The prevailing sentiment heading into the U.S. Open at Oakmont (Pa.) Nation Membership is that the event will come all the way down to massive weapons Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy. Whereas which will find yourself being the case, there are a couple of intriguing lengthy pictures able to play spoiler within the Thursday-Sunday event.
Listed below are three:
Jordan Spieth
There was a time when Spieth entered main championships as the favourite to win, however that is not true. The 31-year-old has dropped to No. 47 within the Official World Golf Ranking, and he has gone 9 straight main begins and not using a top-10 end.
Regardless of his struggles over the previous few years, Spieth is quietly putting together a solid season. In 14 starts, the American has seven top-20 finishes and four top-10s. He also ranks seventh on the PGA Tour in strokes gained from off the tee over the past three months. Driver will be the most important club in the bag at Oakmont, and Spieth is grooving it off the tee with a ton of confidence now.
Harris English
Many players fall apart when the rough grows out, the greens get firm and fast and pars start to feel like bogeys. English is just the opposite. The five-time PGA Tour winner plays his best in difficult scoring conditions, as evidenced by his three top-10 finishes in his past five U.S. Open appearances.
