PGA Championship 2016: Field Odds, Favorites and Tournament Preview

The inclusion of golf in the 2016 Olympics has resulted in a peculiar twist to this year’s schedule.

Instead of being played in August, as it is in most years, the PGA Championship will start Thursday and come to its conclusion Sunday (unless weather impacts the tournament).

It’s interesting to note the sport’s Big Three have been shut out at this year’s majors. Top-rated Jason Day is the defending champion, and he has had a solid year as the No. 1 golfer in the world. But he struggled at the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open.

Jordan Spieth has struggled since his collapse on the back nine of the final round at the Masters, while Rory McIlroy has not been able to play consistently at any of the majors.

While some golf observers may want to use the “due” theory and suggest one or two of those stars will play in top form at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, it is difficult to overlook Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson.

Those two won the U.S. Open and British Open, respectively, and both appear to be at the top of their games. Johnson overcame the demanding conditions at Oakmont, a tremendously competitive field, his own personal demons and a brutal one-stroke penalty to win his first major tournament. Johnson has …

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