Johnson installed as PGA Championship favourite

Dustin Johnson failed to make the weekend in his Masters defence and does not have a top25 finish in his past four events, but he is still the early favourite to win the PGA Championship next month.

Fresh on the heels of Hideki Matsuyama’s historic victory at Augusta National, the focus of the major tournament calendar turns to the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina.

Johnson remains the topranked player in the world despite his struggles over the past six weeks.

However, that followed one of the most dominant stretches his in recent victory memory, at last November including’ s Masters.

He would also be the defending PGA champion if not for an incredible Sunday charge by Collin Morikawa to win his first major at the coronavirus-postponed event at Harding Park last August.

Johnson has been installed as the +1100 favorite by FanDuel

to win the 2021 PGA Championship, and he is the co-+1000 favorite at DraftKings along with Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy would appear to be an odd choice to be the cofavourite at any event as he comes off his second missed cut in three events while also working with a new swing coach.

The Northern Irishman has not won a major in seven years, though the most impressive of his four career majors was a PGA Championship record-setting eight-shot victory at Kiawah Island this year.

FanDuel is not as bullish on McIlroy, who is +1600 at FanDuel along with Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele and twotime PGA champion Brooks Koepka.

Second-ranked Jon Rahm rallied for a T5 at the Masters with a 66 on Sunday, the lowest score in the field by two shots.

He’s the third PGA Championship betting favourite.