Zach Thompson gives a same game parlay (SGP) to consider on DraftKings Sportsbook for this week’s Cognizant Classic.
After Collin Morikawa and Jacob Bridgeman claimed the back-to-back Signature Events to close the West Coast swing, the PGA TOUR will trek to Florida, as the spotlight shines on PGA National. While there’s plenty of water in play throughout the course, the famous “Bear Trap” from hole No. 15 through hole No. 17 regularly plays as one of the hardest stretches on the PGA TOUR each season. The field is a little weaker this year with many of the big names taking the week off between big events, but some strong plays can be combined into an exciting same game parlay — which the DraftKings Sportsbook now offers for golf!
Let’s look through the many options and markets available on DraftKings Sportsbook for the tournament and grab some bets that can be built into a same game parlay for the Cognizant Classic.
Cognizant Classic Same Game Parlay
Shane Lowry Top 20
John Keefer over Chris Kirk
Micahel Thorbjornsen over Daniel Berger
Shane Lowry Top 20
Lowry has the second-shortest odds to win the week behind only Ryan Gerard, but all we need for this prop is for him to finish in the top 20. He’s +1900 to get the outright win, and +106 to finish in the top 20 individually. Wrapping it into a parlay, though, allows us to be a little more conservative and play this at a lower risk level. Lowry almost won this event in 2022 when it was still the Honda Classic. He lost by one stroke after a pop-up shower appeared at the worst possible time on the last hole. He has finished in the top 20 in each of the three tournaments since, including a strong T11 last year when he carded 66-68-70-67.
Lowry has also finished in the top 20 in five of his last seven tournaments on the DP World Tour and the PGA TOUR dating back to last fall. He had a T8 at Pebble Beach in his first start of the season and a T24 last week in a much stronger field at The Genesis Invitational. His strong form and consistency on this track make him stand out as my best top 20 prop to start this parlay.
John Keefer over Chris Kirk
One of the fun parts of the field in these events without the big names is seeing some of the new “on the rise” golfers, along with some of the more veteran players looking to hang on and possibly get back to their winning ways. In both of these two head-to-head matchups, I’m taking an in-form younger player over a struggling veteran. I featured Keefer in my cash game plays for this week, and the rookie has gotten off to a strong start after taking the Korn Ferry Tour by storm last year. He’ll be making his first appearance at this venue, but his quality of form is good enough that I’m still backing him this week.
Chris Kirk has much more experience, especially at this venue, but he has been struggling so far this season. Kirk won this event in 2023 in a playoff and has finished in the top 30 each of the last four years. However, he missed the cut in three of his four events this season, only playing four rounds at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where there was no cut. He still finished well back at T52. Despite Kirk’s comfort at PGA National, I’ll take the in-form 25-year-old Keefer to finish ahead of him on the leaderboard this week.
Michael Thorbjornsen over Daniel Berger
In a matchup that has a lot of parallels, I’m taking Thorbjornsen to finish ahead of Daniel Berger for the third leg of my parlay this week. Thorbjornsen is another young player on the rise, and the 24-year-old had a T18 at the Farmers Insurance Open and a T3 at the WM Phoenix Open before a disappointing T78 at Pebble Beach. He made the cut in his tournament debut at PGA National last year, finishing T39. He could have had an even better week if not for a rough third round. His final card was 67-67-73-68, showing the potential for a high finish if he can avoid a single-round blowup and build on his early-season momentum.
Like Kirk, Berger has more experience, but hasn’t looked sharp lately. At this event, he has four top 25 finishes, including a runner-up and three top-five finishes. However, his runner-up came back in 2015 and his two other top-five finishes were in 2020 and 2022. He missed the cut in 2024 and finished T25 last year. Unlike Kirk, though, Berger does have some solid recent results with a T6 at the Sony Open and a T16 at the WM Phoenix Open. However, he’s struggled the last two weeks, finishing T75 at Pebble Beach and missing the cut at The Genesis Invitational. This is a closer matchup to me than Keefer’s, but I’ll go with the young gun again and take Thorbjornsen to finish ahead of Berger.
