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The 2025 Players Championship, the biggest PGA Tour event of the season, kicks off this week at TPC Sawgrass, and last year’s winner is the betting favorite. Here is everything you need to know about the Players Championship odds and other betting favorites to start the week.
As has been the case in every event he’s played this season, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite at the Players, coming into the week with +500 odds to win.
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In four starts, Scheffler has two top-10 finshes and one T11, which came at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. He’s also the two-time defending champion, having triumphed at Sawgrass in 2023 and 2024.
Positioned is second place to start the week is World No. 2 Rory McIlroy (+1000). McIlroy has one big win on the season already and is in top form heading into the Players.
Filling out the top five in betting favorites for the Players are Collin Morikawa (+1600), Ludvig Aberg (+1600) and Justin Thomas (+2000).
You can see the top 20 and ties in the Players Championship betting odds as of Monday morning below or head over to BetMGM to see the full list of odds and bets for this week.
Scottie Scheffler (+500)
Rory McIlroy (+1000)
Collin Morikawa (+1600)
Ludvig Aberg (+1600)
Justin Thomas (+2000)
Xander Schauffele (+2500)
Hideki Matsuyama (+2800)
Patrick Cantlay (+2800)
Tommy Fleetwood (+2800)
Russell Henley (+3000)
Shane Lowry (+3300)
Corey Conners (+4500)
Sepp Straka (+4500)
Jason Day (+5000)
Keegan Bradley (+5000)
Sungjae Im (+5000)
Tony Finau (+5000)
Wyndham Clark (+5000)
Daniel Berger (+5500)
Si Woo Kim (+5500)
Jordan Spieth (+6600)
Maverick McNealy (+6600)
Michael Kim (+6600)
Robert MacIntyre (+6600)
Sam Burns (+6600)
Viktor Hovland (+6600)
Will Zalatoris (+6600)
Aaron Rai (+6600)
Denny McCarthy (+6600)
Tom Kim (+6600)
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