2025 PGA Championship Pool Picks: Tiered Pool Strategy With Data
May 7, 2025 by
Here's our picks and data driven strategy to help you win your 2025 PGA Championship Pool. Whether your playing in a standard 6 tier pool by odds, or any other type of tiered pool setup, make sure you are using data to inform your picks this year.
Picks By Tier (click for context)
General Golf Pool Picking Strategy
- Pick guys that will make the cut
- Pick guys that others won't
- Use data, like past results at the tournament, odds, etc. For these picks I used our free PGA Championship Power Rankings tool. I assigned weight to Odds, Recent PGA Championship Finishes, and other recent major finishes. Give it a try to do your own research.
Tier 1 Pick: Bryson DeChambeau
Bryson has been knocking on the door of another major win for a while now.
He was close at the Masters this year and punted on the Sunday.
Throwing out the Open last year, he had a Win, T5, and T6.
Last 2 PGA Championships solo 2nd and T4.
He is a great pick in tier 1.
All Tier 1 Pick Options & Data
For the pick options in this article I show odds, tier, and power ranking considering recent PGA Championship (shown in Green) and recent Major finishes (shown in blue) only.
Tier 2 Pick: Patrick Cantlay
Trust the odds in tier 2. Cantlay has best odds to win at 28/1.
Fleetwood does have a decent track record at PGA Championship, so he could be worth a try.
Haven't seen much from the rest the tier 2ers in recent majors.
All Tier 2 Pick Options & Data
Tier 3 Pick: Joaquin Niemann
Niemann has 3 wins this year already on the LIV tour and a T29 at the Masters.
Look for him to remain in form heading into the PGA this year.
All Tier 3 Pick Options & Data
Tier 4 Pick: Patrick Reed
Call me old fashioned, but I like Reed in tier 4.
He was close at the Masters with a solo 3rd finish.
Made the cut in the past 3 PGA Championships.
All Tier 4 Pick Options & Data
Tier 5 Pick: Justin Rose
Rose made the playoff at the Masters, last 3 PGA Championships have been inside the top 15!
Plus a T2 at last year's Open Championship.
Seems like a no brainer in tier 5.
All Tier 5 Pick Options & Data
Tier 6 Pick: Tom Hoge
I'm going to trust the power ranking algorithm in Tier 6 and go with Hoge.
He's had decent finishes that last 3 PGA Championships,
let's hope it continues this year.
All Tier 6 Pick Options & Data
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