Horses for Courses: PGA Championship

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Written by Mike Glasscott @MikeGlasscott

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Southern Hills Country Club just outside of Tulsa hosts the PGA Championship for the fourth time and the eighth major championship in club history.

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Horses for Courses

Player (Starts/Cuts Made) Top 10 Since 2017	Most Recent Finish	Top 10	Top 25	2022 BET MGM ODDS (Win, Top 10, Top 20)

Brooks Koepka (9/9)	T2 (2021)	5	7	+4000; +350; +160
Louis Oosthuizen (9/12)	T2 (2021)	2	5	+8000; +600; +260
Padraig Harrington (11/22)	T4 (2021)	3	6	+50000; +2800; +1100
Shane Lowry (7/10)	T4 (2021)	2	3	+3500; +275; +125
Harry Higgs (1/1)	T4 (2021)	1	1	+35000; +2500; +1100
Justin Rose (13/19)	T8 (2021)	5	10	+15000; +1100; +450
Collin Morikawa (2/2)	T8 (2021)	2	2	+2000; +200; -110
Rickie Fowler (10/12)	T8 (2021)	3	5	+15000 ;+1200; +550
Tony Finau (6/7)	T8 (2021)	3	3	+5000; +450; +200
Jon Rahm (4/5)	T8 (2021)	2	3	+1200; +130; -165
Scottie Scheffler (2/2)	T8 (2021)	2	2	+1200; +130; -165
Kevin Streelman (5/9)	T8 (2021)	1	2	+25000; +1800; +750
Abraham Ancer (3/3)	T8 (2021)	1	2	+8000; +700; +333
Will Zalatoris (1/1)	T8 (2021)	1	1	+3500; +333; +140

Dustin Johnson (9/12)	T2 (2020)	6	7	+2500; +240; +110
Jason Day (10/12)	T4 (2020)	6	9	+8000; +600; +260
Bryson DeChambeau (3/5)	T4 (2020)	1	1	+6600; +650; +300
Matthew Wolff (1/1)	T4 (2020)	1	1	+15000; +1100; +450
Xander Schauffele (3/5)	T10 (2020)	1	2	+2500; +225; +100
Joel Dahmen (3/3)	T10 (2020)	1	1	+25000; +1400; +550
Cameron Champ (2/3)	T10 (2020)	1	1	+15000; +1000; +450

Patrick Cantlay (5/5)	T3 (2019)	1	2	+2200; +200; -110
Jordan Spieth (7/9)	T3 (2019)	2	4	+2000; +190; -125
Luke List (2/4)	6th (2019)	1	1	+20000; +1200; +500
Gary Woodland (8/10)	T8 (2019)	2	4	+10000; +900; +400
Rory McIlroy (12/13)	T8 (2019)	6	8	+1600; +150; -135
Adam Scott (16/21)	T8 (2019)	6	13	+8000; +700; +275
Matt Kuchar (6/13)	T8 (2019)	4	6	+15000; +1000; +400
Erik van Rooyen (2/3)	T8 (2019)	1	1	+20000; +1000; +450

Tiger Woods (17/21)	2nd (2018)	9	11	+6600; +600; +260
Stewart Cink (12/20)	T4 (2018)	3	7	+30000; +2000; +700
Francesco Molinari (11/11)	T6 (2018)	3	4	+25000; +1600; +700
Justin Thomas (5/6)	T6 (2018)	2	3	+1600; +150; -135
Thomas Pieters (3/5)	T6 (2018)	1	2	+15000; +1100; +500
Tyrrell Hatton (5/7)	T10 (2018)	2	3	+6600; +500; +225

Patrick Reed (6/8)	T2 (2017)	1	4	+12500; +1000; +400
Hideki Matsuyama (9/9)	T5 (2017)	2	5	+2800; +250; +110
Kevin Kisner (4/7)	T7 (2017)	1	4	+25000; +1600; +650

Select Other Winners	Most Recent	Top 10s	Top 25	2022 BET MGM ODDS

Jason Dufner (7/13)	Win (2013)	3	3	+50000; +4000;+2200
Keegan Bradley (9/11)	Win (2011)	2	4	+8000; +600; +250
Martin Kaymer (6/13)	Win (2010)	3	4	+40000; +2800; +1200

Odds sourced on Tuesday, May 17th at 1 p.m. ET. For live odds visit betmgm.

Notes

47 of the top 50 OWGR entered.
Sungjae Im, Paul Casey, Harris English all miss through illness or injury.
Collin Morikawa (2020) is the last debut winner and first since Keegan Bradley (2011).
Multiple winners entered include Tiger Woods (4), Brooks Koepka (2) and Rory McIlroy (2).
Shaun Micheel (2003) is the only player to make his first victory on TOUR the PGA Championship.
Mickelson is the oldest winner at 50 while the youngest is Gene Sarazen at 20.
Jordan Spieth will complete the career grand slam with a victory.
Billy Horschel has cashed eight straight but none better than T23.
Webb Simpson has cashed seven straight but nothing inside the top 10.
Russell Henley has a run of six in a row but the last four are T37 or worse.
USA has won six straight PGA Championships.
USA has won 16 of the last 21 major championships.

Key stat leaders

Top golfers in each statistic on the 2021-2022 PGA TOUR are listed only if they are scheduled to compete this week.

Strokes Gained: Tee to Green
Rank	Player

1	Jon Rahm
2	Will Zalatoris
3	Justin Thomas
4	Luke List
5	Rory McIlroy
6	Matt Fitzpatrick
7	Daniel Berger
8	Russell Henley
9	Hideki Matsuyama
10	Joaquin Niemann
10	Chris Kirk
12	Jordan Spieth
13	Xander Schauffele
15	Keegan Bradley

Strokes Gained: Putting
Rank	Player

2	Tyrrell Hatton
4	Cameron Smith
5	Beau Hossler
6	Lucas Herbert
7	Billy Horschel
9	Matt Kuchar
13	Shane Lowry
15	Troy Merritt
16	Mackenzie Hughes
18	Kevin Kisner
19	Matt Fitzpatrick
20	Marc Leishman
21	Adam Scott
22	Tommy Fleetwood

Scrambling
Rank	Player

1	Matt Kuchar
2	Shane Lowry
3	Matt Fitzpatrick
5	Justin Thomas
6	Daniel Berger
7	Christiaan Bezuidenhout
8	Tom Hoge
10	Jordan Spieth
11	Alex Noren
12	Patrick Cantlay
14	Troy Merritt
15	Mito Pereira
17	Seamus Power
22	Hideki Matsuyama
22	Xander Schauffele

Multiple Major Champions Entered	Wins (last)

Tiger Woods	15 (2019 Masters)
Brooks Koepka	4 (2019 PGA)
Rory McIlroy	4 (2014 PGA)
Jordan Spieth	3 (2017 Open)
Padraig Harrington	3 (2008 PGA)
Collin Morikawa	2 (2021 Open)
Dustin Johnson	2 (2020 Masters)
Zach Johnson	2 (2015 Open)
Bubba Watson	2 (2014 Masters)
Martin Kaymer	2 (2014 US Open)