World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler Represents Major Liability for US Open Sportsbooks
Posted on: June 11, 2025, 03:14h.
Last updated on: June 11, 2025, 03:14h.
- Scottie Scheffler is the U.S. Open betting favorite
- Scheffler’s pretournament odds are at near-historic pricing
- Bryson DeChambeau is another popular bet
Scottie Scheffler is a historic favorite at this week’s United States Open.
Scheffler, unquestionably the best golfer on the planet, is dominating his competition like nothing the golf world has seen since Tiger Woods was in his prime. As a result, sports bettors are backing the 2025 PGA champ at historic rates ahead of this week’s 125th U.S. Open at famed Oakmont outside of Pittsburgh.
ESPN Bet reports that more money has been bet on Scheffler than on the rest of the 155 players combined. The sportsbook managed by Penn Entertainment says over 50% of the bets and about 23% of the overall money is on Scottie.
BetMGM reveals to Casino.org that it too has taken a boatload of bets and money on the three-time major winner. However, BetMGM’s action is a bit more spread, with Scheffler accounting for about 16% of the tickets and a little more than 30% of the money.
Record Odds
Following his best season ever in which he won seven times on the PGA Tour, including his second Masters green jacket, The Players Championship, and Tour Championship, Scheffler is perhaps playing even better in 2025. Following a somewhat slow start, Scheffler has won three of his last four events in dominating fashion.
He won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson by eight strokes, the PGA Championship by five, and the Memorial by four. With Oakmont perhaps the hardest golf course on planet Earth, oddsmakers and bettors alike feel the planet’s best player will emerge victorious come Father’s Day.
Scheffler is at less than 3/1 at FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars Sportsbook, BetMGM, and ESPN Bet. It’s the shortest pretournament line for any golfer in any of the four men’s majors since Woods was at +225 or shorter for every major in 2009 (Tiger went major-less that year).
However, nothing is certain at the US Open, and that’s especially true at Oakmont, a course that will demand long, accurate drives to avoid thick, deep rough. Oakmont’s notoriously fast greens will require precision putting and the coolest of tempers — but, of course, these are all attributes Scheffler possesses.
After Scheffler, another popular bet is the ultra-long Bryson DeChambeau. The Pinehurst victor is around 7/1. Bryson is responsible for 12% of the BetMGM tickets and 15% of the cash.
Rory McIlroy, who completed the career grand slam at the Masters in April, has seen his U.S. Open odds lengthen after encountering scandal at the PGA over a failed driver test and then a missed cut at last week’s Canadian Open. Still, at 12/1, McIlroy has the third-shortest odds this week with Spaniard Jon Rahm.
Scheffler Deletes Venmo
Scottie revealed on Wednesday that he quit Venmo, the peer-to-peer mobile payment service, after being continually flooded with deposits and payment requests from sports bettors who either won or lost betting on his play.
I think everybody hears from fans whether they have a financial benefit or anything in their outcome. That’s why I had to get rid of my Venmo because I was either getting paid by people or people requesting a bunch of money when I didn’t win. It wasn’t a good feeling,” Scheffler revealed during his U.S. Open press conference.
Scheffler conceded that requests came more often than happy bettors giving him a few bucks as a thank you.
“I don’t remember the most that somebody sent me, maybe a couple bucks. That didn’t happen nearly as much as the requests did,” Scheffler explained.
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