2022 PGA Championship Bettors' Roundtable: Favorites, Sleepers and Best Bets for Southern Hills

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2022 PGA Championship Bettors' Roundtable: Favorites, Sleepers and Best Bets for Southern Hills

Southern Hills CC is hosting the PGA Championship for the first time in 15 years. Tiger Woods is expected to play at the site of his 2007 victory.

Tiger Woods is set to play in his second event since his car crash in early 2021. He made the cut at the Masters. The conditions at Southern Hills are less strenuous and the temperatures are expected to be in the 80s. 2022 PGA Championship Bettors' Roundtable: Favorites, Sleepers and Best Bets for Southern Hill is organized by Rotowire.com.

Woods finished 47th at the Masters. Len Hochberg made the cut.

Gary Van Sickle expects Tiger to be a story every day at the PGA Championship. Gary expects him to finish in the top 20.

Greg Vara didn't expect much from Tiger at Augusta, but he was pleasantly surprised with his performance. Greg Vra worries that Tiger won't be able to handle the grind of a major on Sunday.

Jeff Ritter is surprised that Rory McIlroy made the cut at Augusta. Southern Hills is a big, brawny course. Rory has the speed in his swing to keep up this week. Jeff would bet him to make the cuts.

Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Hideki Matsuyama have recently broken into the top-10 list of golfers without a major.

Patrick Cantlay is the highest-ranked player without a major. Viktor Hovland needs to improve his play around the greens to contend.

Cameron Smith won the Players Championship at TPC-Sawgrass in March. He has four Masters top 10s and a slam at the 12th on Sunday last month.

Gary Van Sickle is looking forward to the Patrick Cantlay Frown vs. Cameron Smith Mullet match-up this week.

Greg Vara and Patrick Cantlay are the best golfers right now. Lee Westwood and Matt Kuchar are not.

Jeff Ritter thinks Schauffele is the answer to the PGA Championship. Jeff Ritters thinks Westy and Kooch should get off the list ASAP.

2022 PGA Championship is at Southern Hills. Woods won the Pga there by three shots in 2007.

Woods won on the 7,556-yard par 70 course in 2007. The fairways are longer than in '07 and there are runoffs from the greens. Temperatures are expected to be warm, in the upper 80s at least the first two days.

Gil Hanse oversaw the 2019 renovation of Southern Hills. The course should play far different with more forgiving fairways and diabolical greens. Longest hitters will have to play closer to the hole.

Gary Van Sickle explains the rules of golf. He says good iron players such as Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose are the model. Scramblers such Cam Smith, Jordan Spieth and Scheffler fit the profile.

The course at Southern Hills has been renovated since the PGA Championship was last played there in 2007. Will Zalatoris, Viktor Hovland and Justin Thomas are the highest-rated golfers in strokes-gained approach to the green.

Jeff Ritter is betting on Will Zalatoris, Russell Henley, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Cam Smith and Collin Morikawa to win the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

The current favorite for the PGA Championship is 40-1 or better in the SI Sportsbook.

Brooks Koepka is the favorite to win the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Dustin Johnson is a long shot.

Jeff Ritter and Jeff Ritters agree on Koepka's as their favorite golfer for the PGA Championship. Jeff is skipping Dustin Johnson this time.

Viktor Hovland is ranked 210th on Tour in strokes gained: around-the-green. He couldn't crack the top 25 at Augusta.

Gary Van Sickle is surprised that Justin Thomas didn't become a world-beater after winning the 2017 PGA Championship. In 25 majors, Thomas has had only two top-5 finishes.

Greg Vara likes every player at 40-1 or better to win this week except Brooks Koepka. Koekka withdrew from Byron Nelson and he ranks outside the top 100 in strokes-gained approach to the green.

Max Homa is the favorite for the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Harold Varner is a long shot at 100-1. Matthew Wolff is 125-1000.

2022 PGA Championship is at Southern Hills. Jeff Ritter likes Cameron Young, Russell Henley and the stat that he values most is iron play.

2011 PGA champion Keegan Bradley is a favorite for the Pga Championship at Southern Hills. Bradley played well in the middle two rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship.

Corey Conners was struggling as recently as February. He has made some improvements in recent months. Conner ranks inside the top 50 in SG-approach and he posted a T6 at the Masters last month.

Kevin Kisner is 150-1 to win the Match Play. He was third in the Hawaiian Open and fourth at the Players.

2022 PGA Championship Bettors' Roundtable: Favorites, Sleepers and Best Bets for Southern Hills.

Greg Vara picked Scheffler at the Masters. Collin Morikawa is his pick this week. Greg Vra likes Morikowi's precise ball striking and his major mentality.   Greg has a lot of faith in him.

Jordan Spieth is the favorite to win the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. He is also a favorite because he visited the course and gave it good reviews.

Len Hochberg's preseason pick for the Masters was Cam Smith. Len's pick was Jon Rahm, but that's unlikely now.

2022 PGA Championship is at Southern Hills. Rory McIlroy is the favorite. Scottie Scheffler is No. 1.

Collin Morikawa is the favorite to win the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Gary Van Sickle would like to see Scheffler win and fire up some Grand Slam talk.


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