Brooks Koepka is looking for the PGA Championship three-peat at TPC Harding Park.
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After battling down the stretch last week at the the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka are co-favorites to win the PGA Championship. According to golfodds.com, the duo owns 10/1 odds to win the year’s first major.
Thomas is looking for his second victory in a row after winning last week in Memphis, and his first major championship since the 2017 PGA. While Koepka looks to become only the second man ever to win the event three consecutive times.
Rory McIlroy might not be in the same impeccable form he was prior to golf’s hiatus, but he’s still among the favorites to win in San Francisco. The 31-year-old has 12/1 odds heading to TPC Harding Park, a course where he’s had success in the past, winning the 2015 WGC-Match Play at the muni.
Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau come in just behind McIlroy with 16/1 odds. Rahm won last month at the Memorial Tournament to briefly take over World No. 1 while DeChambeau had a win of his own in July at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Xander Schauffele rounds out the top five at 18/1 odds as he seeks to win his first career major. Tiger Woods owns meager 30/1 odds, but he will certainly be on top of mind as he looks for career major No. 16.
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