Phil Mickelson has been the definition of a boom-or-bust golfer in his eight major tournaments since 2020. The 52-year-old is coming off finishing second at the Masters on April 9 and became the oldest golfer to finish in the top two at a major. He became the oldest golfer to win a major when he won the 2021 PGA Championship, but in his other six majors during that span, he finished 55th, 71st, and missed the cut four times. What type of Mickelson can golf fans expect to see at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club starting on Thursday? Mickelson is an 85-1 longshot to win according to the latest 2023 PGA Championship odds at Caesars Sportsbook.
Jon Rahm and Scott Scheffer, the top two ranked golfers in the world, are the 7-1 co-favorites to defeat the 2023 PGA Championship field. Rory McIlroy has the next lowest PGA Championship odds 2023 at 11-1, followed by Patrick Cantlay and Brooks Koepka at 18-1. Before locking in your 2023 PGA Championship picks or entering any PGA DFS tournaments on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up over $8,800 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.
McClure’s model predicted Jon Rahm would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm’s second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner.
In addition, the model included Nick Hardy and Davis Riley in its best bets to win the 2023 Zurich Classic. That bet hit at +4500, and for the entire tournament,…
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