The 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs start on Thursday with a visit to TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, for the St. Jude Championship.
The highest 125 gamers within the PGA TOUR are on the town for St. Jude, giving us one of the crucial difficult fields we’ve seen this yr exterior of the most important championships.
Discovering an extended shot winner in a subject with this a lot star energy is undoubtedly tough, however any participant on TOUR can get sizzling for a single spherical to money a first-round chief (FRL) ticket.
Listed here are three gamers to focus on within the FRL market:
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PGA Tour first-round chief golf picks and predictions at St. Jude’s
Trey Mullinax (+12500, BetMGM)
It isn’t fairly often that Trey Mullinax is fashionable, however he’s getting some buzz as a sleeper in each betting markets and DFS this week. After a stretch of seven missed cuts over 11 begins from March to early July, Mullinax has sprung into nice type over the canine days of summer time. He received at The Barbasol Championship, which earned him a ticket into the Open Championship, the place he completed T21. Following that, Mullinax posted a T37 on the Rocket Mortgage, the place he completed 10-under par. Mullinax has shot within the 60s in eight of his final 12 rounds.
Along with his present purple patch, Mullinax has a good course historical past with a T18 (2017) and a T6 (2018) in his solely two stops at TPC Southwind.
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Kyoung-hoon Lee (+12500, BetMGM)
There’s one thing about Okay.H. Lee at TPC programs. Not solely have each of his PGA TOUR victories come at TPC Craig Ranch, however he’s additionally completed runner-up and was the first-round chief at TPC Scottsdale, and has a top-20 end at TPC River Highlands, the place he was the first-round chief again in 2019. On this subject, it’s unlikely that Lee’s sport will maintain up over 4 days, however there’s no purpose to scoff at this worth on him waking up with the lead on Friday.
Mackenzie Hughes (+15000, BetMGM)
Issues aren’t going effectively for Mackenzie Hughes proper now, however there was an indication of hope amongst his 4 missed cuts on the spin. In his final outing on the Wyndham Championship, the Canadian posted a 67 in Spherical 1 earlier than falling aside with a 78 on Friday. We all know that Hughes has the power to get sizzling — he completed T37 or higher in 4 straight tournaments earlier than his current swoon — and his quick sport all the time makes him harmful. Hughes ranks sixteenth in Strokes Gained: Placing and twentieth in SG: Across the inexperienced, so he’s all the time a risk go get white sizzling if the opposite elements of his sport begin to cooperate.
