2025 ISCO Championship betting tips: Our expert’s top picks in Louisville

Expert selected ISCO Championship betting tips on the PGA Tour.

Our resident betting expert picks out his top ISCO Championship betting tips ahead of the PGA and DP World Tour event.

The co-sanctioned ISCO Championship from Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky, runs alongside the Genesis Scottish Open this week for those PGA and DP World Tour cardholders who didn’t manage to secure a place in the field at The Renaissance Club.

Last year saw England’s Harry Hall deliver a breakthrough victory with a five-man playoff win over Zac Blair, Pierceson Coody, Rico Hoey, and Matthew NeSmith.

Fun fact…in its first year as the ISCO Championship, the 2024 edition set the record for the lowest 36-hole cut at a PGA Tour event at eight under par.

Anyway, before we get to my betting tips, here’s everything else you need to know…

ISCO Championship key details

Venue: Hurstbourne Country Club, Louisville, Kentucky (Par 70 – 7,056 yards)

Format: 72-hole strokeplay with 36-hole cut

Purse: $4 million, with the winner receiving $720,000

FedEx Cup: 300 points

Favorites: Michael Thorbjornsen, Emiliano Grillo; 16/1

Defending champion: Harry Hall (ENG), -22 (playoff)

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How to watch the ISCO Championship

US viewers can catch all the action on the Golf Channel.

All times EDT

Thursday, July 10: The Golf Channel, 16.00
Friday, July 11: The Golf Channel, 16.00
Saturday, July 12: The Golf Channel, 16.00
Sunday, July 13: The Golf Channel, 16.00

UK viewers can catch all the action on Sky Sports Golf.

All times BST

Thursday, July 10: Sky Sports Golf, 21.30
Friday, July 11: Sky Sports Golf, 21.30
Saturday, July 12: Sky Sports Golf, 21.00
Sunday, July 13: Sky Sports Golf, 21.00

ISCO Championship tee times

Tee times and groupings can be found here.

ISCO Championship betting tips

Right, I’ve got four picks for the Isco – my three regulars and a bonus…

The Long Shot: Rafa Cabrera Bello

225/1 e/w (Bet365 8 Places)

We might be going too far here, but Rafa Cabrera Bello has been rolling back the years in recent weeks, and the Spaniard, who has finished 3rd in two separate WGCs, 4th in an Open Championship and a Players Championship and inside the top 3 at stops like Bay Hill and the CJ Cup, can put in another good showing here.

Sure, those efforts came at the peak of his powers, when he a top 40 player, but he doesn’t need to be that these days to win this tournament, and he’s now coming into the event off the back of four straight finishes of T26 or better on the DP World Tour.

You have to go back to 2019 for the last time he posted four straight top 30 finishes, but you only have to go back to 2021 for his last win on the DP World Tour, and that was his fourth win at that level, having beaten the likes of Lee Westwood and countryman, Adri Arnaus in those victories.

In terms of just sheer pedigree and experience, Bello ranks among the best in this field, and that is why we should take notice when he’s playing well and has a chance to play in these weaker fields.

He hasn’t been hitting his driver very well, but his irons were good both last week and at the Austrian Open four starts ago, so his recent form is certainly something to note.

He’s not long or straight these days, but he can get streaky with his irons and putter, and his form ranks him inside the top 20 in the field, yet he is way down the odds board at 200/1+. This is understandable given he is 41 and has struggled for so long, but it looks like the tide is changing for a player who has plenty of positive experience on both tours and can, if close to his best certainly still hang in this field.

It’s a shot in the dark, but the price appeals given this eye-catching form of late.

The Outsider: Davis Bryant

110/1 e/w (Bet365 8 Places)

I think this is the best value bet of the week, across both the Scottish Open and the ISCO Championship. Sure, there are players more likely to win both, but Davis Bryant is an in-form American heading back home to play in a weak co-sanctioned event, having just finished inside the top 10 for the second straight event.

Sure, two events is a small sample size, but Bryant has also shown form on the HotelPlanner Tour (formerly the Challenge Tour) this season, twice finishing inside the top 6 before playing more regularly at the top level over the past few weeks.

Since returning to the DP World Tour, Bryant has made 5 of his last 7 cuts, finishing T23 at the Hainan Classic, T33 at the Turkish Airlines Open, 10th in Italy and 4th last week in Germany. This is a strong bank of form and he been hitting his irons and putting well during this recent run.

Importantly, the ISCO Championship (previously the Barbasol Championship) has been good to DP World Tour regulars since they started co-sanctioning the event back in 2022, with Vincent Normann beating Nathan Kimsey in a playoff back in 2023 the obvious highlight. In that same year, Adrien Saddier (T3), Daniel Brown (T7), David Ravetto (T9), Alexander Levy (T9) and Masahiro Kawamura (T9) all made the trip stateside and placed inside the top 10. In 2022, Hurly Long finished 4th, and Marcus Helligkilde, Matti Schmid and Ricardo Gouveia all finished T8, to show just how much the European regulars can get in the mix. In 2024, we didn’t quite see the same strike rate, but Sam Bairstow (T6) and Johannes Veerman (T10) both finished inside the top 10 and the likes of Adrian Saddier, Andy Sullivan, and Angel Hidalgo all finished just two shots shy of the top 10 as well.

All this to say that good form should carry over, and I think that could be especially true for Bryant who will no doubt want to fast track his way back to America, and a win here would secure his PGA Tour playing rights for the next two years, taking care of that.

The Banker: Kevin Roy

20/1 e/w (Paddy Power, Sky Bet 8 Places)

It’s a sizeable drop from last week’s odds of 66/1, but Kevin Roy has just posted his third top 10 of the season and his second in as many weeks, so it’s hard to overlook him, especially when you factor in a weak field.

Roy has been very good in his rookie season, posting seven finishes of T18 or better already in 2025, and now he gets the chance to stand out in a field bereft of any real depth.

When playing in weaker events this season, Roy has looked good, finishing 17th at the Mexico Open, 6th in Puerto Rico and 31st at the Corales. What he’s done in recent weeks is elevate his game another level, finishing 8th at the Rocket Classic where he led after round 1, and 3rd last week at the John Deere Classic where he came up one shot shy of the playoff.

Roy has been striping it in recent weeks, ranking 20th, 13th, 3rd and 21st in his last four starts in SG Approach, and 58th, 15th, 4th and 5th in those same four events in SG Tee to Green. That’s enough to put him among the best in the field in both categories and that’s impossible to ignore.

For some reaching for him at these odds might be a step too far, but for me I think he’s clearly one of the most likely winners of this event, and while it might be a bit of FOMO, after coming so close last week at a bigger price, I think there’s enough value to back Roy again this week, given his strong ball striking form in particular.

The Bonus Pick: Cameron Champ

25/1 e/w (Bet365, Boylesports 8 Places)

Cameron Champ flew out the blocks when joining the PGA Tour in 2018, winning straight away in 2018, before adding two more titles in 2019 and 2021. He also finished inside the top 10 at the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2022 Masters, and with a very modern skillset of big-hitting and streaky putting, he’s always been considered a danger.

Suddenly almost four years have passed and we haven’t seen Champ win again, but his current form suggests a fourth PGA Tour title is not far away. Champ has made eight starts on the PGA Tour this year, including the Zurich Classic, and in that time he’s finished inside the top 20 four times, two of those coming in his last three starts. A 27th place finish last week added to a 9th place finish at the RBC Canadian Open and a 19th at the Rocket Classic, and that’s now three straight events where he’s shown signs of getting in the mix again.

He was inside the top 10 for the first three rounds last week, grew into the event at the Rocket Classic and was firmly in the mix in Canada after two rounds, sitting 3rd after round 1 and leading the way at halfway. He did fall away there eventually finishing 9th, but when you also factor in a 15th at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson not too long ago, you have a clear sample size of good form, and he’s the type of player to carry that into an opposite field event.

Ultimately he’s a three-time PGA Tour winner and has finished inside the top 10 in two majors since 2020. Not many in this field can make similar claims, and on his day he’s too good for this field, and is more suited to the field at the Scottish Open. Unfortunately for Champ he’s never been able to find the consistency that lands him among the elite, but there’s no questioning his talent.

If he gets going early here, which he did in his two wins on Tour and his Korn Ferry win, then I think he stands a great chance of closing out victory over the weekend.

At 28/1 I will take a shot on one of the most talented players in the field, while he’s in the midst of a sustained period of form.