Since what only could be considered a slow start for him during a 2024 PGA Tour campaign that saw him emerge from the first five tournaments winless (albeit with four top-10 finishes), Scottie Scheffler has gone on to win five of the tour's last eight tourneys while also tying for second twice and eighth once.
The most impressive of those finishes may well have been the T8 in the PGA Championship, a tournament that saw him quickly change out of a jail-issued jumpsuit and into his golf duds just before the second round.
Scheffler's first four wins – a run that included adding a second green jacket to his closet – were of the back-to-back variety. If that trend continues, with Scheffler having won last weekend's Memorial by a stroke over Collin Morikawa, a second major title of the year could be his at this weekend's U.S. Open at North Carolina's Pinehurst No. 2 course, which last hosted the tournament in 2014.
“The first question you have to ask yourself this week is whether or not you want to bet Scottie Scheffler,” said Derek Farnsworth, a senior golf writer and analyst for RotoGrinders (a sister site of Sports Handle's). “If the answer is yes, you probably don't need to add anyone else to your outright card. My advice would be to make some placement bets in lieu of more outright bets.
“Personally, I have a hard time betting a golfer in a field of 156 golfers at +325.”
Scheffler is the only golfer at SuperBook Sports with single-digit odds. Rory and Xander are the co-second choice at 12/1. This is a massive underlay, Scheffler isn't Tiger circa 2001…yet. https://t.co/v6h2i9wNUS