Aaron Rye’s first profession main win on the PGA Championship on Sunday will go down as one of many largest longshot wins in golf playing historical past.
DraftKings Sportsbook reported Thursday morning, simply earlier than the beginning of the event at Aronimink Golf Membership, that Rye would win the Wanamaker Trophy with a report of 290-1. There was additionally a $288 guess at 230-1 that paid out $66,240.
Primarily based on these odds, Rye is the largest lengthy shot to win a significant in not less than the final 20 years, forward of Phil Mickelson within the 2021 PGA Championship and Louis Oosthuizen within the 2010 British Open Championship, based on ESPN Analysis. Each had 200 wins and 1 loss.
Odds range by sportsbook market, with BetMGM shutting out Rai at 150-1 and Westgate in Las Vegas at 200-1. In keeping with Caesars Sportsbook, a patron in New York guess $190 on Rye at odds of 200 to 1 and cashed out $38,000.
Rye was 18-1 getting into Sunday to win the championship and was 44-1 within the last spherical, based on DraftKings odds.
The betting public had little assist for Lai, as he received simply 0.1% of tickets earlier than the event and reached simply 0.6% after the third spherical, based on BetMGM. Which means the sportsbook in all probability did very nicely on this event, regardless that it needed to pay out winnings to a couple massive winners.
Scottie Scheffler (tied for 14th) entered the event as a +385 favourite and was, as traditional, a well-liked play with the general public voters. Cameron Younger (T-26) was one of many largest money owed in the complete sportsbook market, and Matt Fitzpatrick (T-14), Jordan Spieth (T-18), and Rickie Fowler (T-60) have been additionally on guard attributable to sportsbook reputation.
