2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

Cameron DaSilva | Staff Writer

With the PGA Championship in 2 weeks, players will have 1 last chance to get ready at this week's 2024 Wells Fargo Championship, the latest Signature Event on the schedule. The 1st round from Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., begins on Thursday morning.

Below, we look at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.

As a signature event, the field for the Wells Fargo Championship is limited. The only eligible player not teeing it up is Scottie Scheffler, who is expecting his 1st child soon. Rory McIlroy (+850), Xander Schauffele (+1000) and Ludvig Aberg (+1100) are among the favorites this week, as are Patrick Cantlay (+1800) and Wyndham Clark (+1800). Clark won last year at 19-under 265 to win by 4 strokes last year over Schauffele.

Quail Hollow is a challenging and long course. It's a par 71 that plays at 7,538 yards, and is difficult enough to have hosted a PGA Championship (2017) and Presidents Cup (2022) in the last 7 years. McIlroy played poorly here last year and finished T-47, but he holds the 72-hole scoring record (267, 2015) and 18-hole record (61, 2015).

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Wells Fargo Championship – Expert picks

Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 11:15 a.m. ET.

Ludvig Aberg (+1100)

Is this price too short for Aberg? Probably. Should it matter? Not really. Quail Hollow rewards long, straight drivers and players who excel with long irons. Aberg checks all of those boxes. He's one of the best pure ball-strikers in the world and at Augusta National, he proved he putts like one of the game's premier players, too.

Wyndham Clark (+1800)

Scheffler was the only player to beat Clark at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship. At the RBC Heritage, another Signature Event, it was only Scheffler and Sahith Theegala who finished ahead of Clark. Yet, Clark is only tied for the 4th-best odds this week at a course where he just won last year? Sign me up at +1800.

Max Homa (+2500)

Homa has only missed 1 cut, but he does have 3 finishes of 55th or worse in 2024. Now for the good: He already has 5 top-16 finishes this season, won this event in 2019 and finished 8th last year. With a winning pedigree at Quail Hollow and odds of +2500, Homa feels like a good value as a past champion this week.

Wells Fargo Championship picks – Contenders

Akshay Bhatia (+5000)

Bhatia played this event in each of the last 2 years, missing the cut in 2022 and finishing 43rd last year. He's in the midst of an excellent season with a win already at the Valero Texas Open, as well as a T-35 at the Masters and T-18 at the RBC Heritage. He's long and straight off the tee, ranking 34th in SG: off the tee, so he should be able to contend here and continue his stellar play as of late.

Harris English (+5000)

Don't look now, but English is quietly having an excellent season. He has 6 top-21 finishes, including a solo 7th at the Genesis Invitational, and finished T-22 and T-28 in his last 2 starts (Masters, RBC Heritage). At Quail Hollow, he finished 3rd last year and has never missed the cut in 5 trips here.

Wells Fargo Championship picks – Long shots

Nick Taylor (+12500)

Taylor has already won a signature event this year at the WM Phoenix Open and has 4 other top-26 finishes. He seems to play better when the fields are stronger, finishing no worse than T-39 at any of the 4 signature events earlier in the year (excluding RBC Heritage). He finished 26th here in 2021, as well.

Cam Davis (+10000)

Davis can be inconsistent at times, partly because he can get a bit wild with his driver. But when he's on, his length off the tee is an advantage. He finished 26th here in 2021 and 59th last year so he does have some course history. With the way he's been playing as of late (T-21, T-12, T-49 in last 3 starts), he could find himself in contention this weekend – especially with no cut to worry about.

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