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BROOKLINE - The third major of the season, the U.S. Open is one of five events on the 2021-22 PGA TOUR Season that awards 600 FedEx Cup points to the winner of the tournament. Others include, The PLAYERS Championship (won by Cameron Smith), Masters (Scottie Scheffler), PGA Championship (Justin Thomas), and the U.S. Open and The Open Championship. The 2022 U.S. Open field includes 29 of the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings, led by No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (No. 24 J.J. Spaun is not in the field).
The Country Club is hosting the U.S. Open for the fourth time (1913/Francis Ouimet, 1963/Julius Boros, 1988/Curtis Strange; all won in playoffs). The Country Club also hosted the 1999 Ryder Cup, won by the United States.
Three players have finished in the Top 10 in the season's first two majors. Since 2004, eight players have finished in the Top 10 in each of the season's four majors: Jon Rahm (2021), Brooks Koepka (2019), Jordan Spieth (2015), Rickie Fowler (2014), Tiger Woods (2005), Vijay Singh (2005), Ernie Els (2004) and Phil Mickelson (2004).
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U.S. Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
YARDS/PAR: 7,245 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT(S): Willie Campbell (1895); recently Gil Hanse (2013)
PRIZE Money - Purse/Winner’s Share in 2021: $12,500,000/$2,250,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jon Rahm
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 600
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup #USOpengolf
TV COVERAGE: The first round (June 16) is scheduled for TV coverage from 9:30pm to 2:00pm (ET) on USA Network and 5:00-7:00pm (ET) on NBC. Second-round (June 17) TV coverage from 3:00pm to 6pm (ET) on USA Network. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on USA Network and 3:00 to 6:00pm (ET) on NBC.
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on Peacock: Streaming coverage will be featured on Peacock Thursday from 6:45am to 9:30am (ET) and Friday from 6:45am to 6pm (ET). Weekend streaming on Peacock from 7:45am to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of The Memorial beginning at 12:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday’s coverage will air 1:00pm to 6:00pm (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
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U.S. Open | The Basics
The Tee Times at The Country Club start at 6:45am (ET) and go to 2:42pm (ET).
Weather: One of the oldest cliches is a perfect fit for the oldest golf course in the land. If you want to know the weather forecast for this week’s U.S. Open, just wait ten minutes. Thursday opening round forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and 71-degrees. Friday weather forecast is for cloudy skies, scattered and isolated thunderstorms, a 40% chance of rain.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 6:30am (ET) on Thursday.
U.S. Open - Field and Tee Times:
The Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
U.S. Open | Tournament Odds
Source: CBS Sports
Rory McIlroy: 10-1
Scottie Scheffler: 12-1
Justin Thomas: 12-1
Jon Rahm: 14-1
Cameron Smith: 20-1
Collin Morikawa: 22-1
Jordan Spieth: 22-1
Matt FItzpatrick: 22-1
Patrick Cantlay: 22-1
Xander Schauffele: 22-1
Will Zalatoris: 25-1
Shane Lowry: 25-1
Viktor Hovland: 25-1
Sam Burns: 25-1
Joaquin Niemann: 35-1
Tony Finau: 35-1
Brooks Koepka: 35-1
Hideki Matsuyama: 35-1
Cameron Young: 40-1
Billy Horschel: 40-1
Daniel Berger: 40-1
Max Homa: 40-1
Dustin Johnson: 40-1
Sungjae Im: 45-1
Tommy Fleetwood: 50-1
Corey Conners: 50-1
Mito Pereira: 50-1
Davis Riley: 60-1
Justin Rose: 60-1
Abraham Ancer: 65-1
Louis Oosthuizen: 65-1
Tyrrell Hatton: 70-1
Webb Simpson: 70-1
Keegan Bradley: 80-1
Talor Gooch: 80-1
Aaron Wise: 80-1
Harold Varner III: 80-1
Patrick Reed: 80-1
Bryson DeChambeau: 80-1
Gary Woodland: 100-1
Adam Scott: 100-1
Sergio Garcia: 100-1
Seamus Power: 100-1
Jason Kokrak: 100-1
Si Woo Kim: 125-1
Marc Leishman: 125-1
Russell Henley: 125-1
Sebastian Muñoz: 125-1
Tom Hoge: 150-1
Brian Harman: 150-1
Phil Mickelson: 150-1
Kevin Na: 150-1
K.H. Lee: 150-1
Francesco Molinari: 150-1
Thomas Pieters: 150-1
Alex Noren: 150-1
Luke List: 150-1
Stewart Cink: 200-1
Sam Horsfield: 200-1
Lucas Herbert: 200-1
Cameron Tringale: 200-1
Lanto Griffin: 200-1
Min Woo Lee: 200-1
Erik Van Rooyen: 200-1
Scott Stallings: 200-1
Joel Dahmen: 200-1
Patrick Rodgers: 200-1
Sepp Straka: 200-1
Kevin Kisner: 200-1
Adri Arnaus: 200-1
Victor Perez: 200-1
Harris English: 200-1
Ryan Fox: 200-1
Mackenzie Hughes: 200-1
Denny McCarthy: 200-1
Branden Grace: 200-1
Wyndham Clark: 250-1
Guido Migliozzi: 250-1
Matthew NeSmith: 250-1
Kurt Kitayama: 250-1
Troy Merritt: 250-1
Beau Hossler: 250-1
Joohyung Kim: 250-1
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: This week the PGA Fantasy Golf Tour is a home game for those of us residing in the Greater Boston area. … At the U.S. Open, the course is challenging, so accuracy will play a part of my choices. This week at The Country Club, I’m going with Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Sam Burns and the “hot” Justin Rose (60) last weekend in final round at RBC. Reserves: Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa. For the Tour One and Done game? Koepka.
What They’re Saying:
Power Rankings for The U.S. Open (PGATourCom)
Nine Things to Know About The Country Club (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
LIV Talk “Throwing a Black Cloud” Over U.S. Open (Golf Channel)
Is Pro Golf at a Breaking Point? (ESPNCom)
Guide to the U.S. Open at The Country Club (BostonCom)
Sports Gambling, Daily Fantasy & Industry News
Top Picks for the U.S. Open - (Action Net)
Expert Picks for the U.S. Open - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks for the Country Club - (PGATourCom)
U.S. Open: Picks, Odds, Predictions - (CBS Sports)
On This Day in Golf History
June 15, 1980 -Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record and won his fourth U.S. Open championship. With the Baltusrol Golf Club as the setting, Nicklaus set a tournament scoring record of (272), breaking his own record of (275) set in 1967 (also at Baltrusol). Nicklaus hadn’t won a tournament since 1978. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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