Josh Culp

We made Ben James our No. 1 in Bermuda at +1175 and he missed the cut 🫡 It was his first time as a PGA Tour favourite. Here's everyone in our database whose first time as Pinnacle's closing favourite we can date (our prices start in 2020), and how it went: 🏆 Won: Sam Burns 🔝 Top 10: Ludvig Åberg T2, Min Woo Lee T3, Max Greyserman 4, Wyndham Clark 6, Taylor Pendrith 6, Sahith Theegala T7, Will Zalatoris T8, Akshay Bhatia 9, Jackson Koivun T10 ✅ Made the cut: Michael Thorbjornsen T14, Sam Stevens T15, Rico Hoey T22, Nick Dunlap T28, Stephan Jaeger T34, Scottie Scheffler T37, Luke Clanton T37, Rasmus Højgaard T49, Alex Smalley T63 ❌ Missed the cut: Abraham Ancer, Chris Gotterup, Tom Kim, Cameron Young, Nicolai Højgaard, Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin One winner from 26. Their closing prices said to expect about two, so a little light, but small sample size anyway Scheffler's first time came in his 32nd PGA Tour start, the 2020 Sanderson Farms at 9.9/1. Rounds of 73-67-72-70 for T37, and his first win didn't come until his 71st start, the 2022 Phoenix Open Åberg got there faster: his eighth start as a pro, the 2023 Sanderson Farms at 11/1. He lost a five-man playoff, then won the RSM six weeks later as favourite again Koivun was faster still: his second start as a pro, this July's ISCO at 14.8/1. T10, and he won the 3M two weeks later By total PGA Tour starts, two were quicker still. Luke Clanton was favourite in his fourth, the 2024 ISCO at 9.3/1, while still an amateur. T37 Chris Gotterup's came in his sixth, and fifth as a pro: the 2022 Barbasol at 19.6/1, a week after a T4 at the John Deere. Missed cut And the first time isn't the last word. Tom Kim, Ryan Gerard and Ben Griffin all missed the cut on their first go. All three won the next time they were favourite: the 2023 Shriners, the 2025 Barracuda and the 2025 World Wide Technology Which makes James one to watch in his next start. Through his first 10 starts as a pro he gained 57 shots on the field 🧾