US Open 2010

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The US Open tees off on 17th June and bets are being taken now.

William Hill Online are offering the following odds on the top 6 players.  Each way bets pay a quarter in positions 1-5.

2010 U.S. Open - Tournament Winner

7/1 Phil Mickelson
7/1 Tiger Woods
9/1 Lee Westwood
22/1 Padraig Harrington
25/1 Rory McIlroy
28/1 Ernie Els

and to compare those odds -  OddsMaker Sportsbook (USA OK) are offering the following (top 6 bets)

Phil Mickelson      +500  ((5/1
Tiger Woods      +800  (8/1)
Lee Westwood    +1,200 (12/1)
Padraig Harrington +1,500  (15/1)
Anthony Kim    +2,500 (25/1)
Ernie Els    +3,000 (30/1)

Who do you fancy to win the US Open?  Will Tiger Woods do it again after all the goings on with him?

Good luck whoever you choose.

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You only have today to put your US open bets on.  Time is of the essence.

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FIRST ROUND SCORES

USA unless stated, par 71

69 Brendon De Jonge, Paul Casey (Eng), Shaun Micheel

70 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Mike Weir (Can), K J Choi (Kor), Ian Poulter (Eng), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Alex Cejka (Ger)

71 Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell (NIrl), David Toms, Luke Donald (Eng)

72 Jerry Kelly, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Jason Allred, Jason Dufner, Zach Johnson,
Matt Bettencourt, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Kenny Perry, Ricky Barnes, Justin Leonard, Jim Furyk, Bo Van Pelt, Tim Clark (Rsa), Scott Verplank, Ross McGowan (Eng)

73 Matthew Richardson (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), David Frost (Rsa), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Peter Hanson (Swe), Steve Marino, Russell Henley, Ernie Els (Rsa), Craig Barlow, Pablo Martin (Spa), Gregory Havret (Fra), Stuart Appleby (Aus), Y.E. Yang (Kor), Kent Jones, Hugo Leon, Lucas Glover, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Padraig Harrington (Irl)

74 Seung-yul Noh (Kor), Tiger Woods, Ross Fisher (Eng), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Steve Wheatcroft, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Vijay Singh (Fij), Lee Westwood (Eng), Stephen Ames (Can), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Gareth Maybin (NIrl), Matt Kuchar, Fred Funk, Erick Justesen, John Rollins, Azuma Yano (Jpn), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Robert Allenby (Aus)

75 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Ty Tryon, David Duval, Heath Slocum, Robert Karlsson (Swe), Scott Langley, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Jon Curran, Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Charles Warren, Steve Stricker, Retief Goosen (Rsa), Davis Love III, Eric Axley, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Phil Mickelson, Arjun Atwal (Ind), Jason Preeo, Morgan Hoffmann, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Brandt Snedeker, Robert Gates, Ryan Moore

76 Nick Watney, Kaname Yokoo (Jpn), Andrew Putnam, Hudson Swafford, Gary Woodland, Tom Lehman, Rafael Echenique (Arg), Kent Eger (Can), Stewart Cink,
Simon Dyson (Eng), Simon Khan (Eng), Paul Goydos, Sean O'Hair, Jim Herman, Jason Gore

77 Michael Sim (Aus), Chris Stroud, Erik Compton, Adam Scott (Aus), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Rikard Karlberg (Swe), John Mallinger, Bob Estes, Yuta Ikeda
(Jpn), Marc Leishman (Aus), Rocco Mediate, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Rich Barcelo

78 Kenny Kim (Swe), Brian Gay, Soren Hansen (Den), Harrison Frazar, Ben Curtis, Jerry Smith, Ben Martin, Gary Boyd (Eng), Michael Campbell (Nzl), Tom Watson, Rhys Davies (Wal), Steve Allan (Aus), Terry Pilkadaris (Aus), Derek Lamely, James Morrison (Eng), Hunter Mahan, Camilo Villegas (Col)

79 Francesco Molinari (Ita), J J Henry, Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Joseph Bramlett, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Daniel Summerhays, Alex Martin

80 Brian Davis (Eng), John Senden (Aus), Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Kevin Na, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Ben Crane, Dan Mccarthy, Paul Sheehan (Aus)

81 Bennett Blakeman, Travis Hampshire, Deane Pappas (Rsa)

82 Mark Silvers

83 Kevin Phelan

86 Blaine Peffley

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Top 10 leaders after round 2:

1. Graeme McDowell      -3 (139)
2. Ernie Els                    -1 (141)    
3. Ryo Ishikawa             -1 (141)    
4. Dustin Johnson          -1 (141)    
5. Phil Mickelson             -1 (141)    
6. Paul Casey                  E (142)    
7. Alex Cejka                  E (142)    
8. Jerry Kelly                   E (142)    
9. Brendon de Jonge        E (142)    
10. K.J. Choi                    +1 (143)

35    Tiger Woods             +4 (146)

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Looks like Tiger Woods had a good day.  Here are the top 10 leaders.

1.  Dustin Johnson    -6
2.  Graeme McDowell    -3     
3.  Tiger Woods    -1     
4.  Ernie Els    E     
5.  Gregory Havret    E     
6.  Phil Mickelson    +1     
7.  Ryo Ishikawa    +3     
8.  Alex Cejka    +3     
9.  Tim Clark    +3     
10.  Martin Kaymer    +4

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Top 10 US Open final results - not bad for playing golf for 4 days.

1    Graeme McDowell +3     won    $1,350,000
2    Gregory Havret  +1    won   $810,000
3    Ernie Els  +2  won    $480,687
T4    Phil Mickelson  +3    won $303,119
T4    Tiger Woods   +3    won $303,119
T6    Matt Kuchar +4    won $228,255
T6    Davis Love III +4    won $228,255
T8    Brandt Snedeker +5    won $177,534
T8    Martin Kaymer  +5    won $177,534
T8    Alex Cejka +5    won $177,534