No golf course has hosted the U.S. Open more often than Oakmont Country Club, and the major will make its 10th trip to the Pittsburgh-area course starting on Thursday, June 12. The 2025 U.S. Open will mark the 13th major held at Oakmont, which also hosted three PGA Championships. Dustin Johnson (2016) prevailed when it last hosted this major, and he’s one of several past winners in the 2025 U.S. Open field. Golfers like of Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth and Matt Fitzpatrick will join Johnson in seeking to become a two-time U.S. Open champion. Scottie Scheffler is the +320 favorite in the 2025 U.S. Open odds, followed by Rory McIlroy (+550), Bryson DeChambeau (+900) and Rahm (+1200). Before locking in your 2025 U.S. Open picks or entering any PGA DFS tournaments on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
SportsLine’s proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, the model is up nearly $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.
This same model has also nailed a whopping 15 majors entering the weekend, including the 2025 Masters — its fourth Masters in a row — and the 2025 PGA Championship. Anyone who has followed its sports betting picks could have seen massive returns on betting apps and when taking advantage of the latest FanDuel promo code, DraftKings promo code and Fanatics Sportsbook promo code.
Now that the 2025 U.S. Open field is locked in and fans are deciding where to bet the U.S. Open, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.
2025 U.S. Open predictions for Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm
One shocker the model is calling at the U.S. Open 2025: Jon Rahm, a two-time major winner, and one of this year’s favorites, stumbles and barely cracks the top 10 of the leaderboard. Rahm counts himself as a U.S. Open champion (2021), but he hasn’t experienced the best success outside of that showing. He has fewer made cuts at the U.S. Open than any other major, while also tying for the fewest top 10s at this major.
Rahm played Oakmont once before, shot 7-over-par and finished outside the top 20. While he’s coming off a solid eighth place at the PGA Championship, that was just his second top 10 at a major since the start of 2024, as he has just as many finishes 45th or worse. His recent inconsistency at major tournaments makes him just too risky to utilize in U.S. Open bets, considering his short golf odds.
The model has also locked in its projection for Scheffler, who is coming off a dominant win at the PGA Championship. Scheffler made his major tournament debut at Oakmont when it hosted the 2016 U.S. Open. As a 19-year-old, he had the overnight clubhouse lead after his first round but then shot 8-over-par in the second round to miss the cut. That was the first of three straight U.S. Open tournaments to start his career where he finished outside the top 25. However, his game has obviously grown exponentially since and he has three top 10s at this major over his last four starts.
Scheffler proved he can win a major outside of Augusta with his resounding PGA Championship victory. However, he didn’t have the best go of things when he last teed off at this major. Scheffler finished 41st at the 2024 U.S. Open, which is his worst finish at any tournament over the last two-and-a-half years.
Meanwhile, the model has examined McIlroy’s chances of winning his sixth major tournament. After becoming the newest Grand Slam champion after finally winning a green jacket, the Irishman couldn’t keep the momentum going at the PGA Championship. He placed 47th, which came after top 25s in each of his first eight starts of the year. However, McIlroy’s metrics are still elite as he ranks among the top three of the PGA Tour in strokes gained: total, driving distance, putting average and scoring average.
McIlroy won his first major at the 2011 U.S. Open but also struggled to maintain the momentum following that. Over his ensuing seven U.S. Open starts, he missed four cuts and had a lone top 10. He’s turned things around in recent years, though, as he’s notched top 10s in each of his last six starts at this major, including runner-up finishes in both 2023 and 2024. See the full U.S. Open projections from the model here.
How to make 2025 U.S. Open picks
The model is also targeting four golfers with odds longer than 20-1 who will make a strong run at the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model’s picks here.
Who will win the 2025 U.S. Open, which longshots will stun the golfing world, and where will Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy finish? Check out the latest 2025 U.S. Open odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed 15 golf majors, including the last four Masters and last two PGA Championships.
2025 U.S. Open odds, favorites
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Scottie Scheffler +320
Rory McIlroy +550
Bryson DeChambeau +900
Jon Rahm +1200
Xander Schauffele +1700
Ludvig Aberg +1800
Collin Morikawa +2200
Viktor Hovland +2600
Justin Thomas +3300
Brooks Koepka +3300
Tommy Fleetwood +3300
Shane Lowry +3600
Sungjae Im +4100
Matt Fitzpatrick +4100
Hideki Matsuyama +4100
Adam Scott +4100
Patrick Cantlay +4200
Tyrrell Hatton +5000
Min Woo Lee +5000
Sam Burns +5000
Justin Rose +5000
Tony Finau +5000
Cam Smith +5000
Wyndham Clark +5000
Tom Kim +6000
Corey Conners +6000
Si Woo Kim +6500
Russell Henley +6500
Sepp Straka +6500
Jordan Spieth +6500
Jason Day +6500
Brian Harman +8000
Max Homa +8000
Dustin Johnson +8000
Byeong Hun An +8000
Will Zalatoris +8000
Cameron Young +8000
Sahith Theegala +8000
Daniel Berger +9000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +10000
Sergio Garcia +10000
Nick Dunlap +10000
Dean Burmester +10000
Akshay Bhatia +10000
Robert MacIntyre +10000
Alex Noren +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Ryan Fox +12000
Billy Horschel +12000
Davis Thompson +12000
Aaron Rai +12000
Rickie Fowler +12000
Nicolai Hojgaard +12000
Adam Hadwin +12000
Harris English +12000
J.T. Poston +15000
Victor Perez +15000
Kurt Kitayama +15000
Mackenzie Hughes +15000
Austin Eckroat +15000
Tom Hoge +15000
Erik van Rooyen +15000
Taylor Pendrith +15000
Adrian Meronk +15000
Denny McCarthy +15000
Matthieu Pavon +15000