RSM Classic 2024 Predictions: Griffin to Strike Gold

• The event at Sea Island Resort, Georgia, is played over two courses

• This is the last chance for players to lock up a place in the top 125 

• Defending champion Ludvig Aberg is the betting favorite

The RSM Classic 2024 Odds

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The RSM Classic 2024 Predictions

• Ben Griffin each-way (1/5 1-2-3-4-5-6) at +3300 with BetMGM

• Patrick Rodgers to beat Sepp Straka over 72 holes at +100 with bet365

• Andrew Putnam for Top 10 at +600 with bet365

The RSM Classic 2024 Intro

Storylines are all around us at this time of the golf season but it’ll be hard to beat last week’s when six days after the birth of his first child, Rafael Campos won the Bermuda Championship to save his tour card.

Now we really are drinking in the last-chance saloon as this is the final event of the seven-tournament Fall Series to decide the top 125 players who will keep their playing privileges for 2025.

Wes Bryan occupies slot 125 ahead of this week’s event in Georgia while these are the next five currently on the outside looking in: 126 Henrik Norlander, 127 Daniel Berger, 128 Hayden Springer, 129 Pierceson Coody, 130 S.H. Kim.

While top 125 is the aim, finishing 126th-150th is still worthwhile as it offers conditional status for 2025.

Last year, in-form Ludvig Aberg came here and shot the lights out, winning by four with a record total of 29-under.

That was his first win on the PGA TOUR and this has been a good tournament for players looking to secure their first victory at this level.

Sea Island Resort in Georgia plays host once more and the tournament uses two courses.

For the opening two rounds, The Plantation Course and the Seaside Course host 18 holes each before those making the cut head back to the Seaside for the final 36.     

Last 5 Winners of The RSM Classic

Course Notes

• The Seaside Course is a par 70 that measures 7,005 yards

• The Plantation Course is par 72 that measures 7,060 yards 

• Tom Fazio redesigned the links-style Seaside Course in 1999

• Davis Love III was behind a revamp to the Plantation in 2019

• Four players have shot 60 on the Seaside Course 

Favorites to win The RSM Classic

Ludvig Aberg (+1000) at bet365

The Swede was in hot form coming into this event last year and, wow, did it show. Making a big move with a third-round 61, he added another 9-under round on Sunday to kick clear and win by four. “Beyond my dreams! Sea Island will always have a special place in my heart,” he wrote on Instagram later. He’s favorite to defend but Aberg hasn’t played since finishing 19th at the TOUR Championship at the very start of September due to having knee surgery.

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Davis Thompson (+2200) at bet365

Thompson caught fire in the summer, finishing ninth at the US Open, runner-up in the Rocket Mortgage Classic and then making the big breakthrough with victory at the John Deere Classic. He had a couple of months off from August to October but returned with fifth place at the Shriners in Las Vegas. He’s not really found much here though, following 23rd on debut with MC-MC-MC-53, but Thmpson is a much improved player now.

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Brian Harman (+2500) at bet365

This seems the ideal sort of test for Harman, who is one of the many local residents. He’s not always found his best here but 12 starts have produced a second place (2022), a fourth (2017) and a 10th (2013). He’s another with not much golf under his belt recently, his only start since August a 13th place in the Asian Tour’s Macau Open last month.

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Get with Griffin 

Ben Griffin looked to have given up on his dream of becoming a PGA TOUR winner when he took up a job as a mortgage loan officer in 2021.

But he rekindled his love for the game and in the last 13 months the 28-year-old has twice gone close to achieving his ambition.

Last October Griffin was runner-up in the Sanderson Farms Championship and he added another second place in June’s Canadian Open.

He’s been strong in the Fall Series too and five starts have produced four top 25s, the best of those coming with an eighth-place finish in last week’s Bermuda Championship 

Griffin also occupied eighth place in this event last year, saving his best until last with a blistering 61 on the Seaside Course.

He also opened with a 63 the year before and, regarding this tournament, Griffin said 12 months ago: “I feel like I have a really good chance at this.”

That comes as no surprise as he’s one of the local residents here so knows the two courses extremely well. 

Back him at +3300 (1/5 the odds, 6 places)

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Rodgers to Beat Straka

Patrick Rodgers has been strong in the Fall Series and I’ll take him as the +100 ‘dog to beat Sepp Straka in a 72-hole match at bet365.

Rodgers was ninth in last week’s Bermuda Championship and that built on 11th at the Black Desert Championship and another top 25 in the World Wide Technology Championship.

Straka, meanwhile, hasn’t played since two starts on the DP World Tour in September when he had to settle for 38th in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and 29th at the Open de Espana.

But course form really separates the two.

Rodgers was runner-up here in 2018 and also cracked the top 10 in 2016 and on his last visit in 2022.

By contrast, Straka just hasn’t got to grips with this place and five starts have resulted in four missed cuts and tied 44th.

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Putnam for Top 10

Andrew Putnam is worth a play at +600 with bet365 for a Top 10.

He was the halfway leader and third after 54 holes on his last appearance in 2022 before a Sunday slide.

And he also has top 10s in the last two editions of the Sony Open at Waialae - another short Bermuda grass par 70 that correlates well with this place.

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How to Watch The RSM Classic 2024

• Tournament: The RSM Classic

• Location: Sea Island Resort, Georgia 

• Date: Thursday November 21 - Sunday November 24

• How to Watch: Thursday-Friday 12 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (Golf Channel). And all four days on Sky Sports