Notable golfers like Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau have all won the U.S. Open since 2015. 

However, Wyndham Clark who shocked the world in 2023, winning by one stroke after entering the tournament as a 70-1 longshot. 

After missing the cut at the Masters and PGA Championship in 2024, Clark is going off as a 33-1 longshot according to the latest 2024 U.S. Open odds. 

The top U.S. Open 2024 contenders include favorite Scottie Scheffler (11-4), Rory McIlroy (10-1), Xander Schauffele (10-1), DeChambeau (10-1) and Viktor Hovland (12-1).

Play begins on Thursday, June 13, at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. Before locking in your 2024 U.S. 

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Be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up almost $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure’s model correctly predicted Scottie Scheffler would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Masters, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and The Players Championship this season. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure’s best bets returned nearly $1,000.

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm’s second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scheffler winning in 2022.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 12 majors entering the weekend, including three straight Masters and the 2024 PGA Championship. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now that the 2024 U.S. Open is approaching, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2024 U.S. Open leaderboard.

One shocker the model is calling for at the U.S. Open 2024: Xander Schauffele (10-1), fresh off his first major win at the PGA Championship and one of the top favorites this week, stumbles and barely cracks the top five. There are better values on this week’s PGA odds board.

Schauffele has experienced nothing but success in the U.S. Open with seven top-25s across seven starts. However, none of those appearances came at Pinehurst No. 2. The course, with its firm fairways and greens that run out, plays more like a links course that is seen at the British Open. Two of Pinehurst’s biggest comps are Royal Liverpool and Royal Portrush, and Schauffele finished 17th and 41st, respectively, at those venues.

If there’s one weakness in Schauffele’s game, it’s with his driver as he ranks outside the top 25 in both distance and accuracy. In addition, he ranks 173rd in total driving efficiency, and Pinehurst greatly penalizes shots that don’t land on the fairway. Also, going back-to-back in majors is extremely rare since Jordan Spieth in 2015 was the last to do so. Given this, and his extremely short odds, Schauffele is one to fade with U.S. Open 2024 bets. 

The model has also locked in its projection for Tiger Woods (125-1), a 15-time major winner. Woods has recorded 15 major victories, second behind Jack Nicklaus’ 18. With lingering health issues, Woods hasn’t recorded a top-10 in a U.S. Open since 2010, however.

The 48-year-old is easily the most recognizable player of his generation and therefore may attract bets from those who hope he can turn back the clock. After all, Phil Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship at age 50. For golf fans everywhere, watching Woods play four rounds of competitive play would be a highlight of their U.S. Open viewing experience. On the other hand, the model has examined Rory McIlroy’s (10-1) chances to win his second U.S. Open after being victorious in 2011. McIlroy recorded a T-15 finish at last week’s Memorial, but he’s finished T-4 or better in three of his past five starts, which includes two victories during that span. He teamed up with Shane Lowry to win the Zurich Classic and then finished on top of the leaderboard at the Wells Fargo Championship.

McIlroy remains one of the best drivers on the PGA Tour. He enters the 2024 U.S. Open ranked second in total driving (37), second in driving distance (317.5) and fifth in strokes gained: off the tee (0.799). He’s also had tremendous success at major championships, despite not winning a major since the PGA Championship in 2014. He’s racked up 20 top-10 finishes since his last major win, which includes finishing inside the top 10 in each of his last five starts at the U.S. Open. See the full U.S. 

The model is targeting three golfers with 2024 U.S. Open odds of 20-1 or longer who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. 

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Source: New York Post