Date: May 13 – May 19
Tee Time: 9:26 AM ET
Location: Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky
PGA Championship: How It Works
The PGA Championship is one of the four Majors in professional golf, The 106th rendition returns to the historic Valhalla Golf Club of Kentucky. From Thursday to Sunday, 156 players tee off. The field is selected based on the following criteria:
- Past PGA Championship winners
- Winners of the other major championships (The Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship) in the last five years
- The current Senior PGA Champion
- The top 15 finishers from the previous year’s PGA Championship
- Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous PGA Championship
- Members of the most recent United States and European Ryder Cup teams
- The top 70 players in the PGA Tour’s money list
- PGA Club Professionals (the top 20 finishers in the PGA Professional National Championship)
- Special invitations extended by the PGA of America
4 Rounds
The PGA Championship is played over four days, from Thursday to Sunday, consisting of four rounds of stroke play. Here’s how each day usually breaks down:
- Thursday & Friday (Rounds 1 & 2): All 156 players compete, and after 36 holes, the field is cut to the top 70 players and ties.
- Saturday (Round 3): After the cut, the remaining players compete in the third round. Tee times are typically based on the scoreboard, with leaders playing last.
- Sunday (Round 4): The final round takes place, and the player with the lowest aggregate score over the four rounds is declared the winner.
PGA Championship Prize
The players are all competing for the Wanamaker Trophy and a piece of a $17.5 million purse, with $3.15m to the winner. That’s a bag for a weekend of golf—and like a lifetime of dedicating yourself to a sport with an exorbitant paywall. But nevertheless, with that big of a pie, there are surely a few crumbs bettors can scrape up.
2024 PGA Championship Odds
The pot is hot. This year’s field is full of legends, champions, prospects, and dark horses.
| Golfer | Odds |
| Scottie Scheffler | +650 |
| Jon Rahm | +900 |
| Rory McIlroy | +1000 |
| Jordan Spieth | +2800 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | +4000 |
| Tiger Woods | +10000 |
| Phil Mickelson | +15000 |
Scottie Scheffler (+650) leads the pack, and oddsmakers across the board seem to see him as the Tee-for-Tee man to beat across all tourneys this year. However, Rahm and North Ireland hero Rory McIlroy by golf odds, are just as in it. Those are the top spots, but hidden in the pack is that middle ground of dark horses. Players like last year’s champion Koepka (+1400) and Spieth (+2800) have the faculties to win and resumes for consideration, but books may be leaving value on the tee.
Leading the pack for the Long Shots Committee and Hopes & Dreams Board are storied legends like Hideki Matsuyama (+4000) and Tiger (+10000). In my honest opinion, the real value is out here. You never know when Phil (+15000) gets a little ding in his swing or Tiger’s muscle memorizes his past win come Saturday morning. Golf, the PGA Championship, is where legacies are either started or etched deeper.
