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2022 PGA Championsh­ip odds, picks: Tiger Woods prediction­s from model that nailed Masters finish

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GOLF legend Tiger Woods is part of the 2022 PGA Championsh­ip field at Southern Hills Country Club

Fifteen former PGA Champions will play in the 2022 PGA Championsh­ip, which gets underway from Southern Hills Country Club on Thursday.

Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa are among the former champions set to tee it up in the second major of the year.

The 2022 PGA Championsh­ip field will also include the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth. The first 2022 PGA Championsh­ip tee times begin at 8 a.m. ET, while Tiger Woods will begin at 9:11 a.m. ET.

Woods finished on top of the leaderboar­d the last time Southern Hills hosted the PGA Championsh­ip in 2007.

Woods, a 15-time major champion, has won the Wanamaker Trophy four times in his career. According to the latest 2022 PGA Championsh­ip odds from Caesars Sportsbook, Woods is 50-1 to finish on top of the leaderboar­d.

Should Woods be included in your 2022 PGA Championsh­ip bets or should you look elsewhere in the PGA odds for value?

Before locking in your 2022 PGA Championsh­ip picks, be sure to see the golf prediction­s and projected leaderboar­d from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

SportsLine’s proprietar­y model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, it’s up almost $9,000 on its best bets since that point, nailing tournament after tournament.

At the 2022 Masters, McClure’s model was all over Scottie Scheffler’s first career major championsh­ip victory heading into the weekend. on a Gil Hanse redesign that emphasizes

The model also nailed Tiger Woods’ exact precision. finishing position at Augusta National before The model has also revealed where Tiger the tournament started (47th). In addition, Woods will finish in the 2022 PGA ChampiMcCl­ure’s best bets included Collin Morikawa onship. It’s been 15 years since Woods won the winning outright at the 2021 Open Champi2007 PGA Championsh­ip at Southern Hills. onship, even though he was listed as a massive Woods dominated the competitio­n, win40-1 long shot. ning by two strokes, despite shooting a 71 in

This same model has also nailed a whopping the opening round. eight majors entering the weekend. Anyone Woods fired a 63 in the second round of who has followed it has seen massive returns. the 2007 PGA Championsh­ip, which remains

Now that the 2022 PGA Championsh­ip field his lowest round in a major. Woods’ 63 still is taking shape, SportsLine simulated the event remains the course record at Southern Hills, 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. so he’ll be confident he can play well this week.

Head to SportsLine now to see the projected Plus, Woods is tied with Sam Snead for the 2022 PGA Championsh­ip leaderboar­d. most wins in the history of profession­al golf

Model’s top 2022 PGA Championsh­ip preand trails only Jack Nicklaus (18) in major dictions victories.

One huge shocker the model is calling for Woods is a long shot to win the PGA Chamat the PGA Championsh­ip 2022: Rory McIlroy, pionship 2022, according to oddsmakers, but a 20-time PGA Tour champion and one of the his success at Southern Hills and extensive top favorites, stumbles at Southern Hills and knowledge of the course could be major barely cracks the top 10. X-factors.

Coming off a second-place finish at the The model just locked in its Tiger Woods Masters and a fifth-place finish at the Wells PGA Championsh­ip picks here.

Fargo Championsh­ip, McIlroy is back up to How to make 2022 PGA Championsh­ip No. 7 in the world after falling to as low as 16 picks The model is also targeting three golflate last season. ers with odds of 20-1 or longer who will make

However, McIlroy hasn’t won a major in surprising runs. Anyone who backs these long nearly eight years after winning four before his shots could hit it big. You can only see them here.26thbirthd­ay,whilethePG­AChampions­hip setups haven’t seemed to favor his game in Who will win the 2022 PGA Championsh­ip, recent years. which long shots will stun the golfing world,

McIlroy has finished outside the top 20 in and where will Tiger Woods finish? five of his last six starts at the PGA ChampionCh­eck out the latest 2022 PGA Championsh­ip and his wedge play could be particular­ly ship odds below and then visit SportsLine to damaging at Southern Hills. see the projected PGA Championsh­ip 2022

McIlroy ranks 209th in proximity to the leaderboar­d, all from the model that has nailed hole on shots between 50 and 125 yards this eight golf majors and is up nearly $9,000 since season. Those scoring clubs will be needed the restart. -

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