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King of the Course Betting Splits: How Much Can DraftKings Sportsbook Bettors Win?

King of the Course Betting Splits: How Much Can DraftKings Sportsbook Bettors Win?

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By: Zach Thompson

The bets are in, and the top golfers in the world are off to determine the King of the Course this week at the 125th U.S. Open! DraftKings Sportsbook provided bettors with a chance to enter the King of the Course promo by placing a token on their pick to make the most birdies in Round 3 and Round 4 of this week’s major. You can check out all the details and tiebreaker rules in Nick Friar’s post from earlier this week.

Bettors who hold their bet through the resolution of the tournament will divide $1 million in bonus bets if their selection is named King of the Course. All bets had to be placed by 7:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 14.

Here are the unofficial splits for how bettors used their tokens for this contest. The number of bets placed on each player is the number of bettors that will split the bonus bets, as long as they do not cash out early. If bettors cash out their bet, it is no longer eligible to win the bonus bets from King of the Course.

Be sure to check out our live results blog, which is tracking who is leading in the race to earn the King of the Course title and claim the bonus bets for his backers.

Here’s how the pick distribution looks headed into the weekend:

SELECTIONBETTORSBONUS BET SIZE
Scottie Scheffler13,657$73.22
Jon Rahm4,117$242.90
Collin Morikawa3,864$258.80
Viktor Hovland3,793$263.64
Brooks Koepka3,041$328.84
Xander Schauffele2,981$335.46
Rory McIlroy2,522$396.51
Sam Burns2,342$426.99
Ben Griffin1,242$805.15
Jordan Spieth1,120$892.86
Keegan Bradley968$1,033.06
J.J. Spaun855$1,169.59
Russell Henley726$1,377.41
Si Woo Kim620$1,612.90
Thomas Detry600$1,666.67
Harris English598$1,672.24
Corey Conners574$1,742.16
Cameron Young536$1,865.67
Adam Scott532$1,879.70
Hideki Matsuyama447$2,237.14
Sungjae Im410$2,439.02
Tyrrell Hatton296$3,378.38
Thriston Lawrence250$4,000.00
Tony Finau238$4,201.68
Jason Day228$4,385.96
Aaron Rai212$4,716.98
Maverick McNealy188$5,319.15
Daniel Berger187$5,347.59
Patrick Reed167$5,988.02
Rasmus Hojgaard138$7,246.38
Max Greyserman125$8,000.00
Carlos Ortiz124$8,064.52
Robert MacIntyre121$8,264.46
Matt Fitzpatrick119$8,403.36
Denny McCarthy96$10,416.67
Ryan Fox85$11,764.71
Brian Harman85$11,764.71
Taylor Pendrith77$12,987.01
Tom Kim76$13,157.89
Nick Taylor63$15,873.02
Victor Perez55$18,181.82
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen50$20,000.00
J.T Poston46$21,739.13
Niklas Norgaard45$22,222.22
Emiliano Grillo44$22,727.27
Andrew Novak41$24,390.24
Matthieu Pavon40$25,000.00
Bud Cauley39$25,641.03
James Nicholas31$32,258.06
Chris Kirk30$33,333.33
Ryan Gerard29$34,482.76
Chris Gotterup29$34,482.76
Sam Stevens26$38,461.54
Jhonattan Vegas17$58,823.53
Cam Davis16$62,500.00
Marc Leishman15$66,666.67
Christiaan Bezuidenhout14$71,428.57
Trevor Cone11$90,909.09
Justin Hastings10$100,000.00
Adam Schenk10$100,000.00
John Keefer10$100,000.00
Mackenzie Hughes9$111,111.11
Matt Wallace9$111,111.11
Jordan Smith9$111,111.11
Michael Kim8$125,000.00
Ryan McCormick4$250,000.00
Laurie Canter2$500,000.00

These are unofficial numbers based on the number of bets placed as of Saturday morning. While no more eligible bets can be placed, bets can become ineligible if they are cashed out early, which would increase the amount of bonus bets awarded to the bettors who hold through settlement.

Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
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