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US Open Recap & Insights on the PGA Tour Travelers Championship
Join us as Brady Kannon breaks down the highlights and key moments from the recent U.S. Open, including standout performances and challenges faced by the players. We discuss Adam Scott’s impressive play, J.J. Spaun’s iconic putt, and the impact of weather on the final day. Looking ahead, we delve into the ongoing Travelers Championship, examining the odds and potential contenders. Brady also shares his thoughts on long-shot bets and predictions for the tournament. Tune in for expert analysis and insider tips on the latest PGA Tour action.
00:00 PGA Tour Travelers Championship Preview
00:10 U.S. Open Recap: Highlights and Lowlights
02:06 Travelers Championship: Early Odds and Favorites
04:00 Long Shots and Betting Picks
05:36 Future of the U.S. Open: Challenges and Changes
07:07 Conclusion and Sign-Off
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Brady Cannon is with us, breaking down the latest on the PGA Tour Travelers Championship, of course. Underway just before tee time. Scottie Scheffler was the favorite. We’ll get to him in a minute. But first Brady, let’s recap what we saw at the US open. And you know Brady sent a text you know through the weekend saying hey you know Adam Scott is somebody I like. I’m like okay so this is the guy to watch. Meanwhile here comes Adam Scott. Final day. I mean Brady everybody just falling all over themselves in that rough. And then the intermediate rough and then the heavy rough. I mean, I don’t even know what they call it there. It was just so disastrous for so many players. But JJ Spaun had an iconic putt to win. And I think that that will live forever on the PGA tour. Really great finish. Yeah, absolutely. I think he kind of saved the tournament a little bit. He saved the day anyway. I thought the first three days Oakmont was the star. I thought the US open was brilliant. I thought it wasn’t tricked up. It wasn’t quirky. It wasn’t unfair. And at the same time, it was extremely difficult. And we got to see, you know, Scottie Scheffler actually find the rough and make mistakes. It really tested these players I think, as much as we’ve ever seen. But again I didn’t feel it was unfair. I you know you saw Jon Rahm, you saw Adam Scott. These guys that were striping it down the middle of the fairway were playing really well and were making pars. And that’s what the US open is. Unfortunately, Mother Nature got involved on Sunday and kind of kind of spoiled things. I felt, you know, like our guy Adam Scott in the final pairing. I thought he had a great shot. And you know, I think it really got to Sam Burns. And it was almost more survival at that point. And JJ Spaun, you know, God bless him. I mean, he had so many bad breaks in the front nine and then, you know, redemption on the back nine. And again, that big putt made it climactic because otherwise it felt like what was such a great tournament kind of got spoiled there with the weather down the stretch. So now we have the Travelers Championship coming up this weekend. And, you know, certainly it’s underway already. And I think the odds are more or less stable here because some of the bigger names have not yet teed off. In fact, I see among the leaders thus far a few names I don’t recognize. And then I see Viktor Hovland, who had a nice week last week at the US open. So here are the odds to win. Scottie Scheffler 3 to 1. Rory McIlroy at 12. Xander 16 to 1, Morikawa 18 to 1, Cantlay 22 and Oberg at 25. Any of those names at the top interest you? I know we’re going to get to some of the long shots that you have. Yeah. You know Xander Schauffele almost made my card this week Craig I really think he’s just about ready to win again. He had a very good US open finished . He’s just a machine. I think he’s finished top 15 at the US open. Maybe every single time he’s played the US open in his career. Just always plays that tournament very, very well and he’s won this tournament. The travelers A couple of years ago, I didn’t end up going with him, but of the short shots, he was the one I liked the most. You mentioned Viktor Hovland, now tied for the lead at four under par early on. He’s only through seven holes already, four under through seven holes. Word to the wise here, though, Viktor Hovland is the number one liability at bed MGM. So he was a very popular pick this weekend. You know that’s always a bit of a red flag for me. These books, these sports books don’t make a profit year in and year out because the biggest liability gets them. Sometimes it does, but I worry about that. And I didn’t really like Hovland was brilliant at times last week and then, gosh, he couldn’t even buy a putt. He was so volatile, you know, and so a lot of people thought that would carry over. And it looks like it has so far. But I’m a little leery of Viktor this week. Fair enough. Let’s get to some of the long shots. And you know, certainly Robert McIntyre is a name everyone was familiar with after last week. Any other any other names here? 40, 50 to 1. Any dart throws for you at the travelers? Yeah I’ve got three guys that have yet to tee off. Si Woo Kim, Brian Harmon and Matt Fitzpatrick. They have all done very, very well on Pete Dye designs. Si Woo Kim of course, has won the Players Championship. Brian Harmon has finished top ten here at the travelers seven times. And Matt Fitzpatrick also has done very well on dye design. So that was certainly part of my handicap there. McIntyre and Davis Thompson are my other two plays and yeah, I pretty much went all long bombs this week. I just found one reason or another to poke a hole in the favorites at the top of the board. We’ll see how it pans out. Last year I had Tom Kim at 50 to 1. He went all the way to a playoff and ended up losing to Scheffler. I’ll take that again. If I can get a long bomb all the way to a playoff, that’s not a bad spot to be. But McIntyre was one I didn’t. I tried to stay away from some of the guys that were really in the gantlet down the stretch last week at the US open, I felt that was probably mentally exhausting. And, you know, McIntyre almost won the darn thing. But he was sitting there in the clubhouse for two hours. You know, he finished much earlier before he was really through that tough stuff down the stretch. So I thought he might be able to carry some momentum over this week. We’ll see. All right. Well Brady here is my big question for you. A year from now we’re talking about the US open again. Do you think that the frustration that the players showed this past week forces the hand of the PGA tour to make these courses more playable? Or is this I mean, look, this has been going on for years. I get that and nothing has changed. Will that remain? It felt like this hit a crescendo this past weekend. Yeah. You know, like I say, I think the first three days were were great. I thought it was a perfect balance of difficulty and fairness. And then Mother Nature got involved and that made it really difficult. You know, next year we’re at Shinnecock Hills in New York. We’ve had a few championships there in the last 25, 30 years, one year, if you recall, it absolutely crossed the line and got out of hand where the greens were, you know, baked out. They were like tabletops. They were having to water them during the middle of the tournament. And that was really ugly and a bad look for the USGA. I hope we get something that is similar to what we saw at Oakmont for the first three days, where it really is the ultimate test, but again, is not over the top and unfair. And I think it feels like the USGA is going back to that direction. The old US open that you and I grew up with, Craig, where you got to drive it straight and if you get offline, you’re you’re in trouble. We’ve had a few bad US opens in recent years, but I, I liked where they’re headed this year certainly for the first part of it. And hopefully that continues. Brady great catching up
