Previously published at Geek Brand Media
A Favorite
Scottie
Scheffler is the favorite to win the 2023 US Open at +750 and Jon Rahm is No. 2
in the world. However, my pick to win the US Open as a favorite is Brooks Koepka
at +950. Koepka shot up the list of the odds on with winning the US Open after
a first place showing in the PGA Championship in May. He was part of the final
paring at Augusta National Golf Club in the Masters and finished tied for
second.
Koepka has the
game for majors in tournaments, placing in the top five in eight of his last 18
events. He has a history for success in the US Open, winning back-to-back titles
in 2017 and 2018.
A Few Contenders
My Number One contender to win the 2023 US Open is Xander Schauffele at +1700. He joined the European Tour in 2018 and, in January of 2019 on the PGA Tour, he won the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii. More recently, Schauffele tied for seventh in the 2021 US Open before placing 14th in the US Open last year. He tied for 10th in the 2023 Masters to start this season’s majors tournaments.
Viktor Hovland is a Norwegian golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. At +1900 odds, he is one of the legitimate contenders to win the 2023 US Open. Hovland won the 2023 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club to raise his stakes to win this tournament. The 25-year-old has not been a factor in recent US Open tournaments over the past few years, but he has finished in the Top 10 in three other major tournaments in a row going back to the 2022 Open Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.
From 2019 and
2023, Jordan Spieth has finished in the Top 5 of two Masters, one PGA
Championship and one Open Championship. The only major tournament that he is not
represented is the US Open. Spieth won the 2015 US Open Championship, but his
best effort in the last five years was a tie for 19th in 2021. With
+2400 odds to win this US Open, he is one of the legitimate contenders that can
make an appearance Sunday in the last few rounds.
One Live Longshot
Adam Scott has
played consistently in the US Open for the last four years. He tied for seventh
in 2019 and he made the Top 50 in 2020 to 2022. Scott’s best performance in the
US Open was a back-to-back Top 10 finish in 2014 and 2015. At the age of 42, he
is a live longshot (+9000) to win this year. Scott has finished fifth in the
Well Fargo Championship and eighth in the AT&T Byron Nelson in May of this
year.