Taken Jamie Donaldson @ 600s.

Looks a huge price to me. ok, not the most reliable fella when under the gas, but got the job done in the desert, and a fine 7th place in last year's PGA. Big price.

Team finalised and all matched:

Dustybin +£2.5K
Pod +2K
J Rose +1.2K
A Scott +1K

Field -150

GL.

Thanks maggot, that does annoy me. Like your Donaldson call I am on

HEAVY RAIN forecast THURS

fri,sat,sun fine

Ski... Every week you make these stupid remarks about the weather..

They came off for potential lightning strikes in Austria this week, so it's not only in the USA.

Lightning is a killer, and in the USA, it can be commonplace, with so many weird weather fronts about.

Next time you have a storm round your way, feel free to go out into the middle of a field, and wave a 3 iron over your head.

Lee Trevino considers himself a very lucky man.

Siem,decent price

I'm choosing 6,working on it

Stevie Stricker
Kuch
Donald
Hunter......are just a few of my main selections

Nobody fancy the Tiger? I have went with Snedeker,Simpson,Oosthuizen,Stenson,Watson and Z Johnson - will probably add a few others, considering Furyk and have seen a lot of people talking up McIlroy, his price is tempting especially if it rains to soften up the course he could go seriously low but he has been so poor so far this year. At 30's I would be a serious player but never going to get that pre - tourney.

forget the yardage and dont fall into the trap that this is a short course,it would be short if you were hitting a driver off every tee ,but the pundits reckon that they,ll be keeping the driver in the bag for 15 holes

So what we need are stats on accuracy and distance with low irons.

Any suggestions?

Long not wadges.

Think we both need to sort our terminology.

so bad...jesus. im watching game of thrones whilst typing, it isnt going well

will give u my nap 11pm sunday

I must say the only thing i'm really disappointed with myself is not taking Mickleson when i saw him at 40 and put up money at 44.....My gut were screaming at me to take 40.

5 hours ahead xmoneyx

thx MW

gotta agree, everytime i hear the commentators talt about Donald being a good driver i want to slap them, it was all about his short game when he got to world number 1, once that cooled off he was back to being normal Luke

I look forward to the US Open every year as I enjoy a true test of golf more than anything and that is what the USGA try and serve up each year - a tournament where par means something. I have also enjoyed considerable success with my two biggest gambling wins coming with Rocco Mediate and then last year with Michael Thompson - despite neither of them winning! These big wins were down to trading or backing players in different markets but this year for this preview I have stuck to just the outright bets. I have stuck up three players ante post over the past few weeks and to be honest you can still get the same prices or better with enhanced place terms but I will kick off my preview with my main bet of the week - the man who made me a decent sum of money last year - Michael Thompson.
The former number one amateur in the world is a self confessed lover of tough golf courses as was borne out by his 2nd place finish at Olympic last year where he had also lost in the final of the US Amateur. His only other appearance in the US Open was in 2008 at Torrey Pines where he was low amateur finishing 28th. This year the three hardest scoring events on tour relative to par for the field have been the Masters, Honda Classic and Memorial and Thompson has been 25th (one poor round) 1st and then in his last event 8th at the Memorial. He has been hitting form again after an understandable spell in the doldrums after his win and I think he is a worth a big punt this week - 1.0 pt ew 150/1 6 places


I have been waiting for Padraig Harrington to hit form for a while after spotting an interesting link between him and the last winner of the US Open at Merion - David Graham. The Australian also won the US PGA Championship at Oakland Hills another tough par 70 course and one of his other tour wins was at Westchester which used to often be used as a warm up for the US Open in June as it is a similar course in a similar location. What got me interested in the Irishman is that he has won at Westchester and his PGA Championship win was at Oakland Hills as well. One odd little fact is that since the beginning of 2007 he has actually won more Majors than Tiger Woods - 3-2. He has been making lots of changes to his game of late and last week we started to see some positive signs they are working. As a lover of tough courses and a man who knows how to win a Major (or three) get him onside 0.4 ew 100/1


I tipped Rickie Fowler up a while ago when he started to show some form - mainly due to his superb record at Merion in the Walker Cup in 2009 where he went unbeaten 4/0. I thought he would be all the rage this week due to that stat but his form has tailed off and I am not sure he is such a strong bet now. However if any player in the field will be invigorated by the venue it could well be the All-American kid 0.4 ew 66/1


People seem to have forgotten what happened in the first Major of the year just a few months ago when Scott defeated Cabrera in a playoff. There really was very little to separate them and Cabrera has continued to play good golf often in events he has no past history in. The US Open he certainly has history in having won this Major in the State of Pennsylvania - write Angel Cabrera off at your peril 0.4 ew 80/1 6 places


That’s the ante post selections out the way - now to add the other players I have tipped this week.
Kevin Chappell seems to like the US Open - he was 3rd at Congressional in 2011 and then tied 10th last year which is quite impressive for a player who has yet to win on tour. He is definitely in good form as well having finished 2nd last time out at the tough Memorial event. He is one of the few players to have played Merion before in a USGA event having taken part in the US amateur here in 2005 where he shot an excellent 73 in the stroke play section before eventually exiting in the 3rd round of the match play. That experience will stand him in good stead and don’t be surprised to see him up there once again 0.3 ew 100/1 6 places.


Lastly I have put up a couple of rags who could easily belie their odds. Morgan Hoffman also played in the 2005 US Amateur although he didn’t fare as well as Chappell but he was only 16 at the time. He also played alongside Fowler in the 2009 Walker Cup where he acquitted himself well including winning his singles match. There is a lot to like about him and he did well last year when he qualified and finished 29th at Olympic. Whilst he can still be a bit hit and miss he can still boast a 30% top 10 strike rate on the main tour and Web.com tour since turning pro. With some positive course memories and returning to his native North East he could be a surprise package 0.1 ew 300/1 6 places


My previews wouldn’t be the same without one truly from left field and that comes in the shape of South African Jaco Van Zyl. On his home tour this year he has been in truly amazing form finishing 2/1/w/1/1 - I don’t care what level that maybe at - it is very consistent play largely down to some great swinging with his irons. He then had a break before re-appearing at Wentworth where he was a bit rusty but then easily qualified for this week at Walton Heath. He is sure to be inspired by the recent great run of South Africans in Majors and the odds compilers are giving him no respect 0.15 ew 400/1 6 places

well thats that then. Sorry TMM you wasted your time

Think it was Poulter who had put pictures up on twitter saying the only thing you could practice today was putting on your wellies