CHARLES SCHWAB CHEATSHEET: Bets, Weather, Underdog, DraftKings Notes

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May 21, 2025

Berger +2500
Akshay +8000

BOMBS

Hisatsune +10000 (8 Places)
Cole +11000 (8 Places)
Nico +12500 (8 Places)
Schenk +20000 (8 Places)

FIRST ROUND LEADER

Grillo +7500
Hisatsune +7500
Norlander +8000
Cole +8000
Nico +9000
Schenk +14000 (5 Places)

EURO

Guido +5000

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PICKS

Daniel Berger — Accuracy, approach, and short game have been as good as any non-Scottie player in the field. Strangely, the putter has lapsed over his past three starts. That was after gaining in seven straight dating back to late January. He’s won here against a stronger field in the past and he’s one of the few players at the top of the the board who excels at keeping out of danger.

Akshay Bhatia — He won in Texas last year and despite a recent slump, he’s spiked enough with this approach to believe he can match up the accuracy, irons, putting trifecta. You’ll rarely find this much talent this far down the betting board.

Eric Cole — Cole’s playing much better than I had thought. He’s gained on approach on seven straight and breached 3.9 strokes putting in three of past five starts. This is the roadmap.

Nico Echavarria —It’s a perfect time for Nico to hit a course which prioritizes approach and putting over chipping. Nico’s gained over 4.2 strokes on approach the past two starts and has seen his accuracy rebound in those starts after a slightly downturns after the West Coast swing. He’s one of the few players with the irons/putting upside to challenge anyone in this field if it lines up. We saw him out run Morikawa and Xander in Japan late last season and has a pair of scones since at courses with a similar profile to Colonial (Sony & RSM).

Ryo Hisatsune — The putter hot entering Colonial and he’s done solid work on these challenging off the tee, precision courses. Achieved a career best T3 at comp course Wyndham a year old and posted Top 5s at Valspar and Valero. There has been significant crossover between Copperhead and Colonial in years past. Burns has won both. Burns beat last year’s winner Davis Riley in a playoff there. Schenk has T2s in both events.

WEATHER

The wind appears like it’ll gust-a-plenty Saturday and Sunday which can throw considerable variability into this event down the stretch. This happened three years ago when Sam Burns was able to post early on Sunday morning and simply watched the leaders all crumble back to him throughout the afternoon. That included Scottie Scheffler, who fired a final round 72 then lost in a playoff to Burns. Grabbing a chaser or two early Saturday or Sunday may be the preferred betting strategy if you don’t want to take on Scottie in primo conditions.