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The US Open felt like a tough week for fantasy players as well as those teeing it up at brutal Oakmont.

The decision to swerve Scottie Scheffler (T7) and Rory McIlroy (T19) pretty much paid off and I was happy that my x1.25pts-scoring Underdog (UD), Cam Young, finished in a tie for fourth.

But my other picks didn’t do much and well done if you picked JJ Spaun! Let me know how when you get a moment!

Hopefully we can get back to the profits won at the previous week’s Canadian Open as the PGA roadshow pitches up in Connecticut for the annual Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands.

This looks an easier puzzle to solve and captaining (x1.25pts) Scheffler will prove a starting point for many teams. Hardly surprising given that he’s the defending champ on the short Pete Dye-designed par 70.

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Top Tier Picks (18m and over)

Scottie Scheffler (26.4M): Scheffler is expensive but 2.4M cheaper than he was at Oakmont. And while T7 in the US Open was a battling effort, it’s very easy to see him cruising to a win here on a far, far easier course where he knows how to go low. His last 10 rounds at TPC River Highlands show two 63s, two 64s and four 65s and that’s helped the World No.1 win last year and finish fourth in 2023. His last eight PGA Tour starts feature three wins and nothing worse than eighth!

Patrick Cantlay (19.6M): Cantlay has really doubled down on the idea that he underwhelms in majors after missing the cut in both the PGA Championship and US Open. But wedged between those flops are fourth at the Truist and 12th at Memorial. In short, put him on a regular track where he has previous form and Cantlay is reliable. That’s definitely the case here where he once shot 60 as an amateur and has logged seven straight top 15s, his last two visits resulting in fourth and fifth.

Others to consider: Rory McIlroy (23M): Rory ownership will be diminished given his modest shows of late and that could be an opportunity for contrarians to cash in. He battled away for T19 at Oakmont and has five straight top 20s here although only one is a top 10 (T7 last year). Xander Schauffele (21.8M) won this in 2022 and that’s one of five top 20s in six Travelers starts. Despite T12 at Oakmont, we’re still waiting for that really big summer surge but it could come here. Sepp Straka (18.4M) has been dreadful in the majors (MC-MC-MC) but brilliant everywhere else. Last four years here? 23-38-MC-10 and he closed with a 61 in 2024.

Mid-Range Value Selections ($14.2m up to 18m)

Hideki Matsuyama (16.2M): You’d have got huge odds that Matsuyama would follow his brilliant season-opening win at The Sentry by failing to have another top 10 in 14 subsequent starts. Six top 25s prove he’s not fallen off the planet and a closing 68 at Oakmont could be a building block. He’ll be overlooked by many here but T13 and T23 in two Travelers starts give another clue that maybe Matsuyama is ready to pop again.

Ben Griffin (16.2M): Griffin’s purple patch continued with T10 at Oakmont and that means he’s just one of three players to have cracked the top 10 in the last two majors. Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm are the others so he’s swimming in elite company. Beyond those two fine efforts, he’s put two trophies in the cabinet, winning the Zurich Classic pairs event and the Charles Schwab Challenge. Add in second place at Memorial and he’s one of the PGA Tour’s hottest players and one who could shine anywhere. 

Others to consider: Russell Henley (17.6M) was 10th at Oakmont and pattern spotters will notice he’s played well in his first start after both majors this year with eighth at Hilton Head and fifth at Memorial. A winner at Bay Hill in March, he has four Travelers top 20s. Cam Young (15.6M) did us a favour at Oakmont and there are plenty of examples of players performing strongly the week after a high finish in the US Open despite the temptation to swerve them on the grounds of being mentally frazzled. As well as top fours in his last two events, Young’s ninth place here last year included a magical 59 in round three. Brian Harman (14.4M) is a top 10 machine here. He’s had seven in total and six in the last seven editions. The 2023 Open winner captured the Texas Open in April. Rickie Fowler (14.4M) took seventh at Memorial last time and that was his third top 15 in four starts. He’s finished 20th and 13th here the last two years and shot a stunning Saturday 60 in 2023.

Underdog Options (14m and Under)

Tom Hoge (13.6M): Hoge had a confusingly poor record at TPC River Highlands but ripped up the form book last year by closing with a 62 (also a Friday 63) to finish third. He was also third on Pete Dye’s most famous creation, TPC Sawgrass, in March and seventh in the Memorial two starts ago.

Thomas Detry (13.6M): To some, the Belgian’s extraordinary seven-shot win in February’s Phoenix Open is looking like a flash in the pan as he doesn’t appear to have done much since. But despite no big finish, he’s now posted 39th or better in six of his last seven starts and the last two show 18th in Canada and 23rd in the US Open (5th Tee To Green).

Others to consider: Andrew Novak (13.4M) has a win (Zurich Classic pairs) and a second (RBC Heritage) on his last two starts on Pete Dye courses and battled gamely to play all four rounds at Oakmont after an opening 76. He’s 9th on the FedEx Cup standings this year so, in theory, is a bargain. Ryan Gerard (13.4M) has made 16 of 18 cuts this season, with highs including second at the Texas Open and eighth in the PGA Championship. He also broke par in one of his weekend rounds at the US Open – no mean feat. At a super-low price, Adam Hadwin (12M) offers UD appeal. He was raving about his driving after 27th in his home Canadian Open and he occupied that same position in this event last year. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (13.2M) offers a decent mix of course and current form. The South African was 23rd last year (R4 64) and posted 12th at the US Open along with 16th at Colonial two tournaments earlier.

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