> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bettorday.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 - URL: https://www.bettorday.com/wednesday-august-26th-2026/ - Published: 2026-08-26T10:00:10.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-26T10:00:09.000Z - Author: Scott Seidenberg - Tags: Newsletter ## Tour Championship Best Bets & 32 in 32: New Orleans Saints *Scott Seidenberg and David Bearman preview the PGA Tour Championship with Best Bets to win the Fedex Cup. Plus our 32 in 32 previews continue with the New Orleans Saints.* [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3d/8b/3d8b18a7-5597-46d3-a5fc-54ba849c80c9/content/images/2026/07/NEW-POD-COVER.png)](https://bleav.com/shows/bettor-day/?ref=bettorday.com) Listen to today's Podcast episode and don't forget to subscribe! [Listen ](https://bleav.com/shows/bettor-day/?ref=bettorday.com) ## 🏆 BEARMAN CASHES WYNDHAM CLARK AT 30/1 **That's his FIFTH outright of the year** — "the best year I've had with golf outrights." **Bearman on what impressed him:** "He had a five-shot lead that disappeared because he struggled early and Rory caught fire. The whole world is rooting against him — everybody loves Rory, and for whatever reason people don't like Wyndham. **And when it mattered most, he hadn't hit a putt in twenty holes. He went birdie-birdie-birdie to finish.** That shows me he has the chutzpah of a champion. **I think this is just the beginning — I think we get a couple more majors out of him.**" --- # ⛳ BIG NEWS: THE PGA TOUR IS BLOWING IT UP ## Match Play Returns in 2028 **The context:** The new commissioner — who came over from the NFL — is completely restructuring the tour. Two tiers: a **championship series** of \~120 players across 20-some events, plus a second tier with **promotion and relegation.** --- ### THE NEW FORMAT **Step 1:** The season-ending event crowns an **event champion** AND a **season-long points champion.** Two trophies. Season over. **Step 2:** **The top 32 advance to a TWO-WEEK MATCH PLAY EVENT.** - **Week one:** Eight pods of four, round robin — **every player guaranteed three matches** - **Week two:** Top two from each group = **16 players, standard Sweet 16 bracket down to one** - **Losers keep playing** — they rank 1 through 16, with secondary/third/fourth brackets like the Maui Invitational, "because every slot is a different price and you want these guys to have four matches" ### Why It Fixes the Old WGC Match Play **Bearman:** "The problem back in the day was Tiger or Rory or Phil losing in the first round, and then NBC and CBS are stuck with 62 versus 17 and **no one's ever heard of these people.** They changed to group play to guarantee three matches, and you STILL got no-names making it. **This is the final 32 in the world, going to the final 16.** The worst possible winner would be ranked 32nd — **which last week was somewhere below Patrick Cantlay and Gary Woodland.** **Studies have shown match play gets higher ratings than stroke play.** The new commissioner is giving fans what they want." **Scott:** "The Ryder Cup is the perfect example. And you know what it means for us, — **another event to bet on.**" --- # ⛳ THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP — EAST LAKE *Tees off tomorrow.* ## The Course **Bearman:** "Typical Donald Ross — pretty straightforward, but **tricky elevated greens and difficult rough you don't want to miss the fairway in.** They've shrunk the fairways over the years. **You need to hit fairways and good irons into the greens.** And because it's the same course every year with mostly the same players, **it is course-history friendly.**" --- ## The Board | Golfer | Outright | Without Scottie | | ----------------- | --------- | --------------- | | Scottie Scheffler | +310 | — | | **Rory McIlroy** | +950 | **+700** | | **Wyndham Clark** | **+1800** | +1400 | | Russell Henley | 30/1 | 22/1 | | **Tom Kim** | **+4500** | **33/1** | --- ## ⭐ RORY McILROY (+950) **The course résumé:** **Three-time winner here** (2016, 2019, 2022) and three FedEx Cup titles, runner-up in 2014\. **Ranks FIRST at this course in strokes gained tee-to-green, off the green, AND short game among all players.** Third on tour in overall strokes gained, second off the tee. **Bearman:** "This is a guy who's won back-to-back Masters and **kind of just shows up when he WANTS to show up. The old Yankees, the Lakers of the day — when it means something, they show up.** He was tied with Wyndham with three holes to go last week and butchered the par five like nothing I've ever seen out of him." **The Scheffler read:** "I don't particularly think Scottie's playing the way Scottie should be playing. **I know he had hand, foot, and mouth disease after winning the week before** — don't know how that would be. And he hasn't played this course great. He won it two years ago, but not as well as Rory has played it. **With the odds better and longer on Rory — though I'll take Scottie top five like I do every week.**" --- ## ⭐ WYNDHAM CLARK (+1800) — THE VALUE PLAY **Bearman:** "**I'm STUNNED you're getting 18/1.** It paid 30/1 last week, but that was 30/1 in a 50-person field when Clark ISN'T off a win. **He dominated the field other than the front nine Sunday, and then dominated when he needed to.** I thought this would be in the fifteens." **The record here:** 3rd in 2023, 8th in 2024\. **"His putter right now is as good as anybody in the game."** ### 🏆 THE NARRATIVE ANGLE: PLAYER OF THE YEAR IS UP FOR GRABS | Contender | Case | | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Scottie Scheffler | 2 wins including a playoff event, **a dozen runner-ups**, No. 1 in every statistical category | | **Wyndham Clark** | **US Open + BMW + CJ Cup** | | Cameron Young | 3 wins | | Chris Gotterup | 3 wins | **Bearman:** "**This event could very well decide Player of the Year — and I like Wyndham Clark in that.**" --- ## The Rest of the Card **Russell Henley — 30/1 outright, +110 top 10:** "**He has never finished worse than 14th at this event.** Runner-up last year, opened with a 61 last year, and he's from Georgia. And quietly — **14 of his 19 events are top-25 finishes.**" **Tom Kim — +4500 (33/1 without Scottie):** The long shot Bearman gave out two weeks ago, right on cue. "He lives right down there." --- # 🏈 32 IN 32: NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ## The Market | Market | Line | | ------------- | --------------- | | Win total | 7.5 (over -120) | | Make playoffs | +198 | | **NFC South** | **+270** (2nd) | --- ## The "Why Not New Orleans" Case **Bearman:** "When SportsLine asked me about the South I said — **why not New Orleans? They don't have any fewer holes than the other three knuckleheads in that division.** Tampa should be the best team, and if you asked me to pick today I'd pick them. **But do you trust Baker Mayfield? The older receivers? Todd Bowles, who seems to throw three games away every year — how he still has a job amazes me.** And you can't trust anything Atlanta is doing at quarterback. **The Panthers won it last year and I expect them to take a step back.** **Mark my word — the Saints are not making the playoffs unless they win the division.**" **The injuries:** **Jordan Tyson** (the rookie receiver — "I bet him to win Offensive Rookie of the Year very early and thought I had good value; **I picked an NFC South receiver last year and won it with Tetairoa McMillan**") is out about a month. Alvin Kamara still banged up; they traded for **Zamir White** for depth behind Travis Etienne. **Bearman:** "I like their coach and I like the Saints' FUTURE a little more than I like their schedule this year." --- ## ⭐ THE PLAY: WAIT ON THE DIVISION BET ### The Schedule Shape | Stretch | Games | | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Opening** | **at Detroit, at Baltimore** — "as difficult a 1-2 start as you're going to get" | | Middle | Vegas, Atlanta (H), Minnesota (H), at the Giants, **Pittsburgh overseas**, then the BYE | | Post-bye | **Cleveland, Carolina at home** | | Worry spots | at Chicago, at Cincinnati | | **Weeks 14-18** | **Carolina, Tampa, Atlanta, Tampa — with Arizona sandwiched in** | --- ### The Timing Play **Scott:** "**Do NOT bet them at +270 right now.** If they're 0-2 after Detroit and Baltimore, that becomes +300, +400\. They could have a very bad record at the bye. **But look at how the season ENDS.** Four division games from week 14 on with the Arizona cupcake in between. **They could be in LAST PLACE entering week 14 and still win the division** by going 4-1 in that stretch — as long as they take three of four in the division." **Bearman:** "**Jump in at the bye week.** They come back from overseas having played Detroit, Baltimore, and Minnesota — **you're looking at 2-5, maybe 3-4 at best.** At that point you can probably get them at **3.5 or 4 to 1.** And from week nine on, the only games I'd worry about are back-to-back at Chicago and at Cincinnati — **and neither of those teams scares us. If you're 2-5 coming back, there's no reason you can't win six or seven of your last nine and take the division.**" **The verdict:** an **in-season play** on the Saints division bet, or an **in-season adjusted win total.** --- ## 📊 TRENCH REPORT UPDATE **The COLLEGE FOOTBALL Trench Report is LIVE for Week 0** — running on 2025 data with roster turnover for now, sharpening as real 2026 data comes in. **The NFL Trench Report updates every week** with preseason injury news. Both at [BettorDay.com](https://www.bettorday.com/) and in the app for Insider & Premium members. **And a Week 0 college football bet is already posted for Premium members! More coming!** --- ## 📅 Coming Up ### TOMORROW - AJ Hoffman + **32 in 32: Tampa Bay Buccaneers** - **🎬 THE BETTOR DAY FOOTBALL SHOW — LIVE FROM RADIO ROW AT CIRCA** for Ultimate Contest sign-up weekend. Scott and Fezzik on site, Duck on the stream. 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