Betting blog: Burns, Hovland favourites to win U.S. Open

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12:12 om - Scheffler makes a six foot putt to save par and stay at four-over on the tournament. 

12:10 pm - Viktor wants more! Hovland makes a nine-footer for birdie on the par-4 fifth and now sits one shot off the lead at -3. While that was happening, Burns burned the edge on a good look for birdie and is now tied with Hovland. 

11:58 am - Who said Brooks was fading? Koepka hits it to two feet on the par-3 sixth and moves him back to even-par on the week. Just four shots off the lead, Brooks is now +1600 to win the U.S. Open. 

11:51 am - Hovland makes birdie on the par-five 4th, getting himself back on track after a double bogey on the second. He now is three-under on the day and sits just two shots off the lead. At +650, only he and Sam Burns (+550) are priced at under 10-1 at the moment. 

11:40 am - ACE!!! Victor Perez makes a hole in one at No. 6, congrats to everyone that bet Hole in One: Yes this week! 

11:30 am - Koepka is fading. Heading to the 18th tee Brooks Koepka was one-under through eight holes and was one-shot off the lead. But a bogey on 18, followed by another on one, two and four has dropped him to +1  in the tournament and now sits T14 and +2500 outright. 

11:13 am - Scheffler makes birdie at the second, but gives it right back on the third and is now two-over on the day and +5 on the tournament. While he sits outside of the cutline at T71, he is still two shots inside the projected cutline on DataGolf. His outright price of +1800 is still the seventh shortest on FanDuel. 

11:07 am - Here's Johnny! Jon Rahm sticks it to a foot with his third shot into the par-5 12th and moves from +2000 to +1200 on FanDuel to win the U.S. Open. The birdie is Rahm's first of the day as he improves to four-over on Friday and +3 in the tournament. 

10:57 am - We have a new favourite. Sam Burns has played his opening 11 holes at four-under and sits T4 at two-under for the tournament. With Hovland making a double bogey, Burns has jumped to +900 and now has the shortest odds of anyone in the field to win. Hovland falls from +550 to +1000. 

10:44 am - Scottie Doesn't Know... how to stop the bleeding. Scheffler is currently two-over through 10 holes and sits T69 at five-over. According to DataGolf, seven-over is the most likely cut number at 53.7 per cent, with six-over not fat behind at 36.1 per cent. So at five-over, Scheffler has some more projected wiggle room, but he needs to get it into motion. Despite his struggles, Scheffler is +2200 on FanDuel to win the tournament, and +135 to finish inside the top 10. 

10:30 am - Good Morning to Viktor Hovland. The 27-year-old is four-under through his opening 10 holes of the day and currently sits T2 and +550 in the outright market on FanDuel. After closing the first round +3500, Hovland is now the favourite to win the U.S. Open. 

*** End of Round 1 ***

Live Bets 

To hit fairway on 9: John Rahm -195 ✅

3 Ball Parlay: Justin Thomas and Corey Conners +452 ❌ 

FRL: Scheffler +1600 ❌ 

7:10 pm - According to Justin Ray, 23 of the previous 26 U.S. Open champions have been within 4 shots of the lead after the opening round. As of right now that list includes 24 players, most notably Brooks Koepka two back (+1200), Jon Rahm three back (+550), Jordan Spieth (+2500), Collin Morikawa (+1200) and Cameron Young (+4500) four off the lead. 

7:02 pm - Viktor Hovland pours in a 35 footer for birdie on his final hole of the day to finish at one-over par. Despite finishing the day 147th in SG: Putting, Hovland sits tied for 25th just five shots off the lead. At +3500 his outright price has moved from 55-1 at the start of the round. 

6:47 pm - Here is an updated look at the top 10 in betting odds on FanDuel and where they sit on the leaderboard. 

6:40 pm - After entering the event 55-1 Brooks Koepka posts a two-under 68 and sits just two shots off the lead now third in odds at +1200. Koepka doesn't have a top 10 in a major since his win at the 2023 PGA Championship and has missed the cut in both majors in 2025. 

6:35 pm - As Scheffler fails to bogey the driveable par-4 17th, Rahm leapfrogs him in odds and now sits at +500 while Scheffler (+3) is now behind him at +650. No other player is priced shorter than 10-1. 

6:29 pm - Rahm finds the fairway on 9 and we have a winner! Good thing too, because three ball parlay fell short and Scottie isn't going to be the first round leader. 

6:00 pm - Canadian Taylor Pendrith posted a round of two-over today and sits inside the top 40 currently is 120-1 to win the event and +195 to finish inside the top 20. 

5:55 pm - I just took a look at some "live specials" on FanDuel, let's see if Rahm -195 to hit the fairway on 9 is a winner, shall we? He's hit eight of 12 fairways today. 

5:50 pm - Sepp Straka +5 through 13 holes today. This feels like a good space to get some stuff of my chest. I'll be on Straka at +8000 to win the Open Championship next month. I don't care that the it's been ugly for him in every major (and the Players) this year for him. He's a winner and 80-1 is simply too long for him. 

5:44 pm - Just as I hit save on that last post the odds moved and Scheffler is the favourite again at +500 with Rahm now behind at +550. Where were you for those four minutes. 

5:40 pm - For the first time all week Scottie Scheffler is not the name at the top of the odds to win the U.S. Open on FanDuel. Now sitting at two-under Jon Rahm is priced at +450 to win the tournament, edging out Scheffler at +500 despite his current score of two-over par. 

5:26 pm - Rory not talking to the media today. 

5:23 pm - Rambo! Jon Rahm makes eagle at the par 5 12th and is now +550 in the outright market after entering the hole +1000. Rahm enters this week on the heels of his 21st straight top 10 on LIV Golf, but hasn't found the winner's circle since the 2023 Masters. 

5:15 pm - Sungaje Im makes bogey to fall back to four-under and into a share of the lead with Spaun. Im, still with six holes to play, is +330 to be the first round leader, while Spaun remains the favourite at -175 in the clubhouse. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+800) and Matthieu Pavon (+1200) are only other players listed at shorter than 20-1 in this market. 

5:07 pm - Scheffler makes birdie at the par 4 11th getting him back to one-over on the event and is six shots off the lead, despite that he remains a +300 favourite. 

2:47 pm - Fresh off losing the Canadian Open in a playoff, Sam Burns is three-under through five holes and is now +1100 to be first round leader and he chases J.J. Spaun (-340) and his four-under in the clubhouse. 

12:52 pm - With the afternoon guys about to get going, let's lock in a little two leg parlay in three ball action. Starting with Justin Thomas (+140) over Min Woo Lee and Brooks Koepka. Thomas' short game has been solid this year and I like him to start strong this major after struggling on Thursdays in some big events in 2025. I'll pair Thomas with Canadian Corey Conners at +140 to beat Jason Day and Patrick Reed which gives us a nice +452 price. 

12:41 pm - Spaun finishes the day with a par to remain bogey free and post a round of 66 (-4) and is now -450 to be the leader after the first round. If you liked Scottie at +1600 to FRL, then you're going to love him at +2200. No other golfer in the market is shorter than 50-1. 

11:47 am - Speaking of the first-round leader market, I’m throwing down my first live bet of the day on Scheffler at +1600 to lead after the opening round. With Spaun still facing three holes, I’ll take the 16-1 shot on him dropping at least one and Scottie tearing it up this afternoon.

11:43 am - Spaun pours in a 16 foot putt to remain bogey free on the day and sits two shots clear of the field at four-under. Spaun is +100 to be the leader after the first round. 

11:42 am - If there ever is a time to call something a good bogey it would be right now... McIlroy makes a 30 footer for bogey in the par 5 4th to keep double off the card. Rory missed wayward off the tee and needed three shots to just get back on the fairway. However he got up-and-done from 178 yards to save the six. Before hitting his fifth his outright odds floated up to +1600, after saving the six they dropped to +1100. 

11:25 am - If there ever is a time to call something a good bogey it would be right now as Bryson DeChambeau. The 31-year-old rolled in a 25 footer for bogey on the par 5 12th after making a mess around the green. Just when it appeared Bryson was unraveling he has kept himself in the mix. At one-over par, DeChambeau sits at +900 to win the tournament. 

11:09 am - Tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler tees off at 1:25 p.m. ET. His outright price of +320 reflects an implied probability of 23.81 per cent as he aims for the fourth major championship of his career.

11:05 am - If I told you two months ago Rory McIlroy was going to enter the U.S. Open with a price longer than 10-1 you would've called me a crazy person. Well, Rory missed the cut in Canada and his priced ballooned into double digits. McIlroy made that number drop quickly. The 36-year-old started his round two-under through two holes slashing his price into a more familiar territory. Currently, Rory is +700, sporting the third shortest odds with a score of one-under through 12 holes. 

11:00 am - The golfers have been on the course for a few hours and everyone needs to take a deep breath. After being promised carnage all week, a handful of players have started hot and everyone on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is upset about it. Currently a trio of J.J. Spaun, Gary Woodland and Thomas Detry lead the way at three-under par. Spaun leads that group on the odds at FanDuel with a current outright price of +2200. Woodland (+3500) and Detry's (+5500) odds remain a touch longer.