ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic Best Bets and Golf Odds:
The PGA TOUR heads to Myrtle Beach for an alternate event, the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic. Chris Gotterup was the winner of the inaugural event last year and returns to defend his title at 30/1. Mackenzie Hughes (20/1), who has two Top 10 finishes in his last three starts, and Tom Kim (25/1) head up the field on the odds board this week. Thorbjørn Olesen (28/1) and Kevin Yu (30/1) played in this event last year and finished 16th and 4th, respectively.
The Event
The Myrtle Beach Classic is in its second year of existence and global private aviation company ONEflight takes over as the title sponsor this year.
Like other opposite field events, the Myrtle Beach Classic offers a two-year PGA TOUR exemption to the winner, 300 FedEx Cup points, and a spot in next week’s PGA Championship if not already exempt.
The Field
Here is the 132-player field for the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic:
The Course
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club is a 7,347-yard, Par 71 was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones. It dates back to 1948 and is one of the oldest courses in the self-proclaimed ‘Golf Capital of the World’ and was the second course built along the “Grand Strand” of Myrtle Beach. This will be the second time that The Dunes has been used for a PGA TOUR event, however The Dunes does have some history with the TOUR having hosted the PGA TOUR Champions season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship from 1994 to 1999 and was the host venue for PGA TOUR Q-School’s Final Stage in 1973. The Dunes also hosted the 1962 U.S. Women’s Open, the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, and numerous collegiate events.
Rees Jones, son of Robert Trent Jones, has helped renovate The Dunes on three occasions: in 2003, 2013, and 2018. He has helped restore the greens to their original shape while replacing the old Bentgrass surfaces with Champion Bermuda. The 6,000-square-foot greens will run at around 11.5-12 on the stimpmeter.
The club is positioned alongside the Atlantic coastline, with some exposed holes as well as others that have much more of a parkland feel, with tight (20–25-yard landing areas), tree-lined fairways, and water. Water comes into play on six holes, including Holes #10-13, which is known as ‘Aliigator Alley’.
The par of 71 is formed by 3 Par 5s and 4 Par 3s alongside the regular Par 4s. The signature hole is the 625-yard 13th named ‘Waterloo’.
No. 8 will play as a Par 4 (usually a Par 5) while the 2023 renovation renovation included re-grassing and leveling all championship tees, building new championship tees on Nos. 1, 2, 6, 8 and 14, rebuilding lake edges on Nos. 1, 10 and 18, rebuilding the practice green and building a new chipping green and practice bunker.
This is not a traditional coastal course though. Although it is just one block from the beach, only the 9th hole gives a look to the Atlantic Ocean.
This course is a bit like a longer version of Harbour Town with narrow fairways, but players not having to club down as much off the tee, so the driver can be used more frequently.
Myrtle Beach Championship History
2024: Chris Gotterup (-22/262); 50/1
Selections
Kevin Yu 30/1 DraftKings
Yu rated second in the field for Strokes Gained: Off The Tee en route to a finish of fourth here last year. The man from Taiwan ranks 8th on the PGA TOUR for Strokes Gained: Off The Tee, 8th for Greens In Regulation, and 18th for Strokes Gained: Approach this season.
Ricky Castillo 41/1 Circa Sports
Castillo comes in on relatively hot form having finished Top 5 last weekend and the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and finishing T-18 in the team event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He ranks fifth in this week’s field (22nd overall) on the PGA TOUR for Strokes Gained: Tee To Green.
Max McGreevy 55/1 DraftKings
In the second half of 2024, McGreevy won three times: twice on the Korn Ferry Tour and the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. After ending 2024 with a bang, he missed his first four cuts of 2025 but turned the year around with a T-4 at the Cognizant Classic. McGreevy has made seven of his last nine cuts, just turned 30 and welcomed a daughter into the world, so he is in a good frame of mind.
Danny Walker 65/1 DraftKings
After finishing sixth at THE PLAYERS Championship in March, the TOUR rookie missed three straight cuts, but has made his last three, including back-to-back Top 25s. Walker ranks sixth in this field for Strokes Gained: Approach over his last 20 rounds. While he did not play this event last year, Walker has played the Dunes three times as a collegiate player, including finishes of ninth in 2016 and 14th in 2018.
Adam Schenk 95/1 Circa Sports
Schenk had missed six cuts in a row before a Top 5 finish last weekend in Dallas at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. It remains to be seen if he can build upon that, but Schenk is a ONEflight brand ambassador, so is certainly motivated to play well for the sponsor, and sometimes one good finish is enough to reverse fortunes in this game.
