Sony Open Rankings and Odds
First off just a heads up that my course fit and player profiling manual 2021 is updated and ready to go. There has been a load of work put into manual over the last year or so and there's a ton of information and data for both the European Tour and PGA Tour betting contained in it. If you'd like to purchase it or read more details about it, you can do so by clicking here.
Course info
Sony Open target player profile: Experienced, accurate players, that are strong in trade winds tend to be the prominent theme at Sony Open leaderboards. A hot putter gets the job done here. Go low.
Click the spreadsheet screenshot below to see my top 25 vs the field rankings and fair odds estimations for the Sony Open. You'll notice some course fit numbers there. All numbers each week are available via the profiling manual. Scroll down further for relevant course information for Waialae CC
Key features:
Sparse palm treelined bushy track with narrow fairways and spongy bermuda rough. Some Dog-legs. Small bermuda surfaces with mown areas, shallow bunkers or sticky bermuda rough greenside. Strong winds.
Here are the premiums and weightings for the the Sony at Waialae, showing Webb Simpsons course fit rating. You can use this course fit model yourself by clicking the image
Players that played throughout the turn of the year in Aus and that played at Kapalua always have the edge at the Sony Open. Strong wind efficiency is a big positive too.
Nicspicks Ebook - click image for details
My player profiling and course fit manual above supplies all the data for the top players across the European and PGA Tours. It lists all the metrics and weightings for the various courses. Using this data you can plug the numbers into the interactive model above and get an accurate course fit rating for whatever player on whatever course
