The PGA Championship was an amazing event as Phil Mickelson proved to the world that he could still win at 50 years old. It also shows that longshots can pay off! Mickelson came into the PGA Championship at +20000. To put that into perspective, the favorite was Rory McIlroy at +1000.
Now the golf world moves to the Charles Schwab Challenge (Formerly the Colonial according to older golf fans) in Forth Worth Texas and there are plenty of storylines to touch on. One is that the two players who battled for the win in a playoff last year are among the favorites to win this weekend.
Daniel Berger beat Collin Morikawa in a playoff for the 2020 traditional Scottish Tartan jacket. It was the first playoff since 2014. Berger comes in at +1800 with Morikawa at +1200.
Another story worth keeping track of is that Michael Visacki (+100000) is in the field. You may remember Visacki as the player who placed an emotional phone call to his father following his Monday qualifying win for the Valspar Championship several weeks ago. The call has over 1.5 million views on Twitter.
One of those viewers must have been Charles Schwab as he sent Visacki an invitation to play in the tournament that he sponsors. No matter who the leaders are, you can bet plenty of golf fans will be keeping up with how Visacki is fairing.
The overall betting favorite heading into the opening round on Thursday is Jordan Speith at +1000. Spieth carded a 68 during the third round of the PGA Championship but his two opening rounds over 70 made for a tough run. He finished T30 following a 74 on Sunday.
Speith won this event in 2016 and was T2 in 2017. Here are the top-five favorites through +1600 to win the 2021 Charles Schwab Challenge outright according to Intertops.
Jordan Spieth +1000
Justin Thomas +1200
Collin Morikawa +1200
Daniel Berger +1800
Abraham Ancer +2000
2021 Charles Schwab Challenge Preview
Where: Forth Worth, Texas
Course: The Colonial Country Club
Format: Stroke Play
Par: 70
Length: 7,209
When: May 27 – May 30, 2021
Purse: $7.5 Million.
TV Coverage: CBS/Golf Channel
The Colonial Country Club will be a change of pace compared to the PGA Championship! The course plays at par 70, and a relatively short 7,209 yards. Before you start thinking this will be a breeze, consider that the John Bredemus and Perry Maxwell design is packed with tight fairways and doglegs.
Look for shotmakers staying in the fairway to rise to the top of the leaderboard. You have to go back to 2005 to find a Charles Schwab that finished with the winner beating the competition by more than 4 strokes. Since 2006, this event has ended with the winner heading to the clubhouse with a one-stroke or a playoff victory ten times.
2021 Charles Schwab Picks
Collin Morikawa +1200
Collin Morikawa carded his fourth PGA Tour win this season at the WGC Workday Championships and he’s had two T7 finishes. Last year he finished behind Daniel Berger in a playoff and made great use of his putter. The 24-year-old from California could put on a finesse golf clinic this week.
Will Zalatoris +2200
Will Zalatoris has shown he has the mental skills to stay with the leaders. His second-place finish at the Masters was not a fluke. He has followed that up with a T17 and T8 finish last week at the PGA Championship. He’s made the cut in 17 of 19 events he’s played in this year with 13 in the top-25.
Phil Mickelson +4000
Phil Mickelson has won this event twice and it’s been played on the same course since the tournament hit the PGA schedule in 1946. The lefty knows this course and could get his third win here judging by his skill and focus shown last week. Since his victory last week it’s hard to look past him.
Others I Like: Corey Conners (+2200) is coming into the event with a string of nine consecutive cuts made. He finished T17 last week at the PGA. Back in 2010, Zach Johnson (+12500) carved up this event with a tournament record-setting final score of 268.
2021 Charles Schwab Challenge Odds
Jordan Spieth +1000
Justin Thomas +1200
Collin Morikawa +1200
Daniel Berger +1800
Abraham Ancer +2000
Tony Finau +2200
Patrick Reed +2200
Scottie Scheffler +2200
Will Zalatoris +2200
Corey Conners +2200
Sungjae Im +2500
Justin Rose +2800
Joaquin Niemann +2800
Brian Harman +4000
Gary Woodland +4000
Billy Horschel +4000
Charley Hoffman +4000
Phil Mickelson +4000
Jason Kokrak +5000
Emiliano Grillo +5000
Kevin Streelman +5000
Chris Kirk +5000
Brandt Snedeker +6000
Ryan Palmer +6000
Kevin Na +6600
Sergio Garcia +6600
Matt Kuchar +6600
Cameron Tringale +6600
Matt Wallace +6600
Si-Woo Kim +6600
Branden Grace +6600
Matt Jones +6600
Keith Mitchell +8000
Joel Dahmen +8000
Lee Westwood +8000
Russell Knox +8000
Ian Poulter +8000
Kevin Kisner +8000
Harold Varner III +8000
Lucas Glover +10000
Patton Kizzire +10000
Doug Ghim +10000
Jhonattan Vegas +10000
Cameron Davis +10000
Doc Redman +10000
Brendon Todd +10000
Talor Gooch +10000
Carlos Ortiz +10000
Peter Uihlein +10000
Camilo Villegas +10000
Harry Higgs +10000
Scott Stallings +12500
Luke List +12500
Rory Sabbatini +12500
Cameron Champ +12500
Zach Johnson +12500
C T Pan +12500
Matthew Nesmith +15000
Dylan Frittelli +15000
Adam Hadwin +15000
Maverick McNealy +15000
Troy Merritt +15000
Pat Perez +15000
Scott Piercy +15000
Kyle Stanley +15000
Sepp Straka +15000
Patrick Rodgers +15000
Joseph Bramlett +15000
Sebastian Munoz +15000
Richy Werenski +15000
Mackenzie Hughes +15000
Wyndham Clark +15000
Tom Hoge +15000
JT Poston +15000
Andrew Putnam +20000
Henrik Stenson +20000
James Hahn +20000
Adam Schenk +20000
Vincent Whaley +20000
Michael Thompson +20000
Denny McCarthy +20000
Byeong-Hun An +20000
Rafael Cabrera Bello +20000
Jason Dufner +20000
Danny Lee +20000
Nick Taylor +20000
Nate Lashley +20000
Brice Garnett +25000
Sahith Theegala +25000
Tyler McCumber +25000
Graeme McDowell +25000
Henrik Norlander +25000
Brian Stuard +25000
Brandon Hagy +25000
Adam Long +25000
Robert Streb +25000
Peter Malnati +25000
Sam Ryder +30000
Anirban Lahiri +30000
Chase Seiffert +30000
Michael Gligic +30000
Scott Brown +30000
Mark Hubbard +30000
Sung Kang +30000
Austin Cook +35000
Brian Gay +35000
Will Gordon +35000
Cameron Percy +35000
Jimmy Walker +35000
Kramer Hickok +40000
Andrew Landry +40000
Robby Shelton +50000
Hudson Swafford +50000
Xinjun Zhang +50000
Erik Compton +100000
Michael Visacki +100000
J.J. Henry +100000
D.A. Points +100000
Keith Clearwater +100000
John Augenstein +100000
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