Morning Coffee: A FanDuel Best Bet for Friday night

The kids from Southern California are doing alright.

Murrieta, Calif.’s Rickie Fowler birdied six of his final 10 holes on Thursday for a share of the lead through the first round at the U.S. Open.

San Diego’s Xander Schauffele kept pace with birdies on five of his final nine holes to finish the day tied with Fowler atop the leaderboard at eight-under.

For all of the talk about how difficult the course would be this week, the Los Angeles Country Club did not live up to its billing in the opening round.

Fowler and Schauffele both shot 62 to set a U.S. Open record.

Meanwhile, the leaderboard features several other big names in contention, with Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau all in the top seven this morning.

Mackenzie Hughes has emerged as the top Canadian contender at three-under entering Round 2.

This is the Morning Coffee for Friday, June 16, 2023.

Schauffele, Fowler deliver record performances in first round at U.S. Open

Scheffler entered the U.S. Open as the obvious favourite to win the tournament at +600 odds.

While you can find him at a similar price to win the event at +650 at FanDuel this morning, he’s no longer the favourite.

That distinction belongs to Schauffele, who was cut from +1900 to +350 to win the tournament following his record start on Thursday.

Schauffele has finished in the top seven in five of his six career starts at the U.S. Open.

His six top-five finishes at majors are the second-most without a win by any player competing this week.

Meanwhile, Fowler’s eight top-five finishes at major events is the most of any player in the field without a victory.

Fowler is currently the third choice to win the event at +650 odds at FanDuel this morning.

McIlroy, who was bogey-free through the first 17 holes on Thursday, is currently tied for fifth at five-under. He’s currently the second choice to win the U.S. Open at FanDuel at +500 odds.

Johnson is +850 to win the event this morning after posting his 10th career major round of 65 or lower.

Hughes is the top Canadian contender at 190-to-1 odds at three-under entering Round 2.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, there are several intriguing prop bets that you can play at FanDuel this morning.

Our very own Tekeyah Singh nailed this bet on Sam Burns to hit a hole in one at 140-to-1 odds in Round 1.

Make sure you give Tekeyah a follow on Twitter.

Also, make sure you give our golf analysts Adam Scully, Bob Weeks and Mark Zecchino a follow on Twitter for the latest throughout the day from the U.S. Open.

You could also follow the TSN Golf, Golf Talk Canada and the TSN EDGE accounts for the latest from the Los Angeles Country Club.

If the opening round is any indication, we should be in line for some real fireworks over the next three days at the U.S. Open.

The CFL line moves to consider this weekend

The Calgary Stampeders kicked off Week 2 of the 2023 CFL season with a 26-15 win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday night.

Dedrick Mills led the way with 98 rushing yards and a touchdown.

In case you missed it, the Stampeders opened as a 3.5-point favourite and were bet up to -6.5 ahead of kick-off at FanDuel.

We have seen similar movement for tonight’s game, as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers opened -3.5 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders and have since been bet up to -6.5 at FanDuel.

Will the Blue Bombers win and cover for a second week in a row to begin the season?

Our very own Christian Marin predicted it in his weekly 3rd and 1 column for Week 2.

Elsewhere, the BC Lions have moved from -6.5 to -7.5 for Saturday’s contest against the Edmonton Elks.

Meanwhile, the line for Sunday’s game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts have moved all the way from Toronto -2.5 to Hamilton -2.5 at FanDuel.

These line moves don’t guarantee the outcome.

However, I thought it was worth highlighting that movement for anyone considering betting on the CFL at FanDuel this weekend.

A FanDuel Best Bet for Friday night

We cashed the FanDuel Best Bet in Thursday’s column as Sonny Gray and Matthew Boyd gave us the six outs we needed for the No Run First Inning bet in last night’s game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers.

Now it’s time to wrap up the week with another winner in this column.

For tonight’s FanDuel Best Bet, I’m locking in another NRFI bet in a showdown between Shane McClanahan and Yu Darvish.

McClanahan, who is the favourite to win the AL Cy Young award at +260 odds at FanDuel this morning, owns a 12-2 NRFI record this season.

He’s 10-1 with a 2.18 ERA this season.

Darvish owns a 9-3 NRFI record and a 2.68 ERA in his six home starts this season.

I’ll take the NRFI in tonight’s game between the Tampa Bay Rays and San Diego Padres at -130 odds as my FanDuel Best Bet for Friday night.

Good luck to anyone who tails. Have a great weekend!