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Consistency has quietly become Akshay Bhatia’s biggest strength on the PGA Tour. Following a remarkable 2025 season after grabbing a third-place finish at THE PLAYERS Championship, the 24-year-old made sure to carry the momentum into 2026.

When Akshay Bhatia announced he was skipping college to go pro at 17, critics weren’t being cynical— they were looking at the “Tyron Model. ” His father recently opened up about the negativity the family faced.

The Masters odds are always part of the pre-tournament conversation, but at Augusta National they are really just a shorthand for something bigger. Right now, that group starts with Scottie Scheffler, then moves through Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Ludvig Åberg. The latest odds snapshot has Scheffler at the front, with DeChambeau and Rahm close behind, McIlroy just after them, then Schauffele and Åberg in the next wave.

Akshay Bhatia was trending in the right direction after going toe-to-toe with the PGA Tour’s bigwigs at The Players. Quite naturally, expectations were high, and fans flocked around the Indian-origin golfer when he teed off at the Hero Indian Open.

Akshay Bhatia's Hero Indian Open got off to a bad start, and an unusual rules blunder played a role in his MC at DLF.

Akshay Bhatia struggled at the Indian Open this week, missing the cut by one shot after his first round 77 left him with simply too much work to do. Bhatia bounced back well after his opening nine score of 44 on Thursday by shooting three-under-par on his back nine.