US Open 2025: The imperious Scottie Scheffler is a prohibitively, deservedly-short 11/4 favourite to win at Oakmont Country Club after following his PGA Championship victory with a further two wins and T4 finish in his subsequent three tournaments.
For bettors that prefer big-priced each-way plays to sweating on a short-priced Major market leader, the lengthy 7,372 yards setup in Pennsylvania suggests backing bombers.
However, eventual winner Dustin Johnson aside, the PGA Tour’s very biggest hitters were largely absent from the final leaderboard when the US Open last visited Oakmont in 2016.
Accuracy as well as power is required on a track which tests heft but demands precision, making Total Driving – a composite of driving distance and accuracy – the ideal stat to identify each-way plays at chunky prices ahead of the 2025 edition.
English in the form to add to fine catalogue of US Open 2025 showings
Harris English sits 30th in the PGA’s total driving standings at present. His composite rating skews towards driving accuracy, for which he ranks 44th on tour.
That should stand him in good stead at Oakmont, as will his excellent track record in previous US Opens which, while hosted at different courses around the country, are uniformly known for being both long and fiendishly difficult.
English has posted finishes of 4, 3 and T8 inside the last five editions and comes into this year’s tournament in useful form, even if not hitting the heights on a weekly basis. Triumphant at the Farmers Insurance Open in January, more recently he finished T2 in the PGA Championship.
Harris English to win (each-way)
@ 55/1
Burns heating up right on time to repeat 2024 tournament heroics
Tied at 30 with English in the total driving rankings, Sam Burns’ high standing leans more towards distance, in which he ranks 51st on tour.
The Louisiana native arrives in Pennsylvania off his third and best top-10 finish of the campaign, second at the RBC Canadian Open, last time out and posted his standout career Major showing in last year’s US Open when finishing T9.
Sam Burns to win (each-way)
@ 55/1
Pendrith ‘Taylor’ made for US Open 2025 total driving test at Oakmont
Taylor Pendrith is 35 points longer in the outright betting than English or Burns, but actually far outranks the pair in the total driving standings, sitting T5 for combined distance and accuracy.
The Canadian has been in good form this term, with his T5 finish at the PGA Championship the pick of four top 10 finishes. This will be the first time he has contested as many as three Majors in the same campaign, but he already has a T16 finish at last year’s US Open under his belt.
Taylor Pendrith to win (each-way)
@ 90/1
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