With the US Open less than a week away, the buzz is already started with Tiger chasing Jack, will Koepka keep dominating the majors, should DJ be ranked #1 in the world and is Spieth on track for a major win. All great headlines for the US Open and while all of these players pose to make a run next week, I’m here to showcase the players that no one is talking about and how you will find great value and take advantage of the Vegas odds.
Contenders For The US Opens
Xander Schauffele, 25-1 Odds
Xander is always under the radar and yet has an impressive resume for the past two years that Vegas still hasn’t taken notice of yet. He is young, talented and finds a way to win no matter the odds. Starting with the BMW championship 2 years ago, we found a way to make it into the last spot for the FedEx Cup Championship to win the Tour Championship in 2018 to beat Justin Thomas by one stroke.
Schaufele is currently ranked No. 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings and the 25-year-old already has an impressive track record in major championships. Finished tied for second at the 2019 Masters, tied for second at the 2018 Open Championship and finished inside the top 10 in each of the last two U.S. Opens. He is a great bet for a player that has proven himself over and over again for the past two years in the majors!
Justin Thomas, 25/1
Thomas has struggled this year but mainly due to his wrist injury that started at the end of last season and took a break since the Masters.
Pebble Beach history: Thomas hasn’t had the best finishes at Pebble Beach in his career. He missed the cut when he played the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as a rookie in 2014. Also played the unofficial mixed field event in the fall.
Worth noting: Thomas did not play from the Masters until the Memorial because of a bruised bone in his wrist, which he now says is fully healed. He added the Canadian Open to try to shed some of the rust and has been playing will the first two days so far with Brooks Koepka as his opening playing partner. Long shot here but there is a reason by Thomas has won 9 times on tour and one of those wins was a PGA Championship!
Phil Mickelson 30/1 Odds
Phil has probably the most success going into this tournament next week. He is a five-time winner at Pebble Beach, including a three-shot victory earlier this season at the Pebble Beach Pro Am. He has something to prove to everyone since everyone is talking about Tiger and the Masters victory. If he wins next weekend, he will finally complete his career Grand Slam on his 49th birthday!
Cause for concern: Mickelson’s has only one top-35 finish in nine starts since a T-18 at the Masters this year!
PICK: Xander Schauffele 25/1 Odds
2019 U.S. Open Betting Odds
| ODDS to Win: | |
| Brooks Koepka | 13/2 |
| Dustin Johnson | 7/1 |
| Tiger Woods | 10/1 |
| Jordan Spieth | 14/1 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 16/1 |
| Rory McIlroy | 16/1 |
| Justin Rose | 20/1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 20/1 |
| Justin Thomas | 25/1 |
| Jon Rahm | 25/1 |
| Jason Day | 25/1 |
| Xander Schauffele | 25/1 |
| Phil Mickelson | 25/1 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 25/1 |
| Francesco Molinari | 30/1 |
| Tony Finau | 30/1 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 30/1 |
| Adam Scott | 30/1 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 40/1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 50/1 |
| Paul Casey | 50/1 |
| Marc Leishman | 60/1 |
| Gary Woodland | 60/1 |
| Patrick Reed | 80/1 |
| Sergio Garcia | 80/1 |
| Henrik Stenson | 80/1 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 80/1 |
| Webb Simpson | 80/1 |
| Matt Wallace | 80/1 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 80/1 |
| Martin Kaymer | 80/1 |
| Kevin Kisner | 100/1 |
| Kevin Na | 125/1 |
| Shane Lowry | 125/1 |
| Branden Grace | 125/1 |
| Ian Poulter | 125/1 |
| Lucas Glover | 125/1 |
| Bubba Watson | 125/1 |
| Jim Furyk | 125/1 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 150/1 |
| Cameron Smith | 150/1 |
| Graeme McDowell | 150/1 |
| Si Woo Kim | 150/1 |
| Zach Johnson | 150/1 |
| Keegan Bradley | 150/1 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 150/1 |
| Rafael Cabrera Bello | 150/1 |
| Daniel Berger | 150/1 |
| Alex Noren | 150/1 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 150/1 |
| Haotong Li | 150/1 |
| Luke List | 150/1 |
| Charles Howell III | 150/1 |
| Aaron Wise | 150/1 |
| Scott Piercy | 150/1 |
| Sung Kang | 150/1 |
| Billy Horschel | 150/1 |
| Keith Mitchell | 150/1 |
| Thomas Pieters | 150/1 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 150/1 |
| J.B. Holmes | 200/1 |
| Byeong Hun An | 200/1 |
| Jimmy Walker | 200/1 |
| C.T. Pan | 200/1 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 200/1 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 250/1 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 250/1 |
| Justin Harding | 250/1 |
| Kyle Stanley | 250/1 |
| Danny Willett | 250/1 |
| Chez Reavie | 250/1 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 250/1 |
| Luke Donald | 250/1 |
| Luke Guthrie | 250/1 |
| Ollie Schniederjans | 300/1 |
| Ryan Fox | 300/1 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 300/1 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 300/1 |
| Andrew Putnam | 300/1 |
| Abraham Ancer | 300/1 |
| Marcus Kinhult | 300/1 |
| Renato Paratore | 500/1 |
| Tom Hoge | 500/1 |
| Sepp Straka | 500/1 |
| Nate Lashley | 500/1 |
| Alex Prugh | 500/1 |
| Adri Arnaus | 500/1 |
| Justin Walters | 500/1 |
| Patton Kizzire | 500/1 |
| Ernie Els | 500/1 |
| Brendon Todd | 500/1 |
| Shugo Imahira | 500/1 |
| Dean Burmester | 500/1 |
| Sam Horsfield | 500/1 |
| Marcus Fraser | 500/1 |
| Clement Sordet | 500/1 |
| Matthieu Pavon | 500/1 |
| Lee Slattery | 500/1 |
| Nick Taylor | 500/1 |
| Carlos Ortiz | 500/1 |
| David Toms | 500/1 |
| Anirban Lahiri | 500/1 |
| Sam Saunders | 500/1 |
| Chesson Hadley | 500/1 |
| Brandon Wu | 500/1 |
| Collin Morikawa | 500/1 |
| Brian Stuard | 500/1 |
| Roberto Castro | 500/1 |
| Merrick Bremner | 1000/1 |
| Mike Weir | 1000/1 |
| Richard Lee | 1000/1 |
| Stewart Hagestad | 1000/1 |
| Mito Pereira | 1000/1 |
| Billy Hurley III | 1000/1 |
| Joseph Bramlett | 1000/1 |
| Rob Oppenheim | 1000/1 |
| Zac Blair | 1000/1 |
| Chip McDaniel | 1000/1 |
| Nick Hardy | 1000/1 |
| Brett Drewitt | 1000/1 |
| Cody Gribble | 1000/1 |
| Chan Kim | 1000/1 |
| Brian Davis | 1000/1 |
| Julian Etulian | 1000/1 |
| Jovan Rebula | 1000/1 |
| Viktor Hovland | 1000/1 |
| Kodai Ichihara | 1000/1 |
| Mikumu Horikawa | 1000/1 |
| Rhys Enoch | 1000/1 |
| Daniel Hillier | 1000/1 |
| Devon Bling | 1000/1 |
| Eric Dietrich | 2000/1 |
| Matthew Naumec | 2000/1 |
| Spencer Tibbits | 2000/1 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | 2000/1 |
| Kevin O’Connell | 2000/1 |
| Charlie Danielson | 2000/1 |
| Austin Eckroat | 2000/1 |
| Chun An Yu | 2000/1 |
| Hayden Shieh | 2000/1 |
| Andreas Halvorsen | 2000/1 |
| Callum Tarren | 2000/1 |
| Luis Gagne | 2000/1 |
| Noah Norton | 2000/1 |
| Chandler Eaton | 2000/1 |
| Connor Arendell | 2000/1 |
| Ryan Sullivan | 2000/1 |
| Cameron Young | 2000/1 |
| Matt Parziale | 2000/1 |
| Andy Pope | 2000/1 |
| * Golfer must tee off for action * |
US OPEN TEE TIMES
First round, First tee / Second round, 10th tee (all times PDT)
6:45 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. — Sam Saunders, Atlantic Beach, Fla.; Carlos Ortiz, Mexico; Marcus Fraser, Australia
6:56 a.m. / 12:41 p.m. – TBD; Erik Van Rooyen, South Africa; (a) Chun An Yu, Chinese Taipei
7:07 a.m. / 12:52 p.m. – Ryan Fox, New Zealand; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark; TBD
7:18 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, Texas; (a) Matt Parziale, Brockton, Mass.; Nick Taylor, Canada
7:29 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Sea Island, Ga.; (a) Jovan Rebula, South Africa; Jason Dufner, Auburn, Ala.
7:40 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Haotong Li, People’s Republic of China; Bubba Watson, Bagdad, Fla.; J.B. Holmes, Lexington, Ky.
7:51 a.m. / 1:36 p.m. – Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Martin Kaymer, Germany; Ernie Els, South Africa
8:02 a.m. / 1:47 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Republic of Korea; Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif.; Jason Day, Australia
8:13 a.m. / 1:58 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Republic of Ireland; Tyrrell Hatton, England; Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan.
8:24 a.m. / 2:09 p.m. – Cameron Smith, Australia; Matthew Wallace, England; Xander Schauffele, San Diego, Calif.
8:35 a.m. / 2:20 p.m. – C.T. Pan, Chinese Taipei; Abraham Ancer, Mexico; (a) Brandon Wu, Scarsdale, N.Y.
8:46 a.m. / 2:31 p.m. – Chan Kim, Gilbert, Ariz.; Justin Walters, South Africa; TBD
8:57 a.m. / 2:42 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Northbrook, Ill.; (a) Noah Norton, Chico, Calif.; Andreas Halvorsen, Norway
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First round, 10th tee / Friday (June 14), First tee (all times PDT)
6:45 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. – (a) Luis Gagne, Orlando, Fla.; Sepp Straka, Valdosta, Ga.; Julian Etulain, Argentina
6:56 a.m. / 12:41 p.m. – Dean Burmester, South Africa; TBD; Kyounghoon Lee, Republic of Korea
7:07 a.m. / 12:52 p.m. – Clement Sordet, France; Tom Hoge, Fargo, N.D.; Adri Arnaus, Spain
7:18 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Brian Davis, Windermere, Fla.; (a) Kevin O’Connell, Jacksonville, Fla.; Billy Hurley III, Annapolis, Md.
7:29 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Watkinsville, Ga.; Luke Donald, England; Mike Weir, Canada
7:40 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash.; Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra, Fla.; Danny Willett, England
7:51 a.m. / 1:36 p.m. – Jon Rahm, Spain; Marc Leishman, Australia; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland
8:02 a.m. / 1:47 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Louisville, Ky.; Kevin Kisner, Aiken, S.C.; Bryson DeChambeau, Clovis, Calif.
8:13 a.m. / 1:58 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Jupiter, Fla.; Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland
8:24 a.m. / 2:09 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Sergio Garcia, Spain; Tommy Fleetwood, England
8:35 a.m. / 2:20 p.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela; Patrick Reed, Houston, Texas; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa
8:46 a.m. / 2:31 p.m. – Rob Oppenheim, Andover, Mass.; Rhys Enoch, Wales; Richard Lee, Bellevue, Wash.
8:57 a.m. / 2:42 p.m. – Andy Pope, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; Ryan Sullivan, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Matthew Naumec, Wilbraham, Mass.
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First round, First tee / Second Round, 10th tee (all times PDT)
12:30 p.m. / 6:45 a.m. – Rory Sabbatini, Slovakia; Sam Horsfield, England; Roberto Castro, Atlanta, Ga.
12:41 p.m. / 6:56 a.m. – (a) Cameron Young, Scarborough, N.Y.; Marcus Kinhult, Sweden; Brian Stuard, Jackson, Mich.
12:52 p.m. / 7:07 a.m. – Luke Guthrie, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; Joseph Bramlett, San Jose, Calif.; Charlie Danielson, Osceola, Wis.
1:03 p.m. / 7:18 a.m. – (a) Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla.; Alexander Noren, Sweden; Charles Howell III, Orlando, Fla.
1:14 p.m. / 7:29 a.m. – Thomas Pieters, Belgium; Chesson Hadley, Raleigh, N.C.; (a) Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif.
1:25 p.m. / 7:40 a.m. – Paul Casey, England; Patrick Cantlay, North Palm Beach, Fla.; Lucas Glover, Jupiter, Fla.
1:36 p.m. / 7:51 a.m. – Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand; Keith Mitchell, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Shugo Imahira, Japan
1:47 p.m. / 8:02 a.m. – Francesco Molinari, Italy; (a) Viktor Hovland, Norway; Brooks Koepka, West Palm Beach, Fla.
1:58 p.m. / 8:13 a.m. – Tony Finau, Lehi, Utah; Jimmy Walker, Boerne, Texas; Ian Poulter, England
2:09 p.m. / 8:24 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas; Justin Rose, England; Tiger Woods, Hobe Sound, Fla.
2:20 p.m. / 8:35 a.m. – Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla.; Matthew Jones, Australia; Kodai Ichihara, Japan
2:31 p.m. / 8:46 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, France; (a) Chandler Eaton, Alpharetta, Ga.; Callum Tarren, England
2:42 p.m. / 8:57 a.m. – Eric Dietrich, Cheshire, Conn.; Guillermo Pereira, Chile; Brett Drewitt, Australia
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First round, 10th tee / Second round, First tee (all times PDT)
12:30 p.m. / 6:45 a.m. – Nathan Lashley, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Renato Paratore, Italy; Lee Slattery, England
12:41 p.m. / 6:56 a.m. – TBD; Collin Morikawa, La Canada Flintridge, Calif.; Aaron Wise, Las Vegas, Nev.
12:52 p.m. / 7:07 a.m. – Merrick Bremner, South Africa; Chip McDaniel, Manchester, Ky.; Cody Gribble, Dallas, Texas
1:03 p.m. / 7:18 a.m. – (a) Michael Thorbjornsen, Wellesley, Mass.; Chez Reavie, Scottsdale, Ariz.; David Toms, Shreveport, La.
1:14 p.m. / 7:29 a.m. – Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain; Kevin Na, Las Vegas, Nev.; Keegan Bradley, Woodstock, Vt.
1:25 p.m. / 7:40 a.m. – Jim Furyk, Jacksonville, Fla.; Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Brandt Snedeker, Nashville, Tenn.
1:36 p.m. / 7:51 a.m. – Luke List, Augusta, Ga.; Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark; Branden Grace, South Africa
1:47 p.m. / 8:02 a.m. – Webb Simpson, Charlotte, N.C.; Adam Scott, Australia; Matt Kuchar, Sea Island, Ga.
1:58 p.m. / 8:13 a.m. – Byeong Hun An, Republic of Korea; (a) Devon Bling, Ridgecrest, Calif.; Matthew Fitzpatrick, England
2:09 p.m. / 8:24 a.m. – Justin Harding, South Africa; Aaron Baddeley, Australia; TBD
2:20 p.m. / 8:35 a.m. – Ollie Schniederjans, Alpharetta, Ga.; Mikumu Horikawa, Japan; Anirban Lahiri, India
2:31 p.m. / 8:46 a.m. – (a) Daniel Hillier, New Zealand; Alex Prugh, Spokane, Wash.; Zac Blair, Orem, Utah
2:42 p.m. / 8:57 a.m. – Hayden Shieh, Fremont, Calif.; (a) Spencer Tibbits, Vancouver, Wash.; Connor Arendell, Cape Coral, Fla.