Feeling the Rays

Wyndham Clark, at a pre-championship price of 40-1 to 45-1, became the first player since Martin Kaymer in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2 to go wire-to-wire and win the U.S. Open championship. However, it was the U.S. Open, and it is arguably the hardest event in golf to win. Clark, even while paired in the final group with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T-4 finish), had a six-stroke lead (-7) going into Sunday’s final round. The 2023 and now 2026 U.S. Open champion carded bogeys on three of his first seven holes but never lost the lead.

It was not Scheffler who emerged as Clark’s primary challenger, but one of Scheffler’s best friends, Sam Burns, who carded birdies on four of his first eight holes but could not quite reach Clark. Burns, one of our pre-event outright tips at 45-1, did have a chance to make birdie at 18 to post 4 under, the eventual winning score for Clark, but missed the 17-footer by four inches to post 3 under.

Clark had not won anywhere in over two years and fell to 78th in the world heading into the Masters but won last month in Dallas at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and is now a two-time U.S. Open champion ranked eighth.

This week, Clark (28-1) could find the Connecticut crowds a bit more friendly at The Travelers Championship, unless he has a six-stroke lead again and just about takes out all the intrigue in another event.

Scheffler (4-1), a 2024 winner at the Travelers, is back in Hartford to lead the field at this “Signature Event.”

Traveler's Championship Full Preview

RBROWNBETS: Cashed on the Diamondbacks (-105), who beat St. Louis 5-1 Tuesday. Hoping to remain hot with the Tampa Bay (-149) against Kansas City tonight. The Rays are the better team playing at home, but have dropped the first two games of a four-game series. The Royals have won five of their last six. That includes three straight road wins, but we expect that streak to end tonight. Best of luck with your bets ....

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