PGA Championship Betting Preview: Favorites, Underdogs, And Darkhorses

Rory McIlroy is favored to win the PGA Championship with +1200 odds.
Xander Schauffele has +2200 odds to win the PGA Championship.
Abraham Ancer is sitting at +5000 odds to win the PGA Championship.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.—Those that are looking to get in on PGA action have chosen the perfect time as the PGA Championship is set to take place this weekend. The PGA Championship odds are filled with favorites, darkhorses, and longshots that could potentially come out on top.

Legal sports betting sites have opened up the odds boards with nonother than Rory McIlroy leading the way with the shortest odds.

2021 PGA Championship Odds
Rory McIlroy +1200
Jordan Spieth +1500
Dustin Johnson +1600
Jon Rahm +1600
Justin Thomas +1600
Bryson DeChambeau +1800
Viktor Hovland +2200
Xander Schauffele +2200
Collin Morikawa +3000
Daniel Berger +3000
Brooks Koepka +4000
Cameron Smith +4000
Patrick Reed +4000
Tyrrell Hatton +4000
Hideki Matsuyama +4500
Tony Finau +4500
Webb Simpson +4500
Abraham Ancer +5000
Patrick Cantlay +5000

Rory McIlroy PGA Championship Odds To Win

To no surprise, Rory McIlroy is sitting with the shortest PGA Championship odds considering that he is coming off of a win at the Wells Fargo Championship.

McIlroy has also been on quite the hot streak in his previous outings. Before his first-place finish, he placed 10th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and 6th at the World Golf Championship. He found success in European appearances also which includes a 3rd place finish at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

With that said, bettors can ride McIlroy’s confidence and bet on his favored odds before the tournament begins and potentially shorten.

Xander Schauffele PGA Championship Odds To Win

Xander Schauffele’s spot on the odds board are surely seen as an underdog. However, if there was ever a chance to get a leg up on one of the underdogs, Schauffele’s odds would be the ones to do it on.

He has had a solid 2021 thus far which includes a 3rd place Masters finish, 2nd place Phoenix Open, Farmers Insurance Open and CJ Cup finishes, and a fifth-place US Open finish.

Being that anything can happen at any PGA Tournament as seen before, bettors can find success here and enjoy a nice cash out as well.

Abraham Ancer PGA Championship Odds To Win

For those bettors that are digging deep in the Darkhorse candidate to win the PGA Championship, Abraham Ancer should be one of the first names that come to mind.

Ancer has been very active in 2021 and has also been very impressive in his last two outings having finished second at the Wells Fargo Championship and fifth at the Valspar Championship. Not to mention he had a top-20 finish at the RBC Heritage as well.

With Ancer inching closer and closer to a first-place finish, he could look to finally secure it here at the PGA Championship.

The PGA Championship is set to begin at 7:00 a.m. EST on May 20 from the Kiawah Island Golf Resort and will be broadcasted on ESPN+.

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