After Thursday’s first round of The Open Championship, there are five golfers tied for the lead at -4 (67).
Jacob Skov Olesen ($5,600; 54.5 FPTS) is not rostered in the $2.75M Fantasy Golf Millionaire. His day began with a birdie on the first hole. He closed out the front nine with a birdie and a bogey. On the back nine, he birdied the first hole, then racked up an eagle and a birdie before a bogey on the final hole of the round. DK Sportsbook has Skov Olesen at +8000 to win it all.
Haotong Li ($5,700; 52 FPTS) is rostered on 0.58% of teams. It was a fairly uneventful day for Li, as he racked up two birdies on both the front and back nines for the unblemished round. DK Sportsbook has Li at +5000 to win it all.
Matt Fitzpatrick ($7,800; 53 FPTS) is rostered on 23.55% of teams, the sixth-most. On the second hole of the day, Fitzpatrick notched an eagle but gave back a stroke with a bogey on the next hole. He added a birdie to close out the front nine. The back nine consisted of two more birdies. DK Sportsbook has Fitzpatrick at +1100 to win it all, the third-lowest odds.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout ($6,200; 56 FPTS) is rostered on 1.8% of teams. He had a three-birdie streak on Holes 5, 6 and 7. The back nine consisted of a bogey, then an eagle. DK Sportsbook has Bezuidenhout at +3000 to win it all.
Harris English ($6,400; 53.5 FPTS) is rostered on 7.46% of teams. The day began well with birdies on the first two holes. He then went birdie, bogey, birdie and birdie on Holes 4, 5, 6 and 7 before a bogey on the final hole of the front nine. The back nine consisted of two birdies, then a bogey. DK Sportsbook has English at +2000 to win it all.
The current favorite at +210 is Scottie Scheffler ($14,200; 23.5 FPTS), who shot a -3 (68) and is only one stroke off the lead. Scheffler racked up two birdies and a bogey on the front nine. The back nine started birdie, bogey, but Scheffler notched two birdies on Holes 16 and 17 to close out the round. Scheffler is rostered on 25.8% of teams, the third-most.
There are two golfers rostered on over 30% of teams:
Jon Rahm ($10,400; 19.5 FPTS) is rostered on 34.32% of teams, the most on the slate. Rahm shot a -1 (70) and is three strokes off the lead. Rahm had two birdies on the front nine. The back nine started with bogeys on the first two holes before getting a stroke back with a birdie three holes later. DK Sportsbook has Rahm at +1100 to win it all.
Rory McIlroy ($11,500; 22.5 FPTS) is rostered on 32.05% of teams. McIlroy also shot a -1 (70). The day didn’t start off so hot with a bogey on the first hole, but he responded well with three birdies to close out the front nine. On the back nine, McIlroy birdied the first hole, but then notched three bogeys in the next four holes before getting a stroke back with a birdie on Hole 17. DK Sportsbook has McIlroy at +800 to win it all, the second-lowest odds.
Data Golf projects a +2 cutline at 38.8%.
Here are golfers rostered on at least 10% of teams who are in danger of missing the cut:
Bryson DeChambeau ($10,100; 3 FPTS) is rostered on 11.06% of teams. On the front nine, DeChambeau racked up a double bogey and a bogey. On the back nine, another double bogey with bogeys on the final two holes to complete the birdieless round. DeChambeau finished the day +7 (78) and has a nine percent chance of making the cut, according to Data Golf.
Colin Morikawa ($8,700; 5.5 FPTS) is rostered on 13.04% of teams. He bogeyed the first hole of the day then finished up the front nine with a birdie and another bogey. On the back nine, he racked up three bogeys, including one on the final hole. Morikawa finished +4 (75) and has a 46.7% chance of making the cut.
