Us Open Prop Bets
From Tiger to Phil to some educated guesswork on the winning score, here are some of the prop bets that have caught my attention ahead of what's sure to be an action-packed week (all odds via PointsBet): Justin Thomas (-136) over Tiger Woods (Round 1 birdies) By focusing on this specific prop, you're able to back the better player at a steep discount. The below odds are subject to change and your readers can view real-time odds via the links below. Will Phil Mickelson win his first U.S. No -20000 Winning Margin. Exactly 1 shot +240.
The world’s best golfers are at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York this week for the 120th US Open. The second major of 2020 features a field of 144 including the top 21 golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings. Below, we’ll look for the best value bets in the 2020 US Open betting odds and lines with tournament matchups, placings and first-round leader picks and best bets.
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Webb Simpson (-118) vs. Bryson DeChambeau
Simpson, the 2012 US Open champ, is my pick to win this week. He’s still getting a good price in the head-to-head tournament matchup against DeChambeau (-118).
DeChambeau is certainly the longer hitter, but Simpson is more accurate and better around the greens. Those are the areas to focus on this week with the customary penal rough of the US Open.
Hideki Matsuyama vs. Tony Finau (-112)
Finau is a slight underdog against Matsuyama (-125). Finau has played 11 events since the PGA Tour’s 2020 restart and has four top-10 finishes. Matsuyama has just one top 10 in nine events. Additionally, Finau has six top 10s in his last nine majors while Matsuyama doesn’t have a top 10 in a major since 2017 (nine events).
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2020 US Open: Placing bets
Dustin Johnson top American & Jon Rahm top European (+2500)
This is a nice parlay for the top-two outright betting favorites of the week with Johnson at +800 and Rahm +900 to win the 2020 US Open. Parlaying them together to finish as the top golfers from their respective regions – JOHNSON +550 as top American and RAHM +300 as top European –brings a much better return of $250 on a $10 bet. It also leaves the door open for winners from South Africa, Australia or Asia.
Top 5: Daniel Berger (+550)
Berger won the Charles Schwab Challenge in the first week of the PGA Tour’s return to play. He had three other top-5 finishes in seven events, amid strong fields at the RBC Heritage, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and The Northern Trust. He also tied for 13th at the PGA Championship, and he tied for sixth at the 2018 US Open.
Lowest score over 72 holes – Group D: Jason Day (+350)
Day trails only Adam Scott (+300) in both this group and the Top Australian pool. The secondary competition rises in group betting, with Justin Rose (+375), Patrick Reed (+350) and Paul Casey (+400) rounding it out, but Day’s a great value. He tied for fourth at both the PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament, adding a T-6 at the WGC event in between.
2020 US Open: First-round leader bet
Rory McIlroy (+2500)
McIlroy’s (relative) struggles since the PGA Tour resumed the 2019-20 season were well-documented, but he contributed some of that to awaiting the birth of his child. Once the baby was born, he was free to get back to golf and found some success at the Tour Championship.
He was first on Tour in Round 1 Scoring Average last season and is getting much more profitable odds than his +1600 to win the event outright.
Will Zalatoris (+10000)
The little known Zalatoris enters 2020’s second major ranked 10th in the Golfweek rankings. He hasn’t played a PGA Tour event this year, but he has a win and nine other top 10s in 16 events on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he ranked first on the season in Greens in Regulation Percentage. Look for a hot start from the 24-year-old before the pressure catches up to him.
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The PGA Tour’s west coast swing continues with this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course just outside of San Diego, California. A strong field includes four of the top seven golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings. Below, we’ll look for the best value bets in the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open betting odds, with tournament matchups, placings and other PGA Tour prop bet predictions.
The tournament will be split between Torrey Pines’ North and South Courses. Both play to a par of 72 but the North Course measures just 7,258 yards and the South Course is 7,765 yards.
2021 Farmers Insurance Open: Matchup bets
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Jon Rahm vs. Rory McIlroy (+105)
The marquee matchup of the tournament pits Golfweek’s No. 3 and 7 golfers against each other for the lowest 72-hole score. McIlroy’s coming off a third-place finish at the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, while Rahm was forced to withdraw from last week’s American Express due to a back injury.
McIlroy didn’t win last year, but he had a T-3 finish in this event and six other top 10s in 17 total events without a missed cut. Rahm, who won here in 2017 and finished as the runner-up last year, had two PGA Tour victories in 2020.
Both golfers have an affinity for this course, so take the value with McIlroy.
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Farmers Insurance Open odds, predictions and PGA Tour best betsFantasy Golf Power RankingsScottie Scheffler vs. Jason Day (-110)
Day, a two-time winner of this event, is a slight underdog against Scheffler, who missed the cut in his debut in this event last year. Day showed flashes of his former world No. 1 form last summer upon on the PGA Tour’s restart and finished the 2019-20 season with 0.26 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and 0.77 SG: Tee-to-Green per round.
That form with his driver and irons will play well at a course where he has had plenty of success on the greens.
2021 Farmers Insurance Open: Placing bets
Top 5: Gary Woodland (+1000)
Woodland missed the cut here last year following his 2019 US Open win at Pebble Beach Golf Links, but he was T-9 in 2019 and T-10 in 2014. He tied for 16th last week with a strong 0.90 SG: Off-the-Tee per round.
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Top 10: J.B. Holmes (+1600)
Holmes doesn’t have a top-5 finish on Tour since winning the Genesis Invitational in 2019, but he has finished sixth or better in three of his last six trips to Torrey Pines. He was T-16 last year with 1.59 SG: Putting per round and routinely putts well on the Poa Annua surfaces featured on the South Course greens.
Top Continental European: Francesco Molinari (+1100)
Molinari is third in this pool behind Rahm (-150) and Viktor Hovland (+350). We’re hedging against potential injury trouble for Rahm and Hovland’s inexperience at the upcoming 2021 US Open venue. Molinari impressed with a T-8 finish while gaining 1.33 strokes per round from tee-to-green last week.
2021 Farmers Insurance Open: Prop bet
Scheffler, Day and Koepka all to make the cut (+175)
Koepka seems to be the biggest risk in this parlay after missing the cut last week at PGA West. He was putting well but struggled on approach to the green and will play this event for the first time since 2017 while preparing for the year’s third major. Look for him to bring his best game to one of the PGA Tour’s most famous courses.
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