A look at the betting odds, recent form and other key facts about the seven Australians, and big international names, that are in the field at this week’s PGA Championship tonight (AEST) at Oak Hill CC in Rochester, New York.
AUSSIES:
Cameron Smith
Age: 29
World ranking: 8
Best major result: champion (2022 British Open)
PGA Championships played: 7 (6 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: T13 (2022)
Smith is yet to win in 2023, after a five-win 2022 campaign that included a maiden major at the Open Championship. But a record-equalling nine-under-par 61 in the final round at LIV Golf Tulsa got Smith into a playoff and earned a second-place finish last week.
Odds: $34
Jason Day
Age: 35
World ranking: 20
Best major result: champion (2015 US PGA)
PGA Championships played: 13 (11 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: champion (2015); runner-up (2016)
Won last week’s Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour and is a past PGA champion.
Odds: $26
Adam Scott
Age: 42
World ranking: 38
Best major result: champion (2013 Masters)
PGA Championships played: 22 (16 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: 3rd (2013); T3 (2006)
Scott owns two top-10 finishes in his past two starts on the PGA Tour and is hungry to win a second career major after the 2013 Masters.
Odds: $71
Lucas Herbert
Age: 27
World ranking: 46
Best major result: T13 (2022 PGA Championship)
PGA Championships played: 1 (1 cut made)
Best PGA Championship result: T13 (2022)
Won for a third time on the DP World Tour last month in Japan, and tied for 13th last year at the PGA Championship.
$251
Min Woo Lee
Age: 24
World ranking: 62
Best major result: T14 (2022 Masters)
PGA Championships played: 1 (0 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: missed cut (2022)
Lee has missed the cut in his past three starts, including the Masters, but tied for sixth at The Players Championship in March when he played in the final group
Odds: $176
Cam Davis
Age: 28
World ranking: 68
Best major result: T39 (2018 British Open)
PGA Championships played: 2 (2 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: T48 (2022)
Odds: $161
Davis, from Sydney, also tied sixth at the Players.
David Micheluzzi
Age: 26
World ranking: 351
Best major result: on debut
Three victories on the Australasian tour secured an Order of Merit win and with it an invitation to the PGA Championship. Tied for 67th on his PGA Tour debut at last week’s AT&T Byron Nelson.
Betting: $501
BIG NAMES:
John Rahm (Spain)
Age: 28
World ranking: 1
Best major result: champion (2021 US Open, 2023 Masters)
PGA Championships played: 6 (5 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: T3 (2018)
With four wins, including the Masters, and a third, the Spanish world No.1 is the favourite this week.
Odds: $8.50
Scottie Scheffler (USA)
Age: 26
World ranking: 2
Best major result: champion (2022 Masters)
PGA Championships played: 3 (2 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: T4 (2020)
Last year’s Masters champion and current world No.2 owns two victories on the PGA Tour this year, including the elite Players Championship.
Odds: $8.50
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)
Age: 34
World ranking: 3
Best major result: champion (2011 US Open, 2012 US PGA, 2014 British Open, 2014 US PGA)
PGA Championships played: 14 (13 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: champion (2012, 2014)
McIlroy owns four wins worldwide in the past six months but missed the cut at the Masters and took three weeks off. A four-time major winner, two of which were PGA championships (2012 and 2014).
Odds: $13
Brooks Koepka (USA)
Age: 33
World ranking: 44
Best major result: champion (2017, 2018 Open, 2018, 2019 US PGA)
PGA Championships played: 10 (10 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: champion (2018, 2019)
Koepka finished second at the Masters alongside fellow LIV Golf recruit Phil Mickelson and won LIV’s Orlando event in April. Like McIlroy, two of Koepka’s four majors have been at the PGA (2018 and 2019).
Odds: $21
Dustin Johnson (USA)
Age: 38
World ranking: 82
Best major result: champion (2016, US Open, 2020 Masters)
PGA Championships played: 13 (9 cuts made)
Best PGA Championship result: 2nd (2019), T2 (2020)
Johnson defeated Smith in a playoff at LIV Golf Tulsa last week, and has the length and accuracy required to tackle Oak Hill and grab a third major after the US Open (2016) and Masters (2020).
Odds: $26
