Deadspin | Ranking all 11 LIV Golf entrants at 2026 PGA Championship

It has been practically two years since a LIV Golf member gained a serious, when Bryson DeChambeau hoisted the 2024 U.S. Open trophy.

Eleven LIV gamers are set to compete at the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink exterior of Philadelphia this week. One among them claiming the Wanamaker Trophy would offer a much-need raise for the fledgling league, and there are two among the many high 5 betting favorites.

We rank all 11 gamers on this week’s discipline and analyze their probabilities of snapping LIV’s main drought.

MARTIN KAYMER (+450000 at DraftKings)

Certified By: Previous Champion (2010)

Sitting at 1,a hundred and sixtieth within the Official World Golf Ranking, Kaymer’s solely main final yr was a missed minimize at the PGA. He has performed in six LIV occasions this yr with a finest exhibiting of T25 in Mexico Metropolis. The Cleeks Golf Membership captain hasn’t been related on the worldwide stage in a number of years and at present sits 52nd in LIV’s particular person standings.

ELVIS SMYLIE (+130000)

Certified By: Particular Invite

Smylie, 24, gained his LIV Golf debut in Riyadh in February, however it has been largely robust sledding since. He did end T8 in Hong Kong however hasn’t fared higher than T28 in his previous six worldwide occasions and is coming off a T46 at LIV Golf Virginia. The Australian has made the minimize in one in all three earlier main begins — a T72 at final yr’s PGA.

DUSTIN JOHNSON (+23000)

Certified By: Particular Invite

The 2-time main champion narrowly ran his streak to 69 consecutive majors during which he is eligible to play when he was prolonged an invitation final week. A two-time PGA runner-up, he has six top-10 finishes on this main. However there may be little to counsel that Johnson can be an element this week. He did handle a T33 at the Masters after lacking the minimize in three of 4 2025 majors. He additionally has a lone top-10 outcome by way of seven LIV occasions this yr.

CAMERON SMITH (+35000)

The previous World No. 2 insists his aggressive fireplace continues to burn strongly, however his recreation has largely flamed out over the previous two years towards elite fields. That features six consecutive missed cuts at majors. He has a pair of top-10s on LIV this yr following a runner-up at the Australian Open to shut out 2025, however has gone T39 and T26 on LIV after failing to make the minimize at the Masters final month.

TOM McKIBBIN (+34000)

Certified By: Particular Invite

The 23-year-old will make his sixth main begin and second consecutive at the PGA Championship. A former mentee of Rory McIlroy, McKibbin is taken into account one of the vital proficient younger gamers on LIV. He’s nonetheless fairly uncooked on the foremost stage, nevertheless, and in addition missed the minimize at Augusta final month. He did rebound to complete T5 at LIV Golf Mexico Metropolis earlier than a missed minimize on the DP World Tour and a T21 in Virginia final week.

DAVID PUIG (+12000)

Certified By: Particular Invite

Puig, 24, positioned second to Jon Rahm at LIV Golf Mexico Metropolis for his finest end thus far within the league. His T60 at final yr’s PGA was one in all one thrice Puig has reached the weekend at a serious. He does have 4 top-10s on LIV this yr and gained the 2025 BMW Australian PGA Championship for his most notable victory thus far.

THOMAS DETRY (+14500)

Certified By: Particular Invite

Detry has made a big effect in his debut LIV season as he sits fourth within the particular person standings. The 33-year-old’s finest earlier end in a serious was T4 at the PGA at Valhalla two years in the past, and he is working to safe a spot in subsequent month’s U.S. Open. Ranked 61st on the earth, Detry did win the 2025 WM Phoenix Open by seven pictures, so he has confirmed the expertise to tug away from high quality fields.

JOAQUIN NIEMANN (+10000)

Certified By: Prime 15 at 2025 PGA Championship

The Chilean star has struggled to this point in 2026 to seek out the shape that noticed him win 5 particular person LIV titles final yr. Niemann does have a solo fourth in Singapore and a T8 at Virginia, and he tied for eighth at the 2025 PGA earlier than lacking the minimize at the ultimate two majors of the yr. Final yr’s PGA was the one top-10 main end thus far for the 27-year-old.

TYRRELL HATTON (+5900)

Certified By: Ryder Cup participant (2025)

Hatton’s 66 tied for the low spherical on Sunday at the Masters, which helped him rocket as much as a T3 and took a little bit of the sting away from an in any other case very poor exhibiting by LIV at Augusta. He stays twenty sixth on the earth rankings and has a trio of top-10 finishes on LIV in 2025, though he’s coming off a modest seventeenth at Virginia. The 34-year-old has a repute for enjoying effectively on among the world’s most troublesome programs, and he has at least one top-10 outcome at every of the 4 majors, highlighted by a T4 at final yr’s U.S. Open.

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU (+1850)

Certified By: U.S. Open Winner (2020), Prime 15 at 2024 PGA Championship, Prime 70 PGA Championship factors

DeChambeau rallied to complete third in Virginia after being 12 pictures off the tempo of eventual winner Lucas Herbert coming into the weekend. He seems to be over the wrist harm that pressured him to withdraw from Mexico Metropolis following a missed minimize at the Masters. DeChambeau has completed runner-up at every of the previous two PGAs, together with a dramatic one-shot deficit to Xander Schauffele in 2024 and tying for second-place honors 5 pictures behind Scottie Scheffler final yr.

JON RAHM (+1375)

Certified By: U.S. Open Winner (2021), Masters Champion (2023), Ryder Cup participant (2023, ‘25)

Rahm admitted at the Masters that he has been tinkering with a number of issues together with his swing looking for extra consistency. After a T38 at Augusta, the Spaniard went on to win LIV Golf Mexico Metropolis and completed T8 at Virginia. Rahm additionally completed T8 at the 2025 PGA earlier than a T7 at the U.S. Open, so he is one of many few LIV Golf stars who’ve managed to remain persistently related on the foremost stage.

Rahm, 31, has by no means appeared notably involved about critics or the present noise round LIV’s future. Nonetheless, he additionally has a spotty observe file at the PGA Championship, together with his finest end thus far being a T4 at Bellerive again in 2018. He does lead the present particular person LIV standings by a large margin.

–Derek Harper, Discipline Degree Media