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PGA Championship 2022: Cameron Smith Betting Odds, Preview, & Prediction

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This week, the second major of 2022 gets underway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Southern Hills Country Club hosts the 104th annual PGA Championship.

Temperatures have been steamy in Tulsa, but the tournament forecast looks agreeable. Weather.com predicts a high of 89 degrees for Thursday, but temperatures are expected to top out at 82 degrees over the following three days. Other than a chance of scattered thunderstorms on Sunday, the weather is expected to be dry, making for firm, fast conditions. It will be breezy for the tournament, especially on Thursday and Friday, so we could see high scores.

Southern Hills has hosted three U.S. Opens and four PGA Championships. The most recent major to be played here was the 2007 PGA Championship. Tiger Woods finished -8 to beat Woody Austin by two shots in that event.

The course will play as a par 70 at 7,546. Three of the par-3s measure over 200 yards, with the longest topping out at 251 yards. The two par-5s play at 656 and 632 yards. Four of the par-4s are 489 yards or longer. This course is a brute.

Defending PGA champ Phil Mickelson, who topped the field at Kiawah Island last year to become the oldest player to win a major, won’t be playing this week. But it’s still a star-studded field, and Woods expects to play after returning to the Masters last month following a car crash in February 2021.

For those interested in betting on the tournament, we have some thoughts on the outlooks for the top players.

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Cameron Smith Stats to Know

  • Best Odds to Win: +2100 (via FanDuel)
  • World Ranking: 4
  • Best PGA Championship finish: T25 (2015)
  • Last 4 PGA Championship finishes: T59, T43, T64, T56
  • Last 4 tournament finishes: MC, T3, 1, T33

Cameron Smith Course History

Given the nature of the late-moment replacement in courses (from Trump National to Southern Hills), Cameron Smith has never competed at Southern Hills Country Club, as is the same for the vast majority of his competitors, and even if they had competed there, the course was fully redesigned in 2019, so it plays completely differently than before. The last event here was the 2007 PGA Championship, which was won by Tiger Woods.

Cameron Smith Recent Form

For this calendar year, Smith started off with a win and he missed the cut his last time out. In-between these, he has been incredible as well, having two wins, and two more Top Five finishes. He started this year ranked as the 22nd ranked golfer in the world and immediately catapulted to 10th and has only gone up from there. The Australian has been someone to watch since he came on tour, but it really seems like he has put the work in and refined his craft to be a name that is talked about each time that there is an event in the PGA. You would be hard-pressed to find a player in better form right now and that is why it is simple to me what my pick below is.

Cameron Smith Masters Predictions

The Pick: +2100 to win outright (via FanDuel)

When you pick a winner, you want someone who is in good form, as well as has the skill to win a Major tournament. Cameron Smith came in third place at the Master’s just a couple of weeks ago and now it is time for him to get to top of the podium at a Major tournament. The field is strong, there is no denying that, but to get Smith at longer than 20/1 odds in this form is a gift in my opinion. Put however much you would wager on a winner on him, with such a big field, it is really hard to pinpoint who is going to go off on that day, but taking someone in-form and having one of the best years of any golfer on tour, it is worth it at this generous price.

PGA Championship 2022 Golfer Profiles

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