The inaugural 2026 Austin Championship debuts this week in Texas, and one of the sharpest PGA Tour rookies is the betting favorite. Here is 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 the 2026 PGA Tour season has been the success of a trio of star rookies. All three of those young players are teeing it up at this week’s Austin Championship.
But only one can be betting favorite, and this week that honor belongs to Ben James (+1125).
Interestingly, unlike his fellow up-and-coming stars, James hasn’t won a PGA Tour event yet. But he’s come awfully close in a short time. In just 13 starts this year, James has accumulated five top-5 finishes.
His most recent was his best. James lost in a playoff at last week’s 2026 World Wide Technology Championship. The winner? Nineteen-year-old Blades Brown, a fellow star rookie who comes in fourth in the Austin Championship odds at +2350 odds-to-win.
The third rookie phenom in question, Jackson Koivun (+1800), is close behind James in second place in the pre-tournament betting odds.
Doug Ghim 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 as of Monday morning below via DraftKings.
2026 Austin Championship odds (top 57 and ties)
Ben James (+1125)
Jackson Koivun (+1800)
Doug Ghim (+2100)
Blades Brown (+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 Penge (+4300)
Kris Ventura (+4300)
Seamus Power (+4500)
Austin Smotherman (+4500)
Ricky Castillo (+4600)
Eric Cole (+4600)
Ben Kohles (+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)
