2026 PGA Championship Preview: Everything To Know About Aronimink Golf Club

Innnn West Philadelphia, born and raised – at Aronimink is where all they’ll spend four of their days. Pennsylvania gets its second major in as many years, with all of the game’s best – and Michael Block – converging in Newtown Square for the 2026 PGA Championship.

Hope is in the air this week, as for the first time since Collin Morikawa’s win in 2020, the PGA Championship will be contested on a sub-7,400-yard course. That should open up the playing field for more parity than we’re used to seeing in PGA Championship contenders, as the last five venues – Quail Hollow, Valhalla, Oak Hill, Southern Hills, Kiawah Island – have allowed pure bombers to separate.

This will be Aronimink’s second crack at hosting the PGA Championship, and its first time back in the major rotation since Gary Player’s victory in 1962. We do have some more recent data at our disposal to reference this week, however, as Aronimink has hosted three PGA Tour events over the last 16 years: the 2010 & 2011 AT&T National, and the 2018 BMW Championship.

Aronimink is a classic-designed Donald Ross gem, and underwent an extensive Gil Hanse restoration in 2017 in preparation for the 2018 BMW Championship as well as this year’s PGA Championship. The restoration project was done to offer a challenge to the best golfers in the world in the face of modern technology’s advancements since this course’s inception in the early 1900s. Make no mistake, Aronimink is not long, and it is not especially daunting. There is worry that Aronimink is not stern enough of a test to truly reward an undisputed champion. As is the case with Donald Ross designs, the identity of this course is on the greens, so it will require a strategic approach and advanced putting skills to prevail at the 2026 PGA Championship.

Before we lock in our golf bets, let’s preview Aronimink Golf Club and find the best PGA Championship odds across sportsbooks.

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Qualifying for the PGA Championship

It’s a Major Championship week, which means everyone who’s anyone tees it up. The field of 156 qualified by meeting one of the following criteria:

• All past PGA Championship winners
• Last 5 Masters, US Open and Open Championship winners
• Last 3 Players Championship winners
• Top 3 on the OWGR International Federation Ranking List (on April 27)
• Top 3 on the DP World Tour Asian Swing Ranking
• Last 2 Senior PGA Championship winners
• Top 15 (and ties) in the 2025 PGA Championship
• Top 70 on the PGA Tour money list since 2025 PGA Championship (on May 4)
• Playing members of the most recent USA and European Ryder Cup teams
• Winners of any PGA Tour-sanctioned event since 2025 PGA Championship
• Any additional players not included in categories 1-10 that the PGA of America deems worthy of an invite
• The first available players from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings) to make the field up to 156
• The top 20 in the 2026 PGA Professional Championship

Dustin Johnson and Max Homa received special invitations, not otherwise qualified for this week’s field. As is tradition for the PGA Championship, the top-20 PGA Professionals from the PGA Professional Championship will make up this field of 156, highlighted by the legend himself, Michael Block.

THE FIELD AT A GLANCE

Scottie Scheffler headlines as the favorite and defending champion of this event. Scheffler has been exceptional in 2026 by anyone else’s standards, but with only one win on the season coming in his first start of the year at The American Express, questions will surround how inevitable another PGA Championship win for him may feel this week. He’ll enter with three consecutive solo 2nd place finishes in his last three starts.

Rory McIlroy has fully entered his “Majors or Bust” era, happily trading off Signature Events for the opportunity to prep for majors instead. Just as McIlroy prepared for the Masters with several practice rounds before, he’s done the same at Aronimink, skipping the Cadillac Championship for a practice round here instead. McIlroy will be fully motivated to add to his growing major total, and the 2026 Masters champion remains in prime form.

Does Cameron Young belong in the top-3 golf superstar conversation? There has never been a doubt whether Young possessed the talent to contend for majors, and he’s now flying with all of the confidence in the world since his breakthrough win at The Players Championship this year. Young has two wins and five top-10 finishes over his last six starts, and has slayed a Donald Ross design before, picking up his first career PGA Tour victory at the 2025 Wyndham Championship.

Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick, Ludvig Åberg, and Tommy Fleetwood round out the second tier of PGA Championship favorites, each priced at 25-1 odds or shorter.

Jordan Spieth will make his ninth attempt at the career grand slam this week, and while he may not look like the same player who jumped out to three early major championships, he is in very good form at the moment, and makes for a very suitable fit at Aronimink with its contoured fairways and lack of prohibitive length.

Should there be any withdrawals this week, Sudarshan Yellamaraju is the next alternate. He’s followed by Tom Hoge, Kevin Yu, Mac Meissner, Tony Finau, Kevin Roy, and Davis Thompson, should there be any additional withdrawals.

The list of PGA Champions in the field this week includes Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka, Jimmy Walker, Jason Day, and Rory McIlroy.

ARONIMINK GOLF CLUB COURSE SPECS

• Yards: 7,394
• Par: 70 (4x 3s / 12x 4s / 2x 5s)
• Greens: Bentgrass
• Average Green Size: 8,300 Sq. Ft. (Large)
• Fairways: Bentgrass
• Rough: Bentgrass
• Bunkers: 174
• Holes With Water: 3
• Architect: Donald Ross (with Gil Hanse Restoration in 2017)
• Comp Courses: Oakmont CC, Oak Hill, Olympia Fields, Muirfield Village, Riviera CC, Pinehurst No. 2, The Country Club, East Lake, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Sedgefield CC
• Scorecard:

INTRODUCTION TO ARONIMINK GOLF CLUB

Aronimink is a somewhat controversial choice for a major championship venue, and a stark contrast from the gargantuan venues we’ve become accustomed to seeing over the last five years at the PGA Championship. Personally, I’m in favor of a choice that helps distinguish the PGA Championship from the U.S. Open, as recent years have felt as though the same short list of contenders have been viable at either event.

Aronimink is not long for the sake of being long, and it is not difficult for the sake of being difficult. It will not be pushed to the limits of playability like a U.S. Open. It will not produce a winner at single digits under par. If we are to get unlucky with the weather and see soft, water-logged conditions like Valhalla in 2024, players may need to eclipse 20-under-par to win, as was the case here at the 2018 BMW Championship. A great course should not have to rely on weather to offer a fair test to the game’s best, so we’ll see exactly what Aronimink is made of this week.

In true Donald Ross fashion, Aronimink gets more difficult as you get closer to the hole. The severely sloped greens are a staple of Ross’ design, and will look most reminiscent of Oak Hill, which underwent a similar restoration project from Gil Hanse & team ahead of the 2023 PGA Championship. Aronimink leans into the natural contours of the land and is routed within a bowl, creating uncomfortable, uneven lies in the fairway. The slopes on the greens at Aronimink are not understated. They are pronounced. You won’t see many straight putts this week, which is how some players prefer it.

With Gil Hanse’s help, today’s Aronmink has been lengthened to just under 7,400 yards, and blanketed with small, shotgun-style bunkers throughout, which will offer a unique challenge on drives and around-the-green recoveries.

The rough will be grown out, and the fairways will be pinched, all done in an effort to combat the bomb and gouge approach. Without any significant penalties for wayward misses beyond the rough itself, however, I’m skeptical whether pure bombers can actually be neutralized on this venue.

Can Aronimink Handle a Modern-Day Major?

My prediction? I think we’ll see a winning score around -15 in standard conditions, with the potential to push beyond -20 if rain causes this course to play any softer than intended. Aronimink is a great, visually stimulating golf course in the heart of a big metro city that will pack the galleries with passionate fans. It will be great for TV. But I fear that this is a venue that will not truly separate the great players from the good ones, and its leaderboard may look like that of a BMW Championship, rather than a PGA Championship.

The PGA Championship’s new position in peak Springtime, rather than its former position in August, hurts it, in my opinion. We will see a softer version of Aronimink than its true intent. A fully baked out, end-of-summer tournament would play much better to the golf sickos who just want to see pure carnage in majors. You’ll have to wait until next month at Shinnecock for that.

Maybe that’s a good thing, though, that the same crop of contenders can’t be Sharpied in this time around. That distance and long irons should not be the only measuring sticks for a viable modern-day major champion. That knocking it close on repeat from 150 yards and in, on uneven fairway lies, navigating uncomfortable bunkers, and holing putts on some of Donald Ross’s most distinctly contoured greens are all major-worthy skills in their own right.

Whatever the case may be, I won’t be surprised if this is the type of major that produces a one-time major champion. An elite approach player who lacks the distance to mix on traditional modern major venues, but gravitates to this style of golf instead.

Or Scottie Scheffler will win by 5 again.

History at Aronimink Golf Club

“I intended to make this course my masterpiece, but not until today did I realize I built better than I knew.” Those are the words of legendary architect Donald Ross himself when describing his creation in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, after returning to the property later on in his career. Aronimink Golf Club celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, established at the end of the 19th century in 1896.

Aronimink, as we know it today, was commissioned to be designed by Donald Ross and completed in May 1928. The bones of this course and the intent behind its layout remain the same 98 years later, with restoration efforts led by Ron Pritchard and Gil Hanse over the last 25 years to fortify its original intent and withstand the length of modern day golfers.

Aronimink has its fair share of experience hosting championship tournaments. It has hosted the 1962 PGA Championship (won by Gary Player), 1977 U.S. Amatuer (won by John Fought), the 1997 U.S. Junior Amateur (where Jason Allred defeated a young Trevor Immelman), the 2003 Senior PGA Championship (won by John Jacobs), the 2010 & 2011 AT&T National (Won by Justin Rose and Nick Watney), the 2018 BMW Championship (won by Keegan Bradley), and, most recently, the 2020 Women’s PGA Championship (won by Kim Sei-young).

Gary Player won the third of his nine career major championships at the 1962 PGA Championship at -2. He cleared Bob Goalby by one stroke, with Jack Nicklaus notably finishing T3 in his first career PGA Championship start.

From 2010-2011, Aronimink took over as host of the AT&T National while Congressional CC underwent an extensive renovation to prepare for hosting the 2011 U.S. Open. Justin Rose won in 2010 at -10, clearing Ryan Moore by one stroke. In 2011, Nick Watney won at -13, 2 strokes clear of K.J. Choi. The AT&T National was played 4th of July weekend in both years.

2018 was an outlier year. Keegan Bradley won at -20 in a playoff over Justin Rose, which required a Monday finish due to severe rainfall. While the same level of rainfall is not expected this week, it is an important reminder that Aronimink requires firm and fast conditions to truly test the field, and the softer it gets, the more scorable it becomes.

What Makes Donald Ross Courses Distinct?

Pinehurst No. 2, Oak Hill, Detroit Golf Club, Sedgefield CC, and East Lake are the other famed Donald Ross designs we’ve come accustomed to seeing on the professional golf circuit. What do they all share in common? The most consistent throughline is the nuance and difficulty of his contoured greens.

Donald Ross was born in Scotland, and it’s clear to see the influence of his upbringing around Scottish links courses on a venue like Aronimink. When designing this course, he was intentional about the natural land affecting the rollout of the ball, as well as adding an element of chance with strategically placed fairway bunkers, much like a traditional links golf course.

Aronimink features tighter fairways and much thicker rough than we may see on a proper Scottish links course, but the uncertainty of the ball’s rollout on the fairway, threat of fairway bunkers, uneven fairway undulations, and oversized, undulated greens are all representative of links golf.

A New Look in 2026

As has become the norm in modern championship golf, Gil Hanse & team were tapped to restore Donald Ross’ work and ensure that Aronimink would be equipped to offer the same relative test in 2026 as it did in 1928, adjusting for the advancements in modern technology.

Hanse began this project in 2017, and completed it just in time for the 2018 BMW Championship. His primary goals for the project were to restore the bunkers and greens to the original, much larger dimensions of Donald Ross’ original sketchwork. Hanse did take some liberties on Ross’ drawings that were up to interpretation, creating shotgun-style bunkers – a series of mini bunkers in the place of larger oversized ones – to pose a new challenge with uncomfortable stances in and around them. The result was a total of 174 bunkers on the property, the most of any course we’ll see on the PGA Tour all season.

While a few new tee boxes were added, Hanse did not endeavor to add length to Aronimink as part of his restoration.

Playing in May is a bit of an unforeseen challenge for Aronimink. When Hanse undertook the project in 2017, the PGA Championship was scheduled in August each year. The events he was tasked to prepare for – the 2018 BMW Championship and 2026 PGA Championship – were each expected to be contested at the end of summer, where conditions were expected to be hotter and firmer.

Reverting back to May strips Aronimink of some of its identity. When speaking about his restoration work ahead of the 2026 PGA Championship, Hanse was very intentional in caveating that Aronimink needs to be firm to be played in its purest, most intended form. We’ll see if Mother Nature cooperates, but I’m skeptical whether that vision will come to fruition this week.

How It Breaks Down

A par-70 at 7,394 yards, Aronimink Golf Club is a bear for its members, but merely a moderate test for this field of the best golfers in the world. It will play roughly 70 yards longer than we last saw it at the 2018 PGA Championship, as a result of a few new tee boxes.

The course gets its length primarily from the par-3s, which are 215 yards on average. Unique for a PGA Championship, eight of the 12 par-4s measure 460 yards or shorter. That should produce a more concentrated volume of approaches from between 125-200 yards, a stark contrast from the usual barrage of 200+ yard approaches we’ve seen in modern PGA Championships.

The front nine is far more scoreable than the back, so players will need to jump out to a hot start at Aronimink to remain in contention. Aronimink’s opening hole is distinctly memorable and sets the tone for the rest of the round. The intimidating first hole plunges into a valley, then rises steeply, playing uphill to a well-guarded, contoured green.

Distance will help at Aronimink, particularly on the 605-yard par-5 9th, and the potentially driveable 385-yard par-4 13th. Overall, however, a lack of distance will not disqualify anyone from contending this week. Instead, it will be determined by elite total driving, precise approach play (a well-rounded mix of 125-175 &  175+ yard approaches), and putting skill on nuanced Donald Ross Bentgrass greens.

EVENT HISTORY AND COURSE COMPS

With only 12 rounds of data to gauge insights from at Aronimink since 1962, few notable takeaways can be drawn from the Course History. With that said, we’ll see some carry-over in the field this week, as Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Billy Horschel, and Rory McIlroy were the top-5 finishers at the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink, and each will return in this week’s field.

Justin Rose holds the best course history of any player at Aronimink, winning the 2010 AT&T National here, and falling to Keegan Bradley in a playoff at the 2018 BMW Championship.

Looking over the last five PGA Championship venues (Quail Hollow, Valhalla, Oak Hill, Southern Hills, Kiawah Island), the top 10 players in terms of SG: TOT are: Bryson DeChambeau, Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, and Keegan Bradley. 

This group predominantly features elite ball-strikers with plus-driving distance and great short game. Lowry is perhaps the only outlier of the bunch, as the only player below average in driving distance in this group. That may spell a higher ceiling for him this week, as brute strength will not be a requirement at Aronimink like it has been in the last five PGA Championships.

Course Comps

It’s always difficult to find a perfect course comp for rotating major championship venues. What makes Majors so exciting is that we only see players tested with these extreme conditions and pressure four times per year. It’s not easy to simulate what’s expected of players at a weekly PGA TOUR stop.

What we do know is that Aronimink’s defining characteristics are nuanced Bentgrass greens, a massive quantity of small bunkers, and a slight premium on total driving to avoid the penal rough that surrounds its narrow fairways and many bunkers in play. That’s a very specific portrayal, and yet we’ve seen several other courses – either Majors or otherwise – embody a similar layout.

Top Course Comps

Oakmont CC, host of the 2025 U.S. Open, is the course I believe most closely resembles the task at hand this week. Both classical Pennsylvania courses are not heavily treelined, instead placing an emphasis on accuracy off the tee and precise iron play to land on the right quadrant of their oversized greens. Both courses are nearly identical in length, with Oakmont playing as a 7,372 par-70, opening the playing field for a player like J.J. Spaun to clash with other long-hitting titans. Both courses also feature the same Bentgrass agronomy and the imprint of Gil Hanse’s restoration work.

Where Aronimink differs drastically from Oakmont, however, is the difficulty of playing conditions. J.J. Spaun was the only player under par by the end of the 2025 U.S. Open, which was influenced in part by the inclement playing conditions. That will not be the case at Aronimink, however, as I expect a winning score to push past the mid-teens under par.

Of the other Donald Ross masterpieces we’ve seen on the professional level, Oak Hill, most recently hosting the 2023 PGA Championship, is the most similar venue to Aronimink. Oak Hill, while considerably longer and more difficult, features the same strategically bunkered, nuanced Bentgrass greens, uneven fairway lies, and undulations as Aronimink. East Lake, is a great example of a moderately long, moderately difficult test with elevation changes and sparse trees. Its Bermuda agronomy and ample water hazards make it a slightly different test, however.

Additional comp courses that fall within a similar yardage, difficulty level, and project to cede approaches of similar yardages include Muirfield Village, The Country Club, Olympia Fields, and Riviera CC.

Lastly, on a tertiary basis, whether for the similarities in agronomy or Donald Ross influence, I’m also looking to reference performance at Philadelphia Cricket Club, Sedgefield CC, and Pinehurst No. 2 as useful comp courses to Aronimink.

Combine performance across this list, and the top-10 players in Comp Course History here are: Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau, and Patrick Cantlay.

KEY STATS TO CONSIDER

• SG: T2G (Recent Form)
• SG: OTT / Driving Accuracy
• SG: APP / Prox 150+
• SG: ARG / Scrambling / Sand Saves Gained
• Par-5 Scoring
• Bogey Avoidance
• Major History (L5 Years)
• Comp Course History
• SG: Putting (Bent, 3-putt avoidance)

It’s always a great irony trying to pull a model together for a Major. These are the weeks we want to dig in the most for, and yet common sense often still prevails. A very short list of players are actually capable of leaning on their all-around tee-to-green skillsets to separate from the pack on the game’s biggest stages.

Players who lack a complete, all-around skillset will be exposed at Aronimink and, although distance may not be a prerequisite, you are going to need to have a complete game in terms of SG: OTT, SG: APP, and SG: ARG in order to separate at this venue.

Top Performers

The top players in those four main categories are as follows:

• SG: OTT: Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Young, Michael Brennan, Robert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Marco Penge, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Xander Schauffele
• SG: APP: Adam Scott, Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka, Austin Smotherman, Daniel Berger, Justin Rose, Ryan Gerard.
• SG: ARG: Cameron Smith, Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Tyrrell Hatton, Ben Griffin, Andrew Putnam, Nick Taylor, Bryson DeChambeau, Sahith Theegala
• SG: P: Jacob Bridgeman, Robert MacIntyre, Sam Burns, Akshay Bhatia, Jake Knapp, Harris English, Maverick McNealy,  Jason Day, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith

In order of priority, I would have to rank SG: APP first and foremost, followed by SG: OTT, then SG: P, then SG: ARG. Relative to other recent PGA Championship venues, there is an added advantage for consistently finding the fairway, and players who rank above-average in both driving accuracy and driving distance will be best positioned to generate scoring opportunities at Aronimink. Even still, in expected softer and easier overall playing conditions than other recent majors, elite approach play will be required for contenders to generate enough birdie opportunities to separate themselves this week.

Most Well-Rounded Players

In the spirit of well-roundedness, just 10 players in this field rank above-average in each of the four major SG categories (OTT, APP, ARG, P): Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Russell Henley, Ludvig Aberg, Nicolai Hojgaard, Sepp Straka, and Alex Smalley.

Weighting the priority stats, 7 players rank top-30 in SG: APP, top-40 in SG: OTT, and above-average in SG: ARG: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, and Nicolai Hojgaard.

Complete Game For Difficult Conditions

A difficult Major venue is known to put pressure on every aspect of your game, which is why Major champions are celebrated in the height of golf lore. While there are only four Majors per year, plenty of events feature difficult scoring conditions that we can draw from when modeling for top course fits this week.

The top 10 players in terms of SG: TOT across all US-based Majors over the last five years are: Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, and Justin Rose.  

Looking beyond Majors to all courses played in difficult scoring conditions over the last two seasons, the top 10 grinders are: Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Russell Henley, Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Alex Fitzpatrick, Matt Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre, and Patrick Cantlay.

To summarize, I’m looking for players who are proven in comp conditions and past Majors, are well-rounded in SG: OTT, APP, and ARG, and excel in Proximity 150+. Just nine players in the field this week fit each of those criteria:

• Scottie Scheffler
• Xander Schauffele
• Jon Rahm
• Rory McIlroy
• Russell Henley
• Sepp Straka
• Ludvig Aberg
• Shane Lowry

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: RUSSELL HENLEY

I’m not going as far as to say that Russell Henley will win the 2026 PGA Championship, but I do believe Aronimink sets up very well for a player like Russell Henley to win. What I mean by that is a player who plays moderately long, moderately difficult PGA Tour courses well, but hasn’t quite broken through for a major win yet.

Henley is your favorite Tour player’s favorite grinder. While the results on Sunday surely don’t show it, his counterparts rave about his competitive tenacity and relish the opportunity to play alongside him in high-pressure, team environments. It’s no coincidence Henley was hand-selected by Scottie Scheffler as his preferred partner in the last Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup.

Henley continues to put himself in contention on the game’s biggest stages. Following his T3 finish at this year’s Masters Tournament, Henley has now finished top-10 in five of his last seven major starts; he ranks 9th in SG: TOT at Major Championships over that span.

Approach play travels more than any other skillset, and Henley’s elite consistency in that category is the reason for his sustained run on the biggest stages. Henley ranks 5th in SG: APP over the last 50 rounds played.

A bit of a late bloomer, scar tissue from unsuccessfully closing a few Sunday leads may have plagued Henley earlier in his career. But just as we’ve seen a momentous PGA Tour win open the floodgates and absolve demons of the past with Cameron Young, a similar weight may have been lifted off of Henley’s shoulders with his Signature Event win at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Since then, Henley has posted 10 top-10 finishes, three coming in majors.

As one of the shortest PGA Championship or U.S. Open venues Henley has seen in his career, he’ll have a ripe opportunity to lean on the strength of his world-class wedge play, and allow his approach game to do the separating this time around. Brian Harman and J.J. Spaun have their majors; the evidence continues to mount that Russell Henley is capable of the same.

2026 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS: DFS PLAYER POOL

With all the course-fit profiles in mind, I’m leaning early toward the below player pool. Naturally, I’m looking their way in the 2026 PGA Championship odds, as well. I’ve broken the list down by tier for DraftKings, with DFS pricing and odds already released.

2026 PGA Championship Odds: Model Results & Breakdown

In my model, I’m emphasizing Comp Course History, Recent Form in Majors, PGA Championship Event History, SG: TOT (L16) Rounds, and SG: APP followed by a more balanced mix of SG: OTT, Prox: 150+, SG: P (L36, Bent, 3-putt avoidance), Bogey Avoidance, Sand Saves Gained, and SG: ARG.

Model Favorites

The No. 1 player in my model is unsurprisingly 2025 PGA Championship winner, Scottie Scheffler. Assuming he makes his tee time Thursday, he remains the man to beat. With three consecutive runner-up finishes leading up to this week, he continues to play golf at a higher level than the other mortals in this field.

After Scheffler, the rest of my model’s top 10 this week features: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa, Tyrrell Hatton, and Russell Henley.

I’m attempting to stay patient and wait out the continued PGA Championship odds drift in Major week. To date, I have not placed any futures, but am eying Cameron Young, Russell Henley, and Adam Scott as pillar plays for my betting card. I’ll begin to lock in my betting card on Monday when the odds adjust.

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