The PGA Tour is preparing for another event this weekend, the third major of the calendar year, when the PGA Tour’s top players will descend on Oakmont Country Club for the the next tournament of the year, the 2025 U.S. Open. It is time to talk about who might be victorious this weekend and claim victory.

With this being the third major of the calendar year, who will we see win this event, or will Bryson DeChambeau repeat again in 2025?

Who will claim victory at the U.S. Open in 2025?

When it comes to making predictions/picks for golf, there is a method to my madness. The first step in the process is to take a look at the course, and past winners. Let’s see what the Memorial has in store for fans this weekend:

2025 U.S. Open

Oakmont Country Club, Par 70, 7,372 yards

Past Winners

2024: Bryson DeChambeau

2023: Wyndham Clark

2022: Matt Fitzpatrick

2021: Bryson DeChambeau

From this point, we have to take a look at who the odds-on favorites are to win the tournament. Here are the Top 5 favorites to win, and these odds are courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook:

Top 5 Odds

• Scottie Scheffler (+275)
• Bryson DeChambeau (+750)
• Rory McIlroy (+1200)
• Jon Rahm (+1200)
• Xander Schauffele (+2000)
• Collin Morikawa (+2500)

My Picks

Every time I produce picks, I break them down in the a variety of picks. You don’t have to make these plays, but this is where I’m leaning in this week’s contest. My favorite picks are players who are less than +2000 odds, with the long shot picks greater than +2000 odds. For this week’s event, here are my Favorite and Long Shot picks:

Favorite: Scottie Scheffler (+275)

Long Shot: Ben Griffin (+7000)

The next phase of my picks are players who are slated to finish within a certain area on the leaderboard. The Top 5, 10, 20 picks also include ties, so if a player finished T-20 and you had them as a Top 20 pick, you win. Here are my plays, and the odds, for this week’s signature event:

Top 5

Bryson DeChambeau (+160)

Xander Schauffele (+360)

Top 10

Ludvig Aberg (+260)

Ben Griffin (+400)

Top 20

Shane Lowry (+300)

Sam Burns (+400)

BONUS PICKS

Betting on golf is multi-faceted, and you can increase your odds on winning outside of the outright winner bet with different types of bonus bets. This would include the Double and Triple bets, but also different bets which can still get you plus odds. There are other specials plays, but we’ll save those for the big tournaments on the schedule. Here are my bonus plays for this week:

Big Guns vs. the Field: Big Guns (Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm) (+100)

Double: Scottie Scheffler or Bryson DeChambeau outright winner (+165)

Winner w/o Scottie Scheffler: Bryson DeChambeau (+650)

Winning Margin: 2 shots (+400)

Jeff Hartman is the host of the Fairways & Dreams podcast, and a complete breakdown of the above picks can be heard in the podcast player below: