COGNIZANT CLASSIC in the PALM BEACHES 2024 – Golf Betting Tips

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Steve Bamford @Bamfordgolf on X – from Golf Betting System previews the 2024 Cognizant Classic, from PGA National, Palm Beach Florida. The start of the Florida Swing, he details the host Par 70 Champions Course, key skills required to win around typical Florida set-up with water everywhere, gives historical winner data, plus gives his 5 player selections. Please like and subscribe + share.

COGNIZANT CLASSIC in the PALM BEACHES 2024 – Golf Betting Tips
By Steve Bamford

SHOW INDEX
00:00 Intro
00:38 Like, SUBSCRIBE + Comment
01:51 bet365 sponsored 2024 Majors Competition
03:00 Course, Agronomy and Weather
07:50 Key Player Skills Required
10:28 Predictor Model Top 10
13:27 Rolling 8 Week Strokes Gained Stats
17:43 Historic Winners Odds
19:58 World Ranking of Winners
20:12 My Tips

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Cognizant Classic Strokes Gained Rankings:
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Cognizant Classic Combined Form Stats:
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2024 Cognizant Classic Predictor Model / Optimizer:
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Greetings I’m Steve banford and welcome to the Steve banford golf YouTube channel the home of the golf betting show and the golf betting system podcast you join us here in banford Towers we’re going to discuss this week the 2024 cognizant classic the golf betting show is for viewers of 18 and above

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Put up Jake G 40 to1 even 50 to1 out there on Monday thanks for coming they landed those that they they landed nap Paul landed Matsu Arma the week before that so he’s on a roll I had to make do as ever you won’t be surprised regular

Second place I was on Sammy Pham macki 100 to1 so 20 to1 for the eway place on Sammy phaki let’s talk about this week’s action the start of the Florida swing first of all I want you to smash absolutely smash 225 likes this week that’ be fantastic

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The the more likes we get the more comments the better the algorithm likes the content that we putting forward on this channel and the more eyes that will look at the video so it’s down to you right this used to be the Honda Classic I’m still Tweeting out there

That it’s hash Honda Classic the cognizant classic in the Palm Beaches if you want to use its full title very very caty from the PJ tour of course it’s played on the Champions Course this needs no introduction the bear trap Jack Nicholas design that is at PGA National

Palm Beach Gardens in Florida the start of the Florida swing Tom and George Fazzio original it had a Nicholas redesign in 02 2014 and 2018 course type well it’s flat we’re in Florida on the East Coast so a Florida type Golf Course technical in its difficulty uh last year 14 under I think

There were three or four under double digits can see the same kind of winning score this year but yeah effectively technical but it is short 7,125 yards it’s a genuine par 70 par one single par five on the front and the back now slightly different to some some of

The tests that we’ve seen recently especially Riviera Country Club holes with water hazards just the 15 this week number of bunkers 60 Acres of Fairway 24 the Agronomy I know that you guys love it when banford starts talk in ergonomy celebration Bermudagrass Fairways rough is Tiff sport Bermuda grass overseeded

With perennial rye because it’s still early in the year 2 and 1 half in so pretty deep greens they are larger than they used to be since the Nicholas renovation 7,000 square fet on average they feature Tiff Eagle Bermuda grass can get frisky but they has been a lot

Of rain in the buildup I think I counted from memory it was something of like 10 in um a lot of a big big rainstorm last week nothing overly in the forecast until we get to probably Saturday so I’m thinking not as firm on the fairways as

We usually see uh we had firm Fairways last year and watered greens I think we’re going to likely be slightly softer in terms of the turf conditions uh I wouldn’t say soft but Lush and it looks like that they’re the wind doesn’t look that strong I think

We’re looking at 18 20 on Friday and Saturday you might find they don’t water the greens but who knows it’s the PJ tour they may well water the greens I don’t think a Target score around 12 to 14 underp will be too far away they may

Push the boat out they may say oh damn it we not we won’t water the greens over the weekend and then you’re looking closer to 9 10 11 under par tends to be really single digit scoring when there’s higher wins so I I do genuinely think 12

To 14 will win this if you’re looking for masses of Jack Nicholas correlating courses anandale golf club where they used to play the S Sanderson Farms pre 2013 Glenn Abby where they played the RBC Canadian open as part of their schedule 0813 2015 through 2018 now throw up

Jonathan Vegas and believe you me having watched his putting last week you don’t want to be anywhere near here Johnny V mfield Village of course the Memorial tournament Jack tournament every year montro Golf and Country Club where they played the Barracuda through or from um montro was up till 2019 he also designed

Old Greenwood Golf Club where they’ve played the Barracuda Championship ever since 2020 PGA West uh which is one of the place uh the rounds that they play at the American Express you’ve also got Sherwood Country Club and you’ve got Valhalla 2014 PGA Championship width of Fairways at the

300 yard carry Mark they are 26 yards wide so pretty much similar to what we saw Riviera the only trouble here is though a lot of the fairways have water running down the sides or even both sides of the hole the clear um the clear aim for a player this week

Has to be try to avoid a watery grave that’s kind of where we’re at with this golf course typically Floridian water absolutely everywhere it should be a cracking tournament in terms of key skills required around here I’ve actually been organized this week now some of the these numbers are incredible

So what we’ve looked at here are where the Champions fall in the in the individual skill set categories of those that made the cut across the winners list here going back to uh bear with me I think yeah it’s 2019 and Keith Mitchell so this is since the last renovation so Keith Mitchell

Sun Jim Matt Jones sep Striker and clis Kirk Strokes gained off the T 10th so not as important as Mexico last week Strokes gained on approach 9th Strokes gained around the green 16th that is the lowest number so far this year apart from capalo which of course always sees a smaller field Strokes

Gained te to Green second that’s mad Strokes going putting 23 team NOA definitely in effect this week although I think to win here you ideally if you can get someone in that sort of top 10 top 12 P it doesn’t feel like Johnny Vegas will win this at minus

Seven strokes patting across the week someone that is half a stroke and fantastic from T to Green have definitely got a shout so let me just recap 10th off the T ninth on approach 16th around the green second for Te to Green 203d for putting if I go back to Keith

Mitchell again across the traditional statistics 26th for driving distance so it isn’t a total bombers Paradise Chris Kirk W here who 54th off off the te in terms of distance last season Sun Jim when he won here was 40th driving distance so it’s not the be or endle driving accuracy 23rd that’s

Better than usual Greens in regulation 7th proximity to whole 28th scrambling 9th that’s incredibly important putting average so putts for green in regulation 16th which is relatively high so team noat as I said definitely definitely a thing this week right my um golf betting system predictor model my Optimizer that I

Pulled together this morning I’m recording this Monday in the shes of the UK um top 10 of my model you can come to golf bank system I’ve put a link in the description box box to the model it’s free of charge you can run it as many

Times as you want you will not be charged um it’s great for both DraftKings there a DraftKings Tab and for betting I’m good to see that Kevin doy was a name that came to the four at very cheap money last week see listen to these little Snippets and of course

Sammy phaki here’s my top 10 uh book makers here eight places each way markets each way extra on bet 365 you know the drill also William Hill have gone a standard default eight places each way at 50 odds and some cracking prices um you can open up a William Hill

Account bets 10 get 3030 in three bets by gol betting system that would support the channel cam young is at 10 10 20 to1 with bet 365 eight places each way seven Stefan Jager 45 to1 with William Hill eight places each way eight last week’s

Nim winner Jake knp he’s a 66 to1 chance with uni bet six places each way seven Taylor pendri 80 to one with uni bet six places each way it of course is President’s Cup year Canadians South Africans Koreans all over it like a rash six Denny McCarthy will he ever win on

The PGA T well this ain’t a bad track for him 45 to one with bet 365 eight places each way VIA their each way extra facility don’t forget with each way extra bet 365 you can choose now eight places each way 10 places each way 12

Places each way a fifth the odds on all of them five top five last year’s runner up Eric Cole you’re not getting 160 to1 this year though 28 to1 Eric I Cole William Hill eight places each way four is Sun Jim Sun Jim is available a 28 to1 again with William Hill eight

Places each way benan can benan get his first ever PJ to a victory great track 30 to1 with bet 365 eight places each way on Benny AR team NOA fully in effect to Russell Henley another guy that cannot part but a winner here 25 to1 with William Hill

Eight places each way you never get a great price on Russell Henley and number one of course Rory maroy a winner here in 2012 7 to1 favorite bet 365 eight places each way maoy Henley Ben AR Sun Jim Eric Cole Denny McCarthy what could possibly go wrong right Strokes

Gained over the last eight weeks I know that you guys love this part of the show don’t forget if you’re still with me on X at Bamford Golf and I really do smash let’s smash 225 L likes I know you guys are going to smash it this week

Right let’s have a look over the last eight weeks both DP well tour and PJ tour combined so there’s going to be some names in here you might not not a thought would be in here let me take you through Strokes gained around the green because that was actually something that

Was pretty important wasn’t it in those stats top 12 full top 25 listings available in my betting preview which is available in the description below 12 is Justin lower a tie for 10th mattio paval and Dav Davis Thompson nine is um I’m reading the wrong numbers right let’s

Start again 12 is Troy Meritt a tie for 10th Aaron badley is playing better this year and Rory maroy nine is Ben AR seven Austin eot and Brendan Todd six Franchesco Molinari five the Japanese guy Rio hiard Sunni a tie for third Lucas Glover and Russell Henley two Tor

Beor nson number one Chase Johnson Strokes gained on approach the top 12 12 is Justin lower these were the anyway you get the drift uh a tie for 10th mattio Pavan and pavon and Davis Thompson nine is Cory Connor team NOA in full effect this week uh five there’s a

Huge tie Victor Perez T5 Scott Stallings Eric Van ruin and Cameron young four is tor beon Olsen three is Tom hogi two is Bud Coley nice to see Bud on tour on a major medical number one the South African Christian Bizen hoot uh top 12 Strokes going te gr don’t

Forget you can come and see the top 25 listings in my betting preview in the description below you can follow me at banford golf on Twitter x uh T Ty for 11th Lucas Glover Tom Kim tior beor Olsson 10th is JT the postman Poston eighth benan Bud Colley six Doug gim Rasmus

Hoard five Keith Mitchell four Camy young a tie for second Russell Henley and Rory maroy of course good old Russell and number one Strokes going T to Green pretty much everpresent Cory Connors can he PP positively this week that’s the golden question Strokes going current four

Let’s go through the top 12 so these are the players in this field across both DP World Tour and PJ tour who are playing the best golf right now 11th there is a tie Tom hogi Denny McCarthy nine Russell Henley and Bo hosler Seven Christian Braden hoot tied

With Camy young five Rory maroy tied with Keith Mitchell a uh a tie for third T3 JT the postman Poston Tor beon Olsen two mattio pavon already a winner in 2024 on the PJ tour number one on a sponsor invite I don’t think he’ll be ranked number one in a few

Weeks time but there you go Rasmus hoard clearly all of the those numbers from the DP World Tour if you wanted to take out of the mix uh pavon would be number one for strokes G current form and number 12 insert the South African elic van royan okay winning prices of the Honda

Classic which is now of course the cognizant classic um it really is feast or famine what will we get this year last year Russ uh Chris Kirk he’d finished third at the Sony Open he’d finished third at PJ West he M miss the cut Phoenix came here won 25 to1 2022 SE St

125 to one sep Striker came off a top 15 at Riviera Country Club 2021 Matt Jones the Australian now of course a Liva a to one for Matt Jones 2020 first ever V win on the PJ tour and there haven’t been too many since even though goes off really short most weeks Sun

Jim 2019 300 to1 Keith Mitchell so there you go 125 to1 300 to1 and 80 to1 in The Last 5 Years followed in with 25s and 35s Keith Mitchell at 300s if you actually look at that as an average over the past five tournaments 113 to1 and

That feast and famine just keeps going Justin Thomas was 12 to1 Ricky Fowler was 16 to1 Adam Scott was 20 to1 so 12 to1 16 to1 20 to1 25 to1 and 35 to1 that’s all in play and then you’re dealing in triple digits 125 to1 300 to1

Uh with Mitchell 300 to1 with Henley in 2014 and what about Paddy Harrington winning at 400 to1 beating 100 25 to1 I believe Daniel burer in a playoff you’ve also got Matt Jones in there 80 so anything is up for grabs if you find players at 300 to1 that you like the

Looks of maybe got got a little bit of US Open form in there in their history like a like a Michael Thompson like a Russell Henley it’s not a bad sh at all this week overall average going back to 20110 12521 uh World Golf Ranking of winners

Here Kirk was 47th Striker won 76 Jones 83 M 34 Mitchell 161 Thomas 4 Fowler 14 right who am I on I really want to smash it this week get a the win winner after Sammy F Sammy phaki last week and we also got runner up at the Sony with

Keegan Bradley I get fed up with seconds let’s get a w this week I’m going to go in reverse order and why not let’s mix it up shall we Ben Griffin if you want a player that improved some West Coast to East Coast the North Carolina guy Ben

Griffin is a cracking bet this week I got 90 to one with William Hill eight places each way on Ben Griffin a Bermuda grass and short Golf Course monster 2022 fourth at sedgfield the Windam third in Bermuda last year 12th at Wy Sony Open second at the Jackson Country Club you will

Remember that huge playoff he was pretty much leading from the first Friday uh first Thursday all the way to the the final hole couldn’t get a birdie on the last goes into a five six-man playoff loses to Luke list eighth at se Island and then 2024 already on Bermuda greens

Overseeded with po Tris PGA West the American Express he’s had a Ninth Place second in the 20122 Sun Coast Classic on the corn on the corn fairy tour likes playing in Florida loves Bermuda grass love his chances 21st here last year 14th on tournament debut at Bay Hill I

Think he’s going to like it this week Ben Griffin William Hill eight places each we 90 to NE 990 to1 next up heard plenty of His Name Across My Strokes gained trackers no it’s not rasman hoard of course not it’s Christian Baden who I’ve got a point each way at 70 to1 that

Isn’t going to last with the William Hill eight play eight places each way I was surprised Baden hoop was such a nice price um expecting less value got plenty of value in in my thoughts with 70 to1 if you look at the winners here I mean

Let’s go all the way back to Ernie L’s in 2008 Yang 09 Cameo 2010 sabatini 2011 so already we’ve got two South Africans a South Korean a Colombian Adam Scott an Australian in 2016 Sun Jim macaran in 2020 Matt Jones and Australian in 2021 team team International Presidents Cup

Year it’s in play this week and C Bear sixth at the Country Club of Jackson in October Sison Farms Championship second at the American Express this year just one shot shy of uh the I played I said that very nicely didn’t I of the amateur Nick Dunlap just starting to appear at the

Top of more leaderboards on the PJ tour guys over here in Europe DP well tour we know that this guy can win he’s a three-time winner on the tour uh one of those was at the Alfred Dunhill Championship 2020 out in South Africa that featured Champion Bermuda grass

Greens at leopard Creek 14 under party won that at he also won the 2019 Andalucia Masters at valder well valder tight technical horribly tough scoring he won that at 10 under so he can grind results and his record in Florida is decent enough he spends plenty of time

Here with Ernie Els at the El’s residence in Palm Beach Gardens 18th 7th and 20th at Bill he’s had a 13th at TPC s grass last year I think he was third after third after round two top six after uh the third round and he’s played

Here finished 25th in 2022 42nd in 2024 never missed a cut in those two appearances I think Baden who confident president’s C here in with a genuine shout of getting into Mike we’s team big opportunity this week for South Africa next up he was priced up initially with bet

365 at 35 to1 which really shook me to the core don’t forget you can follow me on X at banford golf just need a little bit of refreshment I think one and a half points I got in the end 50 to one that’s much better bet up

William Hill a guy that has made a playoff here in 2018 he’s got a 10th here in 2016 that runner up finish in 2018 when he lost in a playoff to Justin Thomas who we were on that week at 12 to war 12 to1 he was

Fourth for strokes gain T to green and and importantly ninth for strokes game patting that week so clearly can get on with the greens he is 100% team NOA is this individual always pretty good from te to green and an excellent scrambling game 14th for ta green and

First first for strokes gained patting at Riviera Country Club last time out where he finished T2 Luke list don’t forget list a winner in 2022 at the Farmers Insurance and in 20 23 at the Sanderson Farms can he make it three wins in three consecutive years in 2024 at the

Cognizant classic 50 to1 I thought a very very fair price 28 to1 is my next calling Point Kirk was 25 to1 we’ve gone through the history I am going for a guy that can putt well is clearly playing well mentioned him in plenty of uh different Trends in my 8we trackers

Always good on short golf courses he’s won at seedfield he’s won at TPC dear run those are his two wins 2019 the Windam 2022 John de classic that isn’t a bad uh set of courses right there I mean you look at the form of sun JM great at the Windom

You look at Matt Jones you look at sep Striker played well at all of those also 7th 6th and 11th at PJ West where they play the American Express every single year he’s now in the world’s top 50 and this year so far he’s finished fifth at the century sixth at the Sony

Open and 10th at the Genesis I got to say he hasn’t really troubled the scorers too much but he’s just constantly there or thereabouts gravitating course like this I think it will suit him JT Poston 28 to1 with William Hill three uh eight places each way one and a half points on

JT and then finally second favorite when you actually look at this tournament when the fields were much stronger forget about the last couple of years Fields have been absolutely dismal here maroy in 2012 Harrington in 2015 Adam Scott in 2016 Ricky Fowler in 2017 and Justin Thomas in 2018 now I count up

There four major champions with 10 Majors between them and then for Fowler and also for sunj they have major championship runner up finishes both I think it’s three for Fowler one for him something like that this Champions Course absolutely suits and it sorts the weak from the chaff

Undoubtedly this week I think you know and you can gra back him 20 to1 with bet 365 each way extra or 20 to1 with William Hill eight places each way in their default Market I’ve got a a feeling you know that cam young young gets his first ever PGA Tour

Victory 13th and 10th on his only two visits to Bay Hill I mean the corresponding course form though with Bay here and here is obvious and clear to see but cam young even though he grew up uh in New York state 20 20 25 miles outside of Manhattan North he always played a

Lot of junior golf down in Florida he also of course went to I believe uh he went to UNI in Carol in South Carolina so beuda grass not an issue for cam young whatsoever he across the uh the the Polo golf Junior Classics have been played

Here year in year out he won here in 2013 on the Champions Course and then came back in 2014 got to got through the stroke play got to the uh the the match play at the weekend and was beaten in the quarterfinals by the guy that went on to

Win here which was one Matthew wolf cam young yeah so decent memories of the course he’s only played here once he finished 16th open with a 68 Clos with the 66 he’s in good enough Nick isn’t he third at the Dubai Desert Classic that they played on the DP World Tour which

Rory maroy won and there’s an example I think 12 12 13 under par on that make it tougher make it major championship difficult on a golf course and young tends to gravitate to the top of leaderboards third at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills second at the Open Championship at St Andrews in

His rookie season on the PGA to last year mat again landed a couple of top eights at Majors seventh austa National and eighth at Hoy lake at the open just love Camy young this week so cam young two each way 2 to1 with bet

365 I’m on Poston at 28 to1 a point and a half each way with William Hill eight places each way lot list 50 to1 with William Hill eight places each way Christian buzen hoot 70 to1 a point each way with William Hill eight places each

Way and Ben gphin 90 to one with William Hill eight places each way on Ben Griffin those are my 54 the cognizant classic it’s been a blast follow me on X at bford golf hit that subscribe button and of course let’s smash 225 likes I will be back next week with the Arnold

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