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U.S. Open betting: Jon Rahm's win means a seven-figure loss for BetMGM - Yahoo Sports
Jun 21, 2021 1 min, 47 secs

Jon Rahm was a popular pick to win the U.S.

The book said Sunday night that its losses were over $1 million on the golf tournament because of Rahm's win. ?

"Rahm received the most tickets and handle to win the tournament resulting in a seven-figure loss for BetMGM.

17 and 18 to win his first major by two strokes over Louis Oosthuizen.

Eight percent of the tickets and 11.4% of the handle — the money bet on golfers to win the tournament — was on Rahm.

By the time the tournament was over, 12.3% of the tickets and 17.9% of the handle was on Rahm to win.

Or was it, as Jon Rahm suggested “the Covid karma” that helped him make his major breakthrough in such dramatic fashion at Torrey Pines.

Jon Rahm survived a U.S.

Open that chewed up and spit out the world’s best, winning by one stroke over Louis Oosthuizen to claim the first major of his career.

It wasn’t Jon Rahm’s downhill birdie putt on the 72nd hole at Torrey Pines that was the most crucial shot in victory.

Open awarded a $12.5 million purse, with $2.25 million going to winner Jon Rahm on Sunday.

Jon Rahm outlasted Louis Oosthuizen at Torrey Pines to win the 121st U.S

Open champion from Spain when he finished with two brilliant birdies to outlast Louis Oosthuizen by one stroke at Torrey Pines on Sunday

An emotional Rahm quickly dedicated the victory to his late compatriot Seve Ballesteros, the man who put Spain on the golfing map by winning five major titles before dying of brain cancer at age 54

Rahm edged South African Oosthuizen in a wild battle of attrition that finally turned into a two-man race as several other contenders came unglued on the difficult back nine

Kat O’Brien wrote in an essay published Sunday in The New York Times that she was attacked as she talked to the player in his hotel room some two decades ago when she was 22 years old, writing about sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Open wasn't wild enough, on the 13th hole at Torrey Pines a fan got in on the action

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