Since 2011, only current world number
one Rory McIlroy has won more PGA golf tournaments than American
Brandt Snedeker. Snedeker has taken four titles since then (the same
amount as Tiger Woods has). But the improvement in form from the
Tennessee native has been remarkably rapid since he was named the
2007 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. You can see clearly from the Brandt Snedeker Betting
history of his odds to start off tournaments with over the past year,
how much the bookies are starting to be concerned about him. They
have progressively gotten shorter. Rightly so as well, because he is
one of the hottest tickets on the game right now and if anyone was
unsure about just who he was, then they will have sat up and taken
notice at the end of 2012.
Snedeker claimed his firm PGA Tour
victory in his first season as a professional in 2007. However, that
didn’t lead to immediate success as he struggled to nail down
consistency. Despite a fairly indifferent 2011 as professional, it
was in beating Luke Donald at a play off at The Heritage for his
second PGA Tour title which really saw him gather some momentum, even
in taking some time away from the game, having to undergo hip
surgery. Snedeker finished 14th on the US PGA money list in 2011 and
things just got better for him in 2012, fully justifying his decision
to get that elective surgery.
With some powerful performances at the
end of the 2012 season in the FedEx Cup playoffs, he won the Tour
Championship, claiming the $10 million prize in the end-of-season
event and took the FedEx Cup title. So to 2013 and Snedeker started
the year as a man on fire, rattling off three top three finishes from
his first four starts. Naturally it wasn’t long before he was back
in the winners circle as he confidently cruised his way to the AT&T
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in early February. This is a man with an
all round composed game and there is a massive future ahead for the
32 year old, who has everything in his repertoire to become a future
number one.
While that may down the line a little,
there is going to be value in considering him in the PGA Tour Money
List winner market for 2013. Rory McIlroy won it last season,
Snedeker may well muscle his way to the top if he continues trending.
When he gets up a head of steam, he can steam roller fields, and all
of the focus on Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods in 2013 will probably
help him fly under the radar and take some expectation off his
shoulders. He took two PGA Tour titles in 2012 and already has one
under his belt for the 2013 season in early February.
Therefore, Brandt Snedeker should be a
multiple winner over the year and is worth backing for Tour titles.
But of course, the big aim for all professional golfers is the
Majors. His best performances have come in T3 finishes at the 2008
Masters and at the 2012 Open Championship. He has taken four top
twenty finishes in the last eight majors and it may not be a question
of can he win a Major, but when. With two top twenty finishes at the
2011 and the 2012 Masters, it could be his time in 2013. Because of
the hugely competitive fields in professional golf, there is actually
fantastic value in getting behind Snedeker to land one as you can
probably find around a general 7/1 on him to do so.
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