The inaugural Austin 2026 championship debuts this week in Texas, and one of the PGA Tour’s strongest rookies is the betting favorite. Here’s everything you need to know about the Austin Championship odds and other betting favorites to start the week.
Austin Championship Betting Favorites
One of the biggest stories of 2026 PGA Tour the season has been the success of a trio of star rookies. All three of those young players arrived at the Austin Championship this week.
But only one can be favorite bet, and this week that honor belongs Well James (+1125).
Interestingly, unlike his fellow rising stars, James has yet to win a PGA Tour event. But it came awfully close in no time. In just 13 starts this year, James has amassed five top-5 finishes.
His most recent was his best. James lost in a playoff at the 2026 World Tech Championship last week. The winner? Nineteen years old Brown bladesa fellow rookie star who comes in fourth in the Austin Championship odds at +2350 odds-to-win.
The third rookie phenomenon in question, Jackson Koivun (+1800), he is close to James in second place in pre-tournament betting odds.
Doug Pin is stuck between Koivun and Brown at +2100 odds-to-win, while Chris Kirk comes in fifth at +2900.
You can see the top 57 and ties in the Austin Championship betting odds from Monday morning below via DraftKings.
Austin Championship 2026 odds (top 57 and links)
Ben James (+1125)
Jackson Koivun (+1800)
Doug Pin (+2100)
Brown Blades (+2350)
Chris Kirk (+2900)
Michael Kim (+3000)
Andrew Novak (+3000)
Brian Harman (+3400)
Jordan Smith (+3500)
Pierceson Coody (+3600)
Zach Bauchou (+3800)
Johnny Keefer (+4100)
Stephan Jaeger (+4300)
Rico Hoey (+4300)
Marco Money (+4300)
Chris Ventura (+4300)
Seamus Power (+4500)
Austin Smotherman (+4500)
Ricky Castillo (+4600)
Eric Cole (+4600)
Ben Kohls (+4600)
Max Greyserman (+4700)
David Ford (+4700)
Beau Hossler (+4800)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (+4900)
Max Homa (+5100)
Mac Meissner (+5200)
Davis Thompson (+5500)
Daniel Berger (+5600)
Neal Shipley (+5700)
Trace Crowe (+5900)
Kevin Yu (+6000)
Miles Russell (+6200)
Sam Stevens (+6300)
Rasmus Hojgaard (+6400)
Sudarshan Yellamaraju (+6400)
Jackson Suber (+6600)
Billy Horschel (+6600)
Mackenzie Hughes (+6700)
Austin Eckroat (+6900)
Tommy Morrison (+6900)
Nick Taylor (+7000)
Zecheng Dou (+7000)
Luke Clanton (+7000)
Haotong Li (+7200)
Taylor Moore (+7400)
Kevin Roy (+7600)
Zac Blair (+8000)
Karl Vilips (+8000)
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+8200)
Jesper Svensson (+8400)
Alvaro Ortiz (+8400)
Matt McCarty (+8400)
Matthieu Pavon (+8600)
John Parry (+8600)
Ben Silverman (+8800)
Sami Valimaki (+9000)
