Navigate

2025 PGA Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Patrick Cantlay

by |

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 Patrick Cantlay.

2025 PGA Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions: Patrick Cantlay

Stats to Know

  • DraftKings Odds to Win: +4500
  • World Ranking: 16
  • Best PGA Championship finish: 3 (2019)
  • Last four PGA Championship finishes: 23, MC, 9, 53
  • Last four tournament finishes: 33, 36, 13, 4

Course History

Quail Hollow has not been a great course for Cantlay over his career. Through four tournaments played Cantlay has one missed cut and his best finish was 21st-place at the Wells Fargo Championship in 2023.

Recent Form

Cantlay has been playing well this season. His ranking of 12th in Strokes Gained: Total is a strong representation of his season overall so far which has been good but not great. Cantlay has six top-15 finishes through ten tournaments this year but has only reached as high as a 4th-place finish. The good news is for Cantlay supporters is that the 4th-place finish was last weekend at the Truist Championship.

Betting Outlook: 2025 PGA Championship Predictions

Cantlay has been very steady all year but has not been able to break through and really challenge for a tournament win. I do like a small bet on a top-10 finish at +300. Cantlay has made the weekend in every tournament he’s played in this year so he should give a good chance at being near the leaderboard on Sunday.

More 2025 PGA Championship Golfer Predictions

Try Premium for FREE in our mobile app

BettingPros App