On Sunday on the 123rd U.S. Open, Wyndham Clarke dealt with the stress like a veteran. The Colorado native received his first main championship after heading off a problem from Rory McIlroy and Sunday’s pairing with fan-favorite Rickie Fowler.
Clarke’s victory on the Los Angeles Nation Membership was hailed by the oddsmakers because the star-studded discipline noticed the majority of the betting motion in opposition to extra huge names. Along with McIlroy, the betting favorites included Scotty Schaeffler and Jon Rahm, two of the world’s top-ranked gamers respectively. Brooks Koepka, the 2023 PGA champion, additionally had a giant accountability throughout US sportsbooks.
Clark, then again, generated solely a handful of betting handles and ticket slips earlier than final Thursday’s first spherical.
Maybe extra bettors anticipated this to return after Clark took his first PGA Tour win of the 12 months on the Wells Fargo Championship final month. Clark dominated the sphere with Charlotte’s Quail Hole to win by 4 strokes.
Restricted pre-tournament motion
Earlier than the primary spherical on Thursday, BetMGM stated: On line casino.org Clark stated he solely paid 0.7% of U.S. Open tickets and 0.5% of all bets on the third main of the 2023 golf season.
Clark has opened about 100/1 in lots of sportsbooks, together with superbooks. BetMGM began out somewhat quick with Clark at 80/1.
Clarke’s odds dwindled day-to-day after opening at -6 in Spherical 64 and catching up in Spherical 67 on Friday. -1 in spherical 69 on transfer day, remaining within the ultimate mixture for Sunday’s Trophy Spherical.
Regardless of followers cheering for Fowler and McIlroy and an early bogey on the second gap, Clark managed to maintain the ship regular all through Sunday’s spherical, ending a fair par 70 spherical.
McIlroy bogeyed in a late blunder on the par-5 14th. Then it seemed just like the championship was in Clark’s palms as Clark within the subsequent group birdied the identical gap and the opening was shortened on Sunday to make the par-5 extra accessible.
Clarke bogeyed the straightforward par-3 fifteenth in an attention-grabbing flip of occasions, however managed to calm her nerves and rating pars on the ultimate three holes. It was the longest ultimate three-hole stretch in main championship historical past.
For a small variety of Clark Kent bettors
Whereas the oddsmakers had been the massive winners on the planet of sports activities betting on Sunday, some gamblers did properly for Clark.
Two notable bets on this upset embody Circa Sports activities’ $1,000 wager on Clark at 94/1. The wager received $94,000. The venerable oddsmaker additionally stated he paid off his $500 pre-tournament wager at 125/1, leading to a revenue of $62,500.
In response to Superbook, there have been a number of bets on Clark earlier than the match, however the highest was simply $20. The stake was nonetheless $2,000 for him.
Clark did an important job too. On prime of his life-changing boon that comes with successful the US Open, he earned $3.6 million in first place prize cash. A considerable amount of sponsorship cash has additionally reached him.
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