Golf betting: Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win every major in 2026 as he goes for the career grand slam
On the heels of his dominant British Open win on Sunday, Scheffler is the early favorite to win all four majors in 2026.
Scheffler is +400 at BetMGM to win his third Masters title in April. He's +400 to win a second consecutive PGA Championship in May. He's +400 to complete the career grand slam and win the U.S. Open in June. And he's +400 to go back-to-back at the Open in July.
Those odds also make it straightforward for bettors who want to bet Scheffler very early. If you bet $10 on Scheffler to win every major next year, you'll make your money back with just one major win in 2026 and make a profit if he wins two or more.
Early bettors are taking that to heart. Scheffler has over 20% of the bets already to win the Masters and PGA Championship next year and the Masters bets on him total nearly 46% of the money already bet on the event.
Of course, winning one major in a calendar year for any professional golfer is far from a guarantee. But Scheffler is the closest thing you can get to a lock on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods' prime.
If you really want to get frisky, you can bet on Scheffler sweeping all four majors at +25000.
"BetMGM immediately shortened his 2026 Masters price to +400 from +500 and that could still shorten further should he continue to dominate on the PGA Tour," BetMGM trader Matt Wall said. "The comparisons with Tiger Woods certainly don't look out of place right now. All the early action is on Scottie to win all 4 majors at +25000, and he is the favorite in each one right now.'
Scheffler has won a major in three of the past four seasons and already has 17 career PGA Tour wins. All of those victories have come in the last four seasons as well. If he wins the U.S. Open in 2026 — and Jordan Spieth doesn't win the 2026 PGA Championship — he'll become the seventh golfer to win all four majors. Rory McIlroy became the sixth when he won the Masters in April and the first to complete the career grand slam since Woods in 2000.
McIlroy, meanwhile, is the early No. 2 favorite to Scheffler in three of the four majors next seasons. McIlroy is +900 to win the Open, +550 to win the Masters and +600 to win the PGA Championship. His odds to win the U.S. Open are +900 and just behind two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau at +800.
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