The PGA Championship 2018 will feature the presence of three Latin Americans, led by the sensation of recent golf in this part of the American continent, Chilean Joaquin Niemann, who will also share the field with Venezuelan Jhonatan Vegas and Argentine Emiliano Grillo.
Niemann is the favorite of those mentioned above by the bookmakers, this based on the quota he handles in them, which for now is around 80/1. This is a little strange, as the Chilean-born has not yet passed a cut in 'majors', after two participations, both as Amateur: U.S. Open 2017 and Masters 18.
To highlight is that Joaquin is not only the favorite among the South Americans in competition, is also in the top 30 favorites (bookmakers) to take the honors in the last big of this season, which for now has as winners Francesco Molinari (British Open), Patrick Reed (Masters) and Brooks Koepka (U.S. Open).
"Considering that Bellerive has 98 of the top 100 golfers in the world ranking, the fact that Niemann is among the top 30 players moving the most money in Las Vegas bookmakers is simply spectacular. Equally not surprising if you take into account his great campaign as a rookie in the PGA Tour, tour where the 19-year-old golfer adds four Top 10 and six Top 25 in 10 events as a professional," said Golf Channel on its website.
Argentinian Emiliano Grillo's percentages go through a 125/1 quota to win the PGA Championship, while that of Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas moves even further with the 250/1 in his fourth presentation in this 'major'.
The favorite for Las Vegas bookmakers is still the American Dustin Johnson with 9/1. Further behind are Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and local Justin Thomas (defending champion) with 12/1, odds that are half of those presented by Tiger Woods, tenth favorite with odds of 25/1.
PGA Championship: The safest bets
It is about to start the last 'big' of the season, one of the most eagerly awaited appointments. Players count the hours to begin the fight to win one of the most important titles of the year while fans begin to make their bets ... Do you want to know who is the favorite? Can you imagine which golfer is the least likely winner?
The start of the PGA Championship is getting closer and closer, and the PGA fans make their bets on the possible final winner. The main Betting Houses have not wanted to be alien to this important event, and then we will review the current state of the forecasts.
Starting with Bet365, it should be noted that the great favorite is Tiger Woods, whose victory would pay 5 euros for every euro bet. Thanks to his succession of good performances Phil Mickelson is second in the list (15) while Rory McIlroy, former world number 1, is in ninth place (34). The first Spaniard is Sergio Garcia, who appears in the twenty-first position (56). On the other hand, note that the player who is least trusted is Rod Perry, whose triumph would return 2,001 euros for every euro bet.
In Bwin, Tiger Woods is still the main candidate but, in this case, if he gets the title all those who have bet on him would pocket 5.50 euros for each 'invested'. At the same time, the second place in the ranking would be again for Phil Mickelson (17) and Rory McIlroy would appear in the seventh place (29). The great news for Spanish golf is that Sergio Garcia would remain outside the Top Ten and would be in the fifteenth position (41). The one whose options are less taken into account is the English Mike Small (1.001).
In LBApuestas, Tiger Woods is still at the top of the ranking (5), followed once again by a Phil Mickelson who, as we said, has won many integers after his recent successes (17). Sergio Garcia appears in sixteenth place (43) while Mark Sheftic would close the table (1.001).
If we go through Betfair, we see once again how Tiger is the favourite number 1 but, in this house, his victory is paid to 1,50. Phil Mickelson would be second (2.75) while Rory McIlroy would be seventh (3.75). In the case of Sergio Garcia, the Castellonese would appear in twelfth place (4.30) and close the table Sonny Skinner. (151). Of course, here the prizes are the lowest of all those consulted.
he PGA Championship is about to begin and, with this information, everything is ready for... play!
