Days after Barstool boss Dave Portnoy revealed his shock cancer scare and that he had a cancerous mole removed from his neck, he was back on social media celebrating another massive successful sports bet.
This one involved putting down $180,000 on Scottie Scheffler to win the Travelers Championship. At +180 odds, Portnoy pocketed $504,000.
Scheffler won the Travelers in a playoff over Tom Kim at 22-under-par on Sunday, continuing his amazing run in 2024.
The world’s No 1 golfer has doubled his number of PGA Tour victories for his career already this season, now at a dozen with his sixth triumph of the calendar year.
Portnoy has become known, among other things, for placing exuberant bets on his favorite athletes. On Scheffler alone, he won $1.35million after a $300,000 bet on him to win the Masters a few months back.
Portnoy celebrated his successful bet shirtless after Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Tour victory
Scheffler’s dominance thus far in 2024 has rivaled with Tiger Woods did two decades ago
In his shirtless celebration, Portnoy is pumping his fists up and down in a green bathing suit saying ‘Scottie! Scottie! Scottie!’
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy piles $180k on Scottie Scheffler to win Travelers Championship
Portnoy also bet $600,000 on UConn men’s basketball to win this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Huskies repeating as national champions earned the Barstool boss $2.7million.
To kick off 2024, Portnoy won $1.5million with a correct predication of Michigan beating Alabama in a College Football Playoff semifinal.
Portnoy tweeted on May 20 that he wanted to get his moles checked, writing: ‘I’m in the market for the best dermatologist in Miami to tell me how my moles are doing. Lead from the front. I suck at doctors.’
That led to his revelation of having a cancerous mole removed about a month later.
Now in remission, Portnoy’s sports bets are sure to continue, although he included a gambling-problem hotline phone number in a reply to his successful-bet message.