Predicting Every Golf Major Champion Winner in 2022

Even though the PGA Tour season officially begins in the fall, it doesn't feel like it officially begins until the new calendar year when all the winners from the previous year come together for the Tournament of Champions.

Now that we're done with the Hawaii swing that takes place at the start of every January, it truly feels like golf is back. That's why I feel that now is as good of a time as ever to give out my early picks to win each Major Tournament this year.

As always, the Masters will kick-off the Major Tournament schedule, the PGA Championship will take place in May, the US Open in June, and then The Open, also commonly known as the British Open, will wrap things up in August.

So let's not waste anymore time. Here are my early picks to win each Men's Major Golf Tournament in 2022.

The Masters - Collin Morikawa

Collin Morikawa is going to be a popular pick at this year's Masters tournament, and for good reason. Everyone knows that Augusta National is all about iron play, and Morikawa has already established himself as the best iron play alive right now.

Last season, he averaged +1.170 strokes gained: approach the green, which was the best mark on Tour. Paul Casey was in second with +.895 strokes gained: approach. That .275 stroke difference between first and second, is the more than difference between Paul Casey in second and Charley Hoffman who ranked 16th in that state at +.646.

It's actually surprising that Morikawa already has two Major victories in his young career, and neither of them came at the event that his style of play fits the most.

PGA Championship - Hideki Matsuyama

The 2021 Masters winner, Hideki Matsuyama, is poised to have the biggest season of his career. He already has two wins on the season, winning the Zozo Championship in his home country of Japan, and then winning the Sony Open during the Hawaii swing.

Matsuyama has always been among the most elite ball strikers on the PGA Tour, but he's also been one of the worst putters year in and year out. The narrative that always surrounded him was that "if he can learn to putt, he'll become the best golfer on earth."

Well, he may have done just that. His putter was on fire at Augusta last year, and now he's coming off the best putting performance of his career at the Sony Open. I think he wins his second Major in 2022.

US Open - Xander Schauffele

There's no golfer that has broken my heart more than Xander Schauffele. I've bet on him at almost every major for the past handful of years, and it always seems like he's in contention but then falls short for one reason or another.

I think that streak finally ends at the US Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Schauffele has no holes in his game, and he's finished seventh or better in all five US Open's that he's competed in. T5 in 2017, T6 in 2018, T3 in 2019, solo 2nd in 2020, then a T7 last year. The questions not IF he's going to win a US Open, it's WHEN.

The Open Championship - Jon Rahm

Jon Rahm is the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world heading into 2022, and he finally got his first Major victory at the US Open last year. I think he adds to his trophy case at this year's Open Championship.

The Spaniard can do it all. Drive, approach, chip, putt, etc. He ranks among the top in world in every single facet of the game, and now his mental game is starting to mature and catch up with his physical game. He's bound to win an Open Championship in his home continent of Europe, and I think it's going to happen this season.

WynnBET currently has him set as the +1000 (bet $100 to profit $1,000) favorite to do just that.