Aberg Chased by Major Champions as Weekend Begins at U.S. Open

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- Leading Off: US Open Round 3
- MLB: A Mets resurgence?
- Soccer: Euro 2024 kicks off
- News: Barkley to retire from TV

Ludvig Åberg, the 24-year-old Swedish golfer who turned down LIV as a student-athlete at Texas Tech, is the leader at the U.S. Open going into the weekend. Fourteen players are within five strokes of him, including Bryson DeChambeau one back at -4, Rory McIlroy and Tony Finau at -3, PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele at -1, and Sergio Garcia — who tees off at 1:51pm ET — at even par. Here’s a sampling of what FanDuel has this morning:

• Åberg is +330 to win the tournament, followed by DeChambeau and McIlroy at +400, Patrick Cantlay (-4) at +900, Schauffele at +1100 and Finau at +1400

• McIlroy and DeChambeau to both shoot 71 or better is at +135

• Any two of McIlroy, DeChambeau and Åberg to shoot 68 or better in Round 3 is +500

• In 18 hole matchbets, there’s McIlroy (-110) vs. Schauffele (-115), Finau (-115) vs. Cantlay (-110), and DeChambeau (-120) vs. Hideki Matsuyama (-105)

• McIlroy is +130 for over 3.5 birdies today, and -175 for the under

• DeChambeau or McIlroy to be bogey free in the round is +850

In today’s newsletter, Craig is looking for more strikeouts from the Cubs’ Shota Imanaga and likes the Diamondbacks’ matchup against a White Sox pitcher with road struggles. Sam is back with soccer coverage as the Euros begin. He’s tracking Spain’s young emerging superstar Lamine Yamal to be involved in a goal and is looking for a low-scoring match from Italy and Albania.