The first round of the 2026 PGA Championship begins on Thursday, May 14 at Aronimink Golf Cub in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and a familiar name is atop the oddsboard.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the +400 favorite to win the tournament, followed by Rory McIlroy at +750. They are the only two players with single-digit odds. McIlroy won the first major of the year back in April, defending his crown with a one-shot win over Scheffler at the Masters.
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Scheffler has been the favorite or co-favorite in every major since The Open in 2022, when McIlroy was a 10-1 favorite and Scheffler had 18-1 odds.
Cameron Young (14-1), two-time major winner Jon Rahm (16-1) and Xander Schauffele (16-1) have the next-best odds, followed by Bryson DeChambeau (20-1) and Ludvig Åberg (22-1).
Young has two wins on tour this season — at The Players Championship in March and the Cadillac Championship last week — and five top-10 finishes in nine starts this season. Rahm’s only start this season came at the Masters, and he finished tied for 38th.
Other notable players’ odds include Justin Thomas (50-1), Jordan Spieth (55-1), Patrick Reed (66-1), Dustin Johnson (125-1) and Max Homa (125-1).
Phil Mickelson, who won the 2021 PGA Championship at pre-tournament odds of 250-1, announced this week that he won’t be playing in the tournament due to a “personal health matter.”
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