Two majors down, two more to go as the North Course of the Los Angeles Country Club will be home to this year’s U.S. Open.
There are 25 major champions in the field, including Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka, who have won the year’s first two majors.
In last year’s U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts, Matt Fitzpatrick hit an iconic bunker shot on the 72nd hole of his tournament onto the green, which eventually gave him a one-stroke win over Will Zalatoris, who barely missed a putt to force a playoff. Fitzpatrick will return to defend, but Zalatoris is out for the season, recovering from an injury.
The course layout looks to be possibly the most difficult on the PGA Tour this season. There are two par 3 holes that are over 280 yards long, six par 4s at least 480 yards long, and two par 5s at least 590 yards long. The USGA posted on social media the roughs on the course, where the ball just disappears, making for very difficult shots if a player misses the fairway or green.
According to bet365, 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win his second major, with two-time major champion Jon Rahm behind him. A player without any major victories that could win the tournament is Viktor Hovland, who now has the sixth-best odds to win the tournament thanks to a win at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday.
My prediction was hard. I do see Viktor Hovland winning a major this year, whether it be in Los Angeles or at The Open Championship in July. However, I have Hovland beating Max Homa and Jon Rahm on Sunday. Hovland is due for a major championship, Rahm will be on the leaderboard the entire week, and Homa played this course back in 2013 at the Pac-12 Championships, where he shot 61, a course record.
U.S. Open odds (via bet365)
- Scottie Scheffler* +700
- Jon Rahm* +900
- Rory McIlroy* +1100
- Brooks Koepka* +1100
- Patrick Cantlay +1400
- Viktor Hovland +1600
- Xander Schauffele +2000
- Collin Morikawa* +2500
- Jordan Spieth* +2500
- Cameron Smith* +2800
- Max Homa +2800
- Matt Fitzpatrick* +2800
- Tony Finau +3000
- Tyrrell Hatton +3000
- Justin Thomas*+3500
- Dustin Johnson* +3500
- Jason Day* +3500
- Cameron Young +3500
- Justin Rose* +3500
- Hideki Matsuyama* +4000
- Bryson DeChambeau* +4000
- Tommy Fleetwood +4000
- Sungjae Im +4500
- Shane Lowry* +5000
- Rickie Fowler +5500
- Sam Burns +6000
- Corey Conners +6000
- Wyndham Clark +6000
- Patrick Reed* +7000
- Adam Scott* +7000
- Mito Pereira +7500
- Joaquin Niemann +8000
- Si Woo Kim +8000
- Tom Kim +10000
- Keegan Bradley* +10000
- Sahith Theegala +11000
- Min Woo Lee +11000
- Russell Henley +11000
- Denny McCarthy +11000
- Cameron Davis +12500
- Harris English +12500
- Keith Mitchell +12500
- Matt Kuchar +12500
- Adrian Meronk +12500
- Chris Kirk +12500
- Gary Woodland* +15000
- Ryan Fox +15000
- Phil Mickelson* +15000
- Taylor Montgomery +15000
- Taylor Moore +15000
- Kurt Kitayama +17500
- Seamus Power +17500
- Sergio Garcia* +17500
- Kyoung-Hoon Lee +17500
- Sebastian Munoz +17500
- Patrick Rodgers +17500
- Victor Perez +20000
- Andrew Putnam +20000
- Tom Hoge +20000
- Eric Cole +20000
- Lucas Herbert +20000
- Emiliano Grillo +20000
- J.T. Poston +22500
- Jordan Smith +22500
- Nick Taylor +22500
- Adam Hadwin +25000
- Thomas Pieters +25000
- Brian Harman +25000
- Sepp Straka +25000
- Justin Suh +25000
- Pablo Larrazabal +25000
- Adam Schenk +25000
- Adam Svensson +27500
- Abraham Ancer +30000
- Sam Stevens +30000
- Alex Noren +30000
- Billy Horschel +35000
- Aaron Wise +35000
- Mackenzie Hughes +35000
- Francesco Molinari* +35000
- Austin Eckroat +35000
- Carlos Ortiz +35000
- Gordon Sargent +35000
- Taylor Pendrith +35000
- Hayden Buckley +35000
- Padraig Harrington* +40000
- Luke List +40000
- Michael Kim +40000
- Joel Dahmen +50000
- Michael Thorbjornsen +60000
- Stewart Cink* +60000
*major champion
How to watch (all times ET)
Thursday:
9:40 AM-1 PM: Peacock
1-8 PM: USA Network
8-11 PM: NBC
Friday:
9:40 AM-1 PM: Peacock
1-8 PM: USA Network
8-11 PM: NBC
Saturday:
1-11 PM: NBC
Sunday:
12-1 PM: Peacock
1-10 PM: NBC
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