US Open Golf Odds

The US Open Golf odds for this year’s Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, is down to Tiger who is a 4/7 chance and Lee Westwood from England who is 7/2 to win his first major. Paddypower.

Both players have done great over the first three rounds with the Tiger injured and playing some of the most amazing golf of his life and Lee Westwood playing really solid golf. This course has been good to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as it has staged the Buick Interantional, a tournament that has been won eight times in the last 11 years by either one or the other. Tiger has won six times, including the last four years, while Phil won it in 2000 and 2001. Tiger won this year’s event by a massive eight shots from Japanese player, Ryuji Imada and on paper he looks the likely winner again. It is an obvious prediction for anyone to make, but perhaps this year there are reasons to oppose him.

We all know that he is coming back from a serious knee injury and he has not played competitive golf, since finishing runner- up in the US Masters in April. He has no idea how the knee will stand up and he admits that it still gives him plenty of pain. It is also worth looking at Tiger’s US Open record, impressive as it is, with two wins and two runners-up performance’s, Tiger has only made the top ten at this event five times and he even missed the cut in 2006. Additionally, he has not won the US Open for 6 long years; this is a most unlike Tiger record!

Mickelson has never won the US Open, but has been runner-up four times, in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2006. If he was to continue the sequence he would finish runner-up again this year – and maybe that is a good bet! He is in great form currently.

Three of the last four winners have failed to set the golfing world alight. Angel Cabrera, has hardly done anything of note since winning last year, nor has New Zealander, Michael Campbell, US Open Champion in 2005. Geoff Ogilvie, the Australian, who won it in 2006, has had some consistency, but his only top ten finish at the US open was when he won. Retief Goosen too, twice a US open winner in 2004 and 2001 has been in poor form more or less ever since and unless he can find his touch, he will not be winning here either. So who will win and who will give the golf punter a run for his money?

The US Open has had six different Champions in the last six years and perhaps that trend will be continued. It is therefore worth looking at players who are in good form, have performed well in the past on the course and who are not European. The European record at the US Open is dreadful, only one winner and that was thirty eight years ago when Tony Jacklin won. Colin Montgomerie has come closest, being runner up here three times in 1994, 1997 and then more recently in 2006. However with his indifferent form this year he is hardly likely to go one better.

Three players spring to mind as potential winners, Vijay Singh has been really consistent this year and he is high up on this year’s money list. He has not missed the cut at the US Open since 1993 and has had seven top ten finishes, including a third place in 1999.

The other player who looks good is former winner, Jim Furyk. He was the winner here in 2003, has been runner-up for the last two years and has only missed the cut once.

The other player we like the look of is the ultra consistent Stewart Cink, who is third on the money list this year. He has had three top ten finishes in the past and is playing better than ever.

If there are any die-hard European’s who would like wager that it will be their turn this year, then consider Sergio Garcia. He recently won the Players Championship and has been in good form. He has come close twice in the US open, being 4th in 2002 and 3rd in 2005. Luke Donald is another player in good form, and who likes the course. He lost in the play off’s in the Buick in both 2004 and 2005.

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Final Round Odds have 4/7 Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood 7/2 Geof Ogilvy 14/1, other 16/1 and better

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