2017 US Open Golf Betting Trends and Preview

by BetPunk

The US Open is the most difficult of all four majors. A steady hand and stable mind is required to play the challenging course over the four day tournament. This year’s US Open is at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin. This will be the 117th edition of the US Open. This year, the field consists of 156 golfers playing for a tournament record $12 million in prizes.

Betting Trends

• Last 10 winners of the US Open were under the age of 37
• If you won The Masters, there is a 90% chance you will not win the US Open. From the last 10 years, 9 did not go on to win the US Open that year.
• However, 8 of the last 10 US Open champions made the cut at The Masters.
• No US Open champion has won back to back titles since 1988 and 1989 when Curtis Strange did it.
• Hottest Golfers going into the US Open – Kevin Kisner +4000, Jason Dufner +5000, Matt Kuchar +6600, Brian Harman +20000 and Billy Horschel +8000 round out top 5 in the tourney. Odds are courtesy of Bovada and stats from golfstats.com

Pinnacle Sports shared with us that the weather for this US Open may play a big factor. With this in mind, data referring to greens in regulation (GIR), scrambling (making par after missing a GIR) and strokes gained (SG) from tee-to-green should be the focus of attention. Below is a chart on the best golfers in these categories.

Odds to Win

Last year’s champion, Dustin Johnson is the betting favorite at +803 while Rory McIlroy is +1227, Jason Day is +1491 and Jordan Spieth is +1602 round out the top four. Here are is the full list of US Open Championship Odds from Pinnacle Sports.