PGA Championship 2024 betting tips: Who are the favourites for glory at Valhalla as Koepka defends Wanamaker Trophy

The second golf major of the summer is coming up with the 2024 PGA Championship taking centre-stage at the famous Valhalla Golf Club.

The PGA Championship is regarded as having the strongest field in golf as it invites twenty PGA club or teaching professionals rather than amateurs like the other majors.

Brooks Koepka is the defending champion this year following his brilliant two-shot win at Oak Hill last May.

Koepka claimed his fifth major title after seeing off challenges from Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler during a dominant week in New York.

But world No.1 Scheffler is the favourite heading to Kentucky after his stunning victory at The Masters last month.

But could a key change in Scheffler’s personal life open the door to his PGA Tour and LIV Golf rivals?

Scottie Scheffler 7/2

Scheffler is by far the best golfer on the planet.

As well as his imperious win at Augusta, he has also won at two more prestigious events this year with victories at The Players and the RBC Heritage.

But the 27-year-old has not played since that win at Hilton Head due to the fact his wife Meredith is about to give birth to their first child.

Scheffler has repeatedly said that he will not miss that important life event for anything and has elected to miss the Wells Fargo Championship this week.

Meredith will give birth any day now – if she hasn’t already – meaning Scheffler should have time to refocus on his golf.

But should the little one make him wait longer than expected, he may well miss out at Valhalla.

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Rory McIlroy 11/1

McIlroy finished 16 shots behind Scheffler at The Masters last month as another major passed him by.

Infamously, McIlroy has been stuck on four major titles since August 2014, having 20 top ten finishes since.

But his last victory on the biggest stage actually came at the 2014 PGA Championship and at Valhalla!

McIlroy will hope his course knowledge and good experiences in Louisville can finally help end his major drought.

The 35-year-old is also heading to the tournament having turned a corner in terms of form following a morale-boosting win alongside friend Shane Lowry at the Zurich Classic.

McIlroy is looking for his 40th career win and it would be fitting if he could bring up such a milestone back at Valhalla.

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Jon Rahm 12/1

Rahm has not tasted victory since his Masters win in 2023.

He claimed second at The Open last summer but is yet to take a victory on the LIV Golf tour and finished a lowly T45 at Augusta last month.

Many will say his defection to the breakaway tour has hampered his game and the stats would back that up.

But the Spaniard was superb at the Ryder Cup and still has the perfect game for tough tournaments like the PGA Championship.

Rahm, the 2021 US Open champion, will be eager to hit back at his critics and prove he is still a major-calibre player in Kentucky.

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Ludvig Aberg 14/1

Still just 24 years old, Aberg has rocketed up the rankings over the past two years.

He made his major debut at the Masters last month, finishing a brilliant solo second behind Scheffler and even had more than a sniff of winning it.

The Swede is a generational talent with the long-game power, short-game nous and level-headed temperament needed to excel at the top of the game.

His last trophy came at the RSM Classic in November and he’ll be itching to return to the winner’s circle.

Many will be backing him to go one step further than he did at The Masters and win on his PGA Championship debut.

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Brooks Koepka 16/1

Koepka is undoubtedly the best golfer outside of the PGA Tour right now.

He won his fourth LIV Golf event in Singapore recently and has already proven that LIV players are good enough to claim major glory.

Koepka’s win at Oak Hill last May was historic.

He joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players to win three PGA titles and became the 20th player to win five majors.

A sixth major title would see him equal the hauls of legends Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson and further boost his claim as a modern-day great.

He had an underwhelming Masters but loves playing at tough, long American courses and will no doubt be in the mix again come Sunday at Valhalla.