Location:

Valhalla Golf Club.

Last US PGA Championship on same course (2014):

Winner: Rory McIlroy (you already know where I am going with this article)

Runner-up: Phil Mickelson

Masters result:

-1.5 points.

Current market leaders as of early morning on 15/05/24 (Boyles – 6 Places):

·         Scottie Scheffler – 9/1.

·         Rory McIlroy – 15/2.

·         Brooks Koepka – 16/1.

·         Xander Schauffele – 16/1.

·         Jon Rahm – 18/1.

·         Ludvig Aberg – 20/1.

·         Bryson deChambeau – 25/1.

·         Max Homa – 28/1.

·         Joaquin Niemann – 30/1.

·         Collin Morikawa – 33/1.

·         Patrick Cantlay – 40/1.

·         Wyndham Clark – 40/1.

·         Tommy Fleetwood – 40/1.

·         Viktor Hovland – 45/1.

·         Cameron Smith – 50/1.

·         Justin Thomas – 50/1.

·         Cameron Young – 50/1.

·         Byeong Han – 66/1.

·         Sam Burns – 66/1.

·         Jason Day – 66/1.

·         Matt Fitzpatrick – 66/1.

Past six winners (and runners up) of the US PGA Championship:

·         Brooks Koepka (Hovland & Scheffler).

·         Justin Thomas (Will Zalatoris).

·         Phil Mickelson (Koepka & Oosthuizen).

·         Collin Morikawa (Casey & Johnson).

·         Brooks Koepka (Dustin Johnson).

·         Brooks Koepka (Tiger Woods).

·         Justin Thomas (F Molinari, Oosthuizen, Reed).

Past PGA experience – last five years (2023 – 2019):

·         Scottie Scheffler – T2, MC, T8, T4, N/A.

·         Rory McIlroy – T7, 8^th, T49, T33, T8.

·         Brooks Koepka – WIN, T55, T2, T29, WIN.

·         Xander Schauffele – T18, T13, MC, T10, T16.

·         Jon Rahm – T50, T48, T8, T13, MC.

·         Ludvig Aberg – rookie.

·         Bryson deChambeau – T4, N/A, T38, T4, MC.

·         Max Homa – T55, T13, MC, MC, T64.

·         Joaquin Niemann – MC, T23, T30, MC, MC.

·         Collin Morikawa – T26, T55, T8, WIN, N/A.

·         Patrick Cantlay – T9, MC, T23, T43, T3.

·         Wyndham Clark – MC, N/A, T75, MC.

·         Tommy Fleetwood – T18, T5, MC, T29, T48.

·         Viktor Hovland – T2, T41, T30, T33, N/A.

·         Cameron Smith – T9, T13, T59, T43, T64.

·         Justin Thomas – T65, WIN, MC, T37, N/A.

·         Cameron Young – MC, T3, N/A, N/A, N/A.

·         Byeong Han – N/A, N/A, T49, T22, MC.

·         Sam Burns – MC, T20, WD, T29.

·         Jason Day – MC, T55, T44, T4, T23.

·         Matt Fitzpatrick – MC, T5, T23, MC, T41.

Form – past five tournaments played:

·         Scottie Scheffler – WIN, WIN, T2, WIN, WIN.

·         Rory McIlroy – WIN, WIN (team event), T33, T22, 3^rd.

·         Brooks Koepka – WIN, 10th,T46, 46^th, 28^th.

·         Xander Schauffele – 2nd, T23, T18, 8th, T5.

·         Jon Rahm – 10th, 4th,T45, 5^th, 14^th.

·         Ludvig Aberg – T10, 2^nd, T14, 8th, T25.

·         Bryson deChambeau – 28th, 28th,T6, 7^th, 7^th.

·         Max Homa – T8, T55, T3, T25, T64.

·         Joaquin Niemann – 8th, 6th, T22, 11th, 4^th.

·         Collin Morikawa – T16, T23, 9th, T3, T75.

·         Patrick Cantlay – T29, T23, T3, T22, T68

·         Wyndham Clark – T47, T3, MC, T31, T2.

·         Tommy Fleetwood – T13, T49, T3, T7, T35.

·         Viktor Hovland – T24, MC, T62, T36, T19.

·         Cameron Smith – 2^nd, 20th, T6, 55^th, 3^rd.

·         Justin Thomas – T21, T5, MC, T64, MC.

·         Cameron Young – T34, T62, T9, 2^nd, T54.

·         Byeong Hun An – 3rd, T4, 67, T16, MC.

·         Sam Burns – T13, T44, MC, MC, T46.

·         Jason Day – T4, T59, T18, T30, MC.

·         Matt Fitzpatrick – T52, T11, T28, T22, T10.

Selections (EW 8 Places – different from odds listed above):

Rory McIlroy – 1 point win @ 7/1.

Scottie Scheffler – 0.5-point ew @ 4/1.

Brooks Koepka – 0.5-point ew @ 14/1.

Bryson deChambeau – 0.25-point ew @ 22/1.