Welcome to a major edition of The Spread Zone presented by FanDuel SportsBook, where Scott Rizzuto, Anthony Stalter, and resident golf analyst Tim McKernan break down everything you need to know heading into the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont. Known as one of the toughest courses in the world, Oakmont is primed to test even the game’s elite. With dry skies, light wind, and fast greens forecasted, the conditions may be ideal—but that rough? Brutal. The crew digs into who might make the cut, who won’t, and which longshots (like Min Woo Lee at +12,000) could make your weekend legendary. Tim owns up to his last major miss, Riz brings the heat, and Anthony isn’t letting anyone forget the leaderboard. Whether you’re betting outrights, top-20s, or looking for the perfect underdog play, this episode has the odds, trends, and banter to get you locked in for golf’s most punishing weekend.
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Let’s talk about the weather first, if that plays into it. Well, you better believe it. Weather, upper 70s, light wind dry, ideal for scoring. But Oakmont’s notorious rough and greens will be a challenge to a lot of our competitors this weekend. Who’s gonna make the cut? Who’s not gonna make the cut? Tim, our last major was? The PGA champion. And how did you do our golf expert? Well, I gave the players a great play, Min Woo Lee, Riz, Anthony. I didn’t see him on the leaderboard. Yeah, in the top 10. I didn’t either. Yeah, perhaps top 20. No, he took a flight out on Friday afternoon because he was able to go home missing the cut. Well, this weekend he is plus 12,000. Throw a hundred on Min Woo, be handsomely rewarded with $12,000 on Sunday at 6 p.m. Plus 12,000 to win. So of the 156 golfers I have on my list, he’s 39. So that’s something. That’s good. Thank you. That’s the top third. This is a Min Woo Lee podcast. Min, yeah, we’re being positive about Min Woo Lee. Thank you. But he is not the favorite though. Scotty Scheffler. Bye a lot. Are we not– I know he’s the number one golfer in the world. So maybe this is my first dumb comment of many dumb comments in the spread zone. But are we not talking enough about Scotty Scheffler and what he’s doing? If you are a golf nerd, which I am, you have an appreciation for his greatness because you know why he is successful. But I also recognize the vast majority of the population not golf nerds. So then you start getting into the why, and it becomes pretty boring. Can I put this in perspective though for the people that are not into golf that want to just throw some money down this weekend? Please do. So he comes in as the biggest US Open favorite in 16 years. So he’s at plus 280, of course, on FanDuel. Proud sponsor of the Spread Zone. Spread Zone, presented by FanDuel. Tiger level dominant. Or is that– am I– am I overstating? It’s absolutely accurate, which is, I think, what you were getting to, Anthony. Absolutely. I agree with that. I’m glad you said it first, quite frankly, because now I can follow suit. I think this is tiger-like stuff here. His recent major win shows that he can certainly handle the pressure. Already six wins in 2025. Six. Six wins from Scotty Scheffler. Three wins in his last four starts, including the PGA Championship. Remarkable streak of top 10 finishes as well. He– the reason why, to answer the question and do so briefly, kind of a Cliff Notes version, is great golfers have what would be called tight shot dispersion. So if you’re aiming at a pin, you are going to be the closest one if you hit 20 shots, more so than the other players, which then gives you a higher probability of making putts because you’re closer. And his shot dispersion is so much greater than everybody else’s. It’s so much tighter. That is why he is so great. And we have not seen numbers statistically like Scheffler’s since Tiger Woods. So three wins in his last four starts. Of course, he won the PGA. So you almost have to start your card with him. You do. You have to address whether or not you want to play him. It’s almost like an insurance policy, both from a gambling standpoint for this weekend, but also if you’re playing daily fantasy. Do you even put him on your rosters because you know he’s going to be owned by a heavy amount of people? What’s your confidence level in betting a favorite this short in a loaded field? It depends on how you use them. I think that’s what Tim’s getting at. It depends on how you use them. So if you want to do some outright winners that are more of a long shot, but then sprinkle in some prop plays included with Scotty’s Scheffler’s included. I think that’s the way to go. So for example, he’s got top 10 finishes, hasn’t finished worse than 10th since February, leads the PGA tour, tee to green approach, bogey avoidance, all that. I think if you want to sprinkle in some prop plays with Scotty Scheffler, maybe some head to heads, that would be a way to kind of diversify your plays as opposed to just saying, I got to take him as an outright winner knowing your payoff is not going to be good. So I think that’s how you can hedge and you can sprinkle in some props. Well, if you had a, okay, so Tim, if you had a fade Scheffler, who would you start your card with? So you got the Shambo defending champ, uh, second in the odds. Rory, by the way, is third in the odds at plus 1200, but he has in the practice round shot in 81 and had to birdie the last two holes to get that 81 didn’t make the cut last week. Shot a 78 at RBC Canadian open. What was he saying? He was having, he was picking a new driver. Well, his driver was tested at the PGA championship and deemed to be illegal, which got a lot of attention. And as it turns out, Scotty Scheffler’s also was Scheffler had to use a different driver. He won the tournament. Rory was irritated that that story was leaked because usually it’s private and it made it look like, oh, you won the masters with an illegal drive. And that’s why he was irritated. Uh, Rory’s story to me is, and he acknowledged this in the press briefing that since winning the masters, he’s like, I just don’t have the desire to go out there and spend three or four hours a day on working on my game. And whereas I actually mistakenly thought that winning in Augusta would free him up and then he just go on a tear, it’s gone the opposite way. He has not finished top five since the master. That’s it. And I thought he’d be freed up and he just hasn’t played. And I think he achieved this thing that had been torturing him, as he said, for 15 years. He got it. And now he finds that the drive that was there in April is no longer there. But still in our fan dual odds, he’s third. Because of the talent and his ability to hit the golf ball as far as he does. But if there is a play I love this week, Riz, it involves Rory McElroy. And the play is the following. Rory McElroy missed cut plus 300. Wow. Love the play. As a matter of fact, I’ve already allocated some capital on that play. I like that a lot. Yeah. Oh, Rory McElroy missed cut plus 300. I like that a lot. Oakmont Woe struggled here in 2007 as an amateur again in 2016. Rough and putting surfaces, not his strengths, as we know. And as you kind of broke down to start the podcast here, Tim, this is one of the most difficult courses to play. I love that. I love that. When I saw it, I had to jump on it because I thought the odds might decrease. And I have seen them moving down depending on where you’re looking. We, of course, are fan dual here. But looking at Rory McElroy and his recent issues, Riz, he’s not hitting the fairway. And when you talk about the five inch rough that they have and it’s, it’s, of course, high, relatively speaking, but it’s also super dense. If you’re not finding the fairway, all hell is going to break loose. You might be hitting wedges just to get back out in the fairway with which sacrifices a shot. You’re going to see some big numbers, I think, this weekend. And a guy not being able to find the fairway is a guy who is right in the crosshairs of going home on a Friday flight. All right. Well, so if we’re fading, Scheffler, to win, what about Bryson? Back to back wins, defending champ. I can get on Bryson DeChampo, defending champion, two U.S. Open titles 2020, 2024. I love the power and the control to his game. Longest driver on tour. Accuracy has improved greatly in 2025. Not dominant at Oakmont, but still somebody that I think could be a major player this weekend. I like DeChampo. I wouldn’t fade him. I would definitely fade Rory. I’m on the fading Rory so much so that I’m betting that I’ll miss the cut. I wouldn’t necessarily bet that Bryson will miss the cut, but I would not pick Bryson of the bigger names that are listed if we are on the fade Scheffler train just for the purpose of the conversation. For the purpose of the conversation. Yeah. And the reason being on that is I think iron play is going to be the most important element of this week. And while Bryson, of course, is outstanding, I don’t think that he is the best of our choices. This course is not super long, even though it’s a U.S. Open course, relatively speaking, it’s 7,200 yards again. That’s super long. But relatively speaking, it’s not a monster. And so off the tee is more about accuracy this week than it is about distance. So I think this is about ball strikers, which is a way to say the people who have strength with their approaches and their irons. And therefore I would go a different direction than Bryson. OK, so NBC is predicting the winner to be under par, but barely. And that’s what NBC is predicting. Will a hot putter like somebody like Justin Thomas, who’s ranked first in putting average, is it does this play into his game? It certainly could. He was in form earlier in the year and then he wanted Hilton Head and he’s fallen off since winning the RBC Heritage. Certainly somebody who is able to get up and down, which would be what Dustin Johnson was able to do when he won in 2016 here. That is going to be incredibly important. So that means getting up and down and chipping and hitting that putt. That’s critical. I would actually lean more toward a player who has great ball striking and just a wizard with their irons. And so if I were pivoting off of Scheffler, I would go the Colin Morikawa route. Yeah, that’s who my value pick is. Yeah, if I were going off of Scheffler, I would go to Morikawa. Let’s go value picks. So Morikawa, Morikawa for me too. Plus $2,500 on FanDuel. Not a long shot, but just a value pick. Yeah, if you’re looking at the top, let’s say six, seven names and you’re not going Scheffler, that’s where I come up with the Morikawa answer. Morikawa, as you said, elite ball striker. Unbelievable. Trending in the majors. Great US Open track record. Anthony, if we’re going to go the ball striking route, Keegan Bradley is another one. Captain Keegan, the Ryder Cup champion. Strong ball striking. Plus $8,000. That would be a hell of a play if that thing hit. That would be a hell of a story too, because then he’d have to put himself on the Ryder Cup. So the value picks, if we’re talking value picks, I like Keegan Bradley. Now you brought up putters. I think Harris English is interesting. Harris English is interesting. He has never missed a cut at the US Open. And he is somebody that’s got just, I mean, his putter is a weapon. Plus $9,000. Yes. FanDuel has Matt. So if we’re talking about like really deep sleepers, Keegan Bradley, Harris English and Harris English rebounded nicely off. I mean, he was banged up in 2023, had a nice season in 2024. He’s in current hot form. I think that Harris English is kind of an interesting play. There is some Harris English buzz out there this week. And that’s interesting. And he won at Torrey Pines earlier in the year. I’ll give you another long shot as Tommy Fleetwood. Tommy Fleetwood, Tommy Fleetwood. Tommy Fleet Fleet. Tommy Tommy Fleet Fleet has never won in the United States. And obviously, therefore, well, I shouldn’t say obviously, he hasn’t won the Open either. So he has not won a major. And Tommy Fleetwood is the guy who for whatever reason, Riz, and I don’t know what it is, it’s a great compliment to him. When it is a tough golf course, for whatever reason, he tends to excel. And I have him as always showing up in tough conditions. That’s an accurate thing. Pretty good major record as well. So Tommy Fleetwood on FanDuel plus 4000 is my so more power for my value pick. Tommy Fleetwood for my long shot. I think that this tournament with the conditions sets up for a wide possibility of outcomes and the reason being the following. If you are going to focus on iron play, there’s nobody better in the world than Scotty Scheffler. So therefore, Scheffler is at the forefront of any conversation we’re talking about this week. However, because the forecast is for no rain and the rough is such a big factor and the course is firm, they have the greens running at 14 and a half, which is essentially like putting on concrete, that the course will firm up. It will not be soft. There’s talk of scores being the winning score. I was watching this last night. Paul McGinley, former Ryder Cup champion for Europe, was saying we could see plus eight winning, winning the tournament, not making the cut, winning the tournament. And so the reason why I bring that up as far as the outcome and then the gambling element of it for the purpose of the Fandwell spread zone is this. If Scotty Scheffler is on, but it’s so firm, it runs into a bunker, it runs into the rough, which then changes the outcome. You could see a random emerge, whereas I don’t think you could see that at Augusta. Well, luck could make a ball bounce a certain way. That’s exactly right. That’s exactly right. So I could see this being a Scheffler runaway because of his ability with irons and his form. But if you wanted to sprinkle on some long shots, this could be a week to do it where you see somebody at the leaderboard and you go, who in the world is that? And they just get the right bounces in some really uniquely challenging conditions. So it’s funny because NBC has it as, as par just under. Um, it’s, it’s funny why looking at these network models like CBS, their model has Justin Thomas winning. How about that? I don’t think Justin Thomas makes the cut. How about that? I’m sorry. Nope. I was, I was thinking Dustin Johnson. So see, so six Justin Thomas at plus 4,000 six top tens in the last 13 starts. Number one putting average, just one at the RBC heritage. Um, is this a value nobody’s talking about? I think he’s flying under the radar for golf nerds because he hasn’t played great as of late. Um, but that’s the thing about this tournament. Somebody who has skill, who’s kind of flying under the radar could be where you can, and I’m, I’m going even deeper down the board. I mean, you went with captain Keegan, Anthony at plus 8,000. I think you could sprinkle some real long shots and with these kinds of conditions, see somebody really emerge. I think if memory serves, they’ve had 10 us opens at Oakmont. That’s the most of any course in the United States. And, uh, only one time the number one player has won it. And the reason being, it’s such a difficult golf course. You can have some variance, lend itself to unique outcomes. NBC sleeper is Sam burns, Sam burns, plus 8,000. I should have won this past weekend, but missed a five footer and a playoff with Ryan Fox. Top 20 machine elite putter and his inform a live long. That’s it. That’s a nice, that’s a nice play. He’s been, he’s been streaky too. So if you catch, if you catch a hot streak, I mean, when hot, you’re talking about two Eagles, 21 birdies in his last two starts, a long off the tee solid approach. I wrote down Sam burns as well. And that in my like kind of deep value plays. Yeah. Plus 70, 500. Let’s talk some prop bets before we hit the first break. So some prop bets I wrote down. Okay. So winning score over under par over, over par all day long. And I want to fire a lot of capital on that. If I can, I love that play. I love that play so much. It scares me because it scares me because I’m like, that means it’s not going to happen. I’m going to lose a lot of money just for the purpose of clarification. Tim has talked me into it and I’m a big, I’m a big believer in Tim. Oh my gosh. Despite the Minwulee situation is it’s now know what this is going to be a major rebound weekend for Tim. I feel it. So I like it. Let’s give me, I’m going to follow the NBC model in just under and go under kind of a tiger Torrey pine. I’m going to go under. All right. Top 10 finish. Ludwig Aubergh at plus two 40. I like if we’re just doing some props that we’re throwing out there. Shelfler to finish round one in the top 10. I’m seeing plus odds on that. Really? Yes. What do you got on that? That’s an, that’s an intriguing little wager you just presented here. Yes. Chef Lord finish round one, top 10 plus one 50. Mm hmm. Wow. Always color me intrigued. Always strong major performer. He starts fast. He finishes in the top 10. You’re talking plus odds. Okay. Color me intrigued. Another prop bet. Phil Mickelson makes the cut at plus 200. Could be his last us open is what he’s saying. Yeah, he’s not. He’s going to have to qualify next year. I mean, that’s the weird thing about this event is you’ll see some big time players having to play Monday qualifier events regional and then to get into the US open. That’s where Mickelson will be. So Phil Mickelson to make the cut a plus 200. I like that. I like that. And the reason being short games value here and Mickelson is, is just, you know, sick inside of 50 yards. What do you think about top American Shelfler versus the field? I’d be showing my cards here for the purpose of who I think is going to win, which I guess probably isn’t a big surprise. I would not touch it because I would be on Scotty Shelfler. Same. Yeah, I don’t. That’s that’s a tough one to roll with. I think I just think there’s better value on the board, including Shelfler finishing. That’s all five. It’s minus 140. Any other, any other props you want to talk about? Yeah. Shane Lowry at plus 280 Riz to be a top 10. I like that. He has played well and he is also number one. Strokes gained around the green. And I think that is going to be a valuable statistic up and down. As I said, Dustin Johnson was number one in 2016. The last time the US Open was at Oakmont. I think Lowry’s at 76% right now and that is tops. And so that would mean I think he is going to be competitive. I don’t know if he can edge out and win the thing, but plus 280 for Lowry top 10. I like I mentioned. I mentioned one earlier, but fade Dustin Johnson. I think numbers are you getting on that EJ? I think he misses the cut. I actually didn’t write that down. But for me, recent major form. I mean, this guy’s been cratering. Okay. So I would say Dustin Johnson missed the cut. I can look at the odds in our break. Let’s take a break right here. It’s a spread zone presented by Fandule. We’ll come back. We’ll talk. Biggest questions, trends and live betting. We’re talking 2025 US Open spread zone presented by Fandule. We’ll be back. All right, welcome back to the spread zone. It’s 2025 at US Open Golf. Of course, we are presented By our friends over at FanDuel. So let’s talk some some compelling questions. Fellows, yeah Scheffler or the field if you could bet one where is your money? And we’re right if memory serves we’re having to pay about 400 I mean what are we doing is the Scheffler versus of the field payoff? I mean that’s that’s that’s that’s my question if you take the field it’s it’s minus your lane 400 that’s what I that’s the last number that I saw then to me based on that you say Scheffler I I just I It sucks for the purpose of a podcast But at the same time it goes to what you guys were presenting We are in the midst of a Tiger Woods like player who doesn’t smart. Yeah, I listen I’ll min Woo Lee all day if I’m feeling But I can’t do it this week I think I There were the last it was the last Masters and maybe it was two Masters ago on on our show TMA we were asked somebody brought up and I go it’s gonna be Scotty Scheffler They go why are you I said it’s the last time we’ve seen anything like Tiger Woods And this was I think two years ago It wasn’t this year and they go why and then I got into the shot dispersion thing But again, it’s it’s like, you know, if you’re an auto racing fan, you can start breaking things down It’s not what I follow so I wouldn’t know it but following golf playing the game If I’m playing against somebody who I know is going to be within 15 yards of a circle of the pin 9 out of 10 times That’s the guy and Scheffler is even better than that And that’s why even his fellow players guys who are at his similar level are in awe of him And in one of you have a course that demands iron play It’s it’s Scotty Scheffler and I can’t I can’t walk away from it. I’m just going to appreciate it I mean honestly what plus 280 odds is there any reason to bet against him or is it time to just accept the You know that chalk walks on on tough courses I’m on Scheffler and and even with those odds as you noted that are that are the shortest odds we’ve seen in what 16 years Mm-hmm. I still am on it and I’ve been trying to talk myself into that. There are a couple others I like and will sprinkle as you made reference to Anthony, but I just think that this guy is Otherworldly and unlike Rory McIlroy who to his credit is acknowledging his motivation has decreased since winning the Masters Scheffler has that tiger like Jordan like Tom Brady like Albert Poole’s like Never satisfied quest for greatness and that’s what usually leads to dominance and that’s what we’re seeing I think we have to Departmentalize things I don’t I’m not gonna have Scheffler winning it based on the value that you’re getting new Terrible value, so I’m not gonna suggest him to win But for the purposes of the question that Rizz you just posed if it’s if you’re laying minus 4000 or whatever it is for the field versus Scheffler. That’s that’s when you take Scheffler with the plus odds So again, we kind of have to break down now It used to be yes winner just post who’s gonna win the thing But with so many odds available f-and-dual the prop odds the different plays You can go back to I’ll use the same kind of you know the the cliched word of divine You know diversifying, but you can you can diversify your plays over the course of four days Can somebody go wire to wire here at Oakmont or is this a come from behind event? No way I don’t think so I think a very good chance that you will see a name that you don’t recognize leading And then this is a phrase that Mike Tariko uses and you will hear him on the calls of majors the gravity of the major championship the gravity of the leaderboard Somebody who didn’t expect to be there sleeps on that lead on Thursday night and wakes up and realizes they don’t belong and then They fold up like a cheap tent Happened in the PGA champion that’s exactly right. I guess this course is known for Sunday carnage Sure Believe it so does a slow starter offer live value in round If somehow Scheffler is like five over par and some rando is minus three You know and then winds up shooting 80 the next day you better believe I will be allocating some dollars on Scotty Scheffler is alive but hmm You have to if the weather I’m talking some live betting and sure so if this is a material question for the purpose of live Betting the direction you’re going if weather softens the course as maybe NBC is hinting at Look for guys who can go low in round two or three Burn a unit maybe on comeback types So this is exciting this weekend. Oh, I love it. Well, the weather is Supposed to be dry going into the weekend and that’s where you possibly get some rain If not this thing really could get to a point where you see a big plus number Winning it as far as a comeback type on that Riz a guy that I would think that would be live would be the guy We brought up a little earlier and that’s Tommy Fleetwood. We’ve seen him go low He did so shooting a 63 at Aaron Hills year Brooks Kepka won seven years ago Didn’t win the tournament but shot a 63 there kind of outside of the spotlight So keep an eye on Tommy Tommy. What about Sammy Burns? Sam Burns is a play that I enjoy being discussed and he’s plus 430 for a top 10 So if you’re liking Sam Burns, but you’re like it’s gonna be Scheffler’s year Sam Burns Scheffler’s best friend at plus 430 provides some value Anthony I like burns You know, I throw out a couple earlier with Keegan Bradley and with Harris English Harris English is the one I keep coming back to you, especially when it comes to like DFS purposes, you know Head to head prop plays Harris English is one I keep coming back to because of his putting ability I mean I throw out another name. What about John Rahm some of the chu were except. He’s not really a value I mean these plus 12 right? He’s the third. Yeah, he’s plus 1200 to win So he’s this wouldn’t fall in into the value category. So maybe let me let me give you somebody else here What about Corey Connors great ball striker one of those beautiful tempo swings you see on tour? I know for the Canadian players They really live for last week at the RBC Canadian Open didn’t have a great tournament He would be if you’re looking for a guy who is off the radar and I mean the golfers know about him He’s not a mainstream name Corey Connors would be one with that ball striking ability by the way, I misspoke on Fleetwood that was at Shinnecock in 2018 where he shot the 63 but that speaks to his ability to go low and come back on the weekends. I’ll give you one more Ben Griffin Career best season strong riser and playing really well. Yeah, I mean this this is his breakout year I mean he’d have to have a career weekend, but you know gain status multiple top 10 finishes We’re talking about one of the hottest iron players on the tour since April. He was in the final pairing with a Scheffler two weeks Ago at the memorial. There you go. All right, fellas. Let’s take a one final break. We’ll come back We’ll do some quick hit bets. We’ll do we’ll recap the storylines in our final thoughts. It’s the spread zone presented by Fandul 2025 US Open Edition All right, Spread Zone presented by FanDuel. Talking 2025, US Open golf, right, some quick hit bets. First round leader, who? Who we got? A random. I think it’ll be a random. I need a name. Ben Griffin. Ben Griffin. I’m going to scroll down. I’ll go with Ben James. I’m going to go with John Rahm, leads us out of round one. That’d be intriguing if that were to happen. He’s got himself a US Open. Yeah, it could happen. Will there be a hole in one? No. Got the old 298 yard par three that players will be hitting driver into, depending on the wind. I’m going to say no, too. I would bet no on that. These greens are so sloped in the pin positions they’ll have them in. I think that’s going to be a no, Riz. Highest finishing, lefty. Oh, man. You got to go with Phil, right? Phil, huh? Or is that the only one you know of? I mean, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson’s lefty. Yeah, I don’t know if I know. Random Mike Weir. Yeah, Mike Weir somehow made his way into the field. Yeah. All right, Phil Mickelson, it is. All right, now this is a legit question. Cut line over or under plus four and a half? I got to go over. Ship the over. I mean, ship the over. I love it. I just I’m so confused by the number. This happens in college football for me sometimes, and it tends to be right, which is great. But I mean, like I said, I’m still experiencing the PTSD from the Minwoo Leaf play, and I don’t trust myself anymore. So ship the over. I love the over. I think the winning score might be over four and a half, much less the cut line. OK, so storylines, first round leader and elite ball striker. They’ll probably jump out or will or will putting decide it early? What do you think? Certainly, you got to be able to roll it in whoever has that kind of success. We saw Jason Day get to number one in the world in 2016. All due respect to Jason Day. He doesn’t usually fit the prototype of number ones, but he was able to roll it in 2016. So, yeah, you got to be able to have that success. The reason why Scheffler has emerged here over the last couple of years is because he wasn’t a great putter. He switched putters and now he’s a I think he’s top 25 strokes gains putting, stroke gain putting. But yeah, I think I think that’s certainly key. But that thing, these greens are absolute chaos. And the USGA will put pins in deviant places. I’m thinking maybe the hole in one prop will be a fun oak bunch tricky part three. Is it maybe a little fun, a little sprinkle on it? There you go. I like how we we’ve we’ve we’re terming these sprinkles. Yeah, like a little small. Just a little stuff. Something. It’s a little taste. It’s a small taste. Small taste. Here’s what I’m seeing on the highest finishing lefty going back to that. Mickelson versus Brian Harmon. Brian Harmon, our open champion from two years ago, the happy little hunter. Could be closer than you think. And he’s played well at US Open. The cut line prop set at four and a half. NBC, CBS both expect Oakmont to play tough. So I guess the overs in play for us. I love the over Anthony. I need your final thoughts. Your final thoughts on the 2025 US Open. So I’ll give you my winner. I can’t wait to hear this because I think you’re diversifying. You guys mentioned somebody and I just stayed quiet. You both like this gentleman and I almost but I saved it. Colin Morikawa wins wins the US. I respect the play. Second and drive in accuracy. Third and birdie average. Six and strokes gained. Approached eighth. Green’s mastery for him. Top five putter in terms of average. Give me Colin Morikawa to win the US Open this weekend. I do have to tell you, I like that play. Thank you, sir. I like that play. I hope I’m not doing it. Tim, this is off brand, but I have to be honest with the audience. And I really did think Missouri was going to win the national championship. And I really did think Justin Thomas was going to win the Masters. And I really did think Min Woo Lee’s time had arrived at the PGA Championship. But it’s Scottie Scheffler’s time. And so I’m going with him. Now, with that said, sprinkling being our theme today, Riz, I like your Morikawa play. I truly do. If I were sprinkling, I would go Tommy Tommy Fleet Fleet. Tommy Fleetwood at plus 4,000 and Shane Lowry at plus 4,000. And if you wanted to go down and get into a five figure payoff, I would go Maverick McNeely and Aaron Rye. But my play is Scheffler. And if you wanted to go deep into a Monday qualifier, somebody who nearly won this past weekend as well, and he is in form, has not been able to win on tour, kind of like Fleetwood, Cameron Young plus 12,000. All right, so my winner, Scheffler, my value pick is Morikawa plus 2,500. My long shot is Tommy Tommy Fleetwood. Nice plus 4,000. And my top 10 prop is Ludwig. Ludwig Aubergh. Yeah, that guy’s got it all in. And my sprinkle in is Phil Nicholson to make the cut at plus 2,000. I like that play. I do like that play. I really like that play. Yeah, I think we’re going to see carnage. And if you can find it to bet overs on cut lines and missed cuts and scores, I think that’s what we’re going to see as long as it does not rain. This thing is going to be fast and firm and carnage will ensue. You have that carnage. Let’s go to wind, Fils. Let’s do it. I think it’s time in particular for one chair that is sitting here. Golfing. I mean, you guys got Rory McElroy. You hit on that. Yeah, well, we’ll see. And journalism. Journalism, yeah. Coming off of last week. The Belmont, we did not take the Kentucky Derby winner. That’s fine. I had Baza. You finished third. Third, though. I noticed that. That’s fine. Yeah. All right, listen. That’s it. We put it out there. May the odds be in your favor. That’s a spread zone presented by FanDuel. We’ll see you next week. 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