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2024 PGA Championship Betting: Picks, Odds, Predictions and Best Bets

Yesterday

Ludvig Aberg finished second in his first major championship at Augusta, and Ryan Pohle is confident in the Swede at Valhalla despite the knee injury concerns.

Weekly PGA Preview: PGA Championship

Yesterday

Cameron Smith is looking to get back in the major championship win column, and Greg Vara really likes the value the Aussie brings to the betting window for the PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Weekly PGA Recap: Rory Roars Some More

2 days ago

Rory McIlroy closed out April with a team-event win, and thanks to a sizzling stretch Sunday he picked up some hardware for the second time in as many starts.

Major Power Rankings: 2024 PGA Championship Field

3 days ago

Few players bring it at the PGA Championship like Brooks Koepka, and he lands a prominent spot on Len Hochberg's list of contenders for the Wanamaker Trophy.

Weekly PGA Preview: Wells Fargo Championship

8 days ago

Harris English has great history at Quail Hollow, and Greg Vara suggests giving this elite putter a look at the betting window this week.

Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Hovland has been a top-five ball-striker in the world since he started on Tour three years ago. The one thing that will continue to stand out until changes are made is his short game. It was really bad this past season, as he lost over 0.65 strokes per round, which ranked 191st on the PGA Tour. Hovland's putter has gone from a weakness to a stregnth now, so if he can find a way to just not be terrible around the greens then his results will be very scary. Hovland has won in all three seasons and has only missed seven cuts in that timespan. His T4 finish at the Open Championship after fading on Sunday is his only top-10 finish in a major to this point, however. Hovland's ball-striking makes his floor very high, but his ceiling is still a question until he can figure out the short game.

There's never been a shortage of hype surrounding Hovland and while he's been a solid player on the PGA Tour since day one, entering his second full season on tour, he'd yet to really show what he had. Sure, he won the Puerto Rico Open as a rookie, but he didn't splash like many expected ... until 2020-21. Hovland not only picked up another win in year-two, but he added two runner-ups and two 3rd-place finishes on his way to more than $5 million. The jump to the $5 million club was quick, after all, the 2020-21 season was just his second on the PGA Tour and although the bar was set high, Hovland has the game to take it even higher. Considering his number for this season, Hovland can't be considered a great salary cap play, but he's definitely in the "good" camp.

Many young players on the PGA Tour struggle with consistency, but that's never been the issue for Hovland. Hovland has finished inside the top 25 in half of his 24 starts as a professional on the PGA Tour. He also picked-up his first win on the PGA Tour this past season and while that win came against a weaker field, the "real" wins are coming. Hovland's cap number is not discounted much from the shortened season, but he's still a bargain at his current price.

Hovland doesn't need much of an introduction after a T12 at the U.S. Open in June preceded four consecutive finishes of T16 or better to end the regular season, culminating with a solo-fourth at the Wyndham Championship. The Oklahoma State product failed to record a win like his fellow Class of '19 compadres, Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa, but expect Hovland to land in the winner's circle soon enough. He gained at least 8.4 strokes from tee to green throughout his last three starts on the PGA Tour before securing his card with results of T11-T2 at the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

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Teeing it up at Quail Hollow

May 6, 2024

Hovland (not injury related) is listed in the field for this week's Wells Fargo Championship.