Zach Thompson breaks down the potential winnings bettors can earn from The Open Championship in 2025 DraftKings King of the Course contest.
The bets are in, and the top golfers in the world are off to determine the King of the Course this week at The Open Championship at Royal Portrush. 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 final major of the year. 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 3:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 19.
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:
GOLFERKotC BettorsEstimated Bonus BetsScottie Scheffler11,748$85Rory McIlroy6,542$153Jon Rahm5,174$193Matt Fitzpatrick4,745$211Viktor Hovland3,504$285Bryson DeChambeau3,350$299Ludvig Aberg3,233$309Tyrrell Hatton2,922$342Tommy Fleetwood2,686$372Xander Schauffele2,613$383Robert MacIntyre1,909$524Shane Lowry1,564$639Sepp Straka1,438$695Justin Rose1,231$812Brian Harman1,183$845Haotong Li1,104$906Justin Thomas1,085$922Jordan Spieth942$1,062Collin Morikawa927$1,079Russell Henley882$1,134Harris English844$1,185Harry Hall719$1,391Chris Gotterup633$1,580Nicolai Hojgaard603$1,658Sam Burns599$1,669Akshay Bhatia395$2,532Hideki Matsuyama370$2,703Keegan Bradley365$2,740Brooks Koepka354$2,825Joaquin Niemann351$2,849Cameron Young342$2,924Ben Griffin329$3,040Rickie Fowler295$3,390Rasmus Hojgaard293$3,413Maverick McNealy261$3,831J.J. Spaun259$3,861Tony Finau259$3,861Tom McKibbin254$3,937Daniel Berger240$4,167Patrick Reed238$4,202Aaron Rai233$4,292Ryan Fox232$4,310Adam Scott215$4,651Patrick Cantlay188$5,319Wyndham Clark186$5,376Tom Kim183$5,464Cameron Smith183$5,464Marco Penge174$5,747Corey Conners163$6,135Jason Day161$6,211Christiaan Bezuidenhout145$6,897Si Woo Kim140$7,143Min Woo Lee136$7,353Sungjae Im135$7,407Nick Taylor134$7,463Matthew Jordan128$7,813Kristoffer Reitan97$10,309Lucas Glover89$11,236Phil Mickelson87$11,494Jordan Smith82$12,195Jacob Skov Olesen72$13,889Aldrich Potgieter69$14,493Andrew Novak66$15,152Jason Kokrak65$15,385Dustin Johnson59$16,949Dean Burmester55$18,182Thriston Lawrence53$18,868Lee Westwood52$19,231Sadom Kaewkanjana47$21,277Sahith Theegala46$21,739Denny McCarthy45$22,222Thomas Detry43$23,256Sergio Garcia43$23,256Taylor Pendrith35$28,571Jesper Svensson34$29,412Marc Leishman34$29,412Ryggs Johnston33$30,303Nico Echavarria29$34,483Louis Oosthuizen26$38,462Max Greyserman25$40,000Romain Langasque24$41,667Matt Wallace23$43,478Matt McCarty21$47,619J.T. Poston21$47,619Matti Schmid21$47,619Laurie Canter21$47,619Mackenzie Hughes19$52,632Davis Thompson18$55,556Byeong Hun An18$55,556Antoine Rozner16$62,500Sebastian Soderberg15$66,667Kevin Yu14$71,429Tom Hoge14$71,429Stephan Jaeger14$71,429Bud Cauley14$71,429Thorbjorn Olesen13$76,923Padraig Harrington12$83,333Carlos Ortiz12$83,333Matthieu Pavon12$83,333Henrik Stenson12$83,333John Parry11$90,909Daniel Brown11$90,909Zach Johnson11$90,909Michael Kim9$111,111Oliver Lindell9$111,111Jhonattan Vegas9$111,111Davis Riley8$125,000Brian Campbell7$142,857Adrien Saddier7$142,857Lucas Herbert7$142,857Francesco Molinari7$142,857Niklas Norgaard6$166,667OJ Farrell6$166,667Chris Kirk5$200,000Martin Couvra4$250,000Riki Kawamoto4$250,000Angel Hidalgo3$333,333Justin Hastings3$333,333Stewart Cink3$333,333Justin Suh2$500,000Takumi Kanaya2$500,000Justin Leonard2$500,000Shaun Norris2$500,000Ryan Peake2$500,000Sampson Yunhe Zheng2$500,000Seb Cave2$500,000K.J. Choi2$500,000Curtis Knipes2$500,000Darren Clarke2$500,000Connor Graham2$500,000John Axelsen1$1,000,000Younghan Song1$1,000,000Filip Jakubcik1$1,000,000Rikuya Hoshino1$1,000,000Matteo Manassero1$1,000,000Shugo Imahira1$1,000,000Daniel Young1$1,000,000Jesper Sandborg1$1,000,000Daniel van Tonder1$1,000,000Elvis Smylie1$1,000,000Frazer Jones1$1,000,000Daniel Hillier1$1,000,000Richard Teder1$1,000,000
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.
