2022 Fortinet Australian PGA Championship Odds and Picks

The 2022 Fortinet Australian PGA Championship tees up this week for the second time at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane Australia. One huge name in the sport is returning to try and join an exclusive club of three-time winners of this event – and he’s the lone favorite.

Cameron Smith comes in at +350 which is well out in front of the rest of a field that includes Adam Scott at+1000 and Cam Davis at +1200. Smith has won this event twice as he went back-to-back in 2017 and 2018. Amazingly, Smith is not alone.

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Scott won the tournament in 2013 and 2019 while Greg Chalmers (+35000) took the title in both 2011 and 2014. However, none of these two-time Aussie Championship winners have won at Royal Queensland.

Last year’s winner, the first time at Royal Queensland since 2001, was Jediah Morgan who powered through the field for an eleven-stroke win by going 22-under for the week. That was the lowest score since Nick O’Hern also went -22 in 2006. Morgan comes in at +6000 heading into the opening round.

Here are the favorites to win the 2022 Australian PGA Championship:

Cameron Smith +350

Adam Scott +1000

Min Woo Lee +1100

Cam Davis +1200

Lucas Herbert +1400

Ryan Fox +1400

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Where: Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Course: Royal Queensland Golf Club

Par: 71

Length: 7046

When: November 24–27 2022

Purse: $2 million

Coverage: Golf Channel/Golf Channel Digital

There is a huge time difference this week as Brisbane, Australia is several hours ahead of the United States so be aware of that when trying to watch or keep tabs on the tournament. As for the course, Royal Queensland Golf Club is a scenic course that is mostly flat, but has plenty of gently rolling elevation changes. Nothing dramatic but there are areas where players will navigate well-designed and manicured natural growth areas. Mid and short irons will be a huge part of this event.

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2022 Australian PGA Championship Predictions

Cameron Smith +350

Cameron Smith comes in as the 100-lb gorilla this week. Smith is looking to not only grab his third Australian PGA Championship win, but he’s also seeking OWGR points. Since leaving the PGA TOUR for the LIV GOLF exhibition tour he’s lost out on any OWGR events and has dropped from the No. 1 spot in the world to 3rd. The Open Champion should be the player to beat this week as he’s one of the best scramblers in the game.

Ryan Fox +1400

Ryan Fox has moved to the 24th spot on the OWGR list with some strong play on the DP World Tour this season. He has 12 finishes of 19 or better, 11 finishes of 15th or better, 9 finishes of 9th or better, and 7 finishes of 2nd or better with 2 wins. That’s impressive. The New Zealand golfer carded a 54 at the PGA Championship following a rough weekend. Fox has a great short game for this course.

Marc Leishman +2500

Marc Leishman is also looking for a boost in OWGR points and could pull off the win this week. Leishman was T11 in the 54-hole LIV Invitational a few weeks ago and T10 at Stonehill a month back. He carded a T28 at his last PGA TOUR event which was the BMW Championship. Leishman could put his driving accuracy to good use this week as much of the out-of-bound areas on the course are just beautiful natural sand traps.

Others: Harrison Endycott (+6000) is from Sydney and plays these types of courses well. He carded a 10th-place finish at the Bermuda Championship while having a chance to go further up the leaderboard. Hayden Hopewell (+8000) is a young golfer worth watching. He hit the 23rd spot in the National Amateur rankings, won the 2020 Western Australian Open, and has now secured his PGA of Australia TOUR card.

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2022 Australian PGA Championship Betting Lines

Cameron Smith +350

Adam Scott +1000

Min Woo Lee +1100

Cam Davis +1200

Lucas Herbert +1400

Ryan Fox +1400

Rasmus Hojgaard +1400

Adrian Meronk +2000

Marc Leishman +2500

Nicolai Hojgaard +3500

Jeunghun Wang +4500

Takumi Kanaya +4500

Matthew Jordan +5000

Brad Kennedy +5000

Ryo Hisatsune +5000

David Micheluzzi +6000

Harrison Endycott +6000

Daniel Hillier +6000

Jediah Morgan +6000

Travis Smyth +7000

Jason Scrivener +7000

Tom Lewis +7500

Alfredo Garcia-Heredia +7500

Hayden Hopewell +8000

Masahiro Kawamura +11000

Maverick Antcliff +11000

David Horsey +11000

Anthony Quayle +11000

Jack Thompson +11000

Michael Sim +13000

Deyen Lawson +13000

Josh Armstrong +13000

Adam Bland +13000

John Parry +13000

John Lyras +13000

Scott Hend +13000

Alejandro Canizares +13000

Louis Dobbelaar +15000

Daniel Gale +15000

Cameron John +15000

Brett Rumford +15000

Wade Ormsby +15000

Todd Sinnott +15000

Connor McKinney +18000

Lawry Flynn +18000

Zach Murray +18000

Brett Coletta +18000

Andrew Martin +18000

James Marchesani +18000

Douglas Klein +20000

Yan-Wei Liu +20000

Blake Windred +20000

Nick Voke +20000

Harrison Crowe +25000

Matthew Griffin +25000

Devon Bling +25000

Dimi Papadatos +25000

Marcus Fraser +25000

Brett Rankin +25000

Justin Warren +25000

Josh Geary +25000

Jarryd Felton +25000

Jake McLeod +25000

Oliver Farr +25000

Aaron Pike +30000

Matthew Millar +30000

Christopher Wood +30000

Lincoln Tighe +30000

Denzel Ieremia +30000

Ben Campbell +30000

Andrew Evans +30000

Pierre Pineau +30000

Aaron Wilkin +30000

Nathan Barbieri +35000

Greg Chalmers +35000

Kade McBride +35000

Jordan Zunic +35000

Velten Meyer +35000

Jamie Arnold +35000

Haydn Barron +35000

Gunner Wiebe +40000

Geoff Ogilvy +40000

Elvis Smylie +40000

Derek Ackerman +40000

Kristoffer Reitan +40000

Jak Carter +40000

Tim Hart +40000

Stephen Allan +40000

Sam Brazel +40000

Austin Bautista +40000

Peter T. Wilson +40000

Nick Flanagan +50000

Geoff Ogilvy +50000

Michael Wright +50000

Braden Becker +50000

Lucas Higgins +50000

Scott Strange +50000

Jay Mackenzie +50000

Adam Blyth +50000

Harry Bateman +50000

Mitchell Smith +60000

Matt Stieger +60000

Chang Gi Lee +60000

Lachlan Barker +60000

Callan Barrow +60000

D.J. Loypur +60000

Jordan Mullaney +60000

Blake Collyer +60000

Tom Power Horan +60000

Ashley Hall +60000

Simon Hawkes +60000

Jason Norris +60000

Shae Wools-Cobb +60000

Ryan Chisnall +60000

James Grierson +60000

Samuel Eaves +60000

Andrea Pavan +60000

Peter Fowler +80000

David Howell +80000

Luke Brown +80000

Darren Beck +80000

Charlie Dann +80000

Kieran Muir +80000

Daniel O’Loughlin +80000

Luke Toomey +80000

Blake Proverbs +80000

David Brandson +80000

Ben Wharton +80000

Rohan Blizard +80000

Richard McEvoy +80000

Jackson Bugdalski +80000

Max McCardle +100000

Edward Donoghue +100000

Mark Hutson +100000

Darcy Brereton +100000

Liam Johnston +100000

Cory Crawford +100000

Kit Bittle +100000

T.j. King +100000

Chris Crabtree +100000

Scott Arnold +100000

Jake Higginbottom +100000

Peter Lonard +100000

Peter Cooke +100000

Jack Munro +100000

Will Heffernan +150000

Zinyo Garcia +150000

Jayden Cripps +150000

Ben Eccles +150000

Steven Jeffress +150000

Andrew Campbell +150000

Lawrence Curtis +200000

James Mee +200000

Brenton Fowler +250000

Peter OMalley +250000