2022 Tour Championship: PGA Tour Golf Betting Odds

Payton Matthews
Last Updated: August 24, 2022

Scottie Scheffler is the betting favourite.

The Top 30 in FedExCup points advanced to Atlanta from last week’s BMW Championship in Delaware. World No. 2 Cameron Smith of Australia didn’t play in the BMW due to a minor injury but easily advanced – this presumably will be his final PGA Tour event for the foreseeable future (major championships excluded) as he is headed to the LIV Series.

Four players moved into the Top 30 at the BMW Championship, meaning four slipped out. In were Scott Stallings from 46^th to 12^th in points, KH Lee from 33^rd to 26^th, Adam Scott from 45^th to 29^th and Aaron Wise from 31^st to 30^th. Both Wise and Scott had to make par on 18 Sunday out of bunkers to earn the final two spots in the Tour Championship.

Out are JJ Spaun (30^th to 33^rd), Joohyung Kim (25th to 34^th, Davis Riley (26^th to 35^th) and Kevin Kisner (28^th to 38^th). Shane Lowry fell a stroke short of his first Tour Championship, finishing 31st in the FedExCup points after three-putting from 65 feet on the 71st hole Sunday in Delaware.

A few years ago, a player could win the Tour Championship but not the FedExCup, but that’s no longer the case. The points leader begins the tournament at 10 under par. The next four start at 8 under through 5 under, respectively, and then it drops by one stroke per five players to where those in spots 26-30 start at even par.

Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club has hosted the Tour Championship since 2005 and is a par 70 at approximately 7,345 yards. With such a small field, there is no cut.

The defending champion is American Patrick Cantlay, who finished at 21-under — he was the points leader entering so he started at 10 under — and beat out Jon Rahm by a shot. Cantlay took a two-shot advantage into the final day and never lost it. On the par-5 18^th and up by one, Cantlay hit 6-iron from 218 yards to just inside 12 feet that secured the victory. Rahm had to hole his chip shot for eagle to force a playoff and narrowly missed, and Cantlay safely two-putted for birdie. No one has defended their title at East Lake since 1998.

The new wraparound Tour season begins Sept. 15 with the Fortinet Championship from California wine country.

This week on ‘Off the Deck,’ @ZeeManGolf breaks down his best bets and explains exactly why Scottie Scheffler is favourite to win the #FedExCup— and why Patrick Cantlay could surprise everyone. #PGA pic.twitter.com/XKWnxD2yCn

— Sports Interaction (@SIASport) August 23, 2022

Tour Championship Golf Odds

Scottie Scheffler +225
Patrick Cantlay +350
Xander Schauffele +600
Rory McIlroy +900
Jon Rahm +1200
Tony Finau +1600
Cameron Smith +1800
Sam Burns +2000
Justin Thomas +2200
Sungjae Im +2500
Matthew Fitzpatrick +3300
Cameron Young +4000
Viktor Hovland +5000
Jordan Spieth +5000
Joaquin Niemann +5500
Collin Morikawa +6000
Corey Conners +7500
Scott Stallings +8000
Hideki Matsuyama +8000
Max Homa +9000
Sepp Straka +9000
Adam Scott +10000
Billy Horschel +12500
Aaron Wise +15000
Sahith Theegala +15000
Brian Harman +20000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +25000
Tom Hoge +25000
J.T. Poston +25000

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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler moved back to No. 1 in FedExCup points with a third-place finish at the BMW Championship on Sunday and thus will start the Tour Championship at 10 under. He’s the +225 favourite. Scheffler’s best result in this tournament is fifth.

Patrick Cantlay (+450) repeated at the BMW Championship and moved up to No. 2 in the points and will start at 8 under. No player has won the FedExCup in back-to-back years.

Will Zalatoris (+1200) starts at 7 under. It’s his first Tour Championship. Xander Schauffele (+750) starts at 6 under. He won this tournament in 2017 and has also been runner-up twice since. Sam Burns (+2200) starts at 5 under.

The lone Canadian winner of the Tour Championship was Mike Weir in 2001. Corey Conners (+9000) was the lone qualifier in 2021 and finished T22 at 3 under. He’s the lone Canadian this year as well and starts at 1 under.