The U.S. Open was the third major championship on the PGA Tour schedule this season, but another signature event leaves little time for recovery after a grueling week at Oakmont. The 2025 Travelers Championship begins on Thursday at TPC River Highlands, and the elevated purse will attract another loaded PGA Tour field. Scottie Scheffler worked his way onto the final page of the leaderboard last week and was briefly tied for the lead in the clubhouse before finishing T-7. The No. 1-ranked player in the world will be back in action this week.
The top three players in the world have all entered the 2025 Travelers Championship field. Scheffler, the defending champion of this event, is the +280 favorite in the 2025 Travelers Championship odds, while Masters champion Rory McIlroy is +1100 and Xander Schauffele is +1200 after taking down two majors last year. Before locking in your 2025 Travelers Championship 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 over $8,500 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 Travelers Championship field is locked in and fans are deciding where to bet the Travelers Championship, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.
2025 Travelers Championship predictions for Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
One shocker the model is calling at the U.S. Open 2025: Rory McIlroy, a five-time major champion, stumbles this week and doesn’t even crack the top five. McIlroy did manage a final-round 67 at Oakmont to climb into the top 20, but it was clear that he was continuing to chase his game. Since winning the Masters, McIlroy has only played in four solo events, finishing T-7 at the Truist Championship, T-47 at the PGA Championship, missing the cut at the RBC Canadian Open, and then going T-19 at the U.S. Open.
It could certainly be a coincidence that McIlroy’s game fell off after he completed an emotional 10-year journey to win golf’s grand slam, but his playing schedule could also indicate he was a little gassed by that tireless pursuit. Either way, he’s not playing his best at the moment, and he’s only recorded one top-10 finish in five starts at the Travelers Championship over the last eight years.
The model has also locked in its projection for Scottie Scheffler, who won his third major earlier this year at the PGA Championship and has been No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for more than 140 weeks. Scheffler went into the 2025 U.S. Open with the shortest odds to win a major championship (+280) since Tiger Woods in 2009. A late-early tee time drawing probably put him on Oakmont when it was at its firmest and fastest before rain moved in late on Friday, and he wound up shooting 73-71 in the first two rounds.
The wet conditions at Oakmont caused problems for most of the field, but Scheffler did manage back-to-back 70s to give himself a punching chance down the stretch. He ultimately fell short, but he and McIlroy are the only two players on the PGA Tour this year with three wins. Scheffler’s 16 victories since the start of 2022 are by far the most on tour. He’s a deserving favorite, but as with the U.S. Open, can you justify playing him on a weekly basis at these odds?
Meanwhile, the model has examined Xander Schauffele’s chances of collecting a 10th career PGA Tour win. The 31-year-old quickly established himself as one of the game’s brightest young stars by winning the Tour Championship during his rookie season, and then took his stardom to another level with two major championship victories in 2024. However, he’s yet to win in 2025 and has only managed one top-10 finish so far this season.
He’s currently 50th in the FedEx Cup standings, and his driver and putter in particular are giving him issues. He ranks 115th on the PGA Tour this season in strokes gained: off-the-tee (-0.032) and 126th in strokes gained: putting (-0.138). Luckily, Schauffele does have a lot of success at TPC River Highlands to lean on, as he won the 2022 Travelers Championship and has been top 20 in five of six career starts in this tournament. See the full Travelers Championship projections from the model here.
How to make 2025 Travelers Championship picks
The model is also targeting three golfers with odds longer than 35-1 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 Travelers Championship, which longshots will stun the golfing world, and where will Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy finish? Check out the latest 2025 Travelers Championship 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 Travelers Championship odds, favorites
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(odds subject to change)
Scottie Scheffler +280
Rory McIlroy +1100
Xander Schauffele +1200
Collin Morikawa +2000
Ludvig Åberg +2000
Justin Thomas +2200
Patrick Cantlay +2200
Viktor Hovland +3500
Corey Conners +4000
Sepp Straka +4000
Sam Burns +4000
Tommy Fleetwood +4000
Shane Lowry +4500
Robert MacIntyre +4500
Keegan Bradley +4500
Taylor Pendrith +5000
J.J. Spaun +5000
Russell Henley +5500
Cameron Young +5500
Ben Griffin +5500
Jordan Spieth +6000
Min Woo Lee +6000
Hideki Matsuyama +6000
Sungjae Im +6000
Adam Scott +6000
Luke Clanton +6500
Tony Finau +6500
Maverick McNealy +7000
Harris English +7000
Si Woo Kim +7000
J.T. Poston +8000
Mackenzie Hughes +8000
Akshay Bhatia +8000
Aaron Rai +8000
Daniel Berger +8000
Matt Fitzpatrick +9000
Brian Harman +9000
Wyndham Clark +9000
Max Greyserman +9000
Rickie Fowler +9000
Denny McCarthy +9000
Harry Hall +9000
Ryan Fox +9000
Jason Day +9000
Tom Kim +9000
Max Homa +10000
Bud Cauley +11000
Thomas Detry +11000
Ryan Gerard +12000
Tom Hoge +12000
Michael Kim +12000
Davis Thompson +12000
Sam Stevens +12000
Nick Taylor +12000
Andrew Novak +12000
Byeong Hun An +12000
Eric Cole +15000
Stephan Jaeger +15000
Gary Woodland +15000
Matti Schmid +15000
Alex Noren +15000
Kevin Yu +15000