Story By: Sol Tucker
Photos By: Sol Tucker
Pebble Beach, CA–
As a golfer there are plenty of once in a lifetime experiences or ones you would like to add to the bucket list of places you have played or visited. There is one that few may or may not add to the list, Pebble Beach. If you are one of the best on the PGA Tour, this 2019 U.S Open is one that you dream of winning especially for guys like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson.
Having played one of the most legendary courses just under two years ago, I can see why players are more than excited about today’s opening round. The smell in the air when you walk outside of the clubhouse and the feel of these fairways and greens is like no other.
Do you know someone who collects that game used dirt from a World Series or last game at a stadium? Well this is a course where you sort of want to take some grass with you and bottle it up and think about the ability to play the best course and if your a PGA pro, then think about filling that bottle with the huge paycheck and walking off into the sunset of the famed Ocean Course with a major. Just walking off this course after 18 is special, we can’t even imagine what its like waking up this morning for Tiger, Brooks, Dustin.. any of these guys who are looking at that hardware on the horizon.
Can Koepka come in and win his third straight? With the way he has been playing, there is no doubt he wants to become the Number 1 player in the world and he will attack these pins hard over the weekend.
Here are some of the odds going into the weekend. You think we go to Vegas and take one of the top two?
Dustin Johnson 7-1
Brooks Koepka 8-1
Tiger Woods 10-1
Rory McIlroy 10-1
Jordan Spieth 14-1
Patrick Cantlay 16-1
Justin Rose 20-1
Rickie Fowler 20-1
Justin Thomas 25-1
Jon Rahm 25-1
Jason Day 25-1
Xander Schauffele 25-1
Adam Scott 30-1
Tommy Fleetwood 30-1
Phil Mickelson 30-1
Francesco Molinari 35-1
Tony Finau 35-1
Hideki Matsuyama 40-1
Matt Kuchar 40-1
Bryson DeChambeau 50-1
Paul Casey 50-1
Webb Simpson 50-1
Brandt Snedeker 50-1
Henrik Stenson 60-1
Marc Leishman 60-1
Martin Kaymer 60-1
Gary Woodland 80-1
Patrick Reed 80-1
Shane Lowry 80-1
Sergio Garcia 100-1
Louis Oosthuizen 100-1
Matt Wallace 100-1
Kevin Kisner 100-1
Graeme McDowell 100-1