The most important event in U.S. golf tees off on Thursday September 17th as the 2020 US Open will be played at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. The US Open is the second major of 2020 coming after the PGA Championship and prior to The Masters. The field includes the world's top-ranked players including Rory McElroy, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, and not to be forgotten veteran and 15 Majors winner Tiger Woods amongst others.
Wingfoot is a very long 7.469-yard par 70 and features Poa Annua greens that often play differently on this Coast compared to those on the West Coast. The greens are expected to be exceptionally fast and are very undulating. If that's not enough, the rough will be long, thick and unforgiving. The combination of a long course, thick rough and tough greens to read will create one of the most difficult US Open’s in the last decade.
One of the most important aspects of a golfer's game when playing at Winged Foot will be the ability to hit greens in regulation and total strokes gained in this particular statistical category is led by Dustin Johnson, Scott and Joe Rahm. While birdies will be at a premium, avoiding bogey’s is a must. Xander Schauffele is leading that statistical category followed by Jon Rahm and Paul Casey.
Odds for 2020 US Open
- Dustin Johnson 8-1
- Jon Rahm 11-1
- Rory McIlroy 12-1
- Bryson DeChambeau 14-1
- Justin Thomas 14-1
- Xander Schauffele 18-1
- Collin Morikawa 18-1
- Patrick Cantlay 25-1
- Hideki Matsuyama 28-1
- Justin Rose 28-1
- Tiger Woods 28-1
- Webb Simpson 28-1
- Jason Day 33-1
- Daniel Berger 33-1
- Tony Finau 33-1
- Tommy Fleetwood 33-1
- Adam Scott 35-1
- Rickie Fowler 40-1
- Patrick Reed 40-1
- Tyrrell Hatton 50-1
- Jordan Spieth 50-1
- Viktor Hovland 50-1
- Gary Woodland 50-1
- Paul Casey 50-1
- Harris English 60-1
- Matthew Fitzpatrick 60-1
- Sung-Jae Im 66-1
- Marc Leishman 66-1
- Matthew Wolff 66-1
- Shane Lowry 80-1
- Henrik Stenson 80-1
- Abraham Ancer 80-1
- Louis Oosthuizen 80-1
- Cameron Champ 80-1
- Francesco Molinari 80-1
- Matt Kuchar 80-1
- Phil Mickelson 80-1
- Sergio Garcia 80-1
- Cameron Smith 100-1
- Joaquin Niemann 100-1
- Billy Horschel 100-1
- Si Woo Kim 100-1
- Danny Willett 100-1
- Brendon Todd 100-1
- Martin Kaymer 125-1
- Rafa Cabrera Bello 125-1
- Ian Poulter 125-1
- Bernd Wiesberger 125-1
- Rasmus Hojgaard 125-1
- Brandt Snedeker 125-1
- Branden Grace 125-1
- Adam Hadwin 125-1
- Matt Wallace 125-1
- Lee Westwood 125-1
- Bubba Watson 125-1
- Kevin Kisner 125-1
Free Golf Pick:
Xander Schauffele is not the favorite to win at Winged Foot this week but will surprise many. Schauffele finished tied for 10th at TPC Harding Park in the PGA Championship, which was the sixth finish in the top 10 in 12 major championships thus far in his professional golf career. Schauffele has no noticeable flaws from tee to green and is playing at the top of his game heading into this second major of the year. Final Pick, Xander Schauffele 18-1.