Outside tips to win 2024 PGA Championship: LIV Golf big-hitter, top English star and local Kentucky boy among potential winners
Scottie Scheffler is once again the favourite for major glory at the upcoming PGA Championship but a host of other names are eager to challenge him for the title.
Scheffler romped to victory at The Masters last month. He arrived at Augusta with overwhelmingly one-sided odds but backed it up with a superb performance.
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The 2024 PGA Championship is heading to Louisville, KentuckyCredit: GettyAll you need to know about 2024 PGA Championship at ValhallaBut the World No.1 is yet to confirm that he will be at Valhalla Golf Club for the second major of the year as he awaits the birth of his first child.
Several top players will be eager to pounce if he doesnât tee it up or even if the new addition to the Scheffler household just means he has a rare quiet week.
Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and defending champion Brooks Koepka are among the fellow favourites but there are some prominent names further down the bookiesâ lists.
Collin Morikawa 22/1Despite still only being 27 years old, Morikawa is a two-time major winner and claimed the Wanamaker Trophy at Harding Park in 2020.
READ MORE ON GOLFHe followed that up by claiming glory at the 2021 Open but hasnât had his best at the biggest tournaments since.
Morikawa had struggled for form this season but hit back in style at The Masters, finishing T3 and had a chance to win it on Sunday.
His prodigious iron game is returning to its best and that is always a key weapon at tough courses like Valhalla.
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Morikawa is a two-time major winnerCredit: GettyCommentators left in shock after young Golf fan bizarrely catches Brandt Snedeker’s ball on the 9th hole
Bryson DeChambeau 28/1Another player who performed well at The Masters last month was big-hitting LIV Golf star DeChambeau.
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He shot an opening 65 at Augusta before eventually finishing T6 and proved he is still more than capable of mixing it at the majors.
DeChambeau blasted his way to glory at the 2020 US Open but now has a more rounded game, with better touch on and around the greens to supplement his power.
He hasnât won on LIV this season and has struggled in his two tournaments since The Masters.
But his game perfectly suits a test like the PGA Championship and heâll be eager to fly the LIV flag once more.
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DeChambeau will be flying the LIV flagCredit: GettyWyndham Clark 28/1Clark is arguably the second best player in the world right now behind Scheffler.
Last yearâs US Open champion won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February before coming second to Scheffler at the Arnold Palmer AND The Players.
He also performed well at the RBC Heritage and will be hoping his next win is just around the corner.
Clark is among a batch of current, quality players with one major title to their name â DeChambeau, Cameron Smith, Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Harman etc.
He will want to break out of that pack as soon as possible and prove that his win at LA Country Club last June was not a one-off.
However, he is heading to Valhalla out of form having finished a lowly T47 at the Wells Fargo Championship last weekend.
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Fleetwood is still waiting for his big breakthrough winCredit: GettyTommy Fleetwood 30/1One man knocking firmly at the major winnersâ door is Englandâs top player Fleetwood.
Now ranked 11th in the world, Fleetwood is edging ever closer to claiming his first win on the PGA Tour.
He has five top ten finishes in his last eight major tournaments including T3 at The Masters last month.
He performed well at the Genesis and Valero Texas Open earlier this year and also won the Dubai Invitational.
Fleetwood now needs to perform at his best for all four days and hope that is enough for him to finally join the winnerâs circle in the USA.
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Thomas has won two PGA Championships in his careerCredit: GettyJustin Thomas 33/1Thomas has had a tough couple of years but this tournament will mean more to him than anyone else in the field.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, just a stoneâs throw from Valhalla, the local boy will be desperate to perform well.
JT has already won the PGA Champisnhip twice â in 2017 at Quail Hollow and in 2022 at Southern Hills.
Read More on talkSPORTHowever, that win in Tulsa was his last and he hasnât performed well at a major since, missing the cut at four of the last five.
But he knows Valhalla as well as anybody and the home support should inspire him to his best again.
