Truist Championship Odds: Betting Preview For Philadelphia Cricket Club

The 2025 Truist Championship heads to Pennsylvania, as Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon course is set to host this PGA TOUR Signature Event. Find longer golf odds at the best sports betting sites to increase your potential Truist Championship payouts. Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, and Collin Morikawa are the favorites for this year’s Truist Championship.

The PGA TOUR is set to make its first of two stops in the state of Pennsylvania this 2025 season, as the Truist Championship brings us to the famed Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course in Flourtown, Pennsylvania. America’s oldest country club and A.W. Tillinghast’s home club of choice, the Philadelphia Cricket Club is a refreshing change of pace on the PGA TOUR schedule, and it will transform us back in time after an ambitious 2013 restoration project.

With Signature Event status, the Truist Championship has picked up right where the previous Sponsor, Wells Fargo, left off. Virtually all of the best on the PGA TOUR will converge in Philadelphia as this field of 72 gets ready to converge on Thursday. In short, the Philadelphia Cricket Club should reward in-form players who excel at total driving, mid-to-long iron approach play, and scrambling around nuanced, firm & fast Bent greens.

Ahead, we’ll go through everything you need to know about the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course in preparation for the 2025 Truist Championship.

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THE FIELD AT A GLANCE

It’s not a bad way to treat a new sponsor. The Truist Championship will get the Signature Event treatment this week, featuring the 72 best qualified players the PGA TOUR has to offer in its sixth of eight Signature Events this season. 

Scottie Scheffler is notably absent. He is one of the select few players in this week’s field who opted to prioritize playing at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in his home state of Texas rather than in this Signature Event. Scheffler will have a free week to fine-tune his game for the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

Scheffler aside, all of the game’s brightest stars will be out this week. Billy Horschel (OWGR No. 24) is the only other qualified player who will not be teeing it up this week, as he appears to still be recovering from the injury that forced a late withdrawal from the Zurich Classic. Tom Kim (OWGR No. 38) failed to qualify via the top-50 2024 FedEx Cup standings and will instead headline the opposite field event in Myrtle Beach this week. 

Rory McIlroy will be the man to beat this week, staying active since his Masters victory by playing in two of the last three weeks leading up to the PGA Championship. He is your defending Truist Championship winner, cruising to victory at Quail Hollow this time last year, though that achievement will be more pertinent to draw from next week, when the PGA Championship presides back in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wyndham Clark, Max Homa, Jason Day, and Brian Harman join McIlroy as past winners.

INTRODUCTION TO Wissahickon course

Founded in 1854, the Philadelphia Cricket Club is a classic property rich with history across its three courses. It is the oldest country club in the United States, sitting just outside of Philadelphia in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.

The Wissahickon Course, host of this week’s event, is the star of the three courses on the property, cracking Golf Magazine’s top-100 United States courses in its 2024-2025 rankings. The Wissahickon course opened in 1922 and is one of the crown jewels of famed architect A.W. Tillinghast’s illustrious career.

While Tillinghast is also known for behemoths in the Northeast United States like Bethpage Black, Winged Foot, and Baltusrol, Wissahickon follows a bit of a different design philosophy. This was Tillinghast’s proudest achievement; he was a longtime member at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and requested to have his ashes spread on the Wissahickon Creek, which runs through the signature 18th hole. 

Distance is important here, especially on the signature Par-5 7th hole, which requires a longer carry distance to clear the “Great Hazard” off the tee. However, standing at just 7,119 yards, this course cannot be overpowered with distance alone. It features 118 bunkers throughout the property, the most of any course on the PGA TOUR schedule.

These strategically placed bunkers will place more of a premium on accuracy off the tee to avoid the fairway bunkers. These firm and fast greens will pose a great challenge for players attempting to hold the green with approaches from off the fairway. While the rough on the Wissahickon course is not especially long, it will be important to control spin from the fairway when firing approach shots into these greens.

Despite its centuries-long history, Philadelphia has never before hosted a PGA TOUR event. An ambitious Restoration project led by Keith Foster in 2013 has changed that, however, as Philadelphia is now TOUR-ready again after returning the course to Tillinghast’s original vision. 

In short, the Wissahickon Course at Philadelphia Cricket Club should reward elite total driving, long-iron approach play, and skilled putting to navigate these fast and undulating Bentgrass greens. With its many bunkers, Sand Saves and Scrambling also figure to be important skill sets to bring to the Philadelphia Cricket Club.

How It Breaks Down

The 7,119-yardage is a bit misleading for the par-70 layout. Much of the course’s overall yardage is lost by only having two par-5s, as well as two par-4s under 380 yards to begin the round. There is also a short 122-yard par-3, which is not much of a breather. Removing these three shorter holes, there are five par-4s which measure over 450 yards, a characteristic we tend to see on many modern Major venues.

There are two additional par-3s, which measure over 215 yards, placing much more of an emphasis on long-iron approach play than one would typically expect on a 7,119-yard setup.

The Wissahickon Course features a compelling routing in which players will need to capitalize on scoring opportunities in their first five holes, and then hang on for dear life the rest of the way in. A finishing stretch that includes a 215-yard par-3, 498-yard par-4, and 517-yard par-4 should make for compelling drama as the tournament draws to a close on Sunday. 

Philadelphia Cricket Club SPECS

• Yards: 7,119
• Par: 70 (4x 3s / 12x 4s / 2x 5s)
• Greens: Bent
• Rough: 3” Tall Fescue (Moderate)
• Avg. Fairway Width: 32 Yards (Average)
• Avg Green Size: 5,779 sq. ft. (Slightly above-average)
• Architect: A.W. Tillinghast
• Comp Courses: The Country Club (Brookline), TPC Potomac, Colonial CC, Royal St. George’s, Royal Troon, Riviera CC, Waialae CC
• Hole-by-hole Breakdown:

COURSE COMPS

We are flying a bit blind into the Truist Championship in the absence of any prior PGA TOUR events being played on these grounds. And with Truist Championship Event History primarily relying on data from Quail Hollow Club, a pure bomber’s paradise, which features an additional 400 yards on the scorecard.

Philadelphia Cricket Club shares some similarities on and around the greens with better-known Tillinghast creations like Baltusrol and Winged Foot, but I’ve stopped myself from including any Tillinghast courses as Comps to Philadelphia Cricket Club, as I do not believe sheer distance is enough to separate here. If I were to choose one of Tillinghast’s courses as the best comp, I would side with Baltusrol, where Jimmy Walker emerged victorious at the 2016 PGA Championship.

Based on the look, feel, and design of the course, my mind goes straight to The Country Club, host of the 2022 U.S. Open, as the top overall comp course. Both feature Northeast Bentgrass, are not diabolically long, and place more of an emphasis on position off the tee to create the right angles into firm and fast greens.

TPC Potomac is another venue in this region of the country I’ll be looking to as a comp course, as they place a similar emphasis on Total Driving, and have more hidden distance than the shorter scorecard yardage may suggest.

Colonial CC and Riviera CC are classical venues on the shorter side of scorecard yardage. They feature some hidden length and more of an emphasis on long-iron approach play and Scrambling. 

On a secondary basis, I’ll also be referencing performance at links courses like Royal Troon and Royal St. George’s, where the many strategically placed bunkers emphasize positioning off the tee.

Combine performance across this list, and the top-10 players in Comp Course History here are Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland, Keegan Bradley, and Byeong Hun An.

KEY STATS TO CONSIDER WITH Truist championship ODDS

• Recent Form (SG: TOT L16)
• SG: T2G
• SG: APP
• Total Driving
• Scrambling Gained / SG: ARG
• Sand Saves
• SG: P (Bent) / SG: P (Firm & Fast greens)
• Prox: 150+
• Comp Course History

When in doubt, start modeling with SG: T2G to prioritize the top-trending players leading into the week. I’ll be doing just that in a week like this with such limited prior course history data. The top-10 players in SG: T2G are Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama, Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Michael Kim, Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, and Justin Thomas. 

Approach play is pivotal in any given week. Even though these greens are about average in size, the most precise players with their irons can still capitalize on some expected tight pin locations. The top-10 players in SG: APP entering this week are Sepp Straka, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas, Tom Hoge, Michael Kim, Shane Lowry, Xander Schauffele, Nicolai Hojgaard, and J.J. Spaun.

It remains to be seen whether the Philadelphia Cricket Club can be overpowered with a bomb-and-gauge approach. If nothing else, Quail Hollow Club looming a week away may just force the hand of some players to dial up the Driver a bit more in situations where they may otherwise consider playing more conservatively off the tee. However, there is also a clear path here for fairway-finder to gain an edge, as the ability to control spin from the fairway and avoid the lateral fairway bunkers will be a sought-after skillset.

So with this in mind, I’m going to be weighing SG: OTT more heavily, as there is a path for both the bombers and the plodders to separate here. The top-10 players in terms of SG: OTT are Keith Mitchell, Taylor Pendrith, Robbert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Byeong Hun An, Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners, Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay, and Aaron Rai. That list illustrates a good representation of players to target who are elite in either Driving Distance, Driving Accuracy, or both. 

The ideal player for this week should be above average in Comp Course History, SG: OTT, SG: T2G, SG: APP, and Scrambling. Six players meet each of those criteria: Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger, Tommy Fleetwood, and Keith Mitchell.

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: Corey Conners

We don’t get many opportunities to see golf in the Northeast, but when we do, our neighbors to the North tend to feel just a bit more at home. The Bentgrass greens at Philadelphia Cricket Club should feel familiar to a player like Corey Conners, even if he is just seeing this course for the first time this week. His latest visits to the Northeast have each come with great success, recently finishing top-12 at the RBC Canadian Open, The Travelers, and the PGA Championship (at Oak Hill) in his latest appearances. 

With a resume lacking a win beyond the confines of TPC San Antonio, Conners is as due as any other player on TOUR for a breakout, Signature win. He currently ranks No. 8 in the 2025 FedEx Cup Standings with five top-10 finishes over his first 12 starts of the season.

While the ball-striking remains world-class, it’s the improvements on the greens that leave room for encouragement. This could be Conner’s breakout season. Never before has he averaged positive strokes putting for a full season, but he’s done just that at the halfway mark in 2025, ranking top-30 in this field in SG: Putting. 

It remains to be seen exactly how the Philadelphia Cricket Club will play this week, but all indications seem to point towards this being a venue where precise ball-strikers and reliable grinders around Northeast Bentgrass greens can separate. That’s the perfect formula for a player like Conners, who has done everything but win so far in 2025.

2025 Truist CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS: DFS PLAYER POOL

With all the course-fit profiles in mind, I’m leaning early toward the below player pool. Naturally, I’m looking their way in the 2025 Truist Championship odds as well. I’ve broken the list down by projected pricing/odds tier for DraftKings Sportsbook.  

UNDERDOG GOLF DRAFT RANKINGS TIERS

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Tier 1

Xander Schauffele
Ludvig Aberg
Collin Morikawa

Tier 2

Shane Lowry
Tommy Fleetwood

Tier 3

Corey Conners
Byeong Hun An
Daniel Berger
Sepp Straka

Tier 4

Keith Mitchell
Keegan Bradley
Taylor Pendrith
Aaron Rai
Justin Rose

Tier 5

Cameron Young
JJ Spaun

Truist CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS: MODEL RESULTS & BREAKDOWN

2025 Truist Championship Model Breakdown

In my model, I’m emphasizing SG: TOT (L36 & L16 Rounds), SG: APP, Comp Course History, Weighted Putting (L36, Bent-Poa, and Firm & Fast Conditions), followed by a more balanced mix of SG: OTT, Scrambling Gained, Sand Saves Gained, and Prox: 150+.

Model Favorites

It is not World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, but Collin Morikawa who claims No. 1 honors in my model this week. Morikawa is a sensible frontrunner this week if this course caters to the strengths of Total Driving and long iron approach play, as I expect it to. A new course with a new caddie in Joe Greiner may just be the change of pace Morikawa needs to break through for his first win since the 2023 ZOZO Championship.

After Morikawa, my model’s top 10 features are Rory McIlroy, Daniel Berger, Hideki Matsuyama, Russell Henley, Sepp Straka, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Rose, Keegan Bradley, and Tommy Fleetwood.

When the odds open on Monday, I’ll look to center my card around Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, and Corey Conners, depending on where the odds ultimately fall.

Check back in later this week for more updates, and best of luck navigating the 2025 Truist Championship odds!

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