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13-05-2025
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2025 PGA Championship picks: Top long shots, sleepers to bet
2025 PGA Championship picks: Top long shots, sleepers to bet Show Caption Hide Caption Wyndham Clark on magic of Augusta and studying Tiger Woods' approach Wyndham Clark joins Sports Seriously to talk about the Masters and how he's studied Tiger Woods' success there over the years. The second major championship of the 2025 golf season, the PGA Championship, is right around the corner. The early betting favorites are the usual suspects — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Masters champion Rory McIlroy and LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau. But what about the long shots and sleeper picks? Could someone rise from the back of the betting pack, shoot four stellar rounds and overcome the big guns to hoist the Wannamaker Trophy? It's been done before, perhaps most famously by John Daly in 1991. Here's a breakdown of eight golfers who seem to be popular picks heading into Thursday's opening round at Quail Hollow in Charlotte. PGA Championship 2025: Top long shots, sleepers to bet BetMGM odds as of May 13 Shane Lowry (+4500) Sports Betting Dime: "Lowry has four top-eight results in his last nine starts, including multiple second-place finishes. He ranks seventh in strokes gained (on) approach and eighth in strokes gained tee-to-green over the last 24 rounds, and has performed very well at this tournament in the past. Lowry has two top-six finishes in his last four PGA Championship appearances, along with a T-12 result. (H)e's also a strong long iron player, ranking 25th in proximity from 175-200 yards over the last 24 rounds." Tyrrell Hatton (+4500) CBS Sports: "Hatton missed the cut at the 2017 PGA Championship but he's since experienced success at Quail Hollow, finishing T-3 at the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship there. The 33-year-old Englishman was T-14 at the Masters last month and also scored a win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic in January on the DP World Tour. He's been top 25 in eight of his nine starts around the world this season and he ranks second on his tour this season by hitting 73.81% of greens in regulation." Patrick Reed (+6000) Sportsbook Wire: "Reed was the runner-up at the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, finishing 2 shots behind Justin Thomas. He came in eighth at the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship here and sixth in 2021, so that makes three top-10 finishes in his last four starts at this course." Russell Henley (+6600) Adam Christensen, "There are not many golfers on Earth who have played more consistently than Russell Henley this year. The main concern in picking Henley is his lack of distance at a course that will favor the heavy hitters, but he has been so accurate this year that maybe he can overcome that. If he has a great week putting and chipping, he could steal a championship." Min Woo Lee (+9000) Sportsbook Wire: "Lee has the distance to contend at a course like Quail Hollow and he now has his first PGA Tour win under his belt after winning in Houston earlier this season. It hurts his chances that he hasn't played Quail Hollow before in an official PGA Tour event, but he's still a decent value." BetSperts: "Min Woo Lee is still struggling to be a consistent performer on the PGA Tour, but it's difficult to argue that many golfers in this field, especially those priced at 100-1 or longer, can compete with Min Woo's upside. Over the past two years, only Bryson DeChambeau averages more carry distance off the tee than the 26-year-old Aussie, and that was on full display back in March when he held off a late-charging Scottie Scheffler to win at the Texas Children's Houston Open." Wyndham Clark (+10000) Sportsbook Wire: "It wasn't long ago that Clark won the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship at this course. He's a long driver of the ball and though he's been up and down all year, his length could keep him in the mix this week." BetSperts: "Not only has he recently won a major championship at 100-1-plus odds, but Clark won here at Quail Hollow just a month before his 2023 U.S. Open victory at Los Angeles Country Club. Clark also meets the carry distance and putting prerequisites I'm looking for. Clark ranks ninth in this week's field in average carry distance over the past two years, and while he's an above-average putter across the board, Clark has performed best on Poa trivialis greens, which is what the players will see this week at Quail Hollow." Keith Mitchell (+10000) "Mitchell has finished inside the top 18 in all six outings, including a runner-up performance at the Corales Puntacana Championship. While some of those tournaments featured weaker fields compared to the star-studded PGA, Mitchell has proven he can contend with the world's best. Not only did he finish tied for 20th at last year's U.S. Open, but he also placed T-3 at the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship ... at Quail Hollow Club, which hosts this week's PGA Championship." Sportsbook Wire: "Mitchell was in contention (again) at the Truist Championship last week, holding the 18-hole lead for the third time this season. He finished in the top 10 at Quail Hollow in 2019 and 2021 when he played the Wells Fargo Championship, making the cut in each of his last four appearances here." Max Homa (+12500) BetSperts: "Quail Hollow is where he got his first PGA Tour win back in 2019, and he's finished T-8 here in each of the past two seasons despite entering with less-than-stellar form. He's flashed more consistency with his irons as well, gaining nearly a full stroke per round in back-to-back starts in April at Augusta National and Harbour Town." Jessica Marksbury, "The man's had an admittedly tough season thus far, but his bright spot to date was the Masters, where he finished T-12. That gives me some hope for his performance this week, at a course where he's played well in the past, winning the Wells Fargo Championship in 2019 and finishing T-8 the past two years. If any track can help extricate Homa from the funk he's currently in, it's this one." PGA Championship 2025 latest odds BetMGM odds as of May 13 Scottie Scheffler (+500) Rory McIlroy (+500) Bryson DeChambeau (+800) Justin Thomas (+1800) Jon Rahm (+2000) Xander Schauffele (+2000) Collin Morikawa (+2200) Ludvig Aberg (+2500) Joaquin Niemann (+3300) Patrick Cantlay (+3300) Tommy Fleetwood (+3300) Where to watch PGA Championship 2025: TV and live streaming schedule The 2025 PGA Championship will be broadcast by ESPN during the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday, with ESPN and CBS slated to televise the final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday. ESPN+ and Fubo will have streaming coverage of all four rounds at the PGA Championship, while viewers can stream the action on Paramount+ during the weekend coverage. First Round: Thursday, May 15 (All times Eastern) 6 a.m.-11 a.m. on ESPN+ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN+ and Fubo Second Round: Friday, May 16 6 a.m.-11 a.m. on ESPN+ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN+ and Fubo Third Round: Saturday, May 17 7-9 a.m. on ESPN+ 9 a.m.-noon on ESPN, ESPN+ and Fubo Noon-7 p.m. on CBS, Paramount+, ESPN+ and Fubo Final Round: Sunday, May 18 7-9 a.m. on ESPN+ 9 a.m.-noon on ESPN, ESPN+ and Fubo Noon-7 p.m. on CBS, Paramount+, ESPN+ and Fubo
USA Today
23-03-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Miami Open presented by Itau Betting Odds and Match Previews for March 23, 2025, Men's Singles
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19-02-2025
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