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2025 PGA Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Hideki Matsuyama

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Rory McIlroy's thrilling victory at The Masters last month set up some compelling storylines for the second major of the season, the 2025 PGA Championship, which will be played this week at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.

McIlroy completed the career grand slam with his win at Augusta. If he wins again this week, he'll be halfway to a true grand slam. McIlroy has fared well at Quail Hollow throughout his career, having won four tournaments there. It's a course that favors big hitters — right up McIlroy's alley.

But McIlroy isn't even the favorite this week. That would be Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world. Scheffler cruised to an eight-shot victory at his most recent event, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

Will golf fans be treated to a duel between McIlroy and Scheffler? Or will other top players intervene? Defending PGA champ Xander Schauffele is certainly capable of repeating. Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg have been hot lately. LIV Tour star Bryson DeChambeau has been frisky in recent majors, and other LIV players — Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton and others — could contend.

Welcome to the BettingPros PGA Championship Guide. We’ll take a closer look at all the wagering opportunities the PGA presents, with individual betting profiles of all the top contenders. We’ll also give you our best bets, our favorite long shots, some head-to-head bets and more. Read on for our PGA Championship predictions for Hideki Matsuyama.

2025 PGA Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Hideki Matsuyama

Stats to Know

  • DraftKings Odds to Win: +4000
  • World Ranking: 7
  • Best PGA Championship finish: 4 (2016)
  • Last four PGA Championship finishes: 23, 60, 29, 35
  • Last four tournament finishes: MC. MC, 21, 17

Course History

Hidki Matsuyama loves Quail Hollow, as he's done well in multiple events at the course. At the 2017 PGA Championship, he had one of his best performances in a major, finishing T-5. Overall, he's made the cut in four events at the course. Hopefully, going back to somewhere he's had success will help, as he hasn't finished inside the top 20 in his last five events.

Recent Form

Matsuyama has had a great start to 2025, winning in his first tournament of the year, but it's been downhill from there. In his next nine tournaments, he's only finished inside the top 20 twice and has missed cuts in back-to-back tournaments.

Betting Outlook: 2025 PGA Championship Predictions

Matsuyama’s past performances at Quail Hollow can give us confidence that he could be a contender in this tournament. A top-20 finish is a safe bet, but we could certainly see him finish in the top 10, like he did in the last PGA Championship at this course.

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