2012 US Open, THE OLYMPIC CLUB, San Francisco, California June 11-17, 2012 Luke Donald 12/1 If Luke Donald is to win a Major, this has to ...
2012 US Open, THE OLYMPIC CLUB,
San Francisco, California
June 11-17, 2012
Luke Donald 12/1
If Luke Donald is to win a Major, this has to be the perfect location in which to do it. Donald lies eighth in driving accuracy, leads the Tour in scrambling and ranks highly in pretty much everything else. Except driving distance. Just as well so that this will be the shortest US Open track in a long while with the emphasis on a whole different skillset to the norm.
Jason Dufner 25/1
You just wonder was Jason Dufner wise to rest off tournament golf since the Colonial a few weeks back. Dufner was on a roll of two wins at the Zurich Classic and Byron Nelson and was just overtaken by Zach Johnson at Colonial. However if he can hit the ground running at the Olympic Club with the same temperament and regulation golf that we saw last month, he has to have a great chance. Performed well at last seasons USPGA in coming second to Keegan Bradley and is the form dog coming into the week.
Matt Kuchar 28/1
Matt Kuchar has a simple repeating swing and the patient demeanour to win what promises to be an ultra tough US Open. Kuchar had a shot at winning the Masters this year tying third in the end, then showed he has the guts to win in exalted company at Sawgrass. Kuch turned 20 on final round Sunday when the US Open was last held at the Olympic Club in 1998. He competed as an amateur and tied for 14th. "I can remember walking off the course at Olympic Club and just being dead tired after my rounds at the U.S. Open," he said of the occasion. Top 15 in the last two stagings.
Brandt Snedeker 100/1
Things havent got so smoothly for Snedeker since starting the season with a win at The Farmers Insurance Open. The highlights have been good weeks at the Accenture and Volvo Matchplays and a top 20 at the Masters. He also withdrew from the Memorial with a rib strain so all eyes will be on his form in Memphis in the lead up. Sneds no nonsense routine eliminates a lot of the US Open headfunking and his results have borne that out. Tied for 11th last year at Congressional and tied eighth at Pebble in 2010. Add another tied ninth When Tiger and Rocco battled it out in 2008, and that's three top 10's in the last four stagings for the visored one.
Louis Oosthuizen 40/1
Louis Oosthuizen is one of my favourite players so I need a bit of leeway on this one. Oosthuizen has won a Major already and did so with all the class and poise of a man who has plenty more in the locker. Stood tall in the face defeat at Augusta and even won the following week in Malaysia.
Though he has been quiet since, and missed the cut badly at Jack's place is one for the biggest of occasions. Tied for ninth last year at Congressional.
Past Top 10's
2011
1 - Rory McIlroy -16 F -2 65 66 68 69 268
2 1 Jason Day -8 F -3 71 72 65 68 276
T3 12 Kevin Chappell -6 F -5 76 67 69 66 278
T3 - Robert Garrigus -6 F -1 70 70 68 70 278
T3 - Lee Westwood -6 F -1 75 68 65 70 278
T3 1 Y.E. Yang -6 F E 68 69 70 71 278
T7 8 Peter Hanson -5 F -4 72 71 69 67 279
T7 1 Sergio Garcia -5 F -1 69 71 69 70 279
T9 18 Charl Schwartzel -4 F -5 68 74 72 66 280
T9 12 Louis Oosthuizen -4 F -4 69 73 71 67 280
2010
1 1 Graeme McDowell E F +3 71 68 71 74 284
2 2 Gregory Havret +1 F +1 73 71 69 72 285
3 1 Ernie Els +2 F +2 73 68 72 73 286
T4 2 Phil Mickelson +3 F +2 75 66 73 73 287
T4 1 Tiger Woods +3 F +4 74 72 66 75 287
T6 17 Matt Kuchar +4 F -3 74 72 74 68 288
T6 4 Davis Love III +4 F E 75 74 68 71 288
T8 5 Brandt Snedeker +5 F E 75 74 69 71 289
T8 2 Martin Kaymer +5 F +1 74 71 72 72 289
T8 1 Alex Cejka +5 F +2 70 72 74 73 289
T8 7 Dustin Johnson +5 F +11 71 70 66 82 289
2009
1 1 Lucas Glover -4 F +3 69 64 70 73 276
T2 3 Phil Mickelson -2 F E 69 70 69 70 278
T2 1 David Duval -2 F +1 67 70 70 71 278
T2 1 Ricky Barnes -2 F +6 67 65 70 76 278
5 2 Ross Fisher -1 F +2 70 68 69 72 279
T6 9 Tiger Woods E F -1 74 69 68 69 280
T6 9 Soren Hansen E F -1 70 71 70 69 280
T6 1 Hunter Mahan E F +2 72 68 68 72 280
9 16 Henrik Stenson +1 F -2 73 70 70 68 281
T10 22 Rory McIlroy +2 F -2 72 70 72 68 282
T10 15 Matt Bettencourt +2 F -1 75 67 71 69 282
T10 10 Sergio Garcia +2 F E 70 70 72 70 282
T10 5 Ryan Moore +2 F +1 70 69 72 71 282
T10 2 Stephen Ames +2 F +2 74 66 70 72 282
T10 5 Mike Weir +2 F +4 64 70 74 74 282
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