{"id":27863,"date":"2024-05-14T11:03:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=27863"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:36:33","slug":"2024-pga-championship-free-picks-predictions-and-dfs-lineup-may-9-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/golf\/2024-pga-championship-free-picks-predictions-and-dfs-lineup-may-9-12\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 PGA Championship Free Picks, Predictions and DFS Lineup May 9-12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship Betting Preview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/profile\/nick-borrman\">WagerTalk golf handicapper Andy Lang<\/a> offers his thoughts on the 2024 PGA Championship teeing off from Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, KY. 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The fairways are pretty wide, but there are definitely some trees along some of the fairways that can cause problems for wayward shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grass in the fairways promotes a bit more roll of the ball, but the weather this week might soften up the course and take the roll away making it even longer to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally on these longer courses, I would say that the accuracy off the tee isn\u2019t as important, but I really do think it is important this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the length of these Par 4\u2019s and Par 5\u2019s, the approach shot into the greens is going to be long so coming out of the rough is going to be tough to control it when it lands on the green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The greens look to be tough with lots of mounds, bumps, and level changes, and the amount of rain we get this week will determine how much the players can stop or spin the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weather: Rain will be there on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with Thursday looking clear, however, Friday will be wet, and maybe Saturday morning as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite Holes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hole 4 Par 4 372 Yards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of the Par 3\u2019s, this is one of the few holes where players should have a short wedge into the green. The fairway narrows around 300 yards, so I expect a lot of 3- wood drives. From there, the best wedge shots will set up birdies so the shorter players off the tee will have this hole circled as one to take advantage of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hole 16 Par 4 508 Yards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This hole looks extremely hard. The tee shot is brutal as the fairway is tight, and there are rough and trees on both sides that will make approach shots almost impossible. The green is huge, and it has some big, sweeping slopes so just hitting the green doesn\u2019t guarantee a 1 or 2 putt. Expect bogeys on this one for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hole 18 Par 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great finishing hole as it\u2019s reachable if the drive is right. The fairway bends to the right, and players have to hit the fairway in order to get there in two, but we could see a lot of drama if the score is close on Sunday. 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Introduction 00:00 00:20 POLARIZING STORY LINES 03:22 COURSE PREVIEW 13:34 STROKES GAINED CHART 17:39 PLAYERS THAT CAN TRIP YOU UP 22:23 PREMIUM PLAY PACKAGES 25:00 OUTRIGHT WINNER 29:41 DRAFTKINGS DARLINGS 32:03 LEADERBOARD PLAY 35:23 Q&amp;A \ud83d\udc4d Make sure to SUBSCRIBE to WagerTalk TV; \ud83d\udd14 CLICK the Bell and never miss an episode! \ud83e\udd11 Free Sports Picks: https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks \ud83d\udcca Live Odds: https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/odds \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f News: https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news \ud83d\udc4d Stay connected with WagerTalk \ud83d\udcfa YouTube: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tv \ud83d\udc4d Facebook: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/fb \ud83d\udc26 Twitter: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tw \ud83d\udcf8 Instagram: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/ig \ud83d\udcf0 Reddit: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/rd \u2764\ufe0f iHeart Radio: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/iheart \ud83c\udf4e Apple Podcasts: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/ap \ud83d\udccc Pinterest: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/pin\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WlC1TQ9mLHU\/0.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT40M26S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-05-14T18:30:33Z\"><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship Field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 10 Total Strokes Gaines L3 Months PGA Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scottie Scheffler 3.66<br>Hideki Matsuyama 3.02<br>Xander Schauffele 2.89<br>Rory McIlroy 2.29<br>Wyndham Clark 2.09<br>Ludvig Aberg 1.94<br>Russell Henley 1.78<br>Alex Noren 1.70<br>Denny McCarthy 1.68<br>Sahith Theegala 1.64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship: Players That Can Trip You Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon Rahm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was in this category at The Masters, and he finished 45th, well below value, and I think he struggles again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He looked like he was putting too much pressure on himself, and his game has absolutely fallen off since joining LIV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve watched him play on LIV, and he\u2019s not the same guy that we remember from the PGA Tour. He\u2019s been sloppy, and this course will eat up sloppy players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s interesting that he\u2019s finished 50th and 48th in the last two PGA Championships, and I know those are different courses but PGA Championship courses have a lot of similarities so I don\u2019t think it\u2019s nothing. He\u2019s the third-highest betting favorite, and there\u2019s no chance I\u2019m betting on him this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brooks Koepka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t trust any of these LIV guys who are priced so high. Koepka is coming off a win at the last LIV event, and he\u2019s the defending champion of the PGA Championship, but I still don\u2019t trust him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course that he won at on the LIV Tour was a bizarre course that is nothing like this course, and we saw him at The Masters finishing 45th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s the 5th highest favorite, and outside of the last LIV event I haven\u2019t been impressed with his game, and now he\u2019s a betting favorite at one of the toughest courses they\u2019ll play at all season. I don\u2019t see it. I won\u2019t bet on him this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will Zalatoris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am stunned that he\u2019s priced in the Top 20. He\u2019s clearly not physically close to 100% as he withdrew from a tournament a couple of weeks ago, and he just finished 60th out of 62 players last week at a long course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course this week is longer and tougher, and I think just making the cut would be a solid finish for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course requires distance off the tee and long approaches, and with his back issues, I think it\u2019s a massive struggle for him. In the last three months he\u2019s -0.35 strokes gained putting, and he hasn\u2019t been driving the ball long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship: DraftKings Darlings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t expect low scores this week so I\u2019m targeting guys who will avoid big bogey runs, and who can grind out pars when necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t see a lot of birdies and consecutive birdie bonuses this week so I\u2019m looking at guys who won\u2019t cost us negative points with a run of bad holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor Moore $6200<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He just keeps performing well as he\u2019s made every single cut this year, and he\u2019s above average in driving distance which should help him make the cut again this week. His putting is his only weak spot, but he\u2019s only +0.04 total strokes gained in that category in the last three months. He continues to be very undervalued in DFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Denny McCarthy $6300<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s made the cut in 11 out of 12 tournaments this year, and his strength is putting, not necessarily length, but he finished 6th last week at a long course so I like him to make the cut again this week, and get us weekend points. He\u2019s 9th in total strokes gained in the last three months so I feel like this is the best bargain in DFS this month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Byeong Hun An $7800<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a short sample size, but he\u2019s just finished 4th and 3rd in back-to-back weeks, and finishing 3rd at last week\u2019s event, a long course, should set him up well this week. He\u2019s been a bit inconsistent this season, but I\u2019ll hope he continues his hot play at least one more week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rest of Lineup: Tommy Fleetwood $8700, Bryson DeChambeau $9600, Xander Schauffele $10,900<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"amazing-offer-from-expert-nfl-handicappers\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Looking for more free sports picks and sports betting tips?<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Latest Betting Odds and Public Action<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/odds\" data-schema-attribute=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vegas lines<\/a> updated in real time, including who the public is betting on. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Last Minute Handicapping Advice<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">: Check out our extensive library of <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/sports-betting-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handicapping tips<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and advice from professional Vegas handicappers (we also recommend taking the time to look over our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sports betting tips video library<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Want an expert opinion?<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Check out the latest <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Free Sports Picks<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best Bets<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> from our team of expert sports handicappers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 PGA Championship Betting Preview WagerTalk golf handicapper Andy Lang offers his thoughts on the 2024 PGA Championship teeing off from Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, KY. 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The fairways are pretty wide, but there are definitely some trees along some of the fairways that can cause problems for wayward shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The grass in the fairways promotes a bit more roll of the ball, but the weather this week might soften up the course and take the roll away making it even longer to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Normally on these longer courses, I would say that the accuracy off the tee isn\u2019t as important, but I really do think it is important this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>With the length of these Par 4\u2019s and Par 5\u2019s, the approach shot into the greens is going to be long so coming out of the rough is going to be tough to control it when it lands on the green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The greens look to be tough with lots of mounds, bumps, and level changes, and the amount of rain we get this week will determine how much the players can stop or spin the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Weather: Rain will be there on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with Thursday looking clear, however, Friday will be wet, and maybe Saturday morning as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite Holes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hole 4 Par 4 372 Yards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of the Par 3\u2019s, this is one of the few holes where players should have a short wedge into the green. The fairway narrows around 300 yards, so I expect a lot of 3- wood drives. From there, the best wedge shots will set up birdies so the shorter players off the tee will have this hole circled as one to take advantage of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hole 16 Par 4 508 Yards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This hole looks extremely hard. The tee shot is brutal as the fairway is tight, and there are rough and trees on both sides that will make approach shots almost impossible. The green is huge, and it has some big, sweeping slopes so just hitting the green doesn\u2019t guarantee a 1 or 2 putt. Expect bogeys on this one for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hole 18 Par 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great finishing hole as it\u2019s reachable if the drive is right. The fairway bends to the right, and players have to hit the fairway in order to get there in two, but we could see a lot of drama if the score is close on Sunday. The green is massive so the pin placement will be drastically different every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlC1TQ9mLHU?origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship Field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 10 Total Strokes Gaines L3 Months PGA Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Scottie Scheffler 3.66<br>Hideki Matsuyama 3.02<br>Xander Schauffele 2.89<br>Rory McIlroy 2.29<br>Wyndham Clark 2.09<br>Ludvig Aberg 1.94<br>Russell Henley 1.78<br>Alex Noren 1.70<br>Denny McCarthy 1.68<br>Sahith Theegala 1.64<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship: Players That Can Trip You Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon Rahm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He was in this category at The Masters, and he finished 45th, well below value, and I think he struggles again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He looked like he was putting too much pressure on himself, and his game has absolutely fallen off since joining LIV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve watched him play on LIV, and he\u2019s not the same guy that we remember from the PGA Tour. He\u2019s been sloppy, and this course will eat up sloppy players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s interesting that he\u2019s finished 50th and 48th in the last two PGA Championships, and I know those are different courses but PGA Championship courses have a lot of similarities so I don\u2019t think it\u2019s nothing. He\u2019s the third-highest betting favorite, and there\u2019s no chance I\u2019m betting on him this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brooks Koepka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t trust any of these LIV guys who are priced so high. Koepka is coming off a win at the last LIV event, and he\u2019s the defending champion of the PGA Championship, but I still don\u2019t trust him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The course that he won at on the LIV Tour was a bizarre course that is nothing like this course, and we saw him at The Masters finishing 45th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s the 5th highest favorite, and outside of the last LIV event I haven\u2019t been impressed with his game, and now he\u2019s a betting favorite at one of the toughest courses they\u2019ll play at all season. I don\u2019t see it. I won\u2019t bet on him this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will Zalatoris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I am stunned that he\u2019s priced in the Top 20. He\u2019s clearly not physically close to 100% as he withdrew from a tournament a couple of weeks ago, and he just finished 60th out of 62 players last week at a long course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This course this week is longer and tougher, and I think just making the cut would be a solid finish for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This course requires distance off the tee and long approaches, and with his back issues, I think it\u2019s a massive struggle for him. In the last three months he\u2019s -0.35 strokes gained putting, and he hasn\u2019t been driving the ball long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 PGA Championship: DraftKings Darlings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t expect low scores this week so I\u2019m targeting guys who will avoid big bogey runs, and who can grind out pars when necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t see a lot of birdies and consecutive birdie bonuses this week so I\u2019m looking at guys who won\u2019t cost us negative points with a run of bad holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor Moore $6200<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He just keeps performing well as he\u2019s made every single cut this year, and he\u2019s above average in driving distance which should help him make the cut again this week. His putting is his only weak spot, but he\u2019s only +0.04 total strokes gained in that category in the last three months. He continues to be very undervalued in DFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Denny McCarthy $6300<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s made the cut in 11 out of 12 tournaments this year, and his strength is putting, not necessarily length, but he finished 6th last week at a long course so I like him to make the cut again this week, and get us weekend points. He\u2019s 9th in total strokes gained in the last three months so I feel like this is the best bargain in DFS this month<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Byeong Hun An $7800<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a short sample size, but he\u2019s just finished 4th and 3rd in back-to-back weeks, and finishing 3rd at last week\u2019s event, a long course, should set him up well this week. He\u2019s been a bit inconsistent this season, but I\u2019ll hope he continues his hot play at least one more week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rest of Lineup: Tommy Fleetwood $8700, Bryson DeChambeau $9600, Xander Schauffele $10,900<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"amazing-offer-from-expert-nfl-handicappers\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Looking for more free sports picks and sports betting tips?<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31067,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27863\/revisions\/31067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}