US Open Golf 2015: Odds for Sleepers and Favorites Heading into Chambers Bay

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Published: June 15, 2015

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We should know by now to expect the unexpected in the U.S. Open. Whether it's the likes of Michael Campbell (2005) and Angel Cabrera (2007) outlasting an in-form Tiger Woods, Webb Simpson getting hot at the right time in 2012 or the lack of American winners (three) over the last 11 years, this tournament is always jam-packed with intrigue.

That quality is taken up another notch this year, as Chambers Bay—a course that was just opened in 2007—will play host to the nation's most prestigious tournament. Why does Chambers Bay add another fascinating element to this year's event? Well, simply because it's unlike any other U.S. Open track.

Rather than the usual narrow-fairway, slick-green, tree-lined American tracks, Chambers Bay has more of a links feel. It has extremely wide fairways, large greens, plenty of fescue and barely any trees on the course's open layout. It almost feels more like an Open Championship track.

The course has received plenty of criticism from the tournament's contenders, and Ryan Palmer didn't pull any punches when speaking about it during an interview with Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post:

As far as the greens are concerned, it's not a championship golf course—not with the way some of the greens are and the pin placements they can put out there. [Davis'] idea of tee boxes is ridiculous. That's not golf. I don't care what anybody says. It will get a lot of bad press from the players. It is a joke. I don't understand it. I just don't know why they would do it.

Palmer and some other players may not like the setup, but, hey, someone has to win.

That said, let's take a look at the current Vegas odds for the tournament's favorites and sleepers as we anxiously await to see how the field is able to navigate Chambers Bay.

 

U.S. Open Odds



All tournament odds courtesy of Odds Shark.

  Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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