The Wells Fargo Championship will feature a limited field of 69 players, but not world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, whose wife is expecting the birth of their first child very soon. Odds and top finishing position betting options and props are provided, and the tournament is one of five Signature Events without a cut. So the golfers will play all four rounds shooting for a top prize of $3.6 million from a $20 million prize pool.
No. 6 in the world Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg (knee soreness) withdrew Monday. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is the tournament favorite seeking his fourth Wells Fargo Championship title, and second at Quail Hollow.
The 7,558-yard Par 71 Quail Hollow Club hosts the tournament for the fifth time since 2016, and it was also the host course for the 2022 Presidents Cup. Wyndham Clark (-19) won here in 2023 by four shots over Xander Schauffele. Rory McIlroy (-10) won at Quail Hollow in 2021 and is a three-time winner of the event along with a runner-up here in 2012 in a playoff to winner Rickie Fowler. Max Homa (-15) won by three shots in 2019 for his first PGA Tour win, and Jason Day (-12) captured the 2018 event. Justin Thomas won the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
Weather update: Players will be grouped in threesomes for the first two rounds because of expected thunderstorms Thursday afternoon with 50% chance of rain and winds up to 20 mph. Mostly sunny and mid-70s with light winds in Charlotte on Saturday and Sunday.
Wells Fargo Golf Odds And Favorites
Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from FanDuel Sportsbook refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.
+650: Rory McIlroy
+900: Xander Schauffele
+1600: Wyndham Clark
+2000: Patrick Cantlay
+2200: Max Homa
+2500: Colin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young
+2800: Sahith Theegala, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland
+3500: Tony Finau, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim
+3500: Hideki Matsuyama, Matt Fitzpatrick
+4000: Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott, Byeong Hun An
+4500: Jordan Spieth, Alex Noren, Akshay Bhatia
+5000: Jason Day
+5500: Stephan Jaeger, Sepp Straka, Brian Harman
+6000: Billy Horschel, Harris English, Russell Henley
+6000: Sungjae Im, Lucas Glover, Adam Schenk, Corey Conners
+6500: Denny McCarthy, Chris Kirk, J.T. Poston, Rickie Fowler
+7000: Shane Lowry, Kurt Kitayama, Tom Hoge
+9000: Austin Eckroat, Keegan Bradley, Tom Kim
+9000: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Mackenzie Hughes
+10000: Taylor Moore
+11000: Patrick Rodgers, Eric Cole
+12000: Adam Hadwin, Nick Taylor, Matthieu Pavon
+12000: Andrew Putnam, Cam Davis, Jake Knapp
Taylor Pendrith (+12000) is in the field after winning his first PGA Tour event last week at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at odds of +8000 or greater.
Wells Fargo Championship Golf Picks
Leading golf analysts and contributors picks to win and top finishing position include:
SportingLife: Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Will Zalatoris and longshots Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley
Golf Bet: Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, Cameron Young, Stephen Jaeger with top 10 Harman, Schauffele, Morikawa, Fleetwood
FanDuel: Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau
Stats, golf betting and DFS from RotoBaller
Xander Schauffele leads the field this week in total strokes gained and ranks inside the top five in every strokes gained category. Schauffele tops the Tour in 3-putt avoidance (< 25 feet) and is top 10 in Par 5 Birdie or Better rate (58%). Xander has seven top-10s and four top-5s in 11 starts this season. He fired a 64 in the third round last year, and better odds (+1800) are available for Schauffele to be the Round 1 leader.
RotoBaller notes that only 24.5% of approach shots last year at Quail Hollow came from inside of 150 yards—nearly 15 percentage points lower than the Tour Average. By contrast, over 55% of approach shots last year came from 175 yards and out.