Can Wyndham Clark defend his Wells Fargo Championship title? Reigning champion's odds explored

Modified May 08, 2024 13:19 GMT

Wells Fargo Championship - Final Round — Wyndham Clark odds at the Wells Fargo Championship (Image via Getty)

The 2024 Wells Fargo Championship is set to tee off on Thursday, May 9, and Wyndham Clark is returning to defend his title. The World No. 3 golfer is the second-highest-ranked player on the event’s field after No. 2 McIlroy. The ace golfer is one of 44 top 50 OWGR-ranked players on the Wells Fargo Championship’s 68-player field.

Despite the stacked field, the 30-year-old has high odds to defend his title at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. According to SportsLine, Clark enters the tournament with 14-1 odds. He sits third on the odds list behind event favorite Rory McIlroy (13-2) and last year’s runner-up Xander Schauffele (9-1).

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It is pertinent to note that Wyndham Clark won the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship by beating Schauffele and Tyrrell Hatton, among others. This was Clark’s first victory on the PGA Tour. The golfer has since won two titles, including the U.S. Open last year.

Clark has had a mixed start to the 2024 PGA Tour schedule. The golfer started the year with a T29 finish at The Sentry. He followed it up with a T39 finish at The American Express, before winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He’s since finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship.

However, he failed to make the cuts at the Genesis Open and The Masters. Now, coming off the back of a T3 finish at the RBC Heritage, the World No. 3 golfer is a popular pick for the weekend. It’ll be interesting to see how the Colorado native finish the $20,000,000 prized signature event.

Wyndham Clark will tee off the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday at 11:22 am ET alongside Schauffele and Shane Lowry.

2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds

Rory McIlroy is the outright favorite to win the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship with 13-2 odds. Patrick Cantlay (16-1), Collin Morikawa (22-1), Justin Thomas (22-1) and Viktor Hovland (25-1) are some other names Wyndham Clark needs to watch at the Quail Hollow Club event.

Listed below are the top odds for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship (As per SportsLine):

Rory McIlroy +650
Xander Schauffele +900
Wyndham Clark +1400
Patrick Cantlay +1600
Collin Morikawa +2200
Justin Thomas +2200
Max Homa +2200
Tommy Fleetwood +2500
Viktor Hovland +2500
Sahith Theegala +2500
Cameron Young +2500
Hideki Matsuyama +2800
Jordan Spieth +3000
Matt Fitzpatrick +3500
Tony Finau +3500
Si Woo Kim +3500
Sungjae Im +4000
Sam Burns +4000
Russell Henley +4000
Jason Day +4000
Alex Noren +4000
Byeong Hun An +4500
Brian Harman +4500
Adam Scott +4500
Will Zalatoris +5000
Stephan Jaeger +5000
Corey Conners +5000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +5000
Akshay Bhatia +5000
Tom Hoge +5500
Denny McCarthy +5500
Chris Kirk +5500
Billy Horschel +5500
Shane Lowry +6000
Sepp Straka +6000
J.T. Poston +6000
Harris English +6000
Rickie Fowler +6500
Tom Kim +7500
Adam Schenk +7500
Kurt Kitayama +8000
Keegan Bradley +8000
Justin Rose +8000
Andrew Putnam +8000
Patrick Rodgers +9000
Lucas Glover +9000
Brendon Todd +9000
Taylor Pendrith +10000
Taylor Moore +10000
Matthieu Pavon +10000
Jake Knapp +10000
Austin Eckroat +10000
Adam Hadwin +10000

More details on the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship will be updated as the event progresses.

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