All of the best golfers in the world are going to try to find their “A” game this week at Oakmont and Point-Spreads.com has decided to assist golf bettors with our 2007 US Open Preview. The major tournament starts takes place between June 14th-17th at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
When you think of a major golf tournament, two names come to mind: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. As always, Woods is the favorite at +200 odds at WagerWeb.com, followed by Mickelson at +800 golf betting odds. Both Woods and Mickelson would like to forget their performances at Winged Foot at last year’s Open.
Tiger Woods miss the cut for the first time in his career and thus never had a chance to make one of legendary late charges or last stands in the final round.
Mickelson looked in command to take his first US Open title before his complete meltdown on the 72nd hole. Poor Phil handed the major championship title to Geoff Ogilvy. Ogilvy is listed at +3300 to repeat at US Open Champion.
Mickelson suffered a wrist injury and will be battling more than his bad memories of Winged Foot. Mickelson hurt his wrist while practicing chipping before the first round of the Memorial Tournament.
This is the eighth time that the US Open will be played at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania with the last time coming in 1994. In that year, Ernie Els defeated Loren Roberts and Colin Montgomerie in a Monday playoff to win his first major championship. Els is a definite contender to repeat at Oakmont, with WagerWeb.com listing Ernie Els at +1950 golf betting odds but there will be plenty of competition aside from the “Usual Suspects” ala Tiger and Mickelson.
Vijay Singh has yet to win the US Open, but with two tournament wins already this season there is no reason he can’t climb back to the top of the leaderboard of this weekend’s major. Masters champion Zach Johnson was also forced to withdraw from the Memorial a few weeks ago due to a nasty bout of strep throat, but he should be back in top form by this weekend and in search of his second major win this season.
Even though the winner of the tournament that precedes the 2007 US Open has never gone on to win the major, don’t count out Woody Austin who won the St. Jude Championship last weekend. Austin put together a masterful final round last Sunday, shooting a remarkable 62, and if he can match that level of play at Oakmont he could make history at Oakmont.
Tiger Woods: +260
Phil Mickelson: +900
Jim Furyk: +1200
Ernie Els: +1950
Vijay Singh: +1500
Adam Scott: +2500
Retief Goosen: +2000
Sergio Garcia: +3300
Luke Donald: +3300
Padraig Harrington: +2000
Zach Johnson: +4000
Geoff Ogilvy: +3300
Justin Rose: +4000
Stewart Cink: +4000
Henrik Stenson: +3000
Rory Sabbatini: +5000
David Toms: +3000
KJ Choi: +4000
Trevor Immelman: +6600
Sean Ohair: +6600
Robert Allenby: +6600
Paul Casey: +6600
Arron Oberholser: +5000
Rod Pampling: +8000
Scott Verplank: +8000
Steve Stricker: +6600
Mike Weir: +8000
Stephen Ames: +10000
Angel Cabrera: +10000
Tim Clark: +10000
Jerry Kelly: +8000
Anthony Kim: +12500
Nicl Ohern: +10000
Stuart Appleby: +9000
Aaron Baddeley: +8000
Charles Howell III: +12500
Ryuji Imada: +12500
Colin Montgomerie: +10000
Jose Maria Olazabal: +12500
Ian Poulter: +12500
Vaughn Taylor: +12500
Lee Westwood: +12500
Woody Austin: +15000
Chris DiMarco: +15000
Fred Funk: +15000
Lucas Glover: +12500
Davis Love III: +10000
Ryan Moore: +10000
Carl Pettersson: +15000
John Rollins: +12500
Brandt Snedeker: +15000
Boo Weekley: +15000
Chad Campbell: +15000
Michael Campbell: +20000
