Golf Betting: US Open Tips From Winged Foot Where Jon Rahm Can Capture Maiden Major
John Rahm, 2nd in total driving in 2020, can power his way to victory at Winged Foot
The course: Winged Foot West Course, par 70, yards 7,477
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Course correlation: Not correlated as such but I expect Winged Foot to play similarly to the likes of Harding Park and more so Olympia Fields. I'd pay close attention to those two recent leaderboards.
Chicken Nuggets: Any shorter hitter featuring here down the stretch come sunday will likely be an outlier in terms of form. They will be at a big disadvantage at Winged Foot in 2020
They said: “The golf course gets tough on the first tee and never gets any easier,” “That’s why it’s a great golf course. You can’t make a mistake and get away with it here.” - Jack Nicklaus
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Course fit-o-meter rating: 8.93
progressive form rating: 10
price value: 7
Player ability: 9.08
Overall value bet strength: 8.75
Tip 2: Tony Finau 33/1 EW / FRL
Once again Tony is overpriced in the big events. It's no coincidence he is up there repeatedly on the biggest and toughest courses. His tee to green game is up there with the best, and his ability to grind it out and make par. Hypothetically the more rounds they play at Winged Foot the closer Tony would get to the summit. 5th at Olympia Fields shooting -4 on Sunday when everyone was struggling for par.
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The US Open at Winged Foot brings back memories of around the time it all
began for me. I had a few quid EW on Geoff Ogilvy, and of my more vivid memories
of the 2006 US Open, the contenders all fell over the line in what was a war of
attrition at a brutal Winged Foot. I got more serious about my golf betting
around this stage after being enthralled in this event.
Geoff was one I highly
rated for about 5 years and he was usually overpriced. Indeed he is one of my biggest winners in the long term book. The top 5 in the 06 US
Open was a mix of sprayers and plotters but there was an overall theme on the
leaderboard of mental fortitude and grinders. The best at the time were the guys
who featured. I expect no less this season where there will be no pretenders
come the 72nd hole on Sunday.
“With its wonderfully challenging green complexes and dogleg holes that
emphasize proper placement off the tee, Winged Foot offers the best players in
the world a spectacular test of golf,” - Mike Davis.
Here are my US Open 20 vs the field rankings with fair odds to 100%, and
course fit numbers. If you click to the spreadsheet and sort in order of course
fit rating, you'll see Rory has a significant edge on the field here. He will
likely be a drifter this week on the exchange pre off so this is perhaps an
angle to watch
(click link to access spreadsheet)
The course: Winged Foot West Course, par 70, yards 7,477
Key features
The track this week will be probably the toughest the players face all year. It's long with average width fairways and brutal rough tee to green. It features dog legs on most holes so emphasis is really on the best drivers that can shape it both ways (mainly more right to left) rather than one way big hitters
There will be a huge premium on approaches from distance into large sloping back to front greens (Bent/Poa blend), with run up false fronts. Deep bunkers and thick rough surround the greens and this week distance control will be pivotal given these false fronts and raised backs of the greens. Go long and you'll bound off the back drops and into the thick spinach. Good luck getting up and down. Many greens are rectangular in structure. They are extremely undulating and slick (over 13' on the stimp).
Target player profile: Your Tee to green expert grinders will be the last men standing
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(or your own estimates) to get extremely accurate course fit scoresCourse correlation: Not correlated as such but I expect Winged Foot to play similarly to the likes of Harding Park and more so Olympia Fields. I'd pay close attention to those two recent leaderboards.
Chicken Nuggets: Any shorter hitter featuring here down the stretch come sunday will likely be an outlier in terms of form. They will be at a big disadvantage at Winged Foot in 2020
They said: “The golf course gets tough on the first tee and never gets any easier,” “That’s why it’s a great golf course. You can’t make a mistake and get away with it here.” - Jack Nicklaus
"A controlled shot to a
closely-guarded green is the surest test of any man's golf," AW Tillinghast
US Open Selected Tips
All tips, advice and sub market plays from both the Euro and PGA Tour are only available through the
weekly members email. Make sure to join (a beer ) if you want all selections and key insight Note: The model and player ratings are formed from my Course fit profiling Ebook which you can check out in detail or buy through the link.
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Tip 1: Jon Rahm 10/1 EW
2nd in total driving in 2020, current world no.2 Rahm has been to play Winged Foot in the last few weeks and he has the perfect game for the test. He plays predominantly with a fade but can easily draw the ball and shape it any way, high or low, somewhat reflected in his total driving stats. Rahm has 2 wins in his last handful or so of starts and comes here 6-1-6 current form wise
2nd in total driving in 2020, current world no.2 Rahm has been to play Winged Foot in the last few weeks and he has the perfect game for the test. He plays predominantly with a fade but can easily draw the ball and shape it any way, high or low, somewhat reflected in his total driving stats. Rahm has 2 wins in his last handful or so of starts and comes here 6-1-6 current form wise
Screenshot above shows Jon Rahm Profile from my eBook
Course fit-o-meter rating: 8.93
progressive form rating: 10
price value: 7
Player ability: 9.08
Overall value bet strength: 8.75
Tip 2: Tony Finau 33/1 EW / FRL
Once again Tony is overpriced in the big events. It's no coincidence he is up there repeatedly on the biggest and toughest courses. His tee to green game is up there with the best, and his ability to grind it out and make par. Hypothetically the more rounds they play at Winged Foot the closer Tony would get to the summit. 5th at Olympia Fields shooting -4 on Sunday when everyone was struggling for par.
course fit-o-meter rating: 8.41
progressive form rating: 8.86
price value: 8.5
Player ability: 8.33
Overall value bet strength: 8.53
Tip 3: Adam Scott 50/1 EW / FRL
Scotty has come more onto my radar as the week has gone on and the drift continues. The more I refer to the US Open at winged foot being a war of attrition the more I think about Adam Scott's record at Riviera which is exactly the same type of test. Essentially Scotty tee to greens his opponents into submission while the whole field 3 and 4 putts. Tony Finau-esque. He had a nice warm up at Olympia Fields and tourney no. 4 could be optimal timing.
progressive form rating: 8.86
price value: 8.5
Player ability: 8.33
Overall value bet strength: 8.53
Tip 3: Adam Scott 50/1 EW / FRL
Scotty has come more onto my radar as the week has gone on and the drift continues. The more I refer to the US Open at winged foot being a war of attrition the more I think about Adam Scott's record at Riviera which is exactly the same type of test. Essentially Scotty tee to greens his opponents into submission while the whole field 3 and 4 putts. Tony Finau-esque. He had a nice warm up at Olympia Fields and tourney no. 4 could be optimal timing.
course fit-o-meter rating: 8.62
progressive form rating: 7.43
price value: 8.5
Player ability: 8.82
Overall value bet strength: 8.34
Tip 4: Bernd Wiesberger 150/1+ Top Euro EW 50/1 / FRL (best 72 hole score market)
Bernd is one of the European Tour's undercover tee to green expert ball strikers when it comes to the world stage. He's a serial winner with strong mentality who has shown in majors before a squeak of what might be to come. He's plenty big in a myriad of markets this week to show his ability. Bernd's low ball flight fairway finders off the tee and his long iron ability (rank: 10/10 in my profiling manual) will stand him in good stead here and he could be a dark horse.
progressive form rating: 7.43
price value: 8.5
Player ability: 8.82
Overall value bet strength: 8.34
Tip 4: Bernd Wiesberger 150/1+ Top Euro EW 50/1 / FRL (best 72 hole score market)
Bernd is one of the European Tour's undercover tee to green expert ball strikers when it comes to the world stage. He's a serial winner with strong mentality who has shown in majors before a squeak of what might be to come. He's plenty big in a myriad of markets this week to show his ability. Bernd's low ball flight fairway finders off the tee and his long iron ability (rank: 10/10 in my profiling manual) will stand him in good stead here and he could be a dark horse.
course fit-o-meter rating: 8.7
progressive form rating: 7.86
price value: 10
Player ability: 8.56
Overall value bet strength: 8.78
US Open Outsiders and sub market plays can be found through my Nicspicks
progressive form rating: 7.86
price value: 10
Player ability: 8.56
Overall value bet strength: 8.78
US Open Outsiders and sub market plays can be found through my Nicspicks
weekly members email #FRLdarThe weekly selections and ratings are bred from my
Course fit profiling manual ebook which you can check out in detail or buy through the link.. Player and course profiles in the eBook also supply data you can use to plug into my interactive course fit ratings model at the bottom of this website. The ebook is designed to flag up potential winners well ahead of all yearly tournaments
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