Shinnecock Hills proved to be brutally tough Thursday morning in the opening round of the 2018 U.S. Open, and a number players pegged as potential winners fell victim to the swirling winds. The US Open 2018 begins on June 14, the same day as the Soccer World Cup, and that could affect viewership. There are, of course, a number of die-hard golf fans who will be watching, but casual viewers might instead turn to the spectacle of the opening game of soccer this year.

  1. Favorites For Us Open 2018 Leaderboard
  2. Favorites For Us Open 2018 Tennis
  3. Favorites For Us Open 2018 Calendar
  4. Favorites For Us Open 2018 Results
Tennis

The 118th U.S. Open is set to get underway this week at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Long Island, NY. This is considered by many one of the Top 5 courses in the world. Past champions include Raymond Floyd (1986), Corey Pavin (1995) and Retief Goosen (2004).

Golf purists rejoice as this will be a much more difficult test for the players after they took apart Erin Hills last year. Thanks to the addition of 10 new tees, the USGA has added 444 yards to the 2004 setup, which was still one of the toughest in U.S. Open history. It now stretches to 7,440 yards in length.
The course played to roughly a 73 average on the stock par 70 in each of the first three rounds in 2004, but that ballooned to 78.73 in the final round. It remains the highest mark for a finale in a tournament since data was first maintained in 1983.But the USGA won’t allow that again, so there will be wider fairways, and the greens won’t be as baked out, especially if they get the rain anticipated for Wednesday. After that, it will be perfect conditions for all four days of the tournament.

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2018

Now it’s time to give you my top four contenders as well as a long shot pick to win the 2018 U.S. Open. I factor in the odds with my picks to look for value. I’m not just going to pick the four favorites, because there is no value in that. But if you place a win bet on all five of the guys I list and one hits, you will be taking home a big payday come Sunday.

Best Bets: Top U.S. Open Contenders

Jordan Spieth (+1775) – Spieth just seems to show up in the majors. He has the best score to par in all majors since the start of 2015, and ranks 1st in many other categories when it pertains to majors. He worked on his long game this season and is hitting the driver better than he ever has. That work has led to a rare lapse in putting, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him find the stroke this week and put it all together. He won the US Open in 2015 and is second in strokes gained tee-to-green this season.

Rickie Fowler (+1685) – Has two Top 5s in his last four U.S. Open appearances. Fowler is still the best to not win a major on the PGA Tour, but some of that pressure has been lifted for this week. He just got engaged last week, and that sense of security could put his mind at ease. He also has a love for Shinnecock Hills and joined Tom Brady, Jimmy Dunne and Phil Mickelson for a practice round on a different course Tuesday, so he is feeling comfortable to say the least.

Phil Mickelson (+2800) – Mickelson is one of only five players who have played at U.S. Opens at Shinnecock in both 1995 and 2004. He place T4 in 1995 and solo 2nd in 2004. He loves the place, and he desperately wants to win the career Grand Slam in front of the fans in New York, who have treated him with nothing but love in previous U.S. Opens. He also turns 48 on Saturday, so the great vibes are there. This could be his last chance to win a U.S. Open, and the form he’s shown thus far this season gives me no reason to believe he won’t.

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Louis Oosthuizen (+6500) – Always seems to pop up near the top of the leaderboard at majors. Oosthuizen has Top 15s in five of his last seven starts. He is one of the best ball-strikers in the game and actually leads the TOUR in scrambling of all things this season. That will bode well for him at a place where scrambling will be of utmost importance. He finished T2 in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in 2015.

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Long Shot Pick

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Brandt Snedeker (+11500) – Comes in with great form after a T6 in Memphis last week, helped by a second-round 62. Has five Top 10s among eight Top 25s in 11 U.S. Open appearances. In fact, he is one of just four golfers with Top 10s in three of the last five U.S. Opens (Fowler, Day, Johnson). That track record in the toughest test in golf gives me no other choice but to take a shot on Snedeker at a huge price here.

Open

2018 US Open Betting Odds

Below you’ll find the complete odds for winning this year’s US Open from 5Dimes. We’ve included each golfer’s world rank, country, average points on tour this season, their current odds, how much those odds have changed since our last update, and our US Open probability to win, which is the percentage chance of winning given the current market odds on each player.

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5Dimes and other major books use money lines for futures odds like this as they are more nuanced and easier to understand than fractional odds, which make sense for something like 7/1, but breaks down once you start having to post odds at 9/5 or 15/17. The easiest way to think about these odds is that the + amount is the amount you would win with a $100 bet. For example, if you bet $100 on Dustin Johnston to win at +775, you’d win $775.

Favorites For Us Open 2018 Results

PlayerWorld RankCountryAvg PointsOddsChangeUS Open
Dustin Johnson1USA9.2820+775New8.65%
Justin Rose3ENG8.2782+1300New5.41%
Rory McIlroy6NIR7.0658+1400New5.05%
Justin Thomas2USA8.9947+1450New4.88%
Jason Day8AUS6.5743+1500New4.73%
Rickie Fowler7USA6.8714+1685New4.24%
Jon Rahm5ESP7.6781+1700New4.20%
Jordan Spieth4USA7.7787+1775New4.04%
Brooks Koepka9USA5.8157+2400New3.03%
Phil Mickelson20USA4.4546+2800New2.61%
Hideki Matsuyama10JPN5.5709+2800New2.61%
Henrik Stenson17SWE4.7614+2900New2.52%
Tiger Woods80USA1.7970+3000New2.44%
Branden Grace34RSA3.2575+3600New2.05%
Bryson DeChambeau22USA4.0677+4000New1.85%
Tommy Fleetwood12ENG5.1778+4500New1.65%
Paul Casey11ENG5.2366+5000New1.48%
Patrick Reed13USA5.1356+5000New1.48%
Marc Leishman14AUS4.8459+5000New1.48%
Sergio Garcia15ESP4.8026+6000New1.24%
Patrick Cantlay29USA3.4811+6000New1.24%
Louis Oosthuizen33RSA3.2750+6500New1.15%
Alex Noren16SWE4.7917+6600New1.13%
Tony Finau37USA3.0861+6600New1.13%
Webb Simpson21USA4.1777+6600New1.13%
Adam Scott67AUS2.0256+7000New1.07%
Bubba Watson19USA4.5165+7500New1.00%
Matt Kuchar25USA3.8553+8000New0.93%
Jimmy Walker55USA2.3262+9000New0.83%
Emiliano Grillo52ARG2.3734+10000New0.75%
Brandt Snedeker89USA1.5881+11500New0.65%
Xander Schauffele26USA3.7178+12500New0.60%
Rafael Cabrera Bello24ESP3.8669+12500New0.60%
Byeong Hun An57KOR2.2821+12500New0.60%
Luke List54USA2.3596+12500New0.60%
Peter Uihlein49USA2.3839+14000New0.54%
Zach Johnson60USA2.1752+15000New0.50%
Shane Lowry85IRL1.6831+15000New0.50%
Tyrrell Hatton23ENG3.8706+15000New0.50%
Kyle Stanley38USA3.0450+15000New0.50%
Keegan Bradley69USA1.9606+15000New0.50%
Ian Poulter27ENG3.6637+17500New0.43%
Charl Schwartzel44RSA2.5726+17500New0.43%
Martin Kaymer118GER1.2935+17500New0.43%
Gary Woodland40USA2.7050+18500New0.41%
Jason Dufner53USA2.3711+20000New0.38%
Daniel Berger43USA2.6254+20000New0.38%
Matthew Fitzpatrick39ENG2.7999+20000New0.38%
Kiradech Aphibarnrat31THA3.4069+20000New0.38%
Siwoo Kim46KOR2.5158+20000New0.38%
Steve Stricker134USA1.1536+20000New0.38%
Russell Henley58USA2.2536+20000New0.38%
Aaron Wise71USA1.9486+20000New0.38%
Brian Harman28USA3.5480+20000New0.38%
Brendan Steele48USA2.3971+22500New0.33%
Adam Hadwin47CAN2.5018+25000New0.30%
Patrick Rodgers128USA1.2137+25000New0.30%
Trey Mullinax164USA0.9921+25000New0.30%
Chez Reavie50USA2.3796+25000New0.30%
Graeme McDowell172NIR0.9600+27500New0.27%
Thorbjorn Olesen73DEN1.9248+27500New0.27%
Ollie Schniederjans98USA1.4534+30000New0.25%
Pat Perez32USA3.3468+30000New0.25%
Ross Fisher41ENG2.6663+30000New0.25%
Kevin Kisner30USA3.4492+30000New0.25%
Charles Howell III59USA2.2142+35000New0.22%
Cameron Smith42AUS2.6279+35000New0.22%
Alexander Levy51FRA2.3744+37500New0.20%
Bill Haas88USA1.5972+40000New0.19%
Braden Thornberry797USA0.1601+40000New0.19%
Danny Willett413ENG0.4335+40000New0.19%
Dylan Frittelli61RSA2.1701+40000New0.19%
Haotong Li45CHN2.5357+40000New0.19%
Kevin Chappell56USA2.3245+40000New0.19%
Lucas Glover107USA1.3626+40000New0.19%
Ryan Fox124NZL1.2382+40000New0.19%
Sam Burns171USA0.9650+40000New0.19%
Shubhankar Sharma76IND1.8339+40000New0.19%
Satoshi Kodaira35JPN3.2134+45000New0.17%
Scott Stallings155USA1.0502+50000New0.15%
Juan Sebastian Munoz277COL0.6508+50000New0.15%
Roberto Castro262USA0.6858+50000New0.15%
Matt Wallace90ENG1.5860+50000New0.15%
Paul Waring247ENG0.7095+50000New0.15%
Richy Werenski227USA0.7613+50000New0.15%
Sungjae Im105KOR1.3902+50000New0.15%
Harold Varner III167USA0.9705+50000New0.15%
Matt Jones302AUS0.5930+50000New0.15%
Jhonattan Vegas70VEN1.9509+50000New0.15%
Jim Furyk279USA0.6455+50000New0.15%
Andrew Johnston147ENG1.0872+50000New0.15%
Dean Burmester114RSA1.3126+60000New0.13%
Doug Ghim1220USA0.0613+60000New0.13%
Russell Knox145SCO1.1089+60000New0.13%
Aaron Baddeley244AUS0.7170+70000New0.11%
Tom Lewis434ENG0.4003+72500New0.10%
Tyler Duncan402USA0.4458+75000New0.10%
Theo Humphrey(a)USA(a)+75000New0.10%
Scott Piercy181USA0.9251+75000New0.10%
Rikuya Hoshino311JPN0.5732+75000New0.10%
Shintaro Ban(a)USA(a)+75000New0.10%
Shota Akiyoshi183JPN0.9214+75000New0.10%
Richie Ramsay168SCO0.9686+75000New0.10%
Lanto Griffin328USA0.5420+75000New0.10%
Brian Gay139USA1.1382+75000New0.10%
Brian Stuard263USA0.6853+75000New0.10%
Kristoffer Reitan(a)NOR(a)+80000New0.09%
James Morrison355ENG0.5040+80000New0.09%
Matthew Southgate189ENG0.8989+80000New0.09%
Michael Hebert750USA0.1805+80000New0.09%
Mackenzie Hughes248CAN0.7026+80000New0.09%
Ernie Els696RSA0.2135+80000New0.09%
Jason Scrivener186AUS0.9065+80000New0.09%
Matthieu Pavon213FRA0.8034+80000New0.09%
Ted Potter Jr84USA1.6921+80000New0.09%
Dylan Meyer(a)USA(a)+90000New0.08%
Kenny Perry1994USA+90000New0.08%
Luis Gagne(a)CRC(a)+100000New0.08%
Michael Miller1151USA0.0735+100000New0.08%
Michael Putnam1053USA0.0919+100000New0.08%
Mickey DeMorat(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Noah Goodwin1994USA+100000New0.08%
Matt Parziale1994USA+100000New0.08%
Eric Axley390USA0.4631+100000New0.08%
David Bransdon450AUS0.3820+100000New0.08%
David Gazzolo1472USA0.0318+100000New0.08%
Cameron Wilson1994USA+100000New0.08%
Chris Naegel1098USA0.0832+100000New0.08%
Chris Babcock1994USA+100000New0.08%
Chun An Yu(a)TPE(a)+100000New0.08%
Cole Miller1994USA+100000New0.08%
Jacob Bergeron(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Garrett Rank1994CAN+100000New0.08%
Harry Ellis(a)ENG(a)+100000New0.08%
Ryan Evans301ENG0.5939+100000New0.08%
Wen-Chong Liang491CHN0.3333+100000New0.08%
Will Grimmer(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Will Zalatoris1994USA+100000New0.08%
Stewart Hagestad(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Sulman Raza(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Sung Joon Park1634KOR0.0223+100000New0.08%
Tyler Strafaci(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Tim Wilkinson770NZL0.1711+100000New0.08%
Timothy Wiseman(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Michael Block1994USA+100000New0.08%
Rhett Rasmussen(a)USA(a)+100000New0.08%
Philip Barbaree1994USA+100000New0.08%
Sebastian Vazquez1399MEX0.0376+100000New0.08%
Scott Gregory1294ENG0.0500+100000New0.08%
Ryan Lumsden(a)SCO(a)+100000New0.08%
Calum Hill(a)SCO(a)+100000New0.08%
Franklin Huang(a)USA(a)+200000New0.04%
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