This week’s 2023 PGA Championship is the second major the year, and we’re picking a long shot to win the first major of his career. Here’s our pick, the PGA Championship betting favorites and everything else you need to know for the week.
PGA Championship odds: Long-shot bet
Tyrrell Hatton has accomplished a lot in his career, and he regularly contends at major championships, but he has never won one of them. We’re betting that will change this week.
Hatton comes into the PGA with +4,000 odds-to-win and a whole lot of momentum. In his last two starts, Hatton finished T3 at the Wells Fargo Championship and T5 at the AT&T Byron Nelson, bringing his top-10 total to five for this season.
His best finish of the year came at one of the biggest events of the year, a runner-up at the Players Championship, which bodes well for his chances.
In his eight previous appearances at the PGA Championship, Hatton has collected four top-25s and two top-10s, and he finished T13 at last year’s PGA at Southern Hills.
Should you bet $10 for Hatton to win and he ends up hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday, you’ll earn a cool $400. For an insurance bet or one with less risk, put some money on Hatton to finish top 10 or top 20.
How last week’s long shot fared
At last week’s AT&T Byron Nelson, we felt we had a great pick in line with J.J. Spaun at +6600 to win. Alas, we never got to see just how good our prediction was, because Spaun withdrew from the tournament before the first shots were struck.
PAST RESULTS
2023 AT&T Byron Nelson: J.J. Spaun (Odds: +6600; Finish: WD)
2023 Wells Fargo Championship: Sahith Theegala (Odds: +4000; Finish: T56)
2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta: Gary Woodland (Odds: +3300; Finish: T39)
2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Dahmen/McCarthy (Odds: +4000; Finish: T11)
2023 RBC Heritage: Tom Kim (Odds: +3500; Finish: MC)
2023 Masters: Tommy Fleetwood (Odds: +6600; Finish: 33)
2023 Valspar Championship: David Lingmerth (Odds: +12500; Finish: T27)
2023 Players Championship: Corey Conners (Odds: +6600; Finish: MC)
2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Billy Horschel (Odds: +10000; Finish: MC)
2023 Honda Classic: Sepp Straka (Odds: +5000; Finish: T5)
2023 Genesis Invitational: Adam Scott (Odds: +5500; Finish: 65)
2023 WM Phoenix Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +8000; Finish: T10)
2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Beau Hossler (Odds +8000; Finish: T11)
2023 Farmers Insurance Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +10000; Finish: T11)
2023 Sony Open in Hawaii: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +5000; Finish: T73)
2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions: Ryan Brehm (Odds: +75000; Finish: T35)
PGA Championship odds: The favorites
It’s a major week, and given how the men’s game has gone over the past year, you can probably guess who the favorites are to win it all at Oak Hill.
World No. 1 Jon Rahm and World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler are locked at the top of the standings as co-betting favorites with odds-to-win of +750. Rory McIlroy comes in third at +1200, and then the odds drop off significantly with Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele next best with +2000 odds-to-win.
You can see the top 10 and ties in PGA 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.
2023 PGA Championship betting odds (Top 10 and ties)
Jon Rahm (+750)
Scottie Scheffler (+750)
Rory McIlroy (+1200)
Brooks Koepka (+2000)
Patrick Cantlay (+2000)
Xander Schauffele (+2000)
Justin Thomas (+2200)
Dustin Johnson (+2500)
Tony Finau (+2500)
Cameron Smith (+2800)
Jason Day (+2800)