The Web.com Tour heads to Illinois this week for the Rust-Oleum Championship. It began just outside of Cleveland in 2014, but moved to Ivanhoe Club (north of Chicago) in 2015. Last week’s winner in North Carolina was Joey Garber, who won his first tournament. Odds are courtesy of BetDSI Sportsbook.
Event Details
Event: Rust-Oleum Championship
Category: Web.com
Date: June 7th – 10th, 2018
Location: Ivanhoe Club, Ivanhoe, Illinois
Past Five Winners
2017: Stephan Jaegar -14
2016: Max Homa -13
2015: Shane Bertsch -18
2014: Steven Alker -14
2013: N/A
The Favorites
Sungjae Im (+1800): Im finished T-35 in Raleigh last week, and his results have gotten worse in each of the last four events. Im still leads the money list by almost $50,000 over Scott Langley, but he might look into taking a week off soon. His putting is slowing down, ranking 22nd on the Web.com Tour.
Sam Burns (+1800): Burns managed to play the weekend at the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour. It was an up-and-down week for Burns, who shot 81-73-71-81 to finish 81st. He returns to the Web.com Tour, where he missed the cut in Knoxville in his last start. Still, Burns is eighth on the Web.com Tour in putting average and sixth in greens-in-regulation.
Next In Line
Roberto Castro (+2000): Castro’s last start came at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, where he finished T-14 and has finished in the top 15 in his last five starts. He does not hit it long, ranking 111th in driving distance. But he is fifth in accuracy, seventh in greens-in-regulation and third in putting. He will win soon.
Scott Langley (+2200): Langley finished T-2 in Raleigh, shooting four rounds in the 60s. Imagine if he could putt, as Langley is 102nd on the Web.com Tour in putting average. He finished T-28 in this tournament last year. If he can make some putts, Langley would have a win by now.
Josh Teater (+2500): Teater followed up a T-2 in Nashville with a T-6 in Raleigh. He is another player that needs the putter to get going as he is 91st in putting average. That is much better than he has been for much of the season. He finished T-2 in this tournament in 2016, but struggled last year, shooting 75-76 on the weekend to finish T-34.
Sleeper Picks
Max Homa (+6600): Homa missed the cut in Raleigh, his fourth missed cut in six starts and his sixth of the season. He returns to the site of his 2016 win, and he is putting well, ranking sixth in putting average. However, he is 77th in driving distance, 103rd in accuracy and 78th in greens-in-regulation. He is not giving himself much of a chance off the tee and trickles down from there.
Alex Prugh (+6600): Prugh finished T-27 in Raleigh, and he finished solo seventh in this tournament last year. He hits it pretty long, ranking 26th in distance, but he is 85th in accuracy. Prugh is 14th in greens-in-regulation, but 48th in putting average. If he could put it all together for four rounds, Prugh has a chance.
