2026 Bank of Utah Championship betting guide with best bets, sleepers and DFS angles for Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah. Jackson Koivun is the betting favorite coming straight off the Presidents Cup, and defending champion Michael Brennan returns as the highest-ranked player in the field. Black Desert has produced two first-time PGA Tour winners in two years, Matt McCarty in 2024 and Michael Brennan in 2025, and neither was a short price. This betting guide covers why total driving is the key stat on a course with huge fairways lined by black lava rock, how the bentgrass greens decide another 20-under birdie fest, and where the value sits further down the board. Ben James arrives hot after a third at the Wyndham and a runner-up at the Biltmore, Kevin Yu and Jackson Suber both finished T15 here last year, and runner-up Rico Hoey is back. Plus the sleepers, long shots and course-history names worth a look before Thursday.
0:00 - Bank of Utah preview, Presidents Cup recap
3:32 - Black Desert: lava and easy ball striking
8:56 - Model build: ball striking and Koivun
12:15 - Ben Kohles and the ball-striking shortlist
16:24 - Neal Shipley and Johnny Keefer
21:08 - Long shot reveal: Austin Smotherman
25:13 - Final card: Koivun or the field
30:17 - World Golf Hall of Fame finalists