Golf's first big tournament of 2025 is here as The Players Championship tees off Thursday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Following we detail the pre-tourney sports betting odds and best bets for the four-round tourney which features 144 golfers competing on the challenging Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. New customers taking advantage the welcome promo offers at our top sports betting apps to wager on the TPC can collect up to combined $6,400 in bonuses, including the offers below:     The Players Championship preview, odds and best bets First-round coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. ET, Thursday with coverage available on NBC, ESPN+, Golf Channel and Peacock. The final 18 holes are set for 7:30 a.m. Sunday. All eyes will be on world No. 1-ranked Scottie Scheffler, who has sights set on the first three-peat in TPC history after victories in 2023 and ’24. A year ago, Scheffler carded an 8-under-par 64 in the final round to finish 20 under and a stroke ahead of Xander Schauffele, Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark. As aforementioned, there has never been a TPC three-peat, and Jack Nicklaus (1974, ’76 and ’78) stands as the only three-time overall winner. Scheffler was a leading sportsbook-consensus +450 outright favorite as of Wednesday, followed by Rory McIlroy (+1125), Collin Morikawa (+1250), Ludvig Adberg (+1500) and Justin Thomas (+2150) to round out the top five. And here are some of the TPC best bets (and the odds he bet them at) from John Haslbauer, a golf analyst at our partner site, The Lines. For more of Haslbauer’s TPC best bets, check out his full golf odds and picks article. Outright winner: Ludvig Aberg (+2000) “Back to full health, Aberg’s ability to hit the driver on a line and sky his long iron approach shots make him a cheat code for any challenging golf course,” Haslbauer writes.  First-round leader: Daniel Berger (+6000) Haslbauer says that “Berger is always a threat to go low on familiar Florida Bermuda layouts, and TPC Sawgrass is no exception.” Full tournament matchup: Adam Scott > J.J. Spaun (-110) “Spaun is trending upward with his irons, but the law of averages would lead us to believe Scott is due for a better showing at TPC Sawgrass,”  Haslbauer writes. “From a course history standpoint, this is not a fair fight, as Spaun has finished no better than T64 over five career starts. Meanwhile, Scott has posted eight career top-15 finishes.”   Top sportsbook promo offers for The Players Championship: Claim your bonuses It’s the perfect time to open a new sportsbook account and get in on the variety of available value-laden sports betting promos.  Register and start betting in a matter of minutes: > Click on your desired sportsbook promo code link and tap the button that leads to the account creation page. > Fill out the required fields, including the specific code if required. Make a qualifying, minimum first deposit. > Place your initial bet on The Players Championship or another qualifying market.    Full details on each of the offers can be found by following our sportsbook promo code links and reviewing the terms and conditions. Even after you accept a welcome offer, sportsbooks feature generous promotions throughout the year, including: Odds and profit boosts: Get in on enhanced odds and payouts on select markets. Bet and get: Garner rewards points and bonuses with each wager you place. Referral bonuses: Invite friends to join a sportsbook via your referral link and you — and often your acquaintance as well — will receive a bonus bet.