US PGA Championship Find Me a 100 Winner: Two long-shots to back at Aronimink at 149/1 and 209/1

US PGA regularly delivers big odds winners

Last year's US PGA Championship was won by the 11/26.50 favourite, Scottie Scheffler, and there have only been two triple-figure priced winners in the last 15 years so we may be up against it but it has been a decent event for long-shots overall this century.

The three winners between 2001 and 2003 - David Toms, Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel - were available to back at huge prices, and the 2009 champ, Y.E Yang, went off at around 330.0329/1.

Keegan Bradley was matched at a whopping 650.0649/1 on the Betfair Exchange before the off in 2011, Jimmy Walker was a 220.0219/1 chance five years later, and Phil Mickelson caused an almighty shock when he won at Kiawah Island at odds of around 540.0539/1 five years ago.

The US PGA Championship hasn't been a great event for outsiders recently, with 11 of the last 14 winners going off at shorter than 50/151.00, but as demonstrated last week when the three winners on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour went off at 1000.0999/1, 780.0779/1 and 130.0129/1, golf is an unpredictable sport to bet on so I've picked out two longshots to lift the Wannamaker Trophy at this week's venue - Aronimink.

As ever these are win-only bets taken from the Betfair Exchange.

US PGA Championship bet #1 - Back Akshay Bhatia @ 150.0149/1

The world number 23, Akshay Bhatia, who only turned 24 in January, has already won three times on the PGA Tour, with his latest victory coming as recently as March at the high-profile Arnold Palmer Invitational.

He's a gutsy contender who's won all three of his titles in extra time and given he's no bigger than 80/181.00 on the High Street, he's a generous price on the Betfair Exchange at 150.0149/1 to win his first major championship.

Bhatia's major record isn't fantastic, with his tied 16^th in the 2024 US Open at the Donald Ross designed Pinehurst his highest finish to date but given he also finished second around another Ross design, Detroit Golf Club, in the Rocket Classic two weeks later, he may just take to this week's Ross designed venue.

Bhatia's very recent form isn't spectacular given he's finished 16^th in the RBC Heritage, 23^rd in the Cadillac Championship and 37^th last week since he missed the cut in the US Masters, but he finished third at the Phoenix Open in February after three straight missed cuts and he finished third in the Players Championship last year after shooting 79 and 73 around Bay Hill. The venue at which is latest victory was achieved.

I don't mind backing an inconsistent player at a huge price when they've shown they can win when they get in contention, so I was happy to back Bhatia here at 150.0149/1.

Place order to lay 8 Us @ 10.09/1 and 12 Us @ 2.01/1

US PGA Championship Bet #2 - Back Ben Griffin @ 210.0209/1

It stands to reason that compromises are made when you're backing someone at a triple-figure price and a generally poor 2026 for the world number 14, Ben Griffin, is a sizable concession to make.

Griffin climbed up to number eight in the world last year when he won three times - alongside Andrw Novak in the Zurich Classic pairs event, and at the Charles Schwab Challenge in May and the World Wide Technology Championship in November.

That third title came less than three months after his Ryder Cup debut, and it came in style given his 63 on Sunday saw him post a 29-under-par total to set the tournament record by two strokes.

He also finished inside the top 10 in both this event and the US Open, suggesting a first major title might not be too far away, but he's been slow to get going this year, with his tied 10^th alongside Novak when defending the Zurich, his highest finish. And his previous highest had been a tied 19^th in the Sony Open in January.

Griffin, who turned 30 last week, followed that up with a solid third place finish behind Cam Young in the Cadillac Championship, suggesting he could be getting back to his best.

Last week's tied 63^rd in the Truist Championship can't be described as a brilliant warm up for this week but given he's no bigger than 90/191.00 on the High Street, I'm happy to overlook that at odds in excess of 200/1201.00 on the Betfair Exchange. 

Place order to lay 8 Us @ 10.09/1 and 12 Us @ 2.01/1

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