Outside tips for winning the 2024 PGA Championship: LIV Golf’s big hitter, top English star and local Kentucky boy among potential winners

Scottie Scheffler is once again the favorite for major glory at the upcoming PGA Championship, but there are plenty of other names eager to challenge him for the title.

Scheffler was victorious at the Masters last month. He arrived at Augusta with extremely favorable odds, but he built on a superb performance.

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But the world No. 1 has not yet confirmed that he will be at Valhalla Golf Club for the second major of the year while awaiting the birth of his first child.

Several top players will be eager to pounce if he doesn’t get the start or even if new addition to the Scheffler household means a rare quiet week for him.

Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and defending champion Brooks Koepka are among the other favorites, but there are some prominent names further down the bookmakers’ lists.

Collin Morikawa 22/1

Although still only 27, Morikawa is a two-time major winner and won the Wanamaker Trophy at Harding Park in 2020.

He followed that up with glory at the 2021 Open, but hasn’t performed at his best in the biggest tournaments since.

Morikawa had struggled to find form this season, but fought back in style at the Masters, finishing T3 and had a chance to win it on Sunday.

His prodigious iron play is back to its best and this is still a key weapon on tough courses like Valhalla.

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Bryson DeChambeau 28/1

Another player who performed well at the Masters last month was LIV Golf star DeChambeau.

He shot an opening 65 at Augusta before finally finishing T6 and proved he was still more than capable of mixing it up in the majors.

DeChambeau fought his way to glory at the 2020 US Open, but now has a more well-rounded game, with better touch on and around the greens to complement his power.

He hasn’t won at LIV this season and has struggled in his two tournaments since the Masters.

But his game is perfectly suited to a test like the PGA Championship and he will be eager to wave the LIV flag again.

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Wyndham Clark 28/1

Clark is arguably the second best player in the world behind Scheffler.

Last year’s US Open champion won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February before finishing second to Scheffler at the Arnold Palmer AND The Players.

He also performed well at the RBC Heritage and hopes his next victory is just around the corner.

Clark is part of a quality group of current players with a major title under their belt – DeChambeau, Cameron Smith, Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Harman, etc.

He will want to break out of this field as soon as possible and prove that his victory at the LA Country Club last June was not a one-off.

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Tommy Fleetwood 30/1

One man who is firmly knocking on the door of big winners is top English player Fleetwood.

Now ranked 11th in the world, Fleetwood is moving ever closer to his first PGA Tour victory.

He has five top-ten finishes in his last eight majors, including T3 at the Masters last month.

He performed well at the Genesis and Valero Texas Open earlier this year and also won the Dubai Invitational.

Fleetwood must now give his best over the four days and hope that will be enough for him to finally join the winner’s circle in the United States.

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Justin Thomas 33/1

Thomas has had a rough few years, but this tournament will mean more to him than anyone else in the field.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, just a stone’s throw from Valhalla, the local boy will be desperate to perform well.

JT has already won the PGA Champisnhip twice – in 2017 at Quail Hollow and in 2022 at Southern Hills.

However, that victory in Tulsa was his last and he has not performed well in a major tournament since, missing the cut in four of the last five.

But he knows Valhalla as well as anyone and the home support should once again inspire him to give his best.