Players Championship Odds 2017: Sleepers & Best Value Bets

Hideki Matsuyama


Odds: 20/1


Obviously not a "sleeper," but if you're looking for a pick outside the top tier of favorites, Matsuyama is pretty solid value at 20-to-1. He's one of just two players (Rory McIlroy being the other) to have a Top-25 finish in each of the last three tournaments here (T23, T17, T7), he's 20-under with just two rounds over par in 12 career rounds at TPC Sawgrass, and he's one of only three players (along with Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas) to have multiple wins on the PGA Tour this year.

Though he has slowed down a bit after his red-hot start to the year, his 11th-place finish at the Masters suggests he's in perfectly fine form to contend at a tournament he consistently plays well at. (Getty)

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