Pat Mayo said Bubba Watson is a sneaky outright and DFS target for Oakmont because the course’s lightning-quick, wildly contoured greens mirror two venues where Bubba historically outperforms expectations—Riviera and Augusta. Mayo pointed to Watson’s Riviera wins and two Masters titles as proof he can handle severe green complexes even though his baseline putting numbers are mediocre. The key, according to Mayo, is Bubba’s ability to lag putt inside a comfortable five-foot circle, turning what would be three-putts for others into stress-free pars. Mayo added that Bubba’s left-handed shot-shaping and still-elite distance let him attack certain pins with wedges while most of the field is throttling back to long irons. At current 80-1 outright odds and a depressed DFS salary, Mayo believes the combination of proven success on comparable fast greens, plus distance to shorten Oakmont’s 500-yard par-4s, gives Watson far more win equity than the market implies.
