2014 Humana Challenge - Vegas Odds, Free Picks, + Tee Times

The 2014 Humana Challenge is the first West-Coast swing event, moving on from the two tournaments in Hawaii. PGA West in La Quinta California will put players on the Palmer Course, the Nicklaus Course, and La Quinta Country Club, as is the typical format for the week. Scoring has historically been low in the tournament, with the course ranking among the easiest on the PGA Tour each season.

Opening round play will get going on Thursday, January 16th, with the final putt dropping on Sunday, January 19th. The Palmer Course will be the final day's play. It is statistically the most difficult of the three, but is still subject to having scores in the low 60s routinely.

Fans will be able to watch this event on Golf Channel all week long, with plenty of live coverage and golf action to take in. With this tourney being on the West Coast, expect coverage to be later in the day.

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Vegas Odds For 2014 Humana Challenge

Last week's winner of the Sony Open, Jimmy Walker, will not be in the field for the Humana Challenge but the winner of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions the week before will be! Zach Johnson will definitely be among the names to look for come Sunday but will have to fend off some of the better American players to do so. Many big names will highlight storylines when it comes to predicting the winner of the Humana Challenge. This is a tournament that yields plenty of low scores, which means that players will be under pressure to make numerous birdies each round and bogeys will cost dearly.

Early odds to win the 2014 Humana Challenge show Johnson is tied atop the favorites to win this week, but he is not alone. Guys like Brandt Snedeker, Webb Simpson, Harris English and Keegan Bradley will be in the mix as well.

Take a minute to check out the rest of the leading contenders and all golfers that have golf betting odds this week as we prepare for the start of the 2014 Humana Challenge.

Humana Challenge Pre-Tournament Betting Lines - odds found at Bovada on 1/13/2014
Brandt Snedeker 14/1 Webb Simpson 14/1 Zach Johnson 14/1 Harris English 18/1 Keegan Bradley 20/1 Bill Haas 25/1 Billy Horschel 25/1 Charles Howell III 28/1 Rickie Fowler 28/1 Gary Woodland 33/1 Brian Gay 40/1 Ryan Palmer 45/1 Brendon De Jonge 50/1 Brian Stuard 50/1 Charley Hoffman 50/1 Jason Kokrak 50/1 Jeff Overton 50/1 Kevin Chappell 50/1 Martin Laird 50/1 Robert Garrigus 50/1 Tim Clark 50/1 Luke Guthrie 60/1 Chris Stroud 66/1 Jonas Blixt 66/1 Kevin Na 66/1 Kevin Stadler 66/1 Matt Jones 66/1 Pat Perez 66/1 Matt Every 70/1 Nicolas Colsaerts 70/1 Bo Van Pelt 80/1 Boo Weekley 80/1 Brendon Todd 80/1 Bryce Molder 80/1 Fredrik Jacobson 80/1 Jason Bohn 80/1 Jerry Kelly 80/1 John Peterson 80/1 John Senden 80/1 Patrick Reed 80/1 Retief Goosen 90/1 Roberto Castro 90/1 Aaron Baddeley 100/1 Camilo Villegas 100/1 Carl Pettersson 100/1 Chad Campbell 100/1 David Hearn 100/1 Geoff Ogilvy 100/1 Mark Wilson 100/1 Rory Sabbatini 100/1 Sang-Moon Bae 100/1 Scott Brown 100/1	Scott Piercy 100/1 Scott Stallings 100/1 Ben Crane 125/1 Brendan Steele 125/1 Daniel Summerhays 125/1 David Toms 125/1 Hudson Swafford 125/1 J.J. Henry 125/1 John Merrick 125/1 John Rollins 125/1 Justin Leonard 125/1 Ryo Ishikawa 125/1 Spencer Levin 125/1 Stewart Cink 125/1 Will Claxton 125/1 Ben Curtis 150/1 Ben Martin 150/1 Brian Harman 150/1 Charlie Wi 150/1 David Lingmerth 150/1 Greg Chalmers 150/1 Jhonattan Vegas 150/1 John Mallinger 150/1 Justin Hicks 150/1 Ken Duke 150/1 Morgan Hoffman 150/1 Peter Malnati 150/1 Robert Allenby 150/1 Russell Knox 150/1 Seung-yul Noh 150/1 Heath Slocum 175/1 Johnson Wagner 175/1 Martin Flores 175/1 Nicholas Thompson 175/1 Richard Lee 175/1 Ricky Barnes 175/1 Brian Davis 200/1 Briny Baird 200/1 Bud Cauley 200/1 Cameron Tringale 200/1 Charlie Beljan 200/1 Chesson Hadley 200/1 D.J. Trahan 200/1 Davis Love III 200/1 James Hahn 200/1 Lucas Glover 200/1 Sean O'Hair 200/1 Stuart Appleby 200/1 Trevor Immelman 200/1 William Mcgirt 200/1 YE Yang 200/1	Billy Hurley III 250/1 Blake Adams 250/1 Chad Collins 250/1 Danny Lee 250/1 James Driscoll 250/1 Jonathan Byrd 250/1 Josh Teater 250/1 Justin Thomas 250/1 Michael Putnam 250/1 Scott Langley 250/1 Tim Wilkinson 250/1 Brad Fritsch 300/1 Brice Garnett 300/1 Chris Dimarco 300/1 Jamie Lovemark 300/1 Jeff Maggert 300/1 Joe Durant 300/1 John Daly 300/1 Kevin Kisner 300/1 Stephen Ames 300/1 Ted Potter Jr. 300/1 Erik Compton 400/1 Harrison Frazar 400/1 Jim Herman 400/1 Kevin Tway 400/1 Lee Williams 400/1 Steven Bowditch 400/1 Tommy Gainey 400/1 Troy Matteson 400/1 Tyrone Van-Aswegen 400/1 Will Mackenzie 400/1 Alex Aragon 500/1 Andrew Svoboda 500/1 Bobby Gates 500/1 Brett Quigley 500/1 Derek Ernst 500/1 Dudley Hart 500/1 Edward Loar 500/1 Mike Weir 500/1 Paul Goydos 500/1 Scott Gardiner 500/1 Troy Merritt 500/1 Lee Janzen 600/1 Wes Roach 600/1 Andrew Loupe 750/1 Scott Verplank 750/1 Alan Scheer 1000/1 Jesper Parnevik 1000/1 Scott McCarron 1000/1 Mark Brooks 2000/1 Peter Jacobsen 2000/1 Steve Jones 2000/1
Odds To Win Humana Challenge Post 1st Round - lines only display between rounds (when available)

Top-5 Favorites To Win 2014 Humana Challenge

Zach Johnson 14/1 (+1400) - We start things off with Johnson, the winner in the first tournament in Hawaii two weeks ago. Johnson followed the victory up with a top-10 finish at the Sony Open. The T8 finish is a testament to the consistency he is playing with right now. It's a bit of a surprise that Johnson is not the outright favorite prior to the Humana Challenge. A payout of 14 to 1 awaits a bettor looking at Johnson as an option.

Brandt Snedeker 14/1 (+1400) - Snedeker finished just outside of the top-10 at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions two weeks ago with a T11 finish. That was his first competitive event since October 31 for the WGC-HSBC Champions where he finished T55. Snedeker started off in 2013 as the hottest player in the world. That was until an injury hindered him. Snedeker will be looking to generate early momentum once again, this time in 2014.

Webb Simpson 14/1 (+1400) - Sure it was a limited field at Kapalua a couple of weeks ago. But a T3 performance from Webb Simpson was certainly impressive. He brings in that momentum from Hawaii into California. Oddsmakers like the way Simpson is swinging the golf club. He hasn't finished higher than 7th in his last three official events, winning one (Shriners, October 17).

Harris English 18/1 (+1800) - English played both tournaments in Hawaii, finishing T11 at Kapalua, and then solo fourth at the Sony Open. English is another player that has played well early in the season. He captured one of the five fall tournaments in 2013, winning the OHL Classic in mid-November. A wager on English this week is paying out 18 to 1, which is a nice margin of profit for a top-five favorite.

Keegan Bradley 20/1 (+2000) - Bradley hasn't played in an official event since Halloween. It's hard to know what type of game to expect out of Bradley this week, but this is a Major Championship winner that is one of the highest-ranked players in the field. Bradley is capable of producing some big-time golf, and on courses where birdies are plentiful he should be in the mix.

Free Picks For 2014 Humana Challenge

Pick To Win Humana Challenge - This is one of the more difficult tournaments to pick because any golfer that catches fire can shoot scores in the low 60s. But doing so over the course of four rounds narrows down the field. We are going to go outside of the top-five this week and go with a consistent player in Bill Haas. Haas finished T24 at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, but did not play the Sony Open. The 25 to 1 payout is also a high margin of profit and worth the risk to cash in. Haas has the ability to get on a hot streak and carry it over to tournaments, just like he did to win the FedEx Cup a couple years ago.

Darkhorse Value Pick - Scott Stallings finished one shot behind Brian Gay and Charles Howell III to compete in the playoff last year at the Humana Challenge. His total score of 24-under par means that he knows how to make birdies around these grounds. A wager on Stallings this week is going off at 100 to 1. Even a $10 wager would profit $1,000 at this line. It could be worth a shot to wager on player that can get it done here.

PGABettingOdds.com Lock of the Week: Zach Johnson Top-10 Finish - The payout for a top-10 finish by Zach Johnson this week at the 2014 Humana Challenge is going off at even money. This is almost too good to ignore. Johnson won two weeks ago, and followed that up with a top-10 finish the next week. He is playing as well as anyone right now, and with the courses at PGA West famous for giving up birdies, we think Johnson will get his share. At the very least, it will be enough to secure a top-10 finish. Check out this Humana Challenge prop and more for other players at Bovada.

Notable Pairings + Tee Times

The PGA Tour will send out the pairings in twosomes for the first 36 holes of the 2014 Humana Challenge. As usual, there are some featured pairings for this tournament that are sure to gain more attention than others. Here are a few of those to follow in the opening rounds:

Teeing off at 11:40am ET (8:40am local), Keegan Bradley and Zach Johnson is a pairing that puts two of the top contenders to win the 2014 Humana Challenge in the same group. Currently, Johnson is a -155 (every $1.55 risked wins $1) favorite to shoot the lower score between the two - Keegan Bradley is paying out +110 ($1 wins $1.10) if he shoots the lower score. This is for the first round only and each new round will bring adjusted payouts + new groupings as the weekend begins.

Another pairing to pay attention to is Harris English and Bill Haas (1:10 pm ET on Thursday). Going into this tournament, English is seen as a slight favorite over Haas to record the lower first round score between these two.

Other Notable 1st Round Two-Ball Betting Lines / Pairings:

• Webb Simpson (-275) vs. Davis Love III (+185)
• Billy Horschel (-110) vs. Gary Woodland (-125)

Look below to find the complete set of 2-ball betting lines for the Humana Challenge. These odds will be updated daily between rounds, but will only display on this page when they are available for wagering in Bovada's online sportsbook.