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After a week of complete and total insanity, the golf world seeks a reprieve with the third major championship of the year arriving to provide that much-needed relief. The focus will return to the golf and a championship trophy. With that comes a detailed look at who’s expected to play well and ultimately contend for the 123rd U.S. Open.
With the current crop of tremendous players, it’s always difficult to sort these lists out; however, coming into this major, three players stand clear of the rest of the field. Brooks Koepka, Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm are a trio that has won eight times globally this year, with the first two majors among those victories. They are the three favorites, according to Caesars Sportsbook, and for good reason beyond those victories: The trio has a collective five top 10 finishes at majors this year. It’s simply difficult to see anyone usurping all three of them this week at Los Angeles Country Club.
Beyond that trio, though, the parsing of the field becomes trickier. Viktor Hovland is probably playing the best golf beyond the triumvirate. After him, though, you could reasonably rank Nos. 5-11 in almost any order. This despite the sterling but victory lacking play we’ve seen from Rory McIlroy at recent majors.
Let’s break it all down as we look ahead to LACC, this much anticipated U.S. Open and who has the chance of getting what would certainly be a life- and career-changing victory.
2023 U.S. Open field, ranked
1. Brooks Koepka (Won in 2017-18): From 2017-21, Koepka lost to four golfers at the U.S. Open. It’s a remarkable run that, when combined with his recent PGA Championship victory, means that while he may not be the top favorite at LACC, he may well be the man to beat. Koepka is often difficult to figure out because he doesn’t play much these days, and even when he did in the past, we always got a much different major championship Brooks than…
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