Wyndham Clark leads the US Open by four strokes as Round 1 still needs to be completed Friday morning Seven past US Open Champions are in the top-nine golfers, including Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm See my 2026 US Open picks, best value bets, and the odds to win heading into Friday’s round The first round of the 2026 US Open started but then was delayed for two hours by heavy fog, meaning not everyone in the field was able to complete 18 holes. As it stands following Thursday, 2023 champion Wyndham Clark is ahead by four shots through 16 holes, as he was someone I picked in the US Open first-round leader odds . There are a ton of luminaries behind him, including 2021 winner Jon Rahm, who is tied for second, and this year’s Masters champ Rory McIlroy, who is a shot behind Rahm, and inside the top-10 golfers. World #1 Scottie Scheffler had a middling open round, shooting +2, 72, meaning he’s already eight behind. He was the favorite entering the tourn...
Heavyweight Brazil are big favorites against overmatched Haiti on Friday A.I. projections reveal exact edges on heavy favorites and plus-money dogs See the top World Cup predictions and computer picks for June 19 Friday’s World Cup slate offers a fascinating card filled with heavy favorites, desperate underdogs, and massive playoff implications. The June 18 schedule starts with USA vs Australia in Seattle (3:00 pm ET) before Scotland vs Morocco in Boston (6:00 pm ET), Brazil vs Haiti in Philadelphia (8:30 pm ET) and, finally, Turkiye vs Paraguay in San Francisco (11:00 pm ET). As I have done for every game of the tournament, I fed all four matches into our predictive A.I. model and asked for its top +EV pick. The table below summarizes the World Cup computer picks for June 19. Under the table, I have set out the A.I.’s explanation for each selection, along with one-click options to tail the bets. World Cup Picks & Computer Predic...