After Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Scottish Open, there are four golfers tied for the top spot, as they all shot a -6 (64).
Nico Echavarria ($7,100; 58.5 FPTS) is rostered on 0.7% of teams in the $800K Summer Sand Trap tournament. He bogeyed the second hole of the round, but recovered with three birdies on the front nine. After a birdie on the first hole of the back nine, Echavarria had a three-birdie streak on Holes 14, 15 and 16. DraftKings Sportsbook has Echavarria at +2200 to win it all, the seventh-lowest odds.
Jake Knapp ($7,500; 57 FPTS) is rostered on 6% of teams. Knapp birdied the first hole of the round, followed by two more birdies. On the back nine, he birdied the first hole and then drained two more birdies for the unblemished round. DraftKings Sportsbook has Knapp at +1200 to win it all, the third-lowest odds.
Sepp Straka ($8,400; 60 FPTS) is rostered on 6% of teams. Straka birdied the first two holes of the round, then drained two more on the front nine. He had a birdie streak on Holes 3, 4 and 5, but then racked up two straight bogeys before getting a stroke back with another birdie. DraftKings Sportsbook has Straka at +1000 to win it all, the second-lowest odds.
Victor Perez ($7,400; 58.5 FPTS) is rostered on 8.7% of teams. Perez birdied the first hole of the round, then racked up two more birdies before closing out the front nine with a bogey. On the back nine, he had a birdie streak on Holes 14, 15 and 16, then drained a birdie on the final hole of the day. DraftKings Sportsbook has Perez at +1600 to win it all, the fifth-lowest odds.
The current favorite at +400 is Scottie Scheffler ($12,800; 28 FPTS). He is rostered on 22.6% of teams. The day began fabulously with an eagle on the first hole. Scheffler then added a birdie on the front nine. The back nine consisted of two birdies sandwiched around two bogeys.
Data Golf has a -2 cutline at 40.7%.
