It's that time of year again—major championship season is in full swing, and the PGA Tour's most unpredictable stretch delivers another blockbuster. This week, the game's elite descend on the stunning Aronimink Golf Club for the PGA Championship, the second major of 2026. With a world-class field and a venue dripping with history, this promises to be a week we won't soon forget.
The big questions on everyone's mind: Can Scottie Scheffler reassert his dominance and remind us why he's the world's best? Will Rory McIlroy keep the dream of a calendar-year Grand Slam alive? Or—and our experts are leaning heavily into this one—is this finally the moment Cameron Young breaks through on golf's biggest stage?
Our Golf Digest betting panel—featuring Pat Mayo of Underdog/Mayo Media Network, Andy Lack of the Inside Sports Network, Ryan Noonan of Betsperts, your two authors, and Keith Stewart, CEO of Read The Line—has crunched the numbers and studied the form. Here's where their money is going for the 2026 PGA Championship.
Pat Mayo, Underdog/Fantasy National, Mayo Media Network: Scottie Scheffler (+500, BetRivers). "I can't think of a course that better highlights Scheffler's strengths while neutralizing so many of the elite traits his closest rivals rely on. Unless Cameron Young is simply inevitable, of course. The knock on Scottie all season has been his iron play—early in the year, he was losing nearly a full shot per round on approach compared to his previous three seasons. But something clicked during the third round at the Masters. Since then, he's lost strokes on approach in just one round (the final round at the Heritage), and he's reeled off three straight runner-up finishes. This setup rewards accuracy and strong iron play—think players like Fleetwood, Henley, or Si Woo. The problem for them? Scheffler is the most evolved version of that exact archetype."
Keith Stewart, PGA, Read The Line: Cameron Young (16-1, DraftKings). "In his last seven starts, Cameron Young has two wins (The Players, the Cadillac Championship) and four additional top-10 finishes. The key to his current run? His putter. Young's newfound consistency on the greens is the engine behind his success. Pair that with his elite ball-striking, and you have a championship-caliber player who is knocking on the door of a major title."