PGA Championship 2022: Viktor Hovland Betting Odds, Preview & Prediction
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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Viktor Hovland Stats to Know
- Best Odds to Win: 22-1 (via DraftKings)
- World Ranking: 6
- Best PGA Championship Finish: T30 (2021)
- Last Four PGA Finishes: T30, T33,
- Last Four Tournament Finishes: T29, T27, T18, T33
Viktor Hovland Tournament History
The 24-year-old Hovland will be appearing in his third PGA Championship. He tied for 30th last year at Kiawah Island, opening with a 69 but then shooting back-to-back 75s on Friday and Saturday to fall out of contention. He tied for 33rd at TPC Harding Park in 2020.
Viktor Hovland Recent Form
The only events Viktor Hovland has played since the beginning of April were the Zurich Classic of New Orleans teams event, where he and Collin Morikawa tied for 29th, and the Masters, where he tied for 27th.
Hovland’s last top-10 finish was a T9 at the Players Championship in late March. That capped off a nice three-event run that also included a T4 at the Genesis Invitational and a T2 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Viktor Hovland PGA Championship Prediction
The young Norwegian has ascended to No. 6 in the world ranking, but he hasn’t recorded a top-10 finish in a major. (His best finishes in majors were T12s at the 2021 British Open and 2019 U.S. Open.)
Hovland was red-hot in March, but he’s cooled off lately. His driving is good, not great, and Southern Hills will demand a good week with the driver. Hovland is bound to win a major at some point, but don’t expect it to happen this week in Tulsa.
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