The PGA Tour’s best players — minus world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler as he’s expected to become a father any day now — are in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the sixth signature event of the year, the Wells Fargo Championship. Four trips around Quail Hollow Club will serve as the final tune-up for the second men’s major championship of the season, the PGA Championship, slated for next week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rory McIlroy is the highest-ranked player in the field and is coming off a win alongside Shane Lowry at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The Northern Irishman has used Quail Hollow as a personal playground over the years, winning in 2010, 2015 and 2021. He’ll be joined in the field by defending champion Wyndham Clark, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa, Justin Thomas and Viktor Hovland, among others.
Golf course
Quail Hollow Club | Par 71 | 7,558 yards
Course history
Betting odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Rory McIlroy | +650 | Cameron Young | +2500 |
| Xander Schauffele | +900 | Si Woo Kim | +3000 |
| Wyndham Clark | +1600 | Will Zalatoris | +3500 |
| Patrick Cantlay | +1800 | Tony Finau | +3500 |
| Max Homa | +2200 | Sam Burns | +3500 |
| Justin Thomas | +2200 | Matt Fitzpatrick | +3500 |
| Collin Morikawa | +2200 | Hideki Matsuyama | +3500 |
| Viktor Hovland | +2500 | Ben An | +3500 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | +2500 | Jordan Spieth | +4000 |
| Sahith Theegala | +2500 | Alex Noren | +4000 |
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Picks to win
Max Homa (22/1)
Max Homa plays his shot from the fourth tee during the final round of the 2024 Masters Tournament. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)
Since missing the cut at the WM Phoenix Open, Homa has four top-25 finishes in six starts highlighted by at T-3 at the Masters. After a few weeks off since his last start (RBC Heritage, T-55), I expect Homa to be well rested for a tournament where he’s a past champion.
The fan-favorite won in Charlotte in 2019 and grabbed eighth last season.
Justin Thomas (22/1)
Justin Thomas of the USA smiles on the driving range prior to the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 16, 2024 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
After missing the cut at the Masters, Thomas finished T-5 in his next start at the RBC Heritage. He has had an up-and-down season, but with a major championship in his hometown on the horizon, I expect JT to find some form.
In his last three appearances at Quail Hollow, Thomas has finished 14th, 26th and 21st.
Tommy Fleetwood (25/1)
Tommy Fleetwood waits for the seventh green to clear during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. (Photo: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Fleetwood didn’t have his best stuff in his last start at the RBC Heritage where he tied for 49th. In two starts before Harbour Town, however, the Englishman tied for third at the Masters and for seventh at the Valero Texas Open.
In his last two trips to Quail Hollow for the Wells Fargo (2023, 2021), Fleetwood has finished fifth and 14th, respectively.
It’s time for Fleetwood to get it done on the PGA Tour.
Adam Scott (40/1)
Adam Scott chips on the 18th hole during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Network)
The Aussie has played consistent golf in 2024, finishing inside the top 25 five times in 8 starts this year. At last year’s Wells Fargo, Scott finished fifth. If you don’t like him to win outright, Scott is +140 to finish inside the top 20.
Stephan Jaeger (45/1)
Stephan Jaeger acknowledges the fans after making a putt on the 15th green during the third round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Since his win in Houston, Jaeger missed the cut at the Masters but bounce back nicely with a T-18 finish at the RBC Heritage and T-20 finish at last week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
With Jaeger’s new-found distance off the tee, I expect his game to fit Quail Hollow nicely.
At last year’s Wells Fargo, Jaeger shot four straight 70s and tied for 27th.
