2015 PGA Championship Prediction

Another major in the books. The Open finishing on a Monday certainly my work day go by much faster. Zach Johnson won his second major. Spieth kind of choked at the end but was once again in contention for a major. Tiger missed another cut. All in all it was a great major played at St. Andrews.

As for the picks, I thought I was about to end my drought of never picking a winner with Louis Oosthuzien but he came up a bit short in the playoff against Zach Johnson. The second place finish however kept me in the lead with an average finishing position on 19.3. Martin Kaymer went four under on Sunday to finish in 12th to move Mike into second place with a 32 average. Currently taking home the bronze with a 35 average is Tim, after Francesco Molinari finished 40th, but he did shoot a 67 on Sunday to improve his standing by 34 spots.

Onto the PGA Championship, the fourth major that isn't as great as the other three but it's still a major and they give out a massive trophy to the winner so there's that. Let's get to the picks.

One of these major we are going to get Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Rickie Fowler battling it out at the top of the leaderboard. Hopefully it'll be this one but with Rory coming off his ankle injury, who knows how well he will play. Spieth at 5/1 is almost a sure bet to be in the hunt come Sunday and Rickie at 20/1 is still looking for his first top 10 finish in a major this year.

Dustin Johnson at 14/1 is among the favorites. He fell apart on the weekend after leading the Open but in 2010 at Whistling Straits he nearly made the playoff with Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson but he grounded his club in a bunker and received a penalty. He should be around the lead at some point but I'm not going with DJ.

I'm sticking to the new Louis Oosthuizen theory of taking the guy who won the last major at the same course thanks to OO making the playoff against Zach Johnson at St. Andrews after winning there in 2010. Therefore Martin Kaymer at 50/1 will be my pick since he won at Whistling Straits in 2010. Kaymer had missed three major cuts in a row before making the cut at the British Open, finishing 12th a month ago after a strong Sunday. The two-time major champion clearly has the talent to compete in majors and considering this is the course he won his first major at I highly doubt that he'll miss the cut (knock on wood).

Picks from the Bros ---

Mike Moriarty is going with Jason Day at 10/1. Day has yet to win a major but he has been strong in majors this year finishing 9th in the US Open and 4th at St. Andrews. He now has 10 top ten finishes in majors and you'd have to think one of these tournaments he will finally get over the hump and win one. In 2010 at Whistling Straits, Day finished 10th so it won't be a shock if he's in the mix come Sunday.

Tim Leavitt on the other hand is going with another long shot to win. At 100/1 odds Tim has selected David Lingmerth to get his first major victory. In Lingmerth's past six events, he has finished sixth or better four times, including his first PGA victory at the Memorial. The 28-year-old Swede doesn't have a strong resume in Majors though, having only played in three of them. He didn't make the cut in his only PGA Championship two years but he has been playing very well, so missing the cut would be a bit of a surprise.


Enjoy the tournament people.


P.S. Tiger might make the cut in this one. Maybe. Also Zach Johnson at 50/1 is stealing. Sure it's unlikely he'd go back to back but it's worth the risk.