The US Open at Oakmont
They say that the US Open is the one of the four Majors that the pros want to win. A few well-known golfers have never done so (Sam Snead, Phil Mickelson, Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo to name 4).
The Masters is a tad up itself – the British Open being a Links course is weather dependent – and the PGA not the glitter.
The US Open is always a demanding test of golf – as it should be – so Oakmont, with its unforgiving toughness and length, is an appropriate venue. If some golfing titans have never won the US Open, some unlikely ones have, e.g. Andy North, Orville Moody and Michael Campbell who qualified at Walton Heath.
In preparing my stake plan, I avoided Scott Scheffler as the odds were too skinny – and also Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut at the recent Canada open and performed badly at the PGA.
Instead I went for the consistent Xander Schauffele, last year’s winner; that powerful hitter Bryson DeChambeau; and the talented young Swede Ludwig Aaberg. However at -4 it was J.J. Spaun who led the field and that score might be enough with the cut predicted at +8.
