Need A Birdie

Matt Fitzpatrick over Scottie Scheffler

Round 1 matchup · Event 28

+180 · DraftKings

Sealed · 11:46 AM ET, Aug 19

Superseded revisionLost · settled and graded on the ledger · see it on the Ledger

Our probability43.0%
Market probability34.2%
Difference+8.8 ptsModel edge at the seal
The exact sealed values
Our probability43.0%
Market probability34.2%
Difference+8.8 pts

Why this made the card

  • The raw disagreement is +8.8 pts: our 43.0% against the market’s 34.2% with the juice removed
  • The edge survives the blend into the market: -0.8% expected value a unit at +180
  • It did not clear the stake floor after doubt: published as a No Play, graded, never staked

A big raw disagreement is not automatically a bet. The market gets a vote: after our number is blended into the devigged consensus and charged for doubt, what is left has to carry a full unit. Here it did not, so the pick published as a No Play and is graded for calibration only.

Published and graded, never staked.

The golf case

revision 14, rank 2 of 564 priced sides this week; sealed at draftkings, the best major book (major books only, 2026-08-02); consensus of 7 books

The read as sealed, written before the gun and never edited after.

Technical provenance

forecast 1dd55a37-8ba5-412e-934f-8b1925979328; draw c23d8c88-7858-4505-9674-98e037493288

What can beat us

  • The market holds the other side at 65.8%; we are the disagreement, not the consensus
  • Break-even at +180 is 35.7%; our cushion past it is +7.3 pts
  • One round of golf settles it; eighteen holes of variance can erase an edge this size without the number being wrong

Edges this size lose often. The record, not any one pick, is the product.

Model runanchored-machine-2026-08-04-venuefix · 11:46 AM ET, Aug 19Data sourcesData Golf · live odds boards · hourly weatherConvictionNo PlayView the Ledger →