US PGA Championship 2026: Dave Tindall's pick of the specials up to 80/1

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Bet 1 - Hole in One 'Yes'

With three par 3s over 200 yards, the knee-jerk thought is to back 'No' in this market.

But it's likely tees will be moved up at various points and, in any case, these guys are good. In last year's US PGA, Si Woo Kim made an ace on a 252-yard par 3 on day two and that was the second of the week after Eric Cole drained his tee-shot at the 4th on Thursday.

Last week, Chandler Blanchet and Nico Echavarria both recorded hole-in-ones at the Truist Championship and that was in a field of just 72.

And let's not forget Michael Block's hole-in-one with Rory McIlroy watching on in the 2023 US PGA at Oak Hill.

There's an element of fun to this bet but also plenty of evidence to support it.

 

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Bet 2 - J.J Spaun to bt Robert MacIntyre in 72 Hole Matchbet

This takes us back to the last major in Pennsylvania when Spaun and MacIntyre finished 1-2 in the 2025 US Open.

And I'm taking Spaun, the underdog here, to come out on top once more.

The American struggled at the start of the year but then found a spark by winning the Texas Open. In his last two events he's posted 14th at the Cadillac and fifth in the Truist.

MacIntyre, meanwhile, is struggling. He opened with an 80 at Augusta and has gone 42-60 since.

SG: Approach is key this week and Spaun ranks 9th this season to MacIntyre's 137th.

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Bet 3 - Any 2 of Cameron Young, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele to Finish in the Top 10 (Incl. Ties)

I prefer the 'Any 2 of' options in the #OddsOnThat markets as it gives us some leeway with the three golfers listed.

For this one, Cam Young comes in off six top 10s in his last seven starts and top fours in the last two majors on American soil.

Rahm is due a good major and even in his fairly barren spell he managed an eighth (this event) and a seventh (US Open) in two of last year's majors.

Schauffele, the 2024 US PGA winner, has an incredible record at this level and ninth at Augusta last month made it 18 top 10s in his 35 career majors (over 50%).

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Bet 4 - Koepka, Henley, Burns, Hatton, Fowler, Schauffele and Rahm To Make The Cut Bet Builder

Key to this: reliability. Let's go through them...

Brooks Koepka: made 12 of 13 cuts in US PGA
Russell Henley: made 7 of last 9 cuts in majors
Sam Burns: made cut in last 7 majors
Tyrrell Hatton: made cut in 16 of last 17 majors
Rickie Fowler: made cut in 10 of last 13 majors
Xander Schauffele: made cut in last 16 majors
Jon Rahm: made cut in 24 of last 25 majors

That's a pretty decent bunch to have running for us.

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Bet 5 - Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler both to Finish in the Top 20 (Incl. Ties)

This looks a very appealing 7/18.00 shot on two American players showing plenty of good form.

Koepka is a three-time winner of the US PGA and starting from 2014 he's had eight top 20s (the requirement here) in 12 starts in this event.

His long game is in rude health (8th SG: Tee To Green, 1st SG: Approach) and his iffy putting won't hurt him as much in a major. To be frank, if he putts half decent, he could win.

Fowler looks a solid second element based on his recent play. He comes in off the back of three top 10s - all in Signature events with elite fields - and he recorded positive numbers in all the main Strokes Gained categories when runner-up at the Truist last week.

He's also got some good course form at Aronimink (8th and 13th).

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Bet 6 - Tommy Fleetwood, Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler all to Finish in the Top 20 (Incl. Ties)

There's an element of 'eggs in baskets' here but I can't resist adding Tommy Fleetwood to the Koepka/Fowler Top 20 bet and bumping it up to 14/115.00.

Fleetwood should certainly have good memories of Aronimink as in the 2018 BMW Championship played there he shot a pair of 62s in the middle two rounds before finishing eighth.

He returns having just finished fifth at the Truist Championship (6th SG: Approach), his fifth top 10 in nine starts on the PGA Tour this season.

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Bet 7 - Cameron Young to Lead After Every Round and Win

On first glance, such a bet seems to be asking an awful lot. But going pillar to post in a major actually isn't that unusual.

Rory McIlroy did in last month's US Masters while Dustin Johnson also had round positions of 1-1-1-1 for his Augusta triumph in 2020.

In this event, Xander Schauffele led from start to finish in 2024 while Brooks Koepka would have landed this bet in 2019. Same with Jimmy Walker in 2016.

Cameron Young went wire-to-wire at the Cadillac Championship just two starts ago so if you like him here - as I do - but feel his current win odds of 12/113.00 are too tight, this is a playable alternative.

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Read Dave Tindall's First-Round Leader preview here

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