The PGA boosts the purse in this week’s Wells Fargo Championship. While golfers played for a share of $9,000,000 or so in the Byron Nelson week, PGA Tour players battles for the winner’s share of a $20,000,000 purse in this week’s tournament. The huge purse explains why Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, and Wyndham Clark will tee off at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte on Thursday. Check out golf odds, analysis, and free picks for the players that should be on your radar.

2024 Wells Fargo Championship Event Info

Three wins and five top-10s at Quail Hollow.
@McIlroyRory leads Power Rankings for this week's stacked field @WellsFargoGolf.

(Presented by @PacificLife)

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 7, 2024

• When: Thursday, May 9th – Sunday, May 12th
• Where: Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
• TV: Golf Channel
• Live Stream: GolfChannel.com
• Purse: $20,000,000

Odds to Win the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

• Rory McIlroy +750
• Xander Schauffele +1000
• Ludvig Aberg +1100
• Wyndham Clark +1800
• Patrick Cantlay +1800
• Max Homa +2200
• Viktor Hovland +2500
• Tommy Fleetwood +2500
• Collin Morikawa +2500
• Cameron Young +2800
• Sahith Theegala +3000
• Matt Fitzpatrick +3000
• Justin Thomas +3000
• Hideki Matsuyama +3000
• Will Zalatoris +3500
• Tony Finau +3500
• Jordan Spieth +3500
• Alex Noren +3500
• Si Woo Kim +4000
• Russell Henley +4000
• Beyong Hun An +4000
• Brian Harman +4000
• Sungjae Im +4500
• Sam Burns +4500
• Jason Day +4500
• Akshay Bhatia +4500
• Christiann Bezuidenhout +5000
• Adam Scott +5000

2024 Wells Fargo Championship Top Pick

McIlroy can win, but the odds on Rory are too low for us to take a bite. Instead, we’ll back Xander Schauffele as the top pick.

Schauffele, the world’s fourth ranked golfer, broke a string of three top 10 finishes, including a second at The Players Championship and an eighth at the Masters, by finishing eighteenth at the RBC Heritage.

Xander, no doubt, will bounce back with a top 10 finish on Sunday. That’s a good enough reason to make Schauffele the top play.

2024 Wells Fargo Championship Second Pick

Wyndham Clark has climbed to the world’s third ranked golfer. One of the reasons is because although he missed the cut at the Masters, Clark finished second at both the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship.

Clark also finished third at the RBC Heritage, where he shot a 66-66-65 final three rounds. Wyndham won this tournament in 2023. So, for sure, at the +1800 odds, he’s worth a look.

2024 Wells Fargo Championship Third Pick

Again, Rory can win this. But McIlroy’s best finish in his last three tournaments played, not counting the Zurich Classic, which is a team event, was a third at the Valero Texas Open.

McIlroy finished twenty-second at Augusta. Then he finished thirty-third at the RBC Heritage. At the +750 odds, Rory is a play against for the top spot.

2024 Wells Fargo Championship Underdog Pick

Earlier in the season, Akshay Bhatia missed four cuts in five tournaments. He blew it at The Players, the Cognizant Classic, and the WM Phoenix Open.

Since the implosion, though, Akshay’s been playing great golf. He finished eleventh at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, won the Valero Texas Open, finished thirty-fifth at The Masters, and finished eighteenth at the RBC Heritage. Bhatia can get it done at massive odds.

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