After Thursday’s first round of the U.S. Open, J.J. Spaun ($6,700; 52 FPTS) sits atop the leaderboard.
The round started off well with a birdie on the first hole. He then notched three more birdies on the front nine before posting par the rest of the day. Spaun finished -4 (66) and leads the field by one stroke.
In the $3M Fantasy Golf Millionaire tournament, Spaun is rostered on 3.19% of teams.
DraftKings Sportsbook has Spaun at +1200 to win it all, tied for the third-lowest odds, and -110 to finish Top 10.
The most rostered golfer is Scottie Scheffler ($14,400; 11.5 FPTS) at 37.44%. Bryson DeChambeau ($11,000; 10 FPTS) is right behind at 36.84%.
Scheffler had a rough opening round. After racking up a birdie on the second hole, he bogeyed the next two holes. He then closed out the front nine with two more bogeys sandwiched around a birdie. On the back nine, he once again birdied the second hole, but notched two bogeys to close out the round. Scheffler finished the day +3 (73).
DK Sportsbook has Scheffler at +650 to win it all, the second-lowest odds, and -190 to finish Top 10.
DeChambeau bogeyed the first hole of his round. After two birdies, he closed out the front nine with a bogey on the final hole. The back nine consisted of three bogeys. DeChambeau finished the day +3 (73).
DK Sportsbook has DeChambeau at +1800 to win it all, the fourth-lowest odds, and +130 to finish Top 10.
Jon Rahm ($10,200; 29 FPTS) is rostered on 25.67% of teams, the third-most. He is the current favorite to win it all at +550 on DK Sportsbook. Rahm is -225 to finish Top 10.
Rahm bogeyed the second hole of the round. It was a par fest until the third hole of the back nine. Rahm racked up a birdie then an eagle before giving back a stroke with a bogey two holes later. He finished -1 (69) for the day.
Data Golf has a +6 cutline at 40.4% probability.
Here are the golfers rostered on at least 10% of teams that struggled on Thursday:
Shane Lowry ($7,800; 7 FPTS) is rostered on 24.81% of teams. Lowry racked up two bogeys and a double-bogey on the front nine. It only got worse. Lowry notched a double-bogey on the second hole of the back nine and had an eagle the very next hole. Unfortunately, he gave back a stroke with a bogey on the next hole then had a streak of bogey, double-bogey and bogey to close out the day. Lowry finished +9 (79). Data Golf gives him a 5.6% chance of making the cut.
Sepp Straka ($7,700; 2 FPTS) is rostered on 22.37% of teams. Straka had a birdie-free round with two bogeys and a double-bogey on both the front and back nines. He finished Thursday +8 (78). Data Golf gives him an 11.1% chance of making the cut.
