Bet The US Open 2015 Online: Latest Odds to Win
Carrie Stroup here with the latest odds for the 2015 US Open, which you can bet online at Sportsbook.ag.
Chambers Bay Golf Club – University Place, WA
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The second, and often toughest, major of the year takes place this upcoming week when the players head to Chambers Bay Golf Club for the first time on Thursday. The U.S. Open first took place in 1895 and has been held at 50 different venues in the past with the most common spot being Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, which has been the host eight times; most recently in 2007.
Four of the past five victors in this tourney have come from Europe, with Graeme McDowell (2010), Rory McIlroy (2011), Justin Rose (2013) and most recently Martin Kaymer last year as he dominated the field. He took home the trophy in blistering fashion, winning by eight strokes behind a score of nine-under-par at Pinehurst No.2 as he started the week with back-to-back 65s. The only other two players who were able to get into red figures over the four days were Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler who were one-under-par.
Each of the top-60 players in the world will be in attendance at the par-70, 7,742-yard course which was built just eight years ago and will be the first Pacific Northwest course to have the U.S. Open played on it. In the first major of the year, the Masters, Jordan Spieth was able to come away with the victory and he will surely be a favorite here again with World No. 1 Rory McIlroy attempting to win his fifth major championship.
There has been a first-time U.S. Open winner at each of the last six installments of the event with Tiger Woods winning his third such event back in 2008 at Torrey Pines. Let’s see which players can make their way around this tough course and come out on top when Sunday afternoon rolls around.
Justin Rose: (+1800) Rose is 11th in the FedEx Cup standings this year after playing in 11 events and made the cut seven times over that stretch. He has really come on of late and had big performances in both the Masters (2nd) and the Memorial Tournament (2nd) while taking down his seventh PGA Tour victory in New Orleans at the Zurich Classic in late April. He is strong at the tough courses that the U.S. Open typically plays on and after a strong two-stroke win over Jason Day and Phil Mickelson in the 2013 installment of this event, Rose showed up with a solid tie for 12th last year. He seems to come through on the bigger stages and in his last six showings in majors; he’s done no worse than 24th. His length off the tee (297 yards per, 29th on TOUR) will aid him on this long track while his ability out of the sand (66.7%, 2nd on TOUR) will keep him from putting up those big numbers. Rose has been in the top-five in every major, but the U.S. Open is the only one that he has been victorious in, and look for the 34-year-old from England to put up another solid showing.
Henrik Stenson: (+3500) It has not been a storybook season for the sixth ranked golfer in the world as he started the year with a top-four finish in three of his first four events, but has fallen off and done no better than 17th in his last four tourneys. His stats point towards him doing better in these tournaments as he is ranked in the top-10 in driving accuracy (70.4%, 10th on TOUR) and greens in regulation percentage (72.2%, 2nd on TOUR) while also being one of the better putters in the game (0.535 strokes gained putting, 15th on TOUR). Stenson is one of the best golfers who has yet to earn a major in his career, but he has been close plenty of times, with a top-five finish in four of his past seven attempts while finishing fourth at the U.S. Open in Pinehurst last year. Look for Stenson to put it all together this week as the field attacks a brand new course.
Hideki Matsuyama: (+3500) Matsuyama has been on fire in 2015 as evidenced by his top-10 ranking in the FedEx Cup standings, and despite failing to get a victory on the year, has been in contention plenty of weekends. In his 16 events played, he has a mere one cut and has placed in the top-10 half of the time with his best finish coming at the Waste Management Open where he was the runner-up. He also has his best showing at a major championship when he used a Sunday 66 to vault him up to fifth at the Masters. Matsuyama has played in the U.S. Open in each of the last two seasons and earned a top-10 spot in 2013 while making the cut but not being in contention last year. His drive is spot on, ranking in the top-50 in both distance (295.6 yards per, 35th on TOUR) and accuracy (65.5%, 45th on TOUR) while using his tremendous ball striking to rank second in strokes gained from tee-to-green. Matsuyama is only 23-years-old and is still getting better, so a major championship is not far off.
Kevin Na: (+9000) Na is another of the most consistent players on TOUR and through his 17 tournaments he has been able to make all but two cuts, with one being a withdrawal from the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to start the year. He has six top-10s and just missed grabbing getting his second PGA after being the runner-up at the CIMB Classic. His short game should keep him from tacking on any unnecessary strokes over the week as he ranks fifth in sand save percentage (65.6%) and is 21st in scrambling (64.2%) Na has improved his standing at the U.S. Open each time since missing the cut in his first two attempts (2010, 2111) and is coming off a very solid performance last year when he tied for 12th. He can keep up with the best in the sport and will likely do so again at Chambers Bay.
Francesco Molinari: (+10000) Molinari hasn’t done all that much on the PGA Tour this year, making 8-of-11 cuts with two top-10s, but comes into this event with some solid play in recent weeks. He tied for third at the Memorial Tournament in his last PGA appearance and ranked in the top-five at two of the past three European Tour events played; one being a fifth at the BMW Championship. At the Memorial Tournament, Molinari put up some ridiculous stats, accurately driving 91.1% of fairways and getting on the green in regulation 77.8% of the time as he scored a mark of eight-under-par on the par-fours. He has yet to win a PGA event and has just two top-10s in major championships, but is riding a hot last month and could open some eyes in Washington.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
