On the heels of Scottie Scheffler’s commanding, four-stroke victory over the weekend in Northern Ireland at the 2025 Open Championship, the 29-year-old American golfer is now one Major championship away from the career “Grand Slam.”
That leg is perhaps the most difficult task in the sport but he is bound to be among the North Carolina sports betting favorites. Scheffler needs a victory at the U.S. Open to join his Masters wins in 2022 and 2024, along with the 2025 PGA and Open triumphs. Here are updated BetCarolina.com odds on which professional golfer has the best shot at becoming the next to own a full set of career Grand Slams.
Golfer | Majors Needed | Odds | Percentage Chance |
Scottie Scheffler | 1 (US Open) | -135 | 57.5% |
Jordan Spieth | 1 (PGA) | +1250 | 7.4% |
Xander Schauffele | 2 | +1250 | 7.4% |
Bryson DeChambeau | 3 | +1750 | 5.4% |
Jon Rahm | 2 | +2000 | 4.8% |
Collin Morikawa | 2 | +2000 | 4.8% |
Brooks Koepka | 2 | +3000 | 3.2% |
Phil Mickelson | 1 (US Open) | +3500 | 2.8% |
Justin Thomas | 3 | +3500 | 2.8% |
The Field |
| +2500 | 3.8% |
Disclaimer: These odds were developed by and are exclusive to BetCarolina.com, but regulated operators offering top North Carolina sportsbook promo codes will offer wagers on each major, plus futures betting and more.
In 2026, who can become the seventh player to win all four Majors, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy?
McIlroy finally achieved his career Grand Slam this spring at the Masters, ending a wait of nearly 11 years to complete the set (he had won the U.S. Open, Open Championship and two PGA Championship titles between 2011 and 2014).
Scheffler could very well wrap up the career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock next summer. He is sure to draw plenty of North Carolina golf betting interest. But another golfer of a similar age also is one leg shy of the honor, with 31-year-old Jordan Spieth needing a PGA Championship to complete the circuit.
Spieth will get the first crack at it in 2026 since the PGA Championship comes before the U.S. Open on the calendar. Still, we’re giving Scheffler the best odds of any golfer to complete the career Grand Slam, at -135. He’s the top golfer in the world, while Spieth hasn’t won a Major since the Open Championship in 2017. Scheffler’s four major wins have all come since 2022.
Spieth’s Grand Slam odyssey checks in at +1250, putting him alongside fellow American Xander Schauffele, who needs two more majors (the Masters and the U.S. Open) to complete the major foursome. Those odds would translate to a 7.4% implied probability at NC sportsbook apps, if this prop were offered.
If Spieth pulls of an upset at Aronimink Golf Club from May 11-17 next year, when the Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, golf course hosts the event for the second time ever (and first since Player won it in 1962), he’d beat Scheffler in the race to join the career Slam club.
An interesting tidbit for Scheffler and Spieth is that both have runner-up finishes in the lone Major remaining in their Grand Slam quest. Scheffler tied for second at the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline. Massachusetts, a stroke behind winner Matt Fitzpatrick. Spieth has been runner-up twice at the PGA Championship, in 2015 (three strokes back of winner Jason Day) and 2021 (tied for second, two behind winner Phil Mickelson).
In 2026, we’ll know if Scheffler or Spieth can finish the job to complete a career Slam.
Oddsmakers at DraftKings Sportsbook North Carolina already have an odds board up for the 2026 PGA Championship. Scheffler holds the best odds (at +350) while Spieth is in at +4000, ranking in a tie with Brooks Koepka for 12th overall, 10 months before the action heats up in Pennsylvania.
Then you have the elder statesman of the three-man crew, Mickelson, who will turn 56 just before next year’s U.S. Open. The winner of 57 PGA Tour events and six Majors last picked up a victory at the 2021 PGA Championship. “Lefty” has six runner-up finishes at the U.S. Open, which is the one major he lacks. His most recent second-place run in that event was in 2013, the year he captured his lone Open Championship. The California native has been second at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, finishing runner up to Retief Goosen, but that was in 2004.
Mickelson hasn’t made a cut at the U.S. Open since 2021 (tied for 62nd). For 2026, he’ll need to play his way in because he no longer has an exemption for the event.
USA Today photo by Raymond Carlin III.
A Career Grand Slam in golf is achieved when a golfer wins all four major championships (Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship) at any point during their career.
Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite at -135 odds, with a 57.5% chance as he only needs one more major to complete the Grand Slam. He will have an opportunity to do so at the U.S. Open in 2026.
Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson are the closest, each needing just one major (Scheffler: U.S. Open, Spieth: PGA Championship; Mickelson: U.S. Open).
Only six golfers in history have achieved it: Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, and Gene Sarazen, making it one of golf’s rarest feats.
Author
Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetCarolina.com specializing in covering state issues. He has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
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