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The 2022 U.S Open Championship returns to Brookline Nation Membership in Brookline, Massachusetts, for the primary time since 1988, with a loaded subject of 156 golfers vying for the highest 60 spots to advance. 2011 U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy enters the weekend as the favourite after profitable the RBC Canadian Open final weekend. McIlroy should beat out a tricky subject together with defending champion Jon Rahm, PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and Masters winner Scottie Scheffler.
The place is the betting worth? Will the favorites prevail? Our golf and betting consultants break down the sphere for the third main of the 12 months.
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Professional picks
Matt Barrie, ESPN
Winner: Rory McIlroy
Charlotte Gibson, ESPN.com
Winner: Will Zalatoris
Andy North, ESPN
Winner: Justin Thomas
Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com
Winner: Shane Lowry
Marty Smith, ESPN
Winner: Tony Finau
Curtis Strange, ESPN
Winner: Cameron Smith
Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
Winner: Dustin Johnson
Paolo Uggetti, ESPN.com
Winner: Rory McIlroy
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN.com
Winner: Rory McIlroy
Scott Van Pelt, ESPN
Winner: Will Zalatoris
Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN.com
Winner: Will Zalatoris
Josh Weinfuss, ESPN.com
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Betting worth picks to win
Our betting consultants offer you picks to win primarily based on worth. We have a look at the betting board and let you know who has the perfect probability to money your ticket.
Michael Collins, ESPN senior golf analyst
Winner: Sam Burns (25-1)
Why he’ll win: Burns has three wins already this season and is scorching coming off his previous three begins. At 25-1, he has loads of worth in a stacked subject.
Anita Marks, ESPN betting analyst
Winner: Sungjae Im (40-1)
Why he’ll win: Im performs properly on the large stage (T-2 and T-8 on the Masters, T-17 on the PGA Championship). He checks most of the packing containers when trying on the metrics wanted to win at Brookline, rating twenty ninth in driving accuracy, seventh in greens in regulation and third in scrambling this season.
David Bearman, sports activities betting deputy editor, ESPN.com
Winner: Justin Thomas (11-1)
Why he’ll win: Thomas turned in one other unbelievable efficiency final week in Canada with a 63-64 weekend to virtually chase down Rory McIlroy. He’s third on tour tee-to-green and photographs gained general, sixth on method and 14th off the tee. Thomas is arguably the most popular golfer on tour proper now and at last bought previous the “second main” drought final month. No. 3 needs to be within the playing cards this weekend.
Chris Fallica, ESPN betting analyst
Winner: Dustin Johnson (40-1)
Why he’ll win: Johnson is a previous U.S. Open champion and has loved a stretch of 5 top-six finishes in seven years. This course will mandate lengthy, correct play off the tee, and that is proper up DJ’s alley. He hasn’t had the perfect of years, however at this worth, he is completely price a play.
Tyler Fulghum, ESPN betting analyst
Winner: Xander Schauffele (22-1)
Why he’ll win: Schauffele has by no means gained a serious however has all the time been in competition on the U.S. Open. He is performed the occasion 5 instances in his profession and has a T-5, T-6, T-3, 5 and T-7. Schauffele all the time appears to play his greatest when the situations are most treacherous and the sphere is the deepest. It is time for the X-Man to breakthrough along with his first main win.
Joe Fortenbaugh, ESPN betting analyst
Winner: Shane Lowry (35-1)
Why he’ll win: Lowry simply produced a T-10 in Canada to go along with his T-3 finishes at each the Masters and RBC Heritage and outright second-place end result on the Honda Basic. He presently ranks ninth on tour in strokes gained: method the inexperienced, which is integral at a observe like Brookline with postage stamp greens.
Odds of profitable the 2022 U.S. Open
Props and extra
Our betting consultants have extra than simply bets to win. Listed below are some props to focus on for your entire occasion, from high 10s to made cuts to match matchups.
Dustin Johnson top-10 end (+400)
Bearman: This decide is not in regards to the LIV Tour, however about getting 4-1 top-10 worth on a former No. 1 participant on this planet, who has a robust résumé of enjoying properly on Northeast programs. He has six high 10s on the U.S. Open, together with a win in 2016. He hasn’t been nice this 12 months in any respect, but when he brings his A-game and golfs with a chip on his shoulder, this might money in addition to the 40-1 payout to win.
Collin Morikawa top-10 end (+175)
Bearman: I will be enjoying Morikawa to win and top-10 as he’s arguably the tour’s premier ball-striker and this course calls for that kind of recreation. His wrestle has all the time been the putter, however Morikawa figured it out on the two earlier majors. This course is tailored for a man fifth on method and twentieth off the tee, and a 3rd leg of grand slam is just not out of the query.
Bryson DeChambeau top-5 end (+800)
Collins: DeChambeau is wholesome and surprisingly below the radar this week. This can be a literal “bang for the buck” guess. He’ll attempt to do what he did at Winged Foot to win that U.S. Open.
Playoff to Resolve the Winner (+310)
Collins: Media members hate listening to the phrase playoff in golf, however this week has all of the potential for a three- to four-man playoff. Plenty of guys appear to be their video games are peaking proper now.
Xander Schauffele top-10 end (+225)
Fallica: Whereas Schauffele hasn’t damaged by for a serious championship win, he is excelled on U.S. Open programs. He has posted 5 High 10s in every of his 5 appearances, with three top-fives. Schauffele ranks seventh in strokes gained: tee-to-green and ninth in strokes gained: whole. That well-rounded recreation ought to yield one other sturdy weekend at the usOpen.
Viktor Hovland to overlook minimize (+225)
Fallica: Hovland would not have a High 20 in a stroke play occasion since March and has by no means completed within the High 10 in a serious. He is additionally horrible across the inexperienced — 204th in strokes gained across the inexperienced — and given the small measurement of those greens, that would spell hassle for him this weekend.
Max Homa top-20 end (+160)
Marks: Homa’s first two tour wins had been each on main championship high quality programs. He T5 on the Memorial — the place he solely wanted 99 putts that week, and T-13 on the PGA Championships final month.
Adri Arnaus top-40 end (2-1)
Marks: Arnaus has the gap to compete this week. He has dominated the DP World Tour, completed T-30 on the PGA Championship, and is the second-best participant from Spain, behind Jon Rahm.
