Heading into the 2025 PGA Championship, these were the eight players getting the shortest odds to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy come Sunday evening at Quail Hollow Club.
- Scottie Scheffler: +425
- Rory McIlroy: +500
- Bryson DeChambeau: +950
- Jon Rahm: +1800
- Xander Schauffele: +2200
- Justin Thomas: +2200
- Collin Morikawa: +2500
- Ludvig Aberg: +2800
And here's how those eight fared during Thursday's first round in Charlotte.
- Scottie Scheffler: T20, -2
- Rory McIlroy: T98, +3
- Bryson DeChambeau: T46, E
- Jon Rahm: T29, -1
- Xander Schauffele: T60, +1
- Justin Thomas: T73, +2
- Collin Morikawa: T29, -1
- Ludvig Aberg: T29, -1
Now, here's a look at the players who sit in the top eight spots on the leaderboard after 18 holes, including their initial odds to win the 2025 PGA Championship.
- Jhonattan Vegas: 1, -7 (+50000)
- Ryan Gerard: T2, -5 (+35000)
- Cam Davis: T2, -5 (+40000)
- Luke Donald: T4, -4 (+250000)
- Ryan Fox: T4, -4 (+20000)
- Alex Smalley: T4, -4 (late addition to the field as the first alternate)
- Stephan Jaeger: T4, -4 (+20000)
- Aaron Rai: T4, -4 (+15000)
Seriously, what is happening at Quail Hollow?
Yes, only 18 holes have been played. But had you come to me and told me that Jhonattan Vegas, Ryan Gerard, and Cam Davis would be the top three names on the leaderboard at this point, and that 47-year-old Luke Donald would be in the mix as well, I likely would have laughed directly in your face.
The same scenario would've played out had you told me that Rory McIlroy, who owns four victories at Quail Hollow, would barely be in the top 100. Or that of those first eight names listed, only one would be in the top 20.
But that's where we are.
2025 PGA Championship betting odds heading into Round 2 at Quail Hollow
Oddsmakers still aren't sold on some of the players in the top eight, specifically Donald, who got a considerable bump but still sits well down the list at +17000.
Vegas, however, has jumped into a tie for fourth with Jon Rahm at +1800.
Here's a look at the updated betting odds heading into Round 2 of the 2025 PGA Championship. Not all 156 competitors are included, as several players are no longer receiving odds to win. But here are those who still are.
- Scottie Scheffler: +330
- Bryson DeChambeau: +1200
- Tyrrell Hatton: +1600
- Jon Rahm: +1800
- Jhonattan Vegas: +1800
- Ludvig Aberg: +2200
- Collin Morikawa: +2200
- Aaron Rai: +2200
- Viktor Hovland: +2500
- Rory McIlroy: +2800
- Robert MacIntyre: +3000
- Cam Davis: +3000
- Ryan Gerard: +3000
- Ryan Fox: +3500
- Keegan Bradley: +3500
- Alex Smalley: +3500
- Tommy Fleetwood: +3500
- Stephan Jaeger: +3500
- Matt Fitzpatrick: +4000
- J.T. Poston: +4500
- Xander Schauffele: +4500
- Rasmus Hojgaard: +5000
- Byeong Hun An: +5500
- Alex Noren: +6000
- Michael Thorbjornsen: +6500
- Adam Scott: +6500
- Taylor Pendrith: +6500
- Justin Thomas: +7500
- Maverick McNealy: +8000
- Tony Finau: +8000
- Hideki Matsuyama: +9000
- Ryo Hisatsune: +9000
- Daniel Berger: +10000
- Akshay Bhatia: +10000
- Andrew Novak: +11000
- Denny McCarthy: +11000
- Nico Echavarria: +11000
- Harry Hall: +12000
- Ben Griffin: +15000
- Patrick Reed: +15000
- David Puig: +15000
- Samuel Stevens: +15000
- J.J. Spaun: +15000
- Erik van Rooyen: +17000
- Luke Donald: +17000
- Garrick Higgo: +17000
- Tom McKibbin: +20000
- Marco Penge: +20000
- Keith Mitchell: +20000
- Joaquin Niemann: +20000
- Brian Harman: +20000
- Wyndham Clark: +20000
- Michael Kim: +20000
- Tom Kim: +20000
- Justin Lower: +20000
- Shane Lowry: +20000
- Sepp Straka: +20000
- Eric Cole: +20000
- Patrick Cantlay: +25000
- Lucas Glover: +25000
- Corey Conners: +25000
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout: +25000
- Thorbjorn Olesen: +25000
- Will Zalatoris: +25000
- Si Woo Kim: +25000
- Jason Day: +30000
- Max Greyserman: +30000
- Sungjae Im: +30000
- Rafael Campos: +35000
- Elvis Smylie: +35000
- Harris English: +35000
- Matt Wallace: +40000
- Davis Riley: +40000
- Richard Bland: +40000
- Sam Burns: +40000
- Nicolai Hojgaard: +50000
- Max Homa: +50000
- Brooks Koepka: +50000
- Beau Hossler: +50000
- Rickie Fowler: +60000
- Min Woo Lee: +60000
- Cameron Young: +60000
- Austin Eckroat: +60000
- Seamus Power: +60000
- Matt McCarty: +60000
- Kurt Kitayama: +70000
- Jake Knapp: +70000
- Kevin Yu: +70000
- Taylor Moore: +70000
- Matthieu Pavon: +100000
- Jordan Spieth: +100000
- Dean Burmester: +100000
- Chris Kirk: +100000
- Eugenio Chacarra: +100000
- Bud Cauley: +150000
- Gary Woodland: +150000
- Victor Perez: +150000
- Adam Hadwin: +150000
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen: +150000
- Max McGreevy: +150000
- Thomas Detry: +150000
- Davis Thompson: +200000
- Joe Highsmith: +200000
- Sergio Garcia: +200000
- Daniel van Tonder: +250000
- Russell Henley: +250000
- Thriston Lawrence: +250000
- Sami Valimaki: +250000
- Rico Hoey: +250000
- Padraig Harrington: +250000
- Justin Rose: +250000
- Brian Campbell: +250000
- Niklas Norgaard: +250000
- Tom Hoge: +250000
- Lee Hodges: +250000
- Laurie Canter: +250000
- Jacob Bridgeman: +250000
- Tyler Collet: +500000
- Phil Mickelson: +500000
- Tom Johnson: +500000
- Takumi Kanaya: +500000
- Shaun Micheel: +500000
- Nick Dunlap: +500000
- Patton Kizzire: +500000
- Michael Block: +500000
- Mackenzie Hughes: +500000
- Karl Vilips: +500000
- John Somers: +500000
- John Parry: +500000
- John Catlin: +500000
- Jimmy Walker: +500000
- Dylan Newman: +500000
- Dustin Johnson: +500000
- Cameron Smith: +500000
- Patrick Fishburn: +500000
- Nick Taylor: +500000
- Keita Nakajima: +500000
- John Keefer: +500000
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