Wyndham Clark putts on the fifteenth gap through the second spherical of the U.S. Open golf match at Los Angeles Country Club.
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Xander Schauffele is the brand new man atop sportsbooks’ boards to win the U.S. Open after his historic spherical of 62 on Thursday.
The second-shortest odds, in the meantime, belong to not co-leader Rickie Fowler however Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland.
Schauffele’s odds to win at BetMGM moved from +1800 at the beginning of Round 1 to +333 Friday morning after his bogey-free, 8-under spherical of 62. It was an identical story at DraftKings Sportsbook: Schauffele is now the +320 favourite to win after standing at +1800 earlier than the championship started.
Fowler’s 62 beat him to the punch by about 20 minutes. Fowler additionally set a single-round U.S. Open document with 10 birdies on Thursday as he and Schauffele turned the primary two gamers to shoot 62 at a U.S. Open, taking full benefit of the comfortable situations on the Los Angeles Country Club.
Both co-leaders name Southern California house and neither has received a significant up to now, however the sportsbooks like Schauffele’s possibilities to shut it out higher than Fowler’s.
Schauffele has contended in any respect six U.S. Opens he has performed previous to 2023, 5 instances ending within the top seven and thrice within the top 5.
Fowler shot method up from +5000 to +650 at BetMGM, and from +4500 to +650 at DraftKings. But it is World No. 3 and four-time main champion McIlroy within the second spot on the board — +550 at BetMGM and +500 at DraftKings.
McIlroy is three strokes off the tempo getting into Friday after a bogey-free spherical was spoiled on his remaining gap. His try and chip onto the inexperienced out of the tall greenside fescue noticed him miss the ball utterly.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, 5 behind at 3-under 67 after Round 1, is tied with Fowler for the third-shortest odds at DraftKings (+650). He is fourth (+700) on the board at BetMGM. He opened because the +600 favourite at each books.
Two-time main champ Dustin Johnson additionally noticed some main line motion after a 6-under 64. He went from +4000 to +800 at BetMGM and +3500 to +850 at DraftKings. He has the fifth-shortest odds at each retailers.
