Cameron Champ is No. 145 in the FedEx Cup rankings and No. 102 in the World Golf Rankings. Southern Hills is a second-shot golf course and Champ is #155 in Driving Accuracy Percentage, #172 in Strokes Gained Approach-the-Green, #182 in Strokes Gained Around-the-Green. The greens have been made smaller, creating a lot of run-off areas, and Champ is #97 in Total Strokes Gained, plus #131 in Strokes Gained Putting. Champ missed the cut at the 2021 PGA Championship (15-over par). By contrast, Aaron Wise is No. 56 in the FedEx Cup rankings and has been at 13, 14, and 8-under-par in his last three outings, including finishing sixth at the Mexico Open. Wise is #48 in Driving Distance, #19 in Greens-in-Regulation, #30 in Strokes Gained Approach-the-Green, #59 in Strokes Gained Around-the-Green, #40 in Total Strokes Gained. And he finished the 2021 PGA Championship at No. 17 (4-under par). Play Aaron Wise to win this head-to-head matchup - Max Play
This pick was released to clients on May 17, 2022 at 8:50PM ET.
GOLF
Aaron Wise vs. Cameron Champ
2022 PGA Championship
May 19, 2022
2:30 PM Eastern
2 units on Aaron Wise -145 (moneyline) (risk 2 to return 3.38)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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