The final major tournament of the season will commence this weekend as the 2018 PGA Championship kicks off at the Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri. The tournament is expected to have another intense competition with the world’s top players coming down there to vie for the right to take home the Wanamaker Trophy. To help with that tough decision, let’s take a look at which players some top golf experts have selected as their champions/contenders.
Expert Picks and Predictions for the PGA Championship Golf Tournament Running from August 9 to 12 2018
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PGA.com – T.J. Auclair
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Rickie Fowler
Rickie Fowler isn’t the favorite to win the 2018 PGA Championship. He has relatively short odds of +1,500 to top the event, but he’s still not the chalk here. In any case, T.J. Auclair of PGA.com believes that Fowler is the one who’ll take the trophy. Although Fowler hasn’t won a major in his career, he, in a number of times, came close to winning one before. He finished second in this year’s Masters Tournament, had a T2 at the US Open, another T2 at the British Open, and a T3 at the PGA Championship, all happening in 2014. He also finished with a T5 last year at Quail Hollow Club during the 2017 PGA Championship.
Golf Digest – Alex Myer
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Dustin Johnson
Jason Day
Tommy Fleetwood
Justin Thomas
Jordan Spieth
Alex Myer of Golf Digest, meanwhile, didn’t name an outstanding pick to win the 2018 PGA Championship, but he listed several names he thinks have the best chance of emerging victorious at the Bellerive Country Club. On top of Myers’ list is Dustin Johnson. The 34-year-old power-driving golfer from Columbia, South Carolina is riding some nice momentum into St. Louis, as he is coming off a win at the RBC Canadian Open. Johnson has had a top 3 finish in three of his last four starts, a stretch that also includes a win at the FedEx St. Jude Classic back in June and a third-place finish at the US Open later that same month. Johnson finished tied for 13th place during the 2017 edition of the PGA Championship. Johnson is priced +1,000 to win the event this year.
TopBet Writer – Ryan Simpson
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Rory McIlroy
Our resident PGA expert Ryan Simpson is confident in his pick of Rory McIlroy (+1,200) as the winner of the 2018 edition of the USPGA Championship, citing that McIlroy who has won the tournament twice before, is destined to do it again this year.
