Can Justin Thomas defend his PGA Championship title? Golfer’s leaderboard standing and odds explored

Justin Thomas made the cut after the second round of the 2023 PGA Championship on Friday, May 19. The defending champion finished at 59th position with a score of +5 alongside Denny McCarthy, Yannik Paul, Tony Finau, Phil Mickelson, Chris Kirk, Rikuya Hoshino, Taylor Montgomery, Lee Hodges, Kazuki Higa, Thomas Detry, Jordan Spieth, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Rodgers, Zach Johnson, Thomas Pieters, Mark Hubbard, and Alex Smalley.

He bogeyed the second hole to begin the second round. Thomas finished with a 73 after making four bogeys, three birdies, and one double bogey.

He will begin the third round 10 strokes behind leader Viktor Hovland, who ended the second round with a -5 along with Scottie Scheffler and Corey Conners.

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Justin Thomas has a chance to win the PGA Championship if he makes some birdies and aces in the last two rounds. Thomas' weekend odds are +100,000, according to CBS.

Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, and Corey Conners retained the top three spots in the odd list with 130, 400, and 650 points, respectively.

Here are the PGA Championship odds for the weekends:

Scottie Scheffler +130
Viktor Hovland +400
Corey Conners +650
Brooks Koepka +800
Bryson DeChambeau +1400
Rory McIlroy +2200
Justin Suh +4500
Justin Rose +4500
Patrick Cantlay +4500
Dustin Johnson +6000
Collin Morikawa +7500
Shane Lowry +8000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Callum Tarren +10000
Jon Rahm +15000
Taylor Pendrith +15000
Min Woo Lee +15000
Keith Mitchell +17500
Adam Svensson +22500
Mito Pereira +22500
Max Homa +30000
Ryan Fox +30000
Adam Scott +30000
Sepp Straka +35000
Cam Davis +35000
Xander Schauffele +35000
Harold Varner III +35000
K.H. Lee +35000
Matt NeSmith +35000
Sahith Theegala +40000
Kurt Kitayama +40000
Eric Cole +50000
Beau Hossler +50000
Tommy Fleetwood +50000
Hideki Matsuyama +50000
Cameron Smith +50000
Patrick Reed +75000
Tony Finau +75000
Stephan Jaeger +75000
J.T. Poston +100000
Taylor Moore +100000
Victor Perez +100000
Justin Thomas +100000
Jordan Spieth +150000
Nicolai Hojgaard +150000
Michael Block +150000
Adam Hadwin +200000
Tyrrell Hatton +200000
Hayden Buckley +200000
Dean Burmester +250000
Padraig Harrington +250000
Tom Hoge +250000
Lucas Herbert +250000
Matt Wallace +250000
Adrian Meronk +250000
Joel Dahmen +250000
Sam Stevens +250000
Chez Reavie +400000
Kazuki Higa +400000
Sihwan Kim +400000
Pablo Larrazabal +400000
Rikuya Hoshino +400000
Thriston Lawrence +400000
Zach Johnson +400000
Ben Taylor +400000
Phil Mickelson +400000
Mark Hubbard +400000
Yannik Paul +500000
Chris Kirk +500000
Denny McCarthy +500000
Thomas Detry +500000
Alex Smalley +500000
Lee Hodges +500000
Thomas Pieters +500000
Taylor Montgomery +500000
Patrick Rodgers +500000

Justin Thomas' performance at the 2023 PGA Championship

Justin Thomas made a double bogey on the sixth hole to begin the first round of the 2023 PGA Championship. He only hit one birdie on Thursday and finished with a score of 72. He tied for 59th position after making the +5 cut on Friday.

Viktor Hovland led the 2023 PGA Championship after the second round, in a three-way tie alongside Scottie Scheffler and Corey Conners. Bryson DeChambeau finished second alongside Justin Suh, while Brooks Koepka finished sixth in a two-way tie with Callum Tarren. Justin Rose finished eighth in a two-way tie with Taylor Pendrith.

Rory McIlroy finished tenth, alongside Michael Block, Min Woo Lee, Keegan Bradley, Shane Lowry, Adam Svensson, Matt NeSmith, Sepp Straka, and Keith Mitchell.