PGA GOLF PROPS -WANT TO GET SPECIFIC?
PGA Golf Props — Want to Get Specific? These Betting Options Offer Variety
You probably already know that you can place a bet on the winner of the upcoming PGA Championship. But you can obviously do a heck of a lot more when it comes to your wagering options at BetOnline.
Among those are the group categories that sometimes give you an opportunity to get a lot more value. For example, you will get to wager on the “Top Past Champion.” This, naturally, is the former PGA champ who will wind up with the lowest score for the tournament; provided, of course, that they make the cut.
Rory McIlroy is the favorite here at +200, and he is a two-time champion, including an eight-shot victory at this course (Kiawah Island) in 2012. Justin Thomas isn’t far behind at +250, with defending champion Collin Morikawa at +400. Keegan Bradley is at +900; he won this event in 2011, but a decade later, he’s playing well. Bradley was the runner-up at the Valspar a few weeks ago and fumbled things away with a double-bogey on the 13th hole on the final day.
If you’re the sentimental type, maybe you’ll have an interest in Phil Mickelson, who won the tournament back in 2005. He is +2500 to finish best among past champions. Oh, and guess what? He is also in another BetOnline prop that covers the “Best Lefty.” For this one, he’s got competition. Brian Harman is the solid +200 favorite, with Bubba Watson, a familiar name, at +275. Mickelson, known on the tour as “Lefty,” is at +700, behind Garrick Higgo (+350). You’re asking, “Who?” Yup. At 50, Mickelson has already played events on the Champions (seniors) Tour.
We certainly don’t intend to make fun of Higgo, a rising star at 22 who will be appearing in his first major. In fact, he is listed at +500 to be the “Top South African” finisher. That’s the same price as former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel. The front-runner in this category is Louis Oosthuizen (+350), and the announcers can’t avoid having to pronounce his name correctly. That’s because not only is he a past British Open champ (2010), he is also one of only nine golfers who have been the runner-up in each of the four major tournaments. He is also +7500 to win this event, and don’t disqualify the possibility that you will see him on the leaderboard.
Jon Rahm is the favorite in the category of “Top Continental European” at +175. Rahm, from Spain, has never won a major, but he has been close. He finished tied for fifth at the Masters and has had six placements in the top ten over his last dozen major championships. Viktor Hovland of Norway is +225, but he doesn’t have that championship-level experience of Rahm. Sergio Garcia (+750), who won the Masters in 2017, definitely does, but Garcia’s lights seemed to go off after that win at Augusta. In his last twelve majors, he’s missed the cut ten times, and a tie for 52nd at the 2019 U.S. Open is his best major finish during that period.
Ouch.
Elsewhere, Matthew Fitzpatrick (+425) is favored to be the “Top English” finisher; Corey Connors is the clear choice (-160) to be “Top Canadian” (there are only three). Joaquin Niemann is +120 to be the “Top South American,” Hideki Matsuyama, the reigning Masters champ, is +200 to be the “Top Asian,” and Cameron Smith heads up the “Top Australian” list at +250. Remember as well that for each and every day of the event, BetOnline also has head-to-head matchups between players, so you’ll be hearing from us again.
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