BEST BETS: 2026 Sony Open Odds, Picks & Live Chat | The Early Wedge
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Eric Cohen is joined by SportsLine experts Sia Nejad, Patrick McDonald and Jason Sobel to dish out best bets for the 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii! Let's get the PGA Tour season underway.
(0:00) Intro + we’re back baby! And the Steelers are so over
(3:00) Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour
(10:05) First Round Leaders
(17:30) Matchups
(23:40) Finishing Positions
(33:45) Do Not Bet List
(37:55) Outrights
(43:27) Longshots
(52:00) Future Focus
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Golf season is here and the OG crew is back on the Early Wedge Best Bet Show. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Eric Cohen. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm super excited to pick golf winners with these guys for the next eight months or so. |
| 0:22.2 | So let's bring him in. Let's introduce them all. And I just want to say, these are three of the nicest |
| 0:26.3 | people that you'll ever know, and I'm glad to call them friends. First of all, you can find this guy |
| 0:30.4 | everywhere from hosting early edge each weekday to dropping golf winners like it's nothing in the fall. |
| 0:35.9 | It is the great seeing the Jai. |
| 0:38.9 | I'm only dropping golf winners when Sammy Valamaki's in a tournament. |
| 0:44.0 | Just want to throw that out there. |
| 0:44.9 | Okay, that's fair. |
| 0:45.7 | This next guy may have one of the most unique golf swings that I've ever seen, |
| 0:49.9 | but he's also been one of the best golf writers on the planet for a long time. |
| 0:53.5 | Welcome back, the great Jason Sobel. |
| 0:56.8 | So what's the swing look like? |
| 0:58.8 | I thought you were talking about Patrick swing. |
| 1:00.5 | Is it me? |
| 1:01.0 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:02.2 | You've never seen this. |
| 1:03.3 | It's nice. |
| 1:04.1 | And finally, I'm not sure golf writer goes viral more regularly than this guy on X. |
| 1:08.8 | Not only is he a literal golf encyclopedia, but he's hilarious. |
| 1:13.2 | And I guarantee you that he'll get more picks right on the show than his Steelers scored |
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