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.

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

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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.