2024 U.S. Open betting preview

It's time to tee it up and make your bets for the U.S. Open. The 2024 betting preview will include course information on historic Pinehurst No. 2 for the most demanding and challenging tournament of the year.

I provided an odds update last month and an initial preview of Pinehurst No. 2 at Pinehurst Resort. Now it's time to review the stats, updated odds at leading online sportsbook BetUS, and chip-in some tournament matchups and a few props beyond what we'll bet before and during the tournament. 

You can get more insight into course No. 2 and additional information you can bet on in my U.S. Open preview at Forbes. 

Hole-by-hole at Pinehurst No. 2.

U.S. Open Golf Odds 

U.S. Open 2024 golf odds from BetUS and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.

+270: Scottie Scheffler
+1100: Xander Schauffele 
+1300: Rory McIlroy
+1500: Collin Morikawa
+2200: Viktor Hovland, Bryson DeChambeau
+2500: Brooks Koepka
+2600: Ludvig Aberg
+3000: Jon Rahm
+4500: Patrick Cantlay, Tommy Fleetwood, Hideki Matsuyama, Cam Smith
+5000: Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Thomas
+6000: Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau
+7000: Max Homa
+8000: Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth, Russell Henley
+8000: Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee, Tom Kim 
+9000: Shane Lowry, Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Sungjae Im
+10000: Corey Conners, Robert McIntyre, Sepp Straka, Byeong-Hun An    
+11000: Cameron Young, Dean Burmester, Alex Noren
+11500: Jason Day 
+12500: Si Woo Kim, Dustin Johnson
+15000: Brian Harman, Denny McCarthy, Justin Rose, H. English, B. Horschel

72-hole winning score: O/U 275.5 (Par 70)

There are some notable and significant odds moves on players with Scheffler's odds dropping to historic lows, and other golfers odds rising.
Scheffler from +350 to +270, Schauffele +1400 to +1100, Morikawa from +2200 to +1500, Cantlay +2800 to +4500, Justin Thomas +3300 to +5000, Max Homa +3300 to +7000, Jordan Spieth and Wyndham Clark +3300 to +8000, Tyrrell Hatton +4000 to +8000, Jason Day +4500 to +11000, Cameron Young +5000 to +11000, Shane Lowry and Sam Burns +5500 to +9000, Dustin Johnson +5500 to +12500, Correy Conners +7000 to +10000 

Key Stats LIVE: Two stats stand out at Pinehurst for the @usopengolf. We're looking at the trends from the winners in 1999, 2005 and 2014. https://t.co/qTjJlTevSR

— Golfbet (@Golfbet) June 10, 2024

Key Stats and Course

The Donald Ross masterpiece and hole-by-hole restoration ahead of the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst shows so many sides of the strategic choices and challenges at Pinehurst No. 2. A decade later, a severe and stiff challenge awaits with the bermuda turtleback greens providing the most difficult challenge of the year on Tour along with the very firm and fast conditions. Beyond some of the key strokes gained stats, players will need to overcome mental obstacles which are provided in this video and outlined in my additional course and U.S. Open coverage in Forbes. 

A "very imaginative and inventive short game" is needed, says Rory McIlroy. 

Pinehurst No. 2 - Par 70 and 7,543 yards 

SG: Approach (175+)
SG: Around the Green
SG: Tee to Green 
SG: Putting (Bermuda)
SG: Total (difficult scoring conditions)
Scrambling, Driving Accuracy, Bogey Avoidance

Check back as we research and add more player profiles, stats and information you can bet on.

U.S. Open Picks

Fairway's Favorites: Morikawa, Hovland, Fleetwood, Matsuyama
Fairway's Longshots: Fitzpatrick, Finau, Conners, Sungjae Im 

Tournament Matchups 

U.S. Open matchups from BookMaker offer the most extensive betting options, and odds are subject to change.

Updated Wed.

- Scheffler (-222) vs. McIlroy (+174) or Schauffele (+174) or Morikawa (+197) - Bet all 3 underdogs against Scheffler
- McIlroy (-137) vs. Morikawa (+107)
- Schauffele (-118) vs. McIlroy (-112)
- Schauffele (-143) vs. Morikawa (+113)
- Hovland (-138) vs. DeChambeau (+108) - Bet Hovland (-1.5 strokes) at -108 odds
- Aberg (-125) vs. Hovland (-105)
- Fleetwood (-130) vs. Koepka (+100) - Bet Fleetwood and -1.5 strokes (+100) if you prefer & offered other sportsbooks
- Matsuyama (-160) vs. Homa (+127)
- Thomas (-134) vs. Cantlay (+104)
- Theegala (-118) vs. Thomas (-112)
- Jason Day (-125) vs. Dustin Johnson (-105) - Bet Day (-1.5 strokes) at +105 odds
- Finau (-138) vs. Conners (+108)
- Conners (-124) vs. Henley (-106)
- Min Woo Lee (-120) vs. Sungjae Im (-110) - Bet Sungjae Im
- Spieth (-120) vs. Clark (-110) 

Check in during the U.S. Open for any round-by-round bets and other betting updates of interest including on X @FairwayJay. 

FairwayJay is a proven sports handicapper and has a history of winning at golf betting including in the more predictable PGA tournament match-ups. FairwayJay chips in additional sports betting coverage and reporting on industry news and events. Read more great insights from FairwayJay and follow him on X: @FairwayJay