U.S. Open: Model Projections

Pre-tournament projections · June 17, 2026 · Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Projections generated by the BetTheRent Monte Carlo model. Updated as new data becomes available.

Win Probability — Full Field

RankPlayerWin%Top 5%Top 10%Make Cut%Exp. ScoreCFS Rank
1Scottie Scheffler5.8%21.7%34.8%80.9%+11.292
2Russell Henley4.1%17.8%30.5%80.4%+11.739
3Wyndham Clark3.4%11.5%18.6%61.6%+13.477
4Tommy Fleetwood3.3%13.7%24.3%74.1%+12.419
5Matt Fitzpatrick2.7%12.9%23.5%75.4%+12.49
6Si Woo Kim2.6%10.4%18.2%65.4%+13.3120
7Rickie Fowler2.3%7.9%13.1%53.5%+14.516
8Aaron Rai2.1%10.2%19.3%70.9%+13.0103
9J.J. Spaun2.1%9.2%16.4%63.5%+13.583
10Akshay Bhatia2.0%7.7%13.4%56.1%+14.210
11Alex Noren2.0%9.1%16.8%65.8%+13.427
12Alex Smalley2.0%8.1%14.5%59.3%+13.991
13Jacob Bridgeman1.9%7.4%12.9%55.6%+14.35
14Patrick Cantlay1.8%8.6%16.0%64.5%+13.597
15Jackson Suber1.7%6.5%11.1%50.7%+14.837
16Andrew Putnam1.7%10.5%21.3%77.4%+12.63
17Matt McCarty1.7%6.5%11.4%52.1%+14.632
18Cameron Young1.7%7.6%14.1%60.6%+13.9111
19Nico Echavarria1.7%5.8%9.7%47.6%+15.220
20Viktor Hovland1.4%6.6%12.6%59.6%+14.031
21Ludvig Aberg1.3%6.7%12.8%61.1%+13.990
22Sepp Straka1.3%5.5%9.8%50.5%+14.823
23Collin Morikawa1.3%6.8%13.3%62.8%+13.875
24Adam Scott1.1%5.2%9.7%51.2%+14.8105
25Emiliano Grillo1.1%5.1%9.3%50.3%+14.845
26Jake Knapp1.1%5.5%10.5%55.1%+14.440
27Nick Taylor1.1%5.3%9.9%53.8%+14.638
28Brian Harman1.1%5.0%9.4%51.1%+14.728
29Ryan Gerard1.1%5.7%11.3%58.0%+14.211
30Kurt Kitayama1.0%4.7%8.9%50.8%+14.8110

Showing the top 30 of 132 players by win probability. Full field on the Projections page.

Course Fit Rankings

CFS RankPlayerCFS ScoreWin%Top 10%
1Taylor Montgomery1000.6%8.8%
2Denny McCarthy100
3Brooks Koepka991.0%9.8%
4Nick Dunlap99
5Phil Mickelson99
6Eric Cole98
7Andrew Putnam981.7%21.3%
8Victor Perez98
9Kaito Onishi970.1%1.6%
10Brian Campbell97
11Christiaan Bezuidenhout96
12Peter Malnati96
13Jacob Bridgeman961.9%12.9%
14Ben Silverman950.3%6.7%
15Daniel Berger950.7%6.6%
16Billy Horschel950.3%4.7%
17Matt Fitzpatrick942.7%23.5%
18Matt Kuchar94
19Matthieu Pavon94
20Akshay Bhatia932.0%13.4%