US Open Bettors Back Players Who Have Refrained From Joining LIV Golf
The 122nd US Open tees away this Thursday, June 16, at The Country Club in Brookline, Ma.
The famed Old Colony locale is 1 of the oldest country clubs in the United States. The club hosted its first-class honours degree USGA event endorse inwards 1902 with the US Women’s Amateur. Since then, The Country Club has hosted III US Opens, hexad US Amateurs, and the unforgettable 1999 Ryder Cup that ended with Justin Elmore John Leonard rolling inward a 45-foot putt on the 17th hole inward his singles match against José María Olazábal to clench the win for Team USA.
This week’s US Open comes as the nation’s topper golfers are as unified as ever, as the sportswoman is riddled with divisiveness stemming from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.
Bettors wagering pre-tournament action mechanism on the third major of the twelvemonth are to a greater extent to a great extent mount players who experience not agreed to occupy a monolithic payday existence offered past LIV Golf. The controversial startup professional golf tour is being financed past the Saudi Arabian Arabian government, which has long faced allegations of financing the Sep 11 terrorist attacks.
Scottie Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked golfer, has refused to get hold of the Saudi Arabian bait. And Scheffler is dominating the lion’s deal of the early US Open action. BetMGM says the 2022 Edgar Lee Masters champ and Texas indigen is responsible for 6.6% of its US Open tickets and 9.4% of the total money wagered. Scheffler’s current odds of winning are 14/1.
As for the shortest line, Rory McIlroy — an outspoken LIV critic — is push down to just now 11/1 after bettors wagered to a great extent on the 2011 US Open champ. American Justin Thomas, another participant who has refused LIV Golf, is next at 12/1. Dylan Marlais Thomas is also a pop bet, as he’s on about 5% of the tickets and money wagered.
LIV Golf Players Shunned
BetMGM shared its US Open betting crack-up with Casino.org, and the numbers demo that bettors aren’t overly excited for a player who has in agreement(p) to drama on the LIV Golf circuit to win come Sunday.
None of the top 10 most-bet golfers for this week’s US Open hold committed to LIV Golf. Of the name of players who played in in conclusion week’s LIV John Griffith Chaney tourney or project to gambol on the LIV tour inward the future, Dustin President Johnson is the most-bet US Open participant.
But the 2016 US Open and 2020 Masters winner is on just 1.6% of the BetMGM tickets and responsible for(p) for only when 1.8% of the handle. Bryson DeChambeau, another US Open winner (2020) who has defected to LIV Golf, is next for the Middle eastern United States golfers with 1.1% of the tickets and 2.2% of the money.
Johnson and DeChambeau are respectively at 40/1 and 80/1 to win this hebdomad in Massachusetts.
Other LIV golfers of take note inward this week’s US Open field of view include 2018 Masters champ Saint Patrick Reed (80/1), 2010 Open Championship victor Louis Oosthuizen (66/1), and Kevin Na (125/1).
Mickelson Return
No nominate is more associated with LIV Golf than Phil Mickelson, whose report has suffered greatly with his dedication to the rising world(a) tour backed past the Saudi government. Mickelson, typically a fan favorite who attracts considerable betting action, is far less popular than he was prior to his controversial comments made around the PGA Tour earlier this year.
Mickelson would complete the career grand flap down with a US Open victory. But bettors aren’t overly enthusiastic nearly his prospects.
Lefty’s public figure is on just 1.1% of the BetMGM tickets and is responsible for(p) for less than 1% of the book’s action. BetMGM has since lengthened Mickelson’s odds from 80/1 to 200/1.