RICO HOEY 28/1
TAKUMI KANAYA 60/1
CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT 33/1
TAYLOR MONTGOMERY 70/1
MATT WALLACE 40/1
10 BETS £5EW TOTAL £100
DANIEL HILLIER 50/1 MGM 6PL
CASEY JARVIS 125/1 PP 6PL
RASMUS NEERGAARD-PETERSEN 16/1 PP 6PL
JEONGWOO HAM 375/1 PP 6PL
THRISTON LAWRENCE 25/1 MGM 6PL
UTAH CHAMPIONSHIP
GENESIS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bank of Utah Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played at the Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah. It was first played in 2024 as part of the FedEx Cup Fall series. The event was renamed from Black Desert Championship to Bank of Utah Championship for 2025 after a three-year sponsorship deal was signed with the Ogden-based Bank of Utah.
Matt McCarty won the inaugural tournament for his first PGA Tour victory.
The Genesis Championship is a men’s professional golf tournament in South Korea. The inaugural event was held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea from 21 to 24 September 2017. Prize money was KRW1,500,000,000, the largest for any Korean Tour event. The winner received KRW300,000,000 and an automatic entry to the CJ Cup and Genesis Open on the PGA Tour. The 2018 event was held in May while in 2019 and 2020 it was held in October.
The tournament is sponsored by Genesis Motors, the luxury vehicle division of Hyundai Motor Group.
In 2024, the tournament joined the European Tour schedule, becoming a co-sanctioned event.
BLACK DESERT RESORT
The Black Desert Resort Golf Course is a 19-hole, 7,500-yard desert course that is designed for all skill levels and is ranked 2nd best golf course in Utah by Top 100. It features forgiving fairways, well-manicured greens, and strategically placed landing areas ranging from 70 to 100 yards. The course is the final design by renowned architect Tom Weiskopf, marking his 73rd project.
The course is set against a backdrop of lava rock formations, red canyons, and distant mountain ranges, offering 360-degree views. Each hole presents a unique challenge, making every round memorable. Black Desert Golf Club was selected to host a PGA TOUR event, the Black Desert Championship, in 2024, marking the tour’s return to Utah.
Golfers can utilize a spacious driving range and dedicated areas for chipping, pitching, and bunker practice. The bunkers feature heavy sand, offering a unique practice experience.
The clubhouse features a well-appointed pro shop stocked with the latest golf apparel and equipment. While locker rooms with shower facilities are available to guests. Club 73 is a restaurant located near the driving range with a full menu, as well as Oasis, which is available after the 10th hole and again after the 15th hole.
PAST RESULTS
2024 – Matt McCarty 261 -23 3 strokes
JACK NICKLAUS GC
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea, is an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Nicklaus Design, headed by Jack Nicklaus. It is the focal point of Songdo IBD’s environmentally focused green space program.
From the back tees, the course exceeds 7,400 yards (6,770 m) and presents a challenge to even the most talented golfers.
Within the golf course, there will be a Western-style fairway community, including 179 detached single-family villas.
PAST RESULTS
2024 An Byeong-hun 271 −17 Tom Kim
2023 Park Sang-hyun 271 −17 Bae Yong-jun
2022 Kim Yeong-su 282 −6 1 stroke
2021 Lee Jae-kyeong 274 −14 2 strokes
2020 Kim Tae-hoon 282 −6 2 strokes
OUR PICKS
RICO HOEY 28/1
The team have not seen Rico for years but when I heard he was back playing some decent golf and was playing this week on a course, he loves to play it was a no brainer to get him in as my first pick.
The previous two winners here had a top twenty finish within the two weeks of this event. He has gone ninth at the Procore then follows that last time out with another top five finish.
He looks at home here already in practice and sure to get another solid week under his belt.
TAKUMI KANAYA 60/1
As I have already advised form plays a big factor here in getting a good result let’s look at his run in shall we:
- WINNER of the ANA Open SEPT 2025
- 21ST at the Sanderson Farms OCT 2025
- 4TH at the Baycurrent OCT 2025
- 23RD at the Japan Open OCT 2025
As you can see its not a bad couple of months is it.
One key factor to win around here will be keeping it straight with the driver as many tree lined holes here he ranks 3RD on the PGA Tour for Driving Accuracy.
He is a very good price and love his chances here.
TAYLOR MONTGOMERY 70/1
Mr Utah himself tee’s it up here this week in a very good run of form.
We were present at the Korn Ferry Tour event at Utah only a couple of months ago and boy we were impressed with this player.
He is yet to win a PGA Tour event, but he will make the breakthrough very soon we are sure of that. The only real issue I see this week could be his driving which has cost him dropped shots him over the past few events.
Then I heard he has been working with a new swing coach and one of the main areas has been the driver so we could see that changing here this week.
OTHERS THAT SHOULD FEATURE
CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT 33/1
MATT WALLACE 40/1
DANIEL HILLIER 50/1
Plenty of boxes ticked here to be a big contender this week.
Coming off a solid pay day last week always takes a little bit of pressure off. Sitting 22nd in the race to Dubai he should improve on that here.
It sounds strange but there are certain players on all tours that just prefer to play in or around Asia, Dan is defo one of those players.
Ticks all the boxes to go low here and a great price at 50’s.
CASEY JARVIS 125/1
This is another player who should follow on from his solid week in India. This week it will be against a much weaker field so we should see him give it an even better run.
He is now becoming a complete golfer, and all aspects of his game seem to now be finely tuned, his stats all over have improved this year and we have seen his team grow with some new input and this can only be a good thing.
If he keeps it together over the weekend watch out.
RASMUS NEERGAARD-PETERSEN 16/1
We don’t do favourites as a rule, but we just could not leave Rasmus out here.
We were with his group a few times at the Omega Masters and he looked so good, his iron play was out of this world and that ball striking was clear to see why he ranks so high on the DP World Tour rankings.
Not much else to say apart from we might even back him for an outright win bet as well. He is 19/1 on the Betfair exchange to win.
