Spieth set as second-favorite on PGA Championship betting lines

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American Jordan Spieth has won every major golf tournament except the PGA Championship. Spieth will have the opportunity to accomplish that goal later this week  as the +800 second choice on the tournament betting lines according to oddsmakers. Irishman Rory McIlroy is the +700 favorite to win it for a third time.

Spieth won consecutive tournaments in the British Open and Travelers Championship before finishing 13th at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational last week. The 24-year-old Texas native ranks second on the PGA Tour this year with nearly $7 million in earnings, totaling more than $3 million by winning his last two tournaments combined. He finished a career-best second in the 2015 PGA Championship won by Australia’s Jason Day.

McIlroy placed fifth at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational but has yet to pick up a victory on the PGA Tour in 2017. The 28-year-old from Northern Ireland won the PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014, although neither of those came at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, the location of this year’s tournament where the Wells Fargo Championship has been held annually dating back to 2003.