2022 PNC Championship picks, field grade, odds, best bets, golf predictions as Tiger Woods teams up with son

Don’t look now, however Tiger Woods is again in motion this weekend as he and his son, Charlie, will headline the motion on the 2022 PNC Championship. Playing on this two-person scramble for the third consecutive 12 months, the Woods duo is joined by earlier winners in Justin Thomas and his father, John Daly and his son, John Daly Jr. Also competing are Hall of Famers, together with Annika Sorenstam, Nick Faldo, Lee Trevino and Bernhard Langer, alongside their respective members of the family.

LPGA famous person and former world No. 1 Nelly Korda is ready to compete for the second straight 12 months with her father, and making his PNC Championship debut is one other former world No. 1 in Jordan Spieth. Playing for the primary time with his father, Spieth will look to hold the momentum from his victory with Thomas at The Match 7 right into a profitable exhibiting on the Ritz Carlton Golf Club. 

Major champions Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh, Justin Leonard, Padraig Harrington and lots of extra spherical out the motion in what ought to be a fun-filled weekend in Florida. While a laidback household outing at its very core, the PNC Championship remains to be a chance to look at among the best gamers on the earth — previous, current and presumably future — hone in on their craft earlier than the calendar flips to the brand new 12 months.

Event information

Event: PNC Championship | Dates: Dec. 17-18
Location: Ritz-Carlton Golf Club — Orlando, Florida
Par: 72 | Yardage: 7,106 | Purse: $1.09 million
Format: Two-person scramble

What is that this occasion?

Formerly recognized as the Father/Son Challenge, this event has since rebranded to the PNC Championship. Having been performed for practically three a long time, it has usually been a means for main championship and Players Championship winners to group up with a member of the family of his selecting.

Only just lately increasing on the field standards, it has been a stable modification as Sorenstam and Korda have since joined in on the enjoyable. With the inflow of younger expertise like Daly Jr., who performs on the Arkansas males’s golf group, and Charlie Woods, who impresses in every look, the standard of golf, laughs and general competitors has ramped up.

What is the format?

Only 36 holes will likely be performed as teams be a part of forces within the scramble format. Like the format performed in charity tournaments, every member of the group will tee off — from various tees primarily based on age — and choose the best drive. This course of is repeated with each shot till the ball is holed. There has been a narrative circulating of a group taking pictures 46 (!!!) at a scramble occasion, however I would not anticipate scores to be that low; as an alternative, they need to be within the neighborhood of low 60s of excessive 50s.

Has Tiger gained this event earlier than?

In brief, no. However, final 12 months he and Charlie got here awfully near chasing down the Dalys on the ultimate day. At one level, the pair rattled off 11 straight birdies. Signing for rounds of 62-57, the Woods household got here up two strokes in need of claiming victory at 25 beneath. That will certainly be on Charlie’s thoughts. Now 13, he’s starting to hit his development spurt and can serve as a key element for Team Woods.

Who is within the field?

• Stewart Cink and Connor Cink
• John Daly and John Daly II
• David Duval and Brady Duval
• Nick Faldo and Matthew Faldo
• Jim Furyk and Tanner Furyk
• Padraig Harrington and Patrick Harrington
• Nelly Korda and Petr Korda
• Matt Kuchar and Carson Kuchar
• Bernhard Langer and Jason Langer
• Tom Lehman and Sean Lehman
• Justin Leonard and Luke Leonard
• Mark O’Meara and Shaun O’Meara
• Gary Player and Jordan Player
• Nick Price and Greg Price
• Vijay Singh and Qass Singh
• Annika Sorenstam and Will McGee
• Jordan Spieth and Shawn Spieth
• Justin Thomas and Mike Thomas
• Lee Trevino and Daniel Trevino
• Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods

What ought to we anticipate from Tiger?

This very properly could possibly be the final time we see Tiger in competitors till February — if not April — for the 2023 Masters. With 36 holes assured and using a golf cart as a result of his leg and plantar fasciitis in his proper foot, I anticipate to see some moments of classic Tiger. Carving irons and hitting delicate pitches and chips — these are the moments to soak in as gone are the times of lashing on the driver and operating in putts.

He confirmed some rust final week in The Match 7, but additionally indicators that his sport is shut with a number of filthy iron pictures. Still, it stays a family-oriented occasion and Tiger will likely be insistent on utilizing most of Charlie’s pictures from tee to inexperienced whereas he seems to be on and takes within the sights and the sounds of a pair rounds with his son.

Picks and prediction

Team Thomas is the favourite at +275 and rightfully so. Justin seemed terrific in The Match 7, carrying his group to victory, and his father Mike has been a PGA Professional for practically 40 years. They gained this occasion two years in the past and got here near defending regardless of Mike experiencing some well being points on the time.

They are adopted by Team Spieth at +450 and Team Woods at +500. In an occasion that might go quite a lot of methods, I’m uncertain if I’m comfy backing Spieth and his father — whose sport I’ve the faintest clue about — however Team Woods is intriguing. Their value is half of what it was a 12 months in the past and Charlie seems to be to have solely gotten higher. 

I’ll go with the homer choose on the high of the percentages board with the Woods and Team Harrington a bit decrease at +3300 as a sleeper. Padraig has been taking part in some incredible golf on the PGA Tour Champions circuit and signed for a 10-under 62 alongside his son within the last spherical final 12 months, so I would not be shocked in the event that they discover themselves within the combine.

Here’s how one can watch this weekend.

All instances are Eastern

Round 1 — Saturday

Round begins: 10:05 a.m.

Early protection: 1-2 p.m. on Peacock

Live TV protection: 2-6 p.m. on NBC & Peacock

Round 2 — Sunday

Round begins: 10:05 a.m.

Early protection: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Peacock

Early TV protection: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on Golf Channel & Peacock

Live TV protection: 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. on NBC & Peacock