Golf best bets: Outright picks for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship

The PGA Tour heads out to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean this week for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course, but the stars are nowhere to be found. Adam Scott headlines the weak field as the +1600 betting favorite, and there's no player ranked inside the top 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking teeing it up this week.

This is one of the weaker events on the PGA Tour schedule, but the bets all count the same. Let's target three outright bets for the Bermuda Championship.

Akshay Bhatia (+2200 DraftKings)

This is the exact style of golf course Bhatia loves. Short, coastal courses with windy conditions and plenty of birdie chances bring out the best in the young lefty. Some of Bhatia's best finishes this season have come in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Punta Cana and Mexico, and Bermuda fits that same mold.

Bhatia finished T17 at Port Royal last year in his first career start here, and he's in even better form now coming off a T21 and a T10 in his last two starts. He's my favorite play at the top of the odds board.

Stewart Cink (+9000 FanDuel)

In an exceptionally weak field with no killers at the top, we're looking further down the board for some longshots. Let's start with Stewart Cink, who can't keep up with the big hitters on the PGA Tour at 50 years of age but should be able to compete on a golf course that measures less than 7,000 yards.

Cink has finished T7, T16, T7 and solo third in his last four PGA Tour Champions start, proving he can still score on more manageable golf courses. The eight-time champion on the PGA Tour is one of the few proven winners in this field, so we could do much worse with a 90/1 bet. 

Nico Echavarria (+11000 FD)

Echavarria has been brutal for the last seven months. The 29-year-old has missed the cut 13 times in his last 14 starts, and his T31 at last week's World Wide Technology Championship was his best finish since April. 

For some reason, Echavarria plays well only on windy, coastal golf courses. He won the Puerto Rico Open, finished T12 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and notched a T23 at last year's Bermuda Championship. We'll take a shot on a big price here.