U.S. Open 2018

Wombatman

Rough rough, tricky crosswinds and potentially carnival greens.

Who do we fancy?

charlieIRL

Spieth for me, think it will suit him.

kiers47

Think you won't go far wrong with Spieth Charlie. These US opens tend to be a ball striking contest rather than a putting contest. Spieth has been great tee to green this year and has putted terribly.

Think Adam Scott could get on a roll. If he could putt averagely I think he would be knocking on about 4 majors. So with that in mind I think he could be going a bit under the radar.

Should be a great tournament anyway. Course looks great again.

Be nice to see Lowry contend also.

callaway92

I mentioned it in another thread, but I have a small few quid on Lowry. Have a feeling he could click this week.

Other than him, Fleetwood & Rose.

Deep Thought

Speith is a good bet,

Mickelson needs this one, so at 30/1 is not bad each way

Rose could do well

Outsiders:

Brandt Snedeker is playing well and getting back to good golf after his injury

Jason Dufner has been in the top 10 at the US Open a few times

And most will also add Lowry and how about Thorbjorn Oleson..125/1?

DT

callaway92

Deep Thought wrote: »

Speith is a good bet,

Mickelson needs this one, so at 30/1 is not bad each way

Rose could do well

Outsiders:

Brandt Snedeker is playing well and getting back to good golf after his injury

Jason Dufner has been in the top 10 at the US Open a few times

And most will also add Lowry and how about Thorbjorn Oleson..125/1?

DT

Mickelson wayyyy too up-and-down for me. Can shoot a 64 and the next day shoot a 77. Don't like 30s on him at all.

Silver-Tiger

callaway92 wrote: »

Mickelson wayyyy too up-and-down for me. Can shoot a 64 and the next day shoot a 77. Don't like 30s on him at all.

+1 after two days could will be good round here

Joe Dog

Francesco Molinari could be in with a chance, 1st and second in his last 2 starts 2nd in last years PGA championship and he's striking the ball well at the moment.

charlieIRL

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charlieIRL

kiers47 wrote: »

Think you won't go far wrong with Spieth Charlie. These US opens tend to be a ball striking contest rather than a putting contest. Spieth has been great tee to green this year and has putted terribly.

Think Adam Scott could get on a roll. If he could putt averagely I think he would be knocking on about 4 majors. So with that in mind I think he could be going a bit under the radar.

Should be a great tournament anyway. Course looks great again.

Be nice to see Lowry contend also.

Agreed, he normally hits it as straight as an arrow and with the rough up that will be key.

Lowry is streaky with his driver so if he keeps the ball in a decent position, his short game should keep him out of trouble.

Will the winning score be a + or - this year? I'm going for +4

slave1

DJ could destroy the (any) course if he keeps hitting them as long and as straight as last week...

charlieIRL

He leaked a good few Sunday while not under any pressure from the field, if he does it here he won't get away with it.

Also, nobody has won the US Open having won the week before as well.

Deep Thought

slave1 wrote: »

DJ could destroy the (any) course if he keeps hitting them as long and as straight as last week...

like Rory said last year...if you cant hit these fairways, then you should not be here..we all know what happened then.

Mantis Toboggan

https://twitter.com/JustinRayGC/status/1006593656940322817?s=19

Mushy

World Cup starts...US Open starts...Looking forward to this weekend.

Rough looks nuts, hope it's a low winning score

paulie21

Been a quick year since Mickelson was hoping thunderstorms would delay his tee time

redzerdrog

Ugh I actually thought today was Wednesday and this was starting tomorrow

Russman

If its true that the fairways are pretty much twice as wide as they were when it was last held here, I'd saw that must bring in some of the bombers into the equation, DJ, Koepka, Bubba etc. Possibly, even Tiger could be a factor if the fairways are 42yds wide as has been mentioned.

I'm thinking a showdown between Rory and Speith for most of Sunday, with Justin Thomas finishing an hour earlier with a clubhouse score that beats both of them.

Benicetomonty

Russman wrote: »

If its true that the fairways are pretty much twice as wide as they were when it was last held here, I'd saw that must bring in some of the bombers into the equation, DJ, Koepka, Bubba etc. Possibly, even Tiger could be a factor if the fairways are 42yds wide as has been mentioned.

I'm thinking a showdown between Rory and Speith for most of Sunday, with Justin Thomas finishing an hour earlier with a clubhouse score that beats both of them.

Dont think 40 yard wide fairways will be enough for Tiger unfortunately. His misses are starting to become a bit less frequent but theyre still wild beyond belief when they happen. Set up will favour the likes of DJ, McIlroy and Thomas who are easily as long and longer than Tiger but rarely hit it as badly offline as he does.

Hard to look beyond DJ after last week tbh but Id expect a few big names to challenge. Should be an exciting tournament, certainly a chance for the shorter hitters to contend with the linksy style of the course.

liamoreilly

redzerdrog wrote: »

Ugh I actually thought today was Wednesday and this was starting tomorrow

...Good news is that this is now the case!!!...

charlieIRL

some fantastic groups to start off as well

-- Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods
-- Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson

HighLine

Rough looks like it could be fun.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj8vHBYjE8z

MillField

Phil the thrill to win on a playoff

Mantis Toboggan

Rose would be my pick. Hopefully McIlroy and lowry play well to keep an Irish interest.

castletownman

Kind of fancy Webb Simpson to do well. Previous winner and finding form after taking the Players Championship.

Can't see a championship record round being hit this time ALA JT last year. That rough above ^^^ may bring the salad tongs

FixdePitchmark

The rough looks daft.

slave1

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

The rough looks daft.

Depends on how far off the fairway and “normal” rough it is....plenty of rough like that on plenty of courses once you’re a good bit off the fairway or near course perimeter...

thecretinhop

weather is great moderate wind
fairways wider than knock airport
rough not dissimilar to carnoostie
links but not a links
no trees
no water Barr 1 hole
huge hitters adv
greens tho very tricky
can't wait!

Happy4all

charlieIRL wrote: »

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Whose your money on?

charlieIRL

Happy4all wrote: »

Whose your money on?

I don't gamble much apart from the lotto to be honest (damm numbers better come up this week!!) but I fancy Spieth for this one. Hits it straight and if the putter is working, he'll be in the mix.

Deep Thought

HighLine wrote: »

Rough looks like it could be fun.

Couple of shots penalty if he had played last week !! :eek: