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2026 Houston Open Bets | Golf Gambling Podcast (Ep. 572)

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Jake Knapp is 24-1, and the host says his recent driver results are still too good to ignore.

1. Golf Gambling Podcast Ep. 572 focuses on the 2026 Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course. 2. Solo host Sean Gannon carries the episode, while Mr. Gannon is away at TGL and Sean says he is headed to Cincinnati for Reds opening day. 3. The episode asks which players can handle a par 70 that measures just under 7,500 yards and rewards distance. 4. Sean says the winning profile keeps pointing to “distance, distance, distance,” and he cites Minwoo Lee, Steven Yeager, Tony Finau, Jason Kokrak, and Carlos Ortiz as recent examples. 5. He says the average winning score is around minus-14, with Minwoo Lee’s 20-under win last year as the main exception. 6. Sean notes Scottie Scheffler withdrew, which changed the board from a tight 3-to-1 top line to a field filled with prices in the 20s and 30s. 7. He says Rickie Fowler needs either a win or a finish inside the world top 50 to reach Augusta, and he is currently 61st in the official world golf ranking. 8. Sean argues that Jake Knapp at 24-1 fits the course because Knapp has been in excellent 2026 form and has shown elite driving volume. 9. He lists Knapp’s start to the year as T11 at Sony, T5 at Farmers, solo eighth at Waste Management, another eighth at Pebble, and solo sixth at the Genesis. 10. He also points out Knapp finished T27 at last year’s Houston Open and has not carried the same tee-to-green issues that bothered other players. 11. Sean says Marco Penge finally showed something with a T4 at the Valspar, his best PGA Tour finish of the season. 12. He uses Penge to argue that talent still matters even when a player’s outright number has moved from triple digits into the 30s. 13. Sean calls Michael Thorbjornsen a player he has “so much FOMO” on and says the course could suit him extremely well. 14. He says Thorbjornsen tied for third in Phoenix, tied for 22nd at the Players, and has gained on the greens in three straight after losing 10 strokes putting at Pebble. 15. Sean says Sam Stevens at 60-1 with a top-six each way is a buy-low spot because Stevens gained nearly four strokes off the tee in two of his last four starts. 16. He adds that Stevens has made the cut in all three Houston Open appearances and that T18 last year was his best finish. 17. The tone is conversational and betting-focused, with Sean moving quickly through outrights, each-way plays, and positional bets. 18. The format is a solo handicap show with constant price checks, course-fit reasoning, and occasional sponsor reads for Kalshi, SGPN, Underdog, and MyBookie. 19. Listeners who bet PGA Tour outrights, each-ways, and positional markets will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want a guest interview or a slower course-history breakdown can probably skip it.

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