PGA Championship Betting Tips Guide

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• 2024 PGA Championship Betting Preview
• 2024 PGA Championship Venue
• Previous Course Winners
• Last Ten PGA Championship Winners
• PGA Championship Ten Year Trends
• Official World Golf Rankings
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2024 PGA Championship Betting Preview

When is the 2024 PGA Championship ?

The 2024 PGA Championship starts on Thursday 16th May and finishes on Sunday 19th May.

Where is the 2024 PGA Championship ?

The 2024 PGA Championship tees off at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 

Who are the favourites to win the 2024 PGA Championship ?

The Masters winner and world number one Scottie Scheffler is the clear favourite for this year's PGA Championship. The defending champion is Brooks Koepka, the first player to win a major whilst plying his trade on the LIV Golf tour. Previous Valhalla winner Rory McIlroy will be looking to win his third PGA Championship.

PGA Championship 20 Apr @ 03:11 - Win Tournament
Scottie Scheffler	5.00
Rory McIlroy	12.00
Jon Rahm	15.00
Ludvig Aberg	17.00
Xander Schauffele	21.00
Brooks Koepka	21.00
Patrick Cantlay	21.00
Collin Morikawa	26.00
Max Homa	26.00
Cameron Smith	26.00

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2024 PGA Championship Venue

The Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky stages the PGA Championship for the fourth time in 2024. The Jack Nicklaus designed layout opened in 1986 and staged it's first PGA Championship back in 1986 which was won by compatriot Mark Brooks. Valhalla also played host to the PGA Championship in 2000 and most recently in 2014. During these dates Valhalla hosted it's first Ryder Cup in 2008 which was the 37th edition and won by the USA team (16.5 - 11.5).

Valhalla is mainly tree lined with plenty of water hazards, the course has undergone a number of renovation projects including bentgrass greens being installed in 2012. The course is a Par 72 course and 7537 yards in length (to be confirmed for the 2024 event).

Front 9, 3725 yards, Par 36:

• Hole 1 (Cut The Corner) - 450 yards, Par 4
• Hole 2 (The Ridge) - 530 yards, Par 5
• Hole 3 (Floyd's Fork) - 210 yards, Par 3
• Hole 4 (Short & Sweet) - 375 yards, Par 4
• Hole 5 (Fade Away) - 460 yards, Par 4
• Hole 6 (The Bear) - 495 yards, Par 4
• Hole 7 (Players Pick) - 600 yards, Par 5
• Hole 8 (Thor's Hammer) - 190 yards, Par 3
• Hole 9 (The Rise) - 415 yards, Par 4

Back 9, 3812 yards, Par 36:

• Hole 10 (Turns) - 595 yards, Par 5
• Hole 11 (On The Edge) - 210 yards, Par 3
• Hole 12 (Odin's Revenge) - 470 yards, Par 4
• Hole 13 (The Island) - 355 yards, Par 4
• Hole 14 (Two Tears) - 220 yards, Par 3
• Hole 15 (On The Rocks) - 435 yards, Par 4
• Hole 16 (Down The Stretch) - 510 yards, Par 4
• Hole 17 (No Mercy) - 472 yards, Par 4
• Hole 18 (Gahm Over) - 545 yards, Par 5

For a more detailed look and visual tour of the course layout head over to the Valhalla Course Tour.

Previous Course Winners

Valhalla has hosted three PGA Championships, the first in 1996 won by Mark Brooks. Four years later in 2000, Tiger Woods won the second PGA Championship staged at Valhalla by a then PGA Championship record -18 score and the most recent PGA Championship winner here was Rory McIlroy back in 2014.

Here is the final leaderboard for the 2014 PGA Championship:

Last Ten PGA Championship Winners

Who won the 2023 PGA Championship ?

Brooks Koepka won his third PGA Championship and became the first player to win a major championship whilst playing under the LIV Golf Tour banner. Brooks won by two strokes ahead of joint runner up's Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland.

Here is a table showing the last ten Masters winners, their nationality, official world golf ranking (OWGR) heading into the tournament and winning score:

For the latest news on this year's PGA Championship head over to the official PGA Championship website.

PGA Championship Ten Year Trends

Nationality

 USA 

• 8/10 PGA Championship winners were from the USA, all since 2016.

Europe

• 1/10 - Northern Ireland's Rory McIlory accounted for the European win.

R.O.W 

• 1/10 - Australia's Jason Day won in 2015, he also finished runner up (2016) and South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen has twice shared 2nd.

World Ranking

• 7/10 were ranked in the top 14 in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) at the time of winning.
• 5/10 were ranked inside the World's top ten.
• Former World Number One Phil Mickelson was the lowest ranked winner at 116 in 2021.

Current Form

• 8/10 had a top 5 finish within their last 6 events prior to winning the PGA.

Major Record

• 4/10 were winning their maiden major title.
• 5/10 had previously won the PGA Championship.

Official World Golf Rankings

Seven of the last ten PGA Championship winners were ranked within the world's top 20, the current top 20 players in the OWGR rankings are (correct at 18th April 2024):

1. Scottie Scheffler (Age 27)

• Last 6 Events (best): Won Masters (Apr 24)
• Last win: Masters (Apr 24)

2. Rory McIlroy (Age 34) 

• Last 6 Events (best): 3rd - Texas Open (Apr 24)
• Last win: Dubai Desert Classic (Jan 24)

3. Xander Schauffele (Age 30) 

• Last 6 Events (best): T2 - Players Champ (Mar 24) 
• Last win: Tour Championship (Aug 23)

4. Jon Rahm (Age 29)

• Last 6 Events (best): 3rd - LIV Mayakoba (Feb 24)
• Last Win: Masters (Apr 23)

5. Wyndham Clark (Age 30)

• Last 6 Events (best): 2nd - Arnold Palmer Inv (Mar 24)
• Last Win: Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Feb 24)

6. Viktor Hovland (Age 26) 

• Last 6 Events (best): T19 Genesis Inv (Feb 24)
• Last Win: BMW Champ (Aug 23)

7. Ludvig Aberg (Age 24) 

• Last 6 Events (best): 2nd - Masters (Apr 24)
• Last Win: RSM Classic (Nov 23)

8. Patrick Cantlay (Age 31)

• Last 6 Events (best): T4 - Genesis Invitational (Feb 24)
• Last Win: BMW Champ (Aug 22)

9. Max Homa (Age 33) 

• Last 6 Events (best): T3 - Masters (2024)
• Last Win: Nedbank Golf Challenge (Nov 23)

10. Brian Harman (Age 37) 

• Last 6 Events (best): T2 - Players Champ (Mar 24)
• Last Win: Open Championship (Jul 23)

11. Tommy Fleetwood (Age 33) 

• Last 6 Events (best): T3 - Masters (Apr 24)
• Last Win:  Dubai Invitational (Jan 24)

12. Matt Fitzpatrick (Age 29)

• Last 6 Events (best): 5th - Players Champ (Mar 24)
• Last Win:  Alfred Dunhill Links Championship (Oct 23)

13. Collin Morikawa (Age 27)

• Last 6 Events (best): T3 Masters (Apr 24)
• Last Win: ZOZO Championship (Oct 23)

14. Cameron Young (Age 26)

• Last 6 Events (best): 2nd - Valspar Championship (Mar 24)
• Last Win:  Evans Scholars Invitational (Korn Ferry, May 21) 

15. Hideki Matsuyama (Age 32)

• Last 6 Events (best): Won - Genesis Invitational (Feb 24)
• Last Win: Won - Genesis Invitational (Feb 24)

16. Tyrrell Hatton (Age 32) 

• Last 6 Events (best): 6th - LIV Miami (Apr 24)
• Last Win: Abu Dhabi HSBC Champ (Jan 21) 

17. Sahith Theegala (Age 26) 

• Last 6 Events (best): 5th - Phoenix Open (Feb 24)
• Last Win: Fortinet Championship (Sep 23)

18. Russell Henley (Age 35)

• Last 6 Events (best): 4th - Texas Open (Apr 24)
• Last Win: Mayakoba Championship (Nov 22)

19. Keegan Bradley (Age 37)

• Last 6 Events (best): T11 - Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Feb 24)
• Last Win: Travellers Championship (Jun 23)

20. Jordan Spieth (Age 30) 

• Last 6 Events (best): T10 - Texas Open (Apr 24)
• Last Win:  RBC Heritage (Apr 22)

For the full list of world rankings head over to the Official World Golf Rankings website.

Author Information

James Banting writes the words and maintains the data for this PGA Championship Betting Tips Guide. As Tipster Competition assistant James works closely with our Golf Tipsters, settling bets and ensuring accuracy in all results which are also utilised in the updates for all the Golf Previews on OLBG

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James is a knowledgeable sports betting specialist with over 20 years of experience in the sports betting industry. Today James focuses on producing informative betting content on the major sporting events throughout the year in Horse Racing and Tennis, as well as contributing to our Cricket and Golf Content.

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