​The inaugural Austin Championship at the Fazio Canyons Course at Barton Creek Resort welcomes a field that includes five 2026 winners and a healthy number of young stars competing for a $6 million purse.Blades Brown checks both those boxes, coming off his breakthrough win in Cabo San Lucas. Joining him in the field is fellow American teenage sensation Miles Russell, fresh off being named the AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year for a third time.And then there’s tournament favorite Jackson Koivun, the elder statesman of the bunch at all of 21 years of age. Koivun, one of the most decorated golfers in collegiate history, is already a Presidents Cup winner and PGA Tour champion in his rookie season.So, which of these young bucks do the sportsbooks favor? Let’s dive into the odds as the Tour makes its return to Austin, Texas, for the first time since 2023’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship won by Sam Burns.2026 Austin Championship odds (as of Tuesday, November 10, courtesy of DraftKings)Jackson Koivun (+1550)Doug Ghim (+1650)Blades Brown (+2150)Andrew Novak (+2800)Jordan Smith (+2800)Chris Kirk (+2900)Brian Harman (+3300)Pierceson Coody (+3400)Kris Ventura (+3500)David Ford (+3700)Austin Smotherman (+3800)John Keefer (+3900)Marco Penge (+3900)Zach Bauchou (+3900)Ben Kohles (+4200)Stephan Jaegar (+4300)Rico Hoey (+4400)Seamus Power (+4400)Blades Brown becomes Tour’s youngest champ in 95 years, taking down another budding star in Cabo playoffThe 19-year-old Brown started Sunday seven strokes behind leader Ben James before firing 63 and knocking off James in a playoff to capture the World Wide Technology Championship for his maiden PGA Tour title.
Brentley Romine,
Brentley Romine,Who will win the 2026 Austin Championship?Despite his relatively young age, Koivun has earned the right to be a tournament favorite and this isn’t uncharted territory for him — he had the slight edge over eventual winner Jacob Bridgeman at the Biltmore to start the Tour’s fall season and then again in Utah where he was listed on top of Michael Brennan. With all that said, bettors are being asked to pay a premium for taking the “big name” who hasn’t really threatened to win over the last three months. That means we’re rolling with Andrew Novak at +2800, who was having an out-of-body experience with his putter the last time we saw him. Until that special something with the short stick goes away, we’re not going to fade the South Carolina native. In his last 15 rounds of competitive golf, Novak has posted five sub-64s.Austin Championship 2026: Full field at Barton CreekHere’s a look at the initial field for the PGA Tour’s Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions.
Golf Channel Staff,
Golf Channel Staff,Favorite longshot to win the Austin ChampionshipRussell at +8800 got us to take a look given how this season has gone on the PGA Tour but nearly right below him is a name of another