PGA Championship Betting Tips
The greats of the golf world will assemble at Quail Hollow in North Carolina this week for the second Major of the year, and world number one Scottie Scheffler and new Masters champion Rory McIlroy are fighting it out at the top of the market.
Both come into the tournament in prime form, with Scheffler having posted an eight-shot victory at the CJ Cup in his most recent outing, while McIlroy’s Augusta triumph was his third of 2025.
However, while there is the opportunity for club professionals and a host of veteran winners to pit themselves against the planet’s best, it is far from a two-horse race, with Justin Thomas, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy the last time it was played for at this venue in 2017, among a host of challengers who will be confident about having a good week.
Likely winner - Rory McIlroy to win the US PGA Championship @ 9/2
While there is nothing to separate Scheffler and McIlroy in the outright market this week, preference is definitely for the latest inductee to the career Grand Slam club to add another Major title at a course he relishes.
Scheffler has not seen action at Quail Hollow in all the years it has hosted the Wells Fargo Championship, while it is a challenge that McIlroy knows like the back of his hand, having claimed that title four times, including last year’s renewal.
For all his dominance over the last few years, Scheffler’s only Major wins have come at Augusta, while McIlroy has already tasted victory in this tournament in 2012 and 2014, and he should even play with greater freedom this week, having finally got his hands on a coveted Green Jacket.
Next best bet - Justin Thomas to win the US PGA Championship @ 16/1
Eight years have passed since Justin Thomas claimed the first of his two US PGA Championship triumphs at Quail Hollow, and a return to the North Carolina track looks ideally timed for the man from Kentucky.
Thomas had been in the doldrums for a while, but he has looked the part for most of the year and ended a three-year winless run last month when he came out on top at the RBC Heritage.
He also claimed his fourth runner-up finish since October when he was second to Sepp Straka at last week’s Truist Championship, so those fond memories from his previous triumph could just help him over the line this week.
Longshot - Patrick Reed to win the US PGA Championship @ 66/1
Even though he plies his trade on LIV Golf rather than the PGA Tour these days, it would be foolish to discount Patrick Reed, who appears charged in his pursuit of a place in the US Ryder Cup team this year.
Reed was second behind Thomas when he triumphed in 2017 and showed he is never happier than when battling it out at the top of a big leaderboard when he was third at last month’s Masters.
A fourth place in the last LIV meet-up in South Korea suggests his game continues to be in a good place, and his competitive instincts could come to the fore, and he could get among the leaders in the closing stages.
Odds correct at time of publication but subject to fluctuation