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2026 Sony Open DFS Bets | Golf Gambling Podcast (Ep. 552)

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Pearson Cootie, Bud Cauley, Chandler Blanchet, and Christo Lamprecht are all used as long-shot bets.

1. Golf Gambling Podcast focuses on the 2026 Sony Open at Waialae Country Club and the betting board for the first PGA Tour stop of the year. 2. The hosts are Dom and his co-host, both Golf Gambling Podcast regulars on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network, and they frame the episode around golf betting decisions. 3. The episode is for breaking down the Sony Open field, the Brooks Koepka reinstatement story, and which prices look playable in outrights and placement markets. 4. Brooks Koepka’s PGA Tour reinstatement is discussed first, including the hosts’ reaction to his return and the card-status rules for major winners. 5. The conversation connects Koepka’s return to LIV Golf and to the idea that players such as Jon Rahm, Cam Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, and Brooks himself could be part of future movement. 6. The hosts say the PGA Tour card structure gives major winners five years of status and tournament winners two years, and they use Max Homa as an example of that exemption system. 7. Dom says he is finished betting LIV Golf because he no longer trusts the top-end players to show up to win regular events. 8. The hosts still note that LIV can matter for players who need a path to play, and they mention Richard Lee as an example of a grinder who found a route through LIV promotions. 9. The Sony Open venue is described as Waialae, a short par 70 where the winner could come from several styles depending on weather and field strength. 10. The hosts discuss bomb-and-gouge versus accurate plotting, and they mention that the rough is not especially thick and that trees do not block as much as many people think. 11. The hosts say the Sony Open could lose its sponsor deal after this year, which would make it the last year on Sony’s current agreement. 12. They point out that names like Jordan Spieth, Colin Morikawa, and Hideki Matsuyama make the 2026 field look stronger than usual for a Hawaii start. 13. On the top of the board, Russell Henley is called a player who “should be 12 to one,” even though the hosts dislike betting him that short. 14. JJ Spaun’s 18-to-1 price is rejected as too steep, while Ben Griffin is preferred because of length, Bermuda putting, and wedge play. 15. Colin Morikawa is discussed as a name the hosts want to bet eventually, but they say he is still figuring out his swing and equipment. 16. Aaron Rye, Corey Conners, Christopher Wrighton, Rico Hoey, Max McGreevy, and Christo Lamprecht are all discussed as longer-shot options with specific course-fit arguments. 17. The tone is conversational and betting-focused, with both hosts alternating between stat references, field news, and personal betting decisions. 18. The format is a back-and-forth handicap session that moves from news to course fit, then to outrights, placements, and a game with one-time-use picks. 19. Listeners who like golf betting, PGA Tour board discussion, and course-fit arguments would get the most out of this episode. 20. Listeners who want a player-profile deep dive or little betting analysis probably should skip it.

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A Sony Open betting read built around Henley, Morikawa, and the numbers that matter.

The episode treats the Sony Open as a betting board, and it keeps the focus where it belongs. Russell Henley is the favorite, while Colin Morikawa is the harder read.

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Weighing Henley, Morikawa, and the Sony Open favorite tier?

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