2025 Travelers Championship picks, odds: Sam Burns, Brian Harman among names to watch

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After a U.S. Open that literally saw only its winner, J.J. Spaun, finish under par, the PGA Tour resumes with the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut.
While this tournament should challenge its competitors, it certainly won't be the test the Oakmont Country Club put players through last weekend. And this weekend's field features several of the tour's stars, who'll be anxious to put tough performances past them, as well as other who are hoping the U.S. Open was beginning of a run.
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With that in mind here are some picks for this weekend (Odds are from BetMGM):
Scottie Scheffler (+300): Oakmont saw the most inaccurate drives, statistically, from Scheffler this year and the No. 1 ranked player didn't lose any strokes from the the tee, according to datagolf.com. Even if Scheffler, isn't using the long club as well as we've come to expect, he's still playing great golf. He hasn't finished worse than T8 in a tournament since mid-March and has won three out of his last five starts.
Sam Burns (+3000): Burns was leading the field heading into the final round of the U.S. Open. He had a tough back nine including a controversial ruling on 15 that denied him relief from a water soaked area.
Save for that half of the round, he was playing Oakmont as well as he had been leading up to the major. Since the Masters, he's only finished outside of the top 20 in one of his seven starts.
Burns brings it back close on 14.
He'll have that left to tie Spaun for the lead. pic.twitter.com/R32s9yPEeU
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025
Cameron Young (+4000): Young is another golfer that came into the U.S. Open with a lot of momentum and carried it through. He picked up 2.03 true strokes on the greens, according to datagolf.com, while also striking the ball well off the tee.
Ben Griffin (+5000): Griffin has been on quite the run over the last month. His last four starts were T10, second, a win and T8. He's picking up strokes all over the course and is in great form.
Brian Harman (+6600): Harman historically plays well at this course and tournament. In 14 career starts he's finished in the top 10 seven times, including his last four appearances. It also doesn't seem to matter what sort of form he's in heading into the Travelers making him player to watch in this week's field.
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Sam Burns — Top 5 (+500): Burns has been terrific putting the ball. This course features some challenging greens where' that skill could come in handy. These odds also feel like a good value for a player with Burns' momentum.
Brian Harman – Top 10 (+450): As noted earlier, he's finished in the top 10 in half of his starts at this event. These are great odds for what has historically been a coin flip.
That's a ⭕ on the card.
It's early, but Brian Harman is the only player currently on the course in red figures for the day. pic.twitter.com/gq8tZq8Gb5
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 14, 2025
Tommy Fleetwood — Top 20 (+110): Fleetwood missed a cut for the first time this year at the U.S. Open. In his 13 other starts he's finished in the top 20 eight times.
Harry Hall — Top 30 (+130): Hall is playing better than his rank (84), especially over the last month. His last four finishes starting with his most recent were T24, T6, T19 and T20.
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(Photo of Sam Burns: Andrew Redington / Getty Images)