USPGA Championship Betting Tips: McIlroy Made For More Major Magic

Major season continues with this week’s USPGA Championship where Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are the 5/1 co-favourites with betting sites to win at Quail Hollow.

McIlroy heads to one of his favourite courses in buoyant mood, having completed the career grand slam at the US Masters last month.

The course is familiar to many of the players competing at the second major of the season, except world number one Scheffler, who is making his debut at this iconic venue in Charlotte, North Carolina.

For that reason alone, The Panel have decided to skip the American as one of their selections, despite winning his first title of 2025 at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele was runner-up in his last two visits to Quail Hollow, but a rib injury he sustained just before Christmas meant he effectively missed two months of the season after The Sentry in the first week of the year.

Although the Open champion says he feels “healthy” and that his “game is coming around”, the world number three may be another to avoid this week.

The odds of the last three winners of this major have ranged between 16/1 and 18/1, so with that in mind The Panel have picked out three players from the top of the market for this week’s USPGA Championship betting tips.

USPGA Championship Tips: McIlroy Made For Quail Hollow

Jordan Spieth could join a short list of players to complete the career grand slam this week at what he calls the “Rory McIlroy Country Club”.

It’s a good joke and a telling one because McIlroy’s performances at Quail Hollow over the last 15 years have been truly spectacular.

In 2010, the Northern Irishman won his maiden PGA Tour title at Quail Hollow which hosts the Wells Fargo Championship and he has since lifted the trophy on three other occasions.

That could have been five victories had he managed to win a three-man play-off with DA Points and eventual champion Rickie Fowler in 2012. 

McIlroy pinpointed the key to his success at this par-71 track measuring 7,626 yards when he said:  "This is a golf course that lets you hit driver a lot and you can really take advantage of length off the tee if you have it. 

“It's one of the big factors why I've been able to do so well here over the years."

McIlroy broke his own course record when he shot a third-round 61 en route to a seven-shot victory in 2015 and his fourth win at this course came just 12 months ago, topping the Strokes Gained: Off the Tee stats to beat Schauffele by five shots despite finding the fairways just over 50% of the time.

Tellingly, McIlroy leads the field for that metric on the PGA Tour this season during which he has won three times: the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Players Championship and the US Masters.

There has also been a lot of rain in the area recently which means softer fairways and more receptive greens which should also play into McIlroy's hands.

Everything seems to be falling into place for a third USPGA Championship triumph and McIlroy gets the nod at 5/1 with golf betting sites.

USPGA Championship Prediction 1: Rory McIlroy Win Only 3pts - 5/1 With Unibet

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