U.S. Open at Shinnecock: Scheffler Chases Career Grand
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- Shinnecock Hills hosts the 126th U.S. Open for the sixth time, a 7,440-yard par-70 links where only Raymond Floyd (1986), Retief Goosen (2004) and Phil Mickelson (2004) have finished under par across 659 combined U.S. Open starts there.
- DraftKings has set the Over/Under winning score at 278.5 with the Under a -148 favorite, and the 2018 Shinnecock U.S. Open remains the last major championship where no golfer finished under par.
- Scottie Scheffler (+455) is one of three players — alongside Phil Mickelson and Sam Snead — chasing the career Grand Slam with a U.S. Open title, and his 30th birthday falls on Sunday's final round.
- Brooks Koepka (+3200) withdrew from the Canadian Open with an injury but says he is fine to tee it up; he won the 2018 Shinnecock U.S. Open at 1 over, the last back-to-back U.S. Open champion.
- Adam Scott makes his 100th consecutive major championship start Thursday — only Jack Nicklaus (146) has reached triple digits in a row — while Rory McIlroy (+930) and Jon Rahm (+1175) are the second and third betting favorites.
- Tommy Fleetwood (+2300) holds the Shinnecock course record of 63, set in the 2018 final round that shot him to a runner-up finish, and is among 36 players in this year's field who competed in that event.
- Xander Schauffele (+1900) is the first golfer since Bobby Jones (1920-30) to finish in the top 15 in each of his first nine U.S. Open appearances, including a T-6 in 2018 at Shinnecock.
Why it matters: Bettors face a track where only 0.45% of U.S. Open rounds at Shinnecock have produced under-par finishes, making the Under 278.5 winning score a -148 favorite. For Scottie Scheffler, a win Sunday on his 30th birthday would make him just the fourth golfer — after Sarazen, Hogan and Woods — to complete the career Grand Slam on the first attempt, elevating him into historic company.
