The U.S. Open is about to tee off in Brookline, Massachusetts following an exciting week of golf at the Canadian Open last week. This year’s event moves from Torry Pines across the country to The Country Club of Brookline. This is the first time the tournament has been held at one of the toughest courses in the nation since 1988.

PGA Bookmakers

This week’s favorite is last week’s winner of the Canadian Open and that’s Rory McIlroy at +1100. The No. 1 golfer in the world is Scottie Scheffler and he’s right next to Rory at +1200. Scheffler was the favorite last week but finished T18 while McIlroy went on to finish -19 which was 2-strokes better than Tony Finau (+3500).

Politics and your Picks

There are plenty of storylines this week aside from the fact that Brookline could be the toughest test players face all season. Tiger Woods has taken himself out of the field stating he needed some more healing time before the OPEN Championship – aka British Open.

Then there is also the fact that this event will include several players that defected to LIV Golf. Those players are now suspended from the PGA. But, the U.S. Open, as with the three other Majors, is not run by the PGA.

It will be interesting to see how LIV players react to PGA fans who may have an issue with their decision. This is due to the Saudi LIV Tour being considered a way for the Saudi government to try and whitewash its human rights record. And the fact that they are believed to be behind the murder of a famed journalist and have ties to the 9/11 attack.

Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, and others will face U.S. Open fans one week after the first LIV event. After DeChambeau and Johnson are both recent U.S. Open winners. Now that all of that is out of the way, here are the favorites through +1800 to win the 2022 U.S. Open outright.

Rory McIlroy +1100

Scottie Scheffler +1200

Justin Thomas +1400

Jon Rahm +1400

Cameron Smith +1800

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2022 U.S. Open Preview

Where: Brookline, Massachusetts

Course: The Country Club at Brookline

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 70

Length: 7,264

When: June 16 – 19, 2022

Purse: $12.5 Million.

TV Coverage: Peacock/USA/NBC/Golf Channel/PGA Live

This is not the same Brookline that Curtis Strange won the U.S. Open on in 1988 or where the U.S. Amateur was won by Matt Fitzpatrick in 2013. The course has undergone several changes including an overhaul in 2020. The hole sequencing has changed and they’ve brought back the Par. 3 No. 11 hole which has not been used in an Open since 1913.

Speaking of 1913, this is the course where Francis Ouimet and his caddy Eddie Lowery made history by winning the 1913 U.S. Open. That was the bases for the movie The Greatest Game Ever Played starring Shia LaBeouf.

The U.S.G.A is notorious for its course setup for the Open, the roughs may be closer to that of what was seen last week at the Canadian Open. Add that onto the fact that Brookline already has tight fairways and deceptively small greens.

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2022 U.S. Open Predictions

Scottie Scheffler +1200

Scottie Scheffler looked a bit rough last week at the Canadian Open but he still finished inside the top 25. He’s leading the tour in FedEx points and has three wins on the season including this year’s Masters Tournament. Since the Masters, he’s had one cut, two 18th place finishes, and a 2nd place run at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Scheffler should make use of his short iron skills while seeking the small greens at Brookline.

Shane Lowry +3000

Shane Lowry was T3 at the Masters and the RBC Heritage. He finished 2 nd at the Honda Classic. He comes in 2nd in scrambling on the PGA TOUR. He’s also 3rd in bogey avoidance and is inside the 1op ten for adjusted scoring. Last week at the Canadian Open he finished T10 and stayed under 70 for all four rounds.

Tony Finau +3500

Tony Finau has been on the hunt for wins every week he’s played this season. He’s come agonizingly close several times including a sole 2nd place finish at the Canadian Open last week where he put on a show with his putter during the final round. Finau also finished T2 at the Mexico Open and T4 at the Charles Schwab Challenge. He looks impressive coming into the U.S. Open and is now 15th on the OWGR.

Others I Like: I’m fading hard on any golfer from LIV. I think the fans will give them a hard time at the U.S. Open… at historic Brookline! My heart is telling me to look at both Rory McIlroy (+1100) and Justin Thomas (+1400) but the emotion after last week’s huge finish at the Canadian Open may be too much to overcome. That’s why my two dark horse picks are Corey Conners (+6600) due to his T4 at the Canadian Open and Harold Varner III (+9000) who shot a 3-under 67 last Sunday in Canada.

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2022 U.S. Open Betting Lines

Rory McIlroy +1100

Scottie Scheffler +1200

Justin Thomas +1400

Jon Rahm +1400

Cameron Smith +1800

Xander Schauffele +2200

Patrick Cantlay +2200

Collin Morikawa +2500

Jordan Spieth +2500

Will Zalatoris +2500

Matt Fitzpatrick +2500

Dustin Johnson +2800

Viktor Hovland +2800

Sam Burns +2800

Shane Lowry +3000

Brooks Koepka +3300

Hideki Matsuyama +3300

Tony Finau +3500

Joaquin Niemann +4000

Cameron Young +4500

Sungjae Im +4500

Daniel Berger +5000

Tommy Fleetwood +5000

Billy Horschel +5000

Max Homa +5000

Mito Pereira +5500

Tyrrell Hatton +6000

Bryson DeChambeau +6600

Louis Oosthuizen +6600

Davis Riley +6600

Abraham Ancer +6600

Justin Rose +6600

Corey Conners +6600

Webb Simpson +7000

Patrick Reed +8000

Talor Gooch +8000

Aaron Wise +8000

Sergio Garcia +8000

Harold Varner III +9000

Seamus Power +9000

Jason Kokrak +10000

Keegan Bradley +10000

Gary Woodland +10000

Adam Scott +10000

Marc Leishman +12500

Si-Woo Kim +12500

Russell Henley +12500

Sebastian Munoz +12500

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +15000

Luke List +15000

Patrick Rodgers +15000

Brian Harman +15000

Tom Hoge +15000

Francesco Molinari +15000

Harris English +15000

Alex Noren +15000

Kevin Na +15000

Phil Mickelson +15000

Lanto Griffin +20000

Mackenzie Hughes +20000

Thomas Pieters +20000

Lucas Hebert +20000

Branden Grace +20000

Denny McCarthy +20000

Adri Arnaus +20000

Kevin Kisner +20000

Sepp Straka +20000

Erik Van Rooyen +20000

Scott Stallings +25000

Joel Dahmen +25000

Ryan Fox +25000

Nick Taylor +25000

Cameron Tringale +25000

Victor Perez +25000

Sam Horsfield +25000

Stewart Cink +25000

Joohyung Kim +25000

Zach Johnson +25000

Matthew Nesmith +25000

Guido Migliozzi +25000

Kurt Kitayama +30000

Thorbjorn Olesen +30000

Beau Hossler +30000

Min Woo Lee +30000

Wyndham Clark +30000

Richard Bland +40000

Sebastian Soderberg +40000

Joseph Bramlett +40000

Danny Lee +40000

Will Besseling +40000

Kevin Chappell +40000

Shaun Norris +40000

Kalle Samooja +40000

Marcel Schneider +40000

Sean Crocker +50000

Yannick Paul +50000

Rikuya Hoshino +50000

Richard Mansell +50000

Andrew Novak +50000

Keita Nakajima +50000

Callum Tarren +50000

Roger Sloan +50000

Jinichiro Kozuma +50000

Jim Furyk +50000

Grayson Murray +80000

Tomoyasu Sugiyama +80000

Jediah Morgan +80000

Ben Silverman +100000

Austin Greaser +100000