Can Denny McCarthy win the Travelers Championship 2023? Golfer's odds explored

Denny McCarthy has carded a low score of 10-under 60 in the first round of the Travelers Championship to take a two-stroke lead over Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley.

In his five previous starts at the Travelers Championship, McCarthy never started this well. Although it can be said that most of the players shot low on Day 1, it is still impressive to have a bogey-free round.

Prior to this week, McCarthy had competed five times at the Travelers Championship and had an average finish of 60. He could only make the cut twice, and his best result came in 2018, where he finished T47. Last year, McCarthy failed to make it to the weekend as he posted 70 and 71 over two days.

McCarthy played 27 holes without a bogey in Muirfield Village a couple of weeks ago until the final hole and then lost in the playoff against Viktor Hovland. It can be expected that he will do better on the shorter course at TPC River Highlands as well.

As per Bet MGM, McCarthy was +6600 to lift the first title of his career on Sunday. However, things have changed after the Thursday round, and he has now jumped to +700, only behind Scottie Scheffler. The World No. 1 golfer is +350 to win his third title this season.

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What are the odds for the 2023 Travelers Championship after Round 1?

Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship, Round One

Here are the odds for the 2023 Travelers Championship after the completion of the first round:

• Scottie Scheffler: +350
• Denny McCarthy: +700
• Patrick Cantlay: +900
• Adam Scott: +1300
• Keegan Bradley: +1700
• Jon Rahm: +2300
• Shane Lowry: +2900
• Sungjae Im: +3100
• Viktor Hovland: +3100
• Rory McIlroy: +3400
• Eric Cole: +4100
• Chez Reavie: +4600
• Xander Schauffele: +4600
• Matt Fitzpatrick: +5600
• Min Woo Lee: +5600
• Sahith Theegala: +5600
• Brendon Todd: +7100
• Brian Harman: +7100
• Cam Davis: +7100
• Cameron Young: +7100
• Corey Conners: +10100
• Stephan Jaeger: +10100
• Tony Finau: +10100
• Wyndham Clark: +10100
• Austin Eckroat: +12600
• Kevin Streelman: +12600
• Kevin Yu: +12600
• Ludvig Aberg: +12600
• Patrick Rodgers: +12600
• Russell Henley: +12600
• Tommy Fleetwood: +12600
• Aaron Rai: +15100
• Andrew Putnam: +15100
• Tom Kim: +15100
• Emiliano Grillo: +20100
• Harris English: +20100
• Hideki Matsuyama: +20100
• JT Poston: +20100
• SH Kim: +20100
• Ben Taylor: +25100
• Byeong Hun An: +25100
• Chad Ramey: +25100
• Chesson Hadley: +25100
• Greyson Sigg: +25100
• Lee Hodges: +25100
• Luke List: +25100
• Rickie Fowler: +25100
• Ben Martin: +30100
• Carson Young: +30100
• Justin Suh: +30100
• Lucas Herbert: +30100
• Zac Blair: +30100
• Adam Schenk: +40100
• Andrew Novak: +40100
• Brandon Wu: +40100
• Callum Tarren: +40100
• Davis Thompson: +40100
• Gary Woodland: +40100
• Jason Day: +40100
• Justin Thomas: +40100
• Kelly Kraft: +40100
• Patton Kizzire: +40100
• Sam Bennett: +40100
• Tom Hoge: +40100
• Zecheng Dou: +40100
• Collin Morikawa: +50100
• David Lipsky: +50100
• KH Lee: +50100
• Mark Hubbard: +50100
• Michael Kim: +50100
• Nick Hardy: +50100
• Si Woo Kim: +50100
• Zach Johnson: +50100
• Brett Stegmaier: +50100
• Adam Long: +75100
• Alex Smalley: +75100
• Andrew Landry: +75100
• Beau Hossler: +75100
• Dylan Wu: +75100
• JJ Spaun: +75100
• Matthew NeSmith: +75100
• Max Homa: +75100
• Nate Lashley: +75100
• Peter Malnati: +75100
• Ryan Palmer: +75100
• Seamus Power: +75100
• Sepp Straka: +75100