Sanderson Farms Championship 2025 Predictions: Grillo to Get Hot

• This is the second leg of a seven-tournament Fall schedule 

• No players from the beaten US Ryder Cup team are taking part. 

• The Country Club of Jackson stages for a 12th time

Sanderson Farms Championship 2025 Odds

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Sanderson Farms Championship 2025 Predictions

• Emiliano Grillo each-way (1/4 odds, 5 Places) at +3300 with bet365

• Rico Hoey to beat Rasmus Hojgaard in 72-hole match at -110 with bet365

• Mark Hubbard for Top 10 at +500 with bet365

Sanderson Farms Championship 2025 Intro

We’re not quite talking late Sunday at the Ryder Cup but last year’s Sanderson Farms Championship had its share of drama too.

Keith Mitchell, who was two in front with five to play, had a 35-putt to win the tournament.

But not only did he knock it past, Mitchell missed the return.

That bogey wiped him out of a playoff between Kevin Yu and Beau Hossler, both men seeking their first PGA TOUR victory.

And it was Yu who won the day, rolling in a six-footer to claim the ‘W’. 

The tournament is certainly no stranger to going beyond 72 holes as that was the third straight playoff and fourth in six years.

Beyond trying to land the silverware, there’s plenty at stake as players chase FedExCup points.

Only the top 100 in the standings after the Fall Series earn full status for 2026 so the clock is ticking.

This is the second event of seven that decide that outcome.

The course is a stock par 72 with four par 5s where scores can be made. 

Alex Smalley played those long holes in -15 last year on the way to tied fifth place.  

Last 5 Winners of the Sanderson Farms Championship

Course Notes/History

• The Country Club of Jackson dates back to 1914 

• It’s a par 72 and measures 7,461 yards from the tips

• The course was redesigned by John Fought - a Donald Ross fan - in 2008

• It features Bermuda greens and tree-lined fairways 

• Roberto Castro holds the 18-hole record at CC of Jackson, a 62 in 2015

• Kevin Yu and Beau Hossler (265) shot the 72-hole record in 2024 

Favorites to Win the Sanderson Farms Championship 2025

Akshay Bhatia (+1800) at bet365

Already a two-time winner on the PGA Tour at the age of just 23, the left-hander may have the next Ryder Cup (Adare Manor in Ireland in 2027) in his sights. As for his immediate focus, Bhatia is having a third trot around Jackson although his first two haven’t yielded much: MC as a teenager in 2019 and 43rd in 2023. More positive is some strong August/September form which includes sixth at St. Jude and 11th at the Procure last time.

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Davis Thompson (+2200) at bet365

Another young star for whom a Ryder Cup appearance is a realistic goal, Thompson made his PGA TOUR breakthrough with a win at the John Deere Classic in July 2024. His 18th place when defending is part of a run of three top 20s in his last five starts so there’s been an uptick in form after a difficult early part of the season. He’s 3-for-3 here with a best of 16th last year.

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Kevin Yu (+2200) at bet365

Yu returns to the scene of his finest golfing hour and one where he also made the top 20 on debut in 2022. He’s had some good moments this year with fourth at Myrtle Beach and third at the Canadian Open but he’d missed three straight cuts before his 32nd place at St. Jude. That tournament, in early August, was the last time he teed it up on the PGA TOUR.

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Get with Grillo  

Emiliano Grillo has posted seven top 25s in his last 12 starts so will be raring to go again after the PGA TOUR paused for the Ryder Cup.

A runner-up at the John Deere Classic in July, his latest outing was a top-four finish in the Procore Championship in California a couple of weeks ago.

Grillo ranked 7th for both Strokes Gained: Approach and SG: Putting in that tournament in Napa and he’s been strong in both categories all season (31st in Putting and 42nd in Approach). 

This will be the Argentine’s seventh straight start at the Sanderson Farms and it’s a tournament he enjoys playing.

He was fifth in 2022, 11th last year and has only once finished worse than 39th.

Grillio has plenty of extra incentive too.

Players who finish in the Top 10 of the FedExCup Fall (51-60) qualify for next year’s Signature Events at Pebble Beach and Riviera (Genesis Invitational).

Right now, Grillo is one spot out in 61st so this is a great opportunity for him to climb into the qualification zone.    

Back him each-way at +3300 (1/4 Odds, 5 Places) with bet365.

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Hoey to Beat Hojgaard

It’s a little difficult to get a handle on Rasmus Hojgaard given that he’s just won the Ryder Cup with Europe.

On the plus side, he’ll be on a high after the win at Bethpage but there will be some conflict too given that he lost both his matches so didn’t make a scoreboard contribution.

And just maybe he’ll be a little worse for wear after such an intense week and the follow-up party.

He’s also new to this course so it makes sense to oppose him in a 72-hole match bet.

The man who can beat the Dane is Rico Hoey, one of the very best tee-to-green merchants on the PGA TOUR.

Hoey was ninth at the recent Procure and made the cut on his only start here in 2024. 

Back Hoey to win this pick ‘em at -110 with bet365. 

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Hubbard to Bank Top 10

Mark Hubbard has played some strong golf in 2025 as shown by three top 10 finishes in his last dozen starts.

He boasts course form too. The 36-year-old was fifth here in 2022 and sixth in 2023.

Put that together and the +500 at bet365 for a Top 10 makes plenty of sense. 

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How to Watch the Sanderson Farms Championship 2025

• Tournament: Sanderson Farms Championship 2025

• Location: The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, MS 

• Date: Thursday, October 2 - Sunday, October 5

• How to Watch: Thursday-Saturday 4 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), Sunday 3.30 p.m.-6.30 p.m. (Golf Channel). And all four days on Sky Sports.