The Betting Bunker: Three golf betting tips for the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge
Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Thu, 17 Jul 2025
The PGA Tour action rolls on and Odds Now's golf expert Ross Kilvington (@Kilvington91) has cast his eye over the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge, which tees off on Thursday.
Ross is showing a healthy profit for the season so far and has three fancies for this week's action in Texas.
Scottie Scheffler powered away from the field to win the 2025 PGA Championship and claim his third major title in the process.
For us at Odds Now, longshots Gary Woodland and Jason Day may have missed the cut, but Bryson DeChambeau finished in a tie for second, giving us some place money.
Onto Texas yet again for the Charles Schwab Challenge this week, where Scheffler once again headlines the field.
With many of the big names giving the event a miss, including Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg and Xander Schauffele, there is plenty of value in the middle and lower ends of the betting market.
Colonial Country Club will host the tournament for the 79th time and this is the longest running non-major event that is held at the same venue every year.
Colonial is an old-fashioned layout in terms of narrow fairways and small greens. Power might help, but precise approach play and the ability to drive the ball straight are the key parameters for success here.
The field is slightly smaller due to its invitational status, but there is still plenty of value here this week.
I was tempted with Tommy Fleetwood from the top end of the market, but Daniel Berger at 22/1 represents excellent value – especially after a solid start to the season.
The American hasn’t missed a cut since January, while finishing second in Phoenix, 12th at the Genesis and third at the RBC Heritage, all on courses that suit his game.
Colonial is no different and he has previous here. In 2020, Berger defeated Collin Morikawa in a playoff to take the title.
He ranks ninth for driving accuracy on the PGA Tour this season, along with an impressive 15th on strokes gained: approach to the green.
Straight drives and excellent approach shots are the name of the game at Colonial and Berger looks perfectly poised to challenge for his fifth PGA Tour title.
Tour veteran Harris English didn’t take long to open his account for the season, winning in his third event at the Farmers Insurance Open back in January.
Since then, he has missed just one cut, and his game has been trending in an upwards direction over the last two weeks.
His tie for 11th at the Truist was an excellent showing, shooting all four rounds under par. But English was even better at the PGA.
His stunning final round of 65 was the lowest of the day on Sunday and shot him from 36th spot into a first ever runner-up finish in a major.
In this event during his career, the American has finished second (2016) and T5 (2012), although he did miss the cut 12 months ago.
English’s wonderful final round at Quail Hollow should offer a timely boost to his confidence, though. So at 40/1, these are odds too good to turn down.
Forget Ryan Gerard’s superb finish at the PGA for a minute. Across his three events in the Lone Star state this season, the 25-year-old has finished second (Valero Texas Open), ninth (Houston Open) and has a solitary missed cut at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Then, we add in the fact that he comes into this event off the back of a tie for eighth at Quail Hollow, powered by a sublime opening round of 66 which had him near the top of a stacked leaderboard.
Gerard couldn’t quite maintain that level, but finishing 4-under for the week was enough to see him claim his first top-ten in a major championship.
He ranks eighth for scoring average (69.56) this year on tour, while even ranking 14th for SG: Tee to green (0.674).
The 25-year-old American has yet to win on the PGA Tour. But will Colonial prove to be a happy hunting ground this week?
1.5pts ew - Daniel Berger - 22/1 (Paddy Power, 6 places)
1pt ew - Harris English - 40/1 (Betfred, 5 places)
1pt ew - Ryan Gerard 66/1 (William Hill, 8 places)
Total stake -7pts (all place bets settled at 1/5 odds)
Seasonal Stats
Events tipped by Ross - 9
Total staked in 2025: 37pts
Total returns in 2025: 36.6pts
P/L in 2025: -0.4pts
Ross Kilvington is Odds Now's chief golf tipster, covering events from the PGA and DP World Tour across the season.
Ahead of every major event, you can check out Ross' betting card and detailed explanations for his three weekly picks, where he has unearthed several winners in 2025 alone.
Based in Scotland, Ross also freelances for a number of other sports publications.
Ross Kilvington is Odds Now's chief golf tipster, covering events from the PGA and DP World Tour across the season.
Ahead of every major event, you can check out Ross' betting card and detailed explanations for his three weekly picks, where he has unearthed several winners in 2025 alone.
Based in Scotland, Ross also freelances for a number of other sports publications.
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