, is still without a PGA Tour win and is ranked 82nd in the world. At 20/1 with ten places at 1/5 he gets a point each way.
Denny McCarthy 25/1, 0.75pts e/w
Butterfield Bermuda Championship, 10 places at 1/5
McCarthy was tied fourth here in 2020, with six birdies in a row on his way to a closing 63. He is one of the best putters on Tour, which counts on big greens, and he is still looking for his first PGA Tour win. Three-quarters of a point each way.
Corey Conners 20/1, 0.75pts e/w
Butterfield Bermuda Championship, 10 places at 1/5
Conners is the highest-ranked player in the field, at 60th in the world, and has the most to prove. His form has been patchy, with a tied 43rd at the Biltmore Championship last month, but the flashes are there: a closing 64 in that event, a tied seventh at the Travelers Championship after a closing 63 and a tied 13th at THE PLAYERS. At 20/1 with ten places at 1/5, he is three-quarters of a point each way.
The Stifel Charity Classic
The Stifel Charity Classic is at Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis and is the first of the three Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs events. A field of about 70 plays for a $2.3 million purse from Friday to Sunday. Thomas Bjørn is the defending champion, and Steven Alker, Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Ernie Els, David Duval and Padraig Harrington are among the entries.
George McNeill 40/1, 0.5pts e/w
Stifel Charity Classic, 6 places at 1/5
McNeill has been second twice this season, at the James Hardie Pro-Football HOF Invitational and the American Family Insurance Championship, and tied fifth at the Kaulig Companies Championship. He missed the cut at the ISPS Handa Senior Open in July. He is still looking for a first win on PGA Tour Champions, and 40/1 with six places at 1/5 is half a point each way.
Ryan Armour 28/1, 0.5pts e/w
Stifel Charity Classic, 6 places at 1/5
Armour was tied fifth at the Kaulig Companies Championship and tied 22nd at the U.S. Senior Open, and missed the cut at the Senior PGA Championship. Like McNeill, he is chasing a first win on PGA Tour Champions. Half a point each way at 28/1.
The Hero Women’s Indian Open
The Hero Women’s Indian Open is at DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, with a $500,000 purse. Tan, from Singapore, is the defending champion. She won last year on 7 under, a shot ahead of Alice Hewson, after a closing 67 from five shots back. Liz Young and Olivia Cowan, both past winners, are back, and Eleanor Givens, Aunchisa Utama, Leonie Harm and Agathe Laisné have each won on the Ladies European Tour this year.
Shannon Tan 11/4, 1pt win
Hero Women’s Indian Open, win only
An 11/4 chance is the price of a major favourite, and this field is far weaker than a major. Tan has won this year in Kenya, was second in France, third in London and tied sixth at the AIG Women’s Open, her best major finish. She has won this event and won it from behind. 11/4 is a 27% chance, so the stake is one point to win, not two.
Prices are BoyleSports’ on Wednesday 21 October, with six places at 1/5 at the Genesis Championship and the Stifel Charity Classic, five places at 1/4 at the BMW Ladies Championship and ten places at 1/5 in Bermuda. Each-way stakes are per part, so the nine bets are 16 points in all. Stakes are in points, and all nine are settled on the record.