Bank of Utah Championship
Oct 1 – Oct 4, 2026 · Black Desert Resort · Ivins, UT, USA
Won by Austin Smotherman
The Bank of Utah Championship has been played at Black Desert Resort 3 times since the 2024 season, and the field has averaged 2.03 under par per round there. Winning totals have ranged from 22 under par to 26 under par. Austin Smotherman won the 2026 edition at 26 under par.
The par-5 18th gives up the most birdies (a 60.7% birdie rate), and the par-4 11th is the hardest hole, with a 20.8% bogey rate. Of this week's field, Michael Brennan has the best record here: 2.80 strokes per round better than the field over 8 rounds, including a win.
During the tournament PropGolf models every hole for every player live, with birdie, par and bogey probabilities beside the sportsbook lines and an ETA for each group, plus tee, approach and putting breakdowns from shot tracking at Black Desert Resort.
Tournament recap
Down 0.06u using our recommended stake sizes (22.1u risked across 820 picks, 285 winners at 34.8% hit).
🟢 Drive Result — Fairway Under (320.5) Yards — bet 18 times. 11 winners (61.1% vs 52.6% expected, odds around 1 to 1). +68.7% return (+0.48u on recommended stakes)
🟢 Birdies — bet 267 times. 62 winners (23.2% vs 27.0% expected, odds around 5 to 1). +10.1% return (+0.48u on recommended stakes)
🟢 Pars — bet 104 times. 37 winners (35.6% vs 42.6% expected, odds around 2 to 1). +6.5% return (+0.17u on recommended stakes)
🔴 Drive Result — Fairway Under (335.5) Yards — bet 5 times. 0 winners (0.0% vs 60.9% expected, odds around 1 to 1). -100.0% return (-0.41u on recommended stakes)
🔴 Tee Shot Distance — Under — bet 12 times. 4 winners (33.3% vs 64.8% expected, odds around 1 to 1). -37.0% return (-0.29u on recommended stakes)
🔴 Miss the Green picks — bet 146 times. 24 winners (16.4% vs 22.4% expected, odds around 5 to 1). -13.3% return (-0.20u on recommended stakes)
- Hole 16 (par 4) — 21% of the field bogeyed it, 10% birdied it, avg score +0.13 vs par → +50.0% return (+0.32u)
- Hole 2 (par 4) — 7% of the field bogeyed it, 23% birdied it, avg score -0.11 vs par → +16.3% return (+0.28u)
- Hole 9 (par 5) — 4% of the field bogeyed it, 36% birdied it, avg score -0.33 vs par → +4.9% return (+0.14u)
- Hole 14 (par 4) — 9% of the field bogeyed it, 67% birdied it, avg score -0.64 vs par → -13.5% return (-0.35u)
- Hole 12 (par 4) — 4% of the field bogeyed it, 14% birdied it, avg score -0.10 vs par → -100.0% return (-0.23u)
- Hole 13 (par 4) — 21% of the field bogeyed it, 7% birdied it, avg score +0.17 vs par → -24.8% return (-0.23u)
Here's how the Confidence tiers settled this round:
| Tier | Picks | Hit rate | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 CONSENSUS | 368 | 29.9% | -2.7% |
| 🟡 LEAN | 234 | 34.2% | -2.9% |
- ✅ Horschel, Billy — 9/20 picks landed. +87.5% return (+0.33u)
- ✅ Bauchou, Zach — 9/20 picks landed. +63.1% return (+0.31u)
- ✅ Bezuidenhout, Christiaan — 8/16 picks landed. +56.5% return (+0.30u)
- ❌ Sargent, Gordon — 4/18 picks landed. -66.8% return (-0.32u)
- ❌ Kohles, Ben — 2/16 picks landed. -71.0% return (-0.24u)
- ❌ Ghim, Doug — 1/13 picks landed. -77.0% return (-0.22u)
- If the Confidence filter held up here, it's worth leaning on at the next event.
- The markets that worked here usually carry into similar courses + conditions.
- The markets that lost may rebound at venues where the course plays differently.
See the Signals page for live picks and use the Confidence filter to focus on the picks the model is steady on.
Compiled from shot-level scoring captured during play.
Final leaderboard
Top 10 at the 2026 Bank of Utah Championship, by total score to par.
| Pos | Player | To par |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Smotherman | -26 |
| 2 | Doug Ghim | -24 |
| T3 | Trace Crowe | -23 |
| T3 | David Ford | -23 |
| T5 | Kevin Streelman | -22 |
| T5 | Ben James | -22 |
| T7 | Steven Fisk | -21 |
| T7 | Luke Clanton | -21 |
| 9 | Kihei Akina | -20 |
| T10 | Rico Hoey | -19 |
Past winners
Every edition PropGolf has on record, by PGA Tour season, with the winning total and the field's average score per round. Where two or more players tied after regulation and the record does not say who took the playoff, all of them are listed.
| Season | Winner | Total | Field / rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Austin Smotherman | -26 | -2.96 |
| 2025 | Michael Brennan | -22 | -1.19 |
| 2024 | Matt McCarty | -23 | -1.94 |
Best records here in this week's field
Strokes gained per round against the field across 3 editions. Minimum 8 rounds. Best is the best finish; T1 is a tie after regulation decided in a playoff.
| Player | Starts | Best | SG / rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Brennan | 2 | Won | +2.80 |
| David Ford | 2 | T3 | +2.67 |
| Rico Hoey | 3 | 2 | +2.13 |
| Matt McCarty | 3 | Won | +2.04 |
| Stephan Jaeger | 3 | 2 | +2.04 |
| Billy Horschel | 2 | T11 | +1.80 |
| Max Homa | 2 | T9 | +1.67 |
| Max McGreevy | 3 | T11 | +1.63 |
| Justin Lower | 3 | T3 | +1.57 |
| Kevin Streelman | 3 | T3 | +1.51 |
Course at a glance
Black Desert Resort historical scoring context, drawn from prior years of PGA Tour rounds at this venue.
Hole-by-hole
| Hole | Par | Yards | Birdie % | Bogey % | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 485 | 14.7% | 18.9% | NEUTRAL |
| 2 | 4 | 397 | 15.9% | 15.4% | NEUTRAL |
| 3 | 3 | 185 | 17.7% | 15.2% | NEUTRAL |
| 4 | 4 | 483 | 16.9% | 16.6% | NEUTRAL |
| 5 | 4 | 315 | 33.5% | 7.8% | EASY |
| 6 | 4 | 440 | 17.4% | 14.2% | NEUTRAL |
| 7 | 5 | 588 | 49.2% | 6.9% | EASY |
| 8 | 3 | 143 | 19.2% | 9.1% | NEUTRAL |
| 9 | 5 | 593 | 37.5% | 9.5% | EASY |
| 10 | 4 | 424 | 23.9% | 8.5% | NEUTRAL |
| 11 | 4 | 528 | 8.5% | 20.8% | HARD |
| 12 | 4 | 450 | 15.0% | 10.9% | NEUTRAL |
| 13 | 4 | 510 | 15.2% | 18.8% | HARD |
| 14 | 4 | 315 | 54.3% | 3.9% | EASY |
| 15 | 3 | 194 | 14.4% | 12.6% | NEUTRAL |
| 16 | 4 | 500 | 13.3% | 15.5% | NEUTRAL |
| 17 | 3 | 145 | 19.6% | 8.4% | NEUTRAL |
| 18 | 5 | 580 | 60.7% | 6.7% | EASY |
Historical rates aggregate prior PGA Tour rounds at this venue. Live current-event rates appear inside the app during play.
PropGolf's Bank of Utah Championship analysis
After three rounds at Black Desert Resort: where the leaders are gaining their strokes, whether the wave draw mattered, and how round 3 played.
How Black Desert Resort has played at the Bank of Utah Championship: every hole's scoring, and the shot-level patterns behind it, from 55,135 captured shots.
What you can do during Bank of Utah Championship
- Live signals. Hole-by-hole birdie, bogey, and matchup edges with live odds from DraftKings and FanDuel.
- Shot-level analytics. Tee, approach, and putting breakdowns per player on every hole.
- Group view. H2H matchups, longest drive, nearest the pin, group total markets.
- Live timing. Per-group ETAs update every 5 minutes from real pace data.