{"id":17720,"date":"2026-05-12T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/?post_type=article&p=17720"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:30:17","slug":"noonans-pga-championship-outright-betting-picks-course-preview-betsperts-golf","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/article\/noonans-pga-championship-outright-betting-picks-course-preview-betsperts-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Noonan\u2019s PGA Championship Outright Betting Picks & Course Preview | Betsperts Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PGA Championship often lacks the pre-flop buzz of the other major championships on the calendar, but I’m really looking forward to this one for a few reasons. First, the field. The top of the board is trending well. Just a few weeks ago, we looked at the Masters field and thought it was more wide open than in past years because we had questions surrounding Scottie Scheffler<\/a><\/a><\/span> and Rory McIlroy<\/a><\/a><\/span>‘s lead-in form. They answered those questions resoundingly that week and have continued to do so. Just behind Scottie and Rory is a deep group of stalkers who are just as capable of showing up this week and winning, and nearly all of them are playing some of the best golf of their careers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Second is the course. Aronimink has that 1920s northeast charm from a design standpoint. We see a few Donald Ross designs every year on the PGA Tour, but the truly exceptional Ross designs, like Pinehurst No. 2, Seminole, Inverness Club, and Oakland Hills, are courses that we never see, or only occasionally mixed into the major championship rota. <\/span><\/p>\n

I do have concerns that the weather will make this course susceptible to lower scores than we typically like to see for a major championship test, but I hope I’m wrong. Aronimink is pretty straightforward off the tee, but the Par-70 layout should get more difficult as you get closer to the hole. At 7,394 yards, a lot of the approach shots here should come from an uneven lie, as the course routing intended. The course will feature 176 bunkers, most of which are clustered in the fairway and around the greens, and the rough should be grown out and thick enough to limit a pure bomb-and-gouge with no regard <\/span>strategy<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The main defense for the course is the green complexes. Because they were built in 1926 for slower grass speeds, their natural slopes are very severe for modern green speeds. Ross used internal ridges to divide large greens into small pockets, so the PGA of America will likely give us some gnarly pin placements this week. If a player misses the correct tier or pocket, they’ll face incredibly difficult two-putts that require navigating up and over ridges with massive breaks. <\/span><\/p>\n

For more course details, check out <\/span>Ron’s<\/span><\/a> course preview<\/span><\/a>. It’s the best in the business, bar none. Also, don’t forget to check out our research tools, the Aronimink <\/span>course stats<\/span><\/a>, along with the <\/span>Tournament Cheat Sheet.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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