PGA Picks: 2025 US Open Golf Predictions with Betting Odds
It’s major week for the PGA Tour, our third of the year, as the best golfers in the world descend upon Oakmont, Pennsylvania, for the 125th playing of the US Open. World #1 Scottie Scheffler is perched at the top of the betting board, but with juicy odds, for him at least, at better than 7-1.
He was (+450) just a month ago at the PGA Championship. His PGA Tour mate, Rory McIlroy, is a couple of spots down at 15-1. We are used to seeing him ahead of even LIV studs Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau by a decent margin. However, those two will have shorter betting odds to win this week's US Open.
In the warm-up this past weekend, we were so close to giving out another winner with Sam Burns at 28-1 after the Shreveport putting ace shot a scintillating Sunday 62 to force a playoff, only to fall short.
Along with our two winning Scheffler picks, we gave out three runners-up, a 3rd, and two 4th-place finishers over the past six weeks.
Oakmont Country Club will be quite the challenge for the best in the world. Dustin Johnson won the 2016 PGA Championship, his first major on this course, with a winning score of just four under par.
The always-mentioned Scheffler also competed but as an amateur. He didn't make the cut that weekend. We all know how much things have changed, though.
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US Open Betting Odds
Scottie Scheffler: +750
Bryson DeChambeau: +900
Jon Rahm: +1300
Rory McIlroy: +1500
Ludvig Aberg: +2200
Xander Schauffele: +2500
Joaquin Niemann: +2800
Collin Morikawa: +3000
Tommy Fleetwood: +3500
Patrick Cantlay: +4000
Sepp Straka: +4000
Shane Lowry: +4000
Oakmont Country Club - Course Characteristics
Oakmont Country Club is a long, narrow golf course with infamous Kentucky bluegrass rough, standing nearly half a foot off the ground. It’s nasty. Driving accuracy will be paramount. Do you hear that, DeChambeau?
Thankfully, the designers aren't complete sadists, as there is a grand total of zero water hazards. Returning to the darkness, though, the greens are massive, undulating, and historically hazardous to the soul.
You will see a few golfers, those who are prepared to take the risks to win, rip it off the tee, ignoring my driving accuracy tip. They feel like they can scramble well enough to make up for it.
US Open Betting Picks
Bryson Dechambeau: +900
We can't talk about aggressive golfers without mentioning DeChambeau. This guy goes after it. In less than 6 months in 2019 and 2020, he gained 50 pounds. It looked like 80% of it was muscle, too.
Very recently, the LIV golfer eliminated foods he wasn't tolerating and dropped 20 pounds in less than a month. This, along with the style of play, tells me he has prepared himself well and live to win the US Open.
It will be decided in that thick rough because he can out-drive and putt the entire field. The courses were different, but DeChambeau shows up for the US Open. He has hoisted two of these trophies, including last year’s.
Scottie Scheffler: +750
He’s the best. We’ve picked him as a winner twice in the past six weeks. These are the best odds we have seen next to his name since 2023. Second, 4th, 8th, 1st, 1st, 4th, and 1st are the results of his previous starts on Tour.
The beginning of the year could have looked like that as well if he hadn't injured himself cutting his hand instead of the raw ravioli with a wine glass, of all things. Instead, he averaged just a 10th-place finish while he recovered.
Shane Lowry: +4000
Lastly, after picking the top two golfers on the betting board, we go with Ireland’s Shane Lowry. The ball-striking specialist led heading into the final round of the 2016 US Open at seven under par. Plus six on Sunday, though, and he fell to third.
With him playing the best and most consistent golf of his career in 2025, Lowry can win this one. His betting odds of 40-1 are nuts. Only Scheffler, DeChambeau, and McIlroy have received more betting tickets this week than the Irishman.
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