Masters champion Rory McIlroy is a BOOSTED 5/1 with Sky Bet to win the PGA Tour's Truist Championship
Sky Bet are offering four Price Boosts for the PGA Tour's Truist Championship starting Thursday.
The first two boosts require Rory McIlroy to win outright, and McIlroy and Collin Morikawa to both finish top five including ties.
The odds for those two bets have been enhanced to 5/1 and 7/1 respectively.
McIlroy has been in fantastic form of late - with the Northern Irishman winning the Players Championship and the Masters to go along with a top five finish at the Houston Open across his last three appearances.
Additionally, Morikawa has secured a pair of top five finishes on the PGA Tour this calendar year.
Meanwhile, the other two boosts need Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay to both finish top 10 including ties at 11/2, and Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry all to finish top 10 including ties at 11/2.
Thomas and Cantlay are joint third-favourites in the market - with the pair both priced at 16/1, while Fleetwood, Hovland and Lowry are all in the top 15 in the betting lines.
Sky Bet Price Boosts for the PGA Tour's Truist Championship:
Rory McIlroy to win outright
WAS 9/2 NOW 5/1
Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa to both finish top five including ties
WAS 13/2 NOW 7/1
Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay to both finish top 10 including ties
WAS 5/1 NOW 11/2
Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry all to finish top 10 including ties
WAS 5/1 NOW 11/2
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