The PGA Tour heads to the greater Philadelphia area for the 2025 Truist Championship. With the 2025 PGA Championship coming up May 15-18 at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club, the Truist Championship needed to find a new home for this year. They chose The Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course, which is hosting the Tour for the first time.
The course is a classic example of an A.W. Tillinghast design that Keith Foster completely restored over a decade ago. Before the renovation, it was a tight golf course with many trees blocking the target lines, and the greens were not in the best shape around the edges and the bunkers. Now, the course rivals the best golf clubs in the area, including Merion and Aronimink Golf Club.
Wissahickon is relatively short at just over 7,100 yards and is a Par 70. The fairways are relatively large, with bunkering coming into play for most of the shorter hitters off the tee. The rough isn’t very penalizing, but could be close to three inches long if the tournament directors allow it to grow a bit with all the rain in the area early in the week. The greens separate this golf course from regular tracks on the PGA Tour. They pitch from back to front with falloffs to deep bunkers on all sides, so players will have to be precise with their approach shots. You will rarely get a straight putt here, and the bentgrass greens roll true.
The course has been rerouted, which will make the final five holes must-watch television, starting at the postage-stamp 14th hole, which will only measure 122 yards, and ending with a 517-yard Par-4 18th that will prove a very difficult par.
With zero Truist players having any prior PGA Tour experience here outside of a few occasional practice rounds, we are flying blind when it comes to course statistics. My model this week will concentrate on recent form, prioritizing driving distance, strokes gained on approach, strokes gained on bentgrass greens, sand save percentage and strokes gained on Tillinghast golf courses.
A note on Collin Morikawa: Morikawa will have Max Homa’s former caddie, Joe Greiner, on the bag this week, and I’m not sure what to do with that information. Justin Thomas just won after a long dry spell with Greiner filling in on his bag at the RBC Heritage. Morikawa is in the middle of a dry spell when it comes to wins, much like Thomas was, but has been playing great golf this year. So the change after the RBC Heritage is a bit strange, and I’d like to see a confident outing before I back him heavily again.
2025 Truist Championship odds
Course information
Course: Philadelphia Cricket Club Wissahickon Course
Location: Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Designers: A.W. Tillinghast, restored by Keith Foster in 2014
Length: 7,119 yards
Par: 7
Grass: Bentgrass greens and fairways
Betting slip
Ludvig Åberg (+1800) hasn’t teed it up since the RBC Heritage, where he struggled quite a bit. He was fantastic at the Masters the prior week, before a triple bogey on 18 kept him from having back-to-back top-five finishes at the Masters. Åberg excels on bentgrass greens, and he has gained over 3.3 strokes around the green combined in his last two tournaments. His driver is a weapon, and he has the distance to bomb it over many of the fairway bunkers that protect this golf course.
Patrick Cantlay (+1800) keeps popping up in my model as a value play this week. You can shop this price up to +2000 or even +2200 with a boost in some places. Cantlay’s driving and approach play hint that he may be on the verge of something special. He has gained over 5.5 strokes combined in strokes gained off the tee and strokes gained on approach in each of his last two tournaments. He righted the ship around the green at the RBC Heritage after hemorrhaging shots in that category at the Masters.
Jordan Spieth (+2800) had his best round of the season on Sunday at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. He gained over 6.4 strokes on the field, and he has been trending in almost every category. He has four straight top-18 finishes and looks fully healthy. The golf course seems to scream Jordan Spieth to me. Wide fairways, bentgrass greens and bunker play all scream Spieth.
Sungjae Im (+4500) would be trending towards a win if he could just figure out his irons. He has been excellent off the tee and around the green, and he has popped occasionally on the greens. He pops in my model because of the bentgrass numbers, as well as his around-the-green game.
Jason Day (+5000) struggled with his irons at the RBC Heritage, particularly on Sunday, where he lost over four strokes to the field. I wasn’t that surprised after seeing him grind out a T8 at the Masters with excellent around-the-green skill. Day shows up in almost every model I ran so far this week as a top-10 option, so taking a chance on him at 50-to-1 isn’t a bad option.
Justin Rose (+6600) is another golfer who may benefit from playing more Tillinghast golf courses over his career than the younger players in the field. He is excellent on bentgrass greens and has excellent touch around the greens. He is far enough removed from his heartbreak at the Masters to possibly grab another win at 44 years old.
DFS plays
Rory McIlroy ($12,000) looked like he wasn’t sporting any kind of a hangover after winning the Masters when he teed it up with his good friend Shane Lowry at the Zurich Classic. They played well, but didn’t really factor in the top of the leaderboard on the weekend. McIlroy has had a few weeks to let the career grand slam settle in, and now he will be looking to get back to his winning ways with the PGA Championship next week on a golf course where he will be the favorite. He possesses everything you need to win on this golf course and can’t be ignored at this price.
Justin Thomas ($10,000) is teeing it up for the first time since his win at the RBC Heritage and is always in play in Signature no-cut events. Thomas will have his regular caddie back on his bag this week and will be looking to build on his recent form. He hasn’t been quite as good with his driver as he’ll need to be to contend this week, but you have to love how he has been putting, as he has gained over 16 strokes combined over his last four tournaments. I’m going to play Åberg and Cantlay more, but will have some lineups where I team one of them up with Thomas just in case.
Ludvig Åberg ($9,800) See above.
Patrick Cantlay ($9,500) See above.
Tommy Fleetwood ($9,300) lost almost 9.6 strokes combined with his putter at the Valero Texas Open and the Masters before bouncing back at the RBC Heritage. Both of those courses feature bentgrass greens and putts with a lot of break. That concerns me for this week, so I’m going to be playing more Spieth than Fleetwood.
Jordan Spieth ($9,200) See above.
Hideki Matsuyama ($8,900) has gained strokes off the tee in four straight tournaments, and he gained over 7.2 strokes on approach at the Masters. He hasn’t teed it up since the Masters and will need to figure out his putter if he is going to contend this week. He pops in my model because of his career ball-striking and bentgrass-green numbers, as well as his strokes gained around the green. I like the price and will be gambling on Matsuyama figuring out his issues this week.
Shane Lowry ($8,500) seems to be the one with the hangover after his struggles on Sunday at the Masters. He hasn’t been consistent enough with his putter as of late to capitalize on his excellent form in his approach shots. He is inside the top five to 10 in my model, but I feel more drawn towards Im and Bradley than I do Lowry this week.
Sungjae Im ($8,400) See above.
Keegan Bradley ($8,100) has a lot of history playing Tillinghast golf courses in the northeast and won at Aronimink Golf Club in 2018 over Justin Rose in a playoff, right around the corner from this golf course. He gained over 7.6 strokes from tee to green at the RBC Heritage in his last time out, but he is going to have to figure out what’s wrong with his putter if he’s going to pay off this week. He has lost over 13.7 strokes combined with his putter over his last three tournaments.
Jason Day ($8,000) See above.
Sam Burns ($7,900) is in play this week if it becomes a putting contest. Burns gained almost 11 strokes combined with his putter over his last two golf tournaments, and he has gained strokes with his putter in eight straight tournaments. The iron play has been killing him, though: He has only gained strokes on approach once in his last 14 tournaments. I’m going to throw him in one or two lineups just in case he can play to an even with his irons.
Justin Rose ($7,600) See above.
Will Zalatoris ($7,300) shows up in my model because of his numbers on Tillinghast golf courses and his strokes gained when putting on bentgrass. He has zero top-10s since the 2024 Masters, so playing him this week is a real long shot. Be careful not to follow your model blindly.
Sahith Theegala ($6,900) killed my teams at the RBC Heritage, but I will forgive him and give him a chance this week. Theegala has struggled this year, but has shown glimpses of what makes him such a special player. I’m banking on the Zurich Classic bump that some players get after spending a week competing with their friend.
Eric Cole ($6,700) has four top-18 finishes in his last six tournaments. He gained over 8.5 strokes in his last two measured events combined, and he gained over three strokes putting in three out of his last five tournaments.
Tom Hoge ($6,700) gained over 16 strokes combined with his putter over his last five measured tournaments. His around-the-green game can be an adventure, but he shows up well on short golf courses where approach play is key.
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