PGA: 2021 U.S. Open Odds, Predictions and Betting Preview

The U.S. Open is next up on the schedule and the field is packed with the best golfers from around the globe. Tiger Woods won the last time the event was held at Torrey Pines in San Diego California in 2008. Woods won’t be playing due to his injuries from a car crash earlier this year but there are plenty of players to consider this week.

One of those players is last year’s U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau who comes in at +1600 along with a handful of others including Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth. Both Koepka and Spieth have won the U.S. Open with Koepka doing it back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018.

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Another former winner of the Open knotted at +1600 is Rory McIlroy who won back in 2011. As you probably already guessed, this week’s favorites are going to be a who’s who of past winners of this event!

That being said, once you get past the obvious players that the media and oddsmakers are focusing on, there are plenty of options available. Some of which are also past Open winners. But first, here are the favorites through +1600 to win the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines outright according to Intertops.

Jon Rahm +1000

Dustin Johnson +1200

Brooks Koepka +1600

Bryson DeChambeau +1600

Jordan Spieth +1600

Justin Thomas +1600

Rory McIlroy +1600

Xander Schauffele +1600

Make sure you read our article identifying three longshots to finish top 5 at the US Open.

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2021 US Open Preview

Where: San Diego, California

Course: Torrey Pines South Course

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 71

Length: 7,652

When: June 17 – 20, 2021

Purse: $12.5 Million.

TV Coverage: NBC/Golf Channel/PGA Live

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The Torrey Pines South Course is hard enough just as a high-end municipal facility. But the USGA loves to make things tough for players during U.S. Open week. The roughs will be deeper and the hole locations will be tweaked. It’s a source of contention every year.

Hopefully, they won’t go overboard as the South Course already offers plenty of Challenges including one of the hardest opening holes on the schedule. No. one is a tight fading dogleg to the right that’s protected by bunkers and rough. Nothing builds confidence like a bogey on the first hole!

Ask Tiger Woods who famously double-bogeyed No. 1 before his 2008 win.

I mentioned a “tight fairway” above, and Torrey Pines has plenty of tight fairways. But they are not tight in the traditional sense where a long line of trees marks the edge of the fairway. The course is in California, on a flat area surrounded by canyons and the pacific ocean. Trees are sparse.

The tight “feel” of the course comes from the design/layout and bunkers protecting every green (raised greens by the way) and landing zone on the course. I’m not sure there is even a pine tree at Torrey Pines! The most defining hazard if one misses the fairway will be the deep roughs.

2021 US Open Winner Picks

Dustin Johnson +1200

Dustin Johnson seemed to fade some last week at Congaree but he still pulled off a top-ten finish on a tough course. He’s still the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world according to the OWGR and he tops the Tour in adjusted scoring. If Johnson avoids some of the approaches and putter issues he had on the back nine on Sunday last week then he’ll be hard to beat.

Collin Morikawa +2000

Collin Morikawa finished in the top twenty during his last visit to Torrey pines and he seems to like the smaller raised greens. The young player from California knows the playing conditions and the way the wind comes into this facility. He’s also had a stellar season which includes a win at the Workday Championship and a handful of top-ten finishes. His last outing was a second-place finish at the Memorial.

Patrick Reed +2800

Patrick Reed rolled through the Farmers for a five-stroke win earlier this season and is coming off a fifth-place finish at the Memorial. Reed has shown he can have a hot putter and his approach game has been strong all year. Several weeks ago he made a push at the Masters finishing T8.

Others I Like: Harris English (+6600) was one of my value picks last week and he almost came through except for a hard fade one the final few holes. Regardless, English has won this season and he’s been towards the front seemingly every event he plays. This one is from the heart as I want to see Phil Mickelson (+5000) finally win the U.S. Open after coming in second six times. You can expect countless news stories on this topic this week.

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2021 US Open Odds

Jon Rahm +1000

Dustin Johnson +1200

Brooks Koepka +1600

Bryson DeChambeau +1600

Jordan Spieth +1600

Justin Thomas +1600

Rory McIlroy +1600

Xander Schauffele +1600

Collin Morikawa +2000

Patrick Cantlay +2500

Viktor Hovland +2500

Tony Finau +2500

Patrick Reed +2800

Hideki Matsuyama +3500

Scottie Scheffler +4000

Daniel Berger +4000

Webb Simpson +4000

Paul Casey +4000

Tyrrell Hatton +4000

Justin Rose +4000

Louis Oosthuizen +4000

Will Zalatoris +5000

Cameron Smith +5000

Matt Fitzpatrick +5000

Shane Lowry +5000

Phil Mickelson +5000

Tommy Fleetwood +5000

Abraham Ancer +5000

Sungjae Im +6600

Corey Conners +6600

Joaquin Niemann +6600

Sam Burns +6600

Marc Leishman +6600

Harris English +6600

Adam Scott +6600

Jason Kokrak +6600

Garrick Higgo +6600

Gary Woodland +8000

Lee Westwood +8000

Sergio Garcia +8000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +8000

Charley Hoffman +10000

Max Homa +10000

Bubba Watson +10000

Brian Harman +10000

Ryan Palmer +10000

Branden Grace +12500

Si-Woo Kim +12500

Billy Horschel +12500

Stewart Cink +12500

Matt Wallace +12500

Kevin Streelman +12500

Matthew Wolff +15000

Kevin Na +15000

Matt Kuchar +15000

Charl Schwartzel +15000

Matt Jones +15000

Carlos Ortiz +15000

Russell Henley +15000

Ian Poulter +15000

Francesco Molinari +17500

Cameron Champ +17500

Brendon Todd +17500

Robert Macintyre +17500

Sebastian Munoz +17500

Cameron Young +20000

Kevin Kisner +20000

Martin Kaymer +20000

Zach Johnson +20000

Wilco Nienaber +20000

Chez Reavie +20000

Jhonattan Vegas +20000

Henrik Stenson +25000

Bernd Wiesberger +25000

Lanto Griffin +25000

Thomas Detry +25000

Victor Perez +25000

Mackenzie Hughes +25000

Guido Migliozzi +25000

Adam Hadwin +25000

JT Poston +25000

Martin Laird +25000

Tom Hoge +25000

Jordan Smith +25000

Dylan Frittelli +25000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +25000

Erik Van Rooyen +25000

Brendan Steele +25000

Rafael Cabrera Bello +30000

Richard Bland +30000

Bo Hoag +30000

Troy Merritt +30000

Wyndham Clark +30000

Justin Suh +30000

Adrian Meronk +40000

Sung Kang +40000

Marcus Armitage +40000

Dylan Wu +40000

Greyson Sigg +40000

Taylor Pendrith +40000

Peter Malnati +40000

Patrick Rodgers +40000

Jimmy Walker +40000

Brian Stuard +40000

Ryo Ishikawa +40000

Matthew Southgate +40000

John Huh +50000

Robby Shelton +50000

Sahith Theegala +50000

Sam Ryder +50000

JJ Spaun +50000

Edoardo Molinari +50000

Johannes Veerman +50000

Fabian Gomez +50000

Thomas Aiken +50000

Hayden Buckley +50000

Chan Kim +50000

Tyler Strafaci +50000

Akshay Bhatia +50000

Pierceson Coody +50000

Matthias Schmid +75000

Luis Fernando Barco +75000

Wade Ormsby +75000

Taylor Montgomery +75000

Rikuya Hoshino +75000

Dave Coupland +100000

Paul Barjon +100000

Joe Long +100000

Alvaro Ortiz +100000

Hayden Springer +100000

Brad Kennedy +100000

Charles Osborne +100000

Andrew Kozan +100000

Spencer Ralston +100000

Rick Lamb +100000

Yosuke Asaji +100000

Luis Gagne +100000

Chris Baker +100000

Christopher Crawford +100000

Zach Zaback +100000

Wilson Furr +100000

Zack Sucher +100000

Andy Pope +150000

Dylan Meyer +150000

Joe Highsmith +150000

Mario Carmona +150000

Carson Schaake +150000

Davis Shore +150000

Matthew Sharpstene +200000

Eric Cole +200000

Kyle Westmoreland +200000

Michael Johnson +200000

Roy Cootes +200000

Steve Allan +200000

Jimmy Hervol +200000

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