Pga Championship Tips 2019
- Despite Tiger Woods’ thrilling comeback at Augusta and previous victory at Bethpage Black, it’s World No 1 Dustin Johnson and three-time major champion Brooks Koepka who enter the PGA Championship.
- PGA Championship 2019 Tips. By The Wolf @sportsbetwolf 14th May, 2019 02:00 PM. 0 Shares “The Black Course is an extremely difficult course which we.
Below is a rundown of my outright PGA Tour betting tips – you can see which outsiders I am backing here. But first…
May 13, 2019 PGA Championship betting tips: Steve’s leading contenders. Probably should be going into this week on the back of a win but Sung Kang claimed the Byron Nelson and it might be a concern for some – at this short a price – that he’s put himself in position a couple of times to win without doing it.
The details
The venue: Bethpage Black, Farmingdale, New York, USA
Date: May 16-19, 2019
Course stats: Par 70, 7,459 yards
Course summary: The sign warning players of its extreme difficulty isn’t just for show. It’s the hardest on the PGA Tour – long with ball grabbing rough and some tricky small greens. Hitting the fairway is imperative.
Purse: $11 million
Defending champion: Brooks Koepka (-16)
TV Coverage
Thursday: Featured groups, Sky Sports Golf and Main Event, 1pm; Sky Sports Golf, 6pm; Sky Sports Main Event, 10pm
Friday: Featured groups, Sky Sports Golf, 1pm; Sky Sports Golf, 6pm; Sky Sports Main Event, 10pm
Saturday: Sky Sports Golf, 4pm; Sky Sports Main Event, 5.30pm
Sunday: Sky Sports Golf, 4pm; Sky Sports Main Event, 7pm
PGA Championship betting tips: Steve’s leading contenders
Brooks Koepka (11/1)
Probably should be going into this week on the back of a win but Sung Kang claimed the Byron Nelson and it might be a concern for some – at this short a price – that he’s put himself in position a couple of times to win without doing it.
Who knows what would have happened at the Masters had he not dunked his ball in the drink at 12 but, of more importance to me, is that he was bang in the frame at another major championship.
Something happens to Koepka during one of the big four week’s and so I look at his Byron Nelson form as a huge positive.
Well down the leaderboard the only time he has played Bethpage Black (he was 70th at the 2016 Barclays), the three-time major winner is a very different player now.
You need to be very long and strong to have a chance of taming this track and, fortunately, Koepka is both.
Paul Casey (50/1)
I’m going to forgive the Englishman his Masters aberration. He’d publicly said Augusta was his best chance to win a major and, on the back of defending the Valspar Championship, probably put a bit too much pressure on himself. Cue 81 and 73 and a weekend on the couch.
But that shouldn’t deflect from what has been a very consistent few months for Casey and he bounced back well when finishing inside the top five at Wells Fargo.
That was the 41-year-old’s fifth top 10 in 13 PGA Tour events and I can’t see any reason – at the price – why he wouldn’t contend for each-way money at least.
Casey missed the cut when Bethpage Black staged the US Open in 2002 and didn’t play when it returned seven years later.
But even though 31st at the 2016 Barclays is his best display on the Tillinghast classic I think he has a better chance of contending then his price suggests.
Sergio Garcia (40/1)
It’s no surprise that the likes of Tiger, Brooks and Rory are sucking the oxygen out of the prices at the top of the betting market but, even so, I am thrilled to get 40/1 on the Spaniard.
The 2017 Masters champion is principally known this season for throwing his toys out of the pram – and digging his putter into the greens – at Saudi Arabia but there has been good golf.
Top 10 at the WGC-Mexico Championship and a quarter-finalist at the Dell Match Play, he missed the cut at Augusta National but has a love-hate relationship with that course despite the fact it’s the site of his only major win.
He teamed up with Tommy Fleetwood to find only Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer better at the Zurich Classic and then finished 65, 68 on the weekend at Wells Fargo to break into the top 5.
There’s few better from tee to green than Garcia and you’d hope that would hold him in good stead on a course where you need to put the ball in the right spots.
He didn’t play the Black at The Barclays in 2016 but was third in 2012, 10th at the 2009 US Open and 4th at the 2002 US Open. It’s a course where he has performed consistently and I think he’s big at the price.
Rickie Fowler (20/1)
One of these days Rickie is going to get over the major hump and maybe this is the year. Seventh at Bethpage in 2016 and 24th at the Barclays four years earlier, the course clearly suits the 30-year-old.
I’d want him to be coming off the pace on Sunday – we all know how he can squirm when leading a PGA Tour event so the last thing you want is him sleeping again on an overnight lead for his maiden major.
But he comes here in form that is as good as any of the leading contenders, having finished tied 9th at Augusta and tied 4th at the Wells Fargo.
A winner in Phoenix, although not without some mishaps, the best putter on the PGA Tour could get some traction on Bethpage’s relatively straightforward greens.
And Tiger Woods?
The GOAT won the US Open here in 2002 and was sixth when the national championship returned to Farmingdale seven years later.
Pga Championship Tips 2019 2020
After his fifth Masters, and 15th major, last month we have returned to pre-2013 normality where Tiger is pretty much favourite for everything but, at 12/1, his price is short enough for me.
For the latest outright PGA Championship prices, visit bet365
E/W (Each-Way) bets means you split that amount. So if it is a $250 E/W bet, that means $125 on them to win, $125 on them to place (Usually in the Top 5).
A small profit last week in the golf with the 45/1 Scott Piercy cashing.
He was a 1/2u to win & E/W bet.
He had a fantastic final day but Kang Sung-hoon was unstoppable. Piercy had a -7 final day and ended up 2 strokes off the leader which was great to ese.
Here’s the betting slip for that one:
This week in golf, we’ll be covering the 2019 PGA Championship.
Last year saw Brooks Koepka win it beating Tiger Woods by two strokes in an excellent tournament and let’s hope as they hit up the Bethpage Black Course, we see a similar exciting final day.
Note that E/W bets this week are Top EIGHT at Bet365. Sick deal sign up there if you aren’t there yet.
Let’s pop right into the betting tips:
PGA Championship 2019 Betting Tips:
Very open one based on the odds. Should be a good tournament. This is a very difficult course and the person who wins will truly feel like a champion. Driving accuracy will be a big factor here. The Par 5s will be a key spot for whoever wins – probably the easiest holes on the course.
Brooks Koepka: 10/1. Sometimes in golf, there is automatic bets that you have to make regardless of the odds – and Koepka winning the PGA Championship is one of them. The winner last year and Koepka is in excellent form coming into this one. He’s been performing extremely well at the Majors and looked solid last week. 1u to win.
Xander Schauffele: 25/1. One of the casualties due to Justin Thomas pulling out as his odds got shortened. 25/1 is one where I think I still have to play it. His majors history is exceptional and he’s someone who the pressure seems to bring out the best in him. His performance at the Masters was tremendous. I’m not a big fan of the odds and a lot of it is based on his Majors history and his Masters performance in general. 1/4u to win & E/W…and I was very tempted to go just 1/8 there.
Sergio Garcia: 45/1. His recent Majors history – 6 missed cuts in a row and no real great performance since he won – has to be a reason for this price but I love it. In form, performed well at this course previously. It’s very, very possible that his Majors rut will continue so I want you to be aware of that. However everythine else has me going with 1u to win & E/W.
Matt Kuchar: 50/1. Ugh. Kuchar and Majors just don’t go well do they? He goes into these tournaments and checks all the boxes and yet never bloody delivers. I hate it, but other than driving distance he’s got what it takes here and I begrudingly place a small bet on him at this price. 1/4u to win & E/W.
Francesco Molinari: 25/1. Honestly one of the best golfers out there, and an excellent price. Funny as it feels he is being overlooked this week both by the bookies and by the bettors. Maybe a post Masters reaction. I’m good to bet on him though – he’s proven how good he is and at this price is always worth a bet. 1/4u to win & E/W
Finally a 1/8u bet on the 100/1 Lucas Glover to win & E/W. Always like having a long shot bet and he’s a decent one.
Pga Championship Tips 2019
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