Aruba, Jamaica, ooooo I wanna take ya
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course
Southampton, Bermuda
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Adam Scott (16-1): Sitting on top of the heap this week in a very muted field at Port Royal, he will put the “class v form” argument to the test. The winner of the 2013 Grand Slam of Golf on this track posted T41-MC in Japan in his last two starts. The optimist will point out he’s cashed T7 twice in his last five worldwide.
Alex Noren (18-1): Never a winner on TOUR, it’s hard for me to jump on this number.
Brendon Todd (18-1) owns the tournament scoring record and has posted three top-10 paydays from his last six on TOUR.
Akshay Bhatia (18-1) has the most recent win from this point on the list and up. Superior wind player.
Lucas Glover (20-1) busted his rust with T59 last week after ten weeks on the sidelines. He’ll be hoping the wind blows all weekend!
Thomas Detry (20-1): Making cuts for fun, his streak has reached nine worldwide. Runner up here last year, he also cashed T8 in March in the Dominican Republic. Interesting, yet I’m not sure there’s any value here for a guy who hasn’t won anywhere in the world since 2016.
Alex Smalley (20-1): Cashing in the top 10 twice this summer with T9 at TPC River Highlands and TPC Deere Run, he also produced T11 and T12 the last two years.
Lucas Herbert (22-1): Champion from 2021, the Australian did so in blustery conditions. Hell, I might just stack an all-Aussie card this week just to have some fun in this moribund field.
Taylor Pendrith (22-1): All gamers are looking for an angle. Double-dip here with the “revenge factor” and solid, current form (T15-T3).
Ben Griffin (22-1): Cashing T25 or better in five of his last nine worldwide, he also has unfinished business on the island. Playing from the final group, he was 23-under with seven holes to play. He played the next five holes SIX-OVER PAR (four bogeys, one double) and settled for T3. I wouldn’t have come back.
NOW PLAYING:
| Host Course | Port Royal Golf Course. |
| Yards (per official scorecard): | 6,828. |
| Par: | 71 (36-35). |
| Greens: | TifEagle Bermuda; 8,000 square feet on average. |
| Stimpmeter: | 10.5 feet. |
| Rough: | 419 Bermudagrass at 2 inches. |
| Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play | 87/4/7. |
| Architect(s): | Robert Trent Jones (1971); Roger Rulewich (2008). |
| Defending Champion (event): | Seamus Power (not entered). |
| Multiple Champion(s) Entered: | N/A. |
| Course Record (last): | 61; Taylor Pendrith, Round 2, 2021. |
| 72 Hole Tournament Record (last): | 260 (-24); Brendon Todd, 2019. |
| Fact of the Week: | Shortest course on TOUR. |
| Fact of the Week II: | Par-71, 6,828 yards for the fifth consecutive event. |
Notes:
- Field of 132
- The OWGR is represented by 2 of the top 50.
- Sixth of seven events of the FedExCup Fall
- $6.5 million – $1.170 million – 500 FedExCup points – Sentry and Masters ticket punched.
Season Winners
2022-2023 Season Winners
| Event | Winner |
| Fortinet Championship | Max Homa |
| Sanderson Farms Championship | Mackenzie Holmes |
| Shriners Children’s Open | Tom Kim |
| ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | Keegan Bradley |
| CJ CUP at CONGAREE | Rory McIlroy |
| Butterfield Bermuda Championship | Seamus Power |
| Mayakoba Championship | Russell Henley |
| Cadence Bank Houston Open | Tony Finau |
| The RSM Classic | Adam Svensson (first TOUR win) |
| Sentry Tournament of Champions | Jon Rahm |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | Si Woo Kim |
| The AMERICAN EXPRESS | Jon Rahm (2) |
| Farmers Insurance Open | Max Homa (2) |
| AT&T Pebble Beach | Justin Rose |
| WM Phoenix Open | Scottie Scheffler |
| The Genesis Invitational | Jon Rahm (3) |
| The Honda Classic | Chris Kirk |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win) |
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Scottie Scheffler (2) |
| Valspar Championship | Taylor Moore (first TOUR win) |
| Corales Puntacana | Matt Wallace (first TOUR win) |
| WGC – Dell Technologies MP | Sam Burns |
| Valero Texas Open | Corey Conners |
| Masters | Jon Rahm (4) |
| RBC Heritage | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each) |
| Mexico Open at Vidanta | Tony Finau (2) |
| Wells Fargo Championship | Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win) |
| AT&T Byron Nelson | Jason Day |
| PGA Championship | Brooks Koepka |
| Charles Schwab Challenge | Emiliano Grillo |
| Memorial | Viktor Hovland |
| RBC Canadian Open | Nick Taylor |
| U.S. Open | Wyndham Clark (2) |
| Travelers Championship | Keegan Bradley (2) |
| Rocket Mortgage Classic | Rickie Fowler |
| John Deere Classic | Sepp Straka |
| Genesis Scottish Open | Rory McIlroy (2) |
| The Open Championship | Brian Harman |
| 3M Open | Lee Hodges (first TOUR win) |
| Wyndham Championship | Lucas Glover |
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Lucas Glover (2) |
| BMW Championship | Viktor Hovland (2) |
| TOUR Championship | Viktor Hovland (3) |
| Fortinet Championship | Sahith Theegala |
| Sanderson Farms Championship | Luke List |
| Shriners Children’s Open | Tom Kim |
| ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | Collin Morikawa |
| World Wide Technology | Erik van Rooyen |
Recent Winners – Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Italics – not entered this week.
| Year | Winner | Notes |
| 2022 | Seamus Power (-19) | Set the tournament record circling TWENTY EIGHT birdies. Won by one over Thomas Detry. |
| 2021 | Lucas Herbert (-15) | Matched the highest-winning score. Won by a shot for his first TOUR victory in just his 20th start. |
| 2020 | Brian Gay (-15) | Defeated Wyndham Clark in a playoff after closing with 64. |
| 2019 | Brendon Todd (-24) | Posted rounds of 63 in Round 2 and closed with 62 to win by four. |
Longer Shots, Longest Shots, Others
After a shootout last week in Mexico on Tiger’s track, Mother Nature is probably going to have her say this week. Tight fairways are pinched only by two inches of rough, but awkward, uneven lies will require concentration. Big Bermuda greens, exposed to the elements, will only run around 10 feet.
The winners here have ranged from 20-1, red-hot Seamus Power last year to 200-1 veteran Brian Gay. Wide open would be an understatement.
I can’t look away from Luke List (25-1) this week. With nothing to play for, he’s making the trip. Is it a trip or a trap? … It’s great to see kids Nick Dunlap (50-1) and Peter Kuest (55-1) live, but I’ll take a veteran on the upswing, Lanto Griffin (55-1) at a similar number and take my chances. … Russell Knox (90-1) won’t win but he’ll be playing the weekend. … Kramer Hickok (60-1) will be making his fifth appearance and has posted three previous in the top 30. … Kelly Kraft (110-1) has cashed five in a row and plays ocean courses well. … Satoshi Kodaira (175-1) for a top 40.
Good luck!
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