US Open Golf Betting 2011
The 2011 US Open will be the 111th annual staging of the US Open, beginning on Thursday, June 16, 2011 and concluding on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland. Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell is the defending champion.
Along with the season’s four other majors US Open Golf Betting 2011 promises to be one of the biggest Golf Betting events of the year. McDowell became the first European to win the event in 40 years last season, can he or one of the many Europeans that are congregated at the top of the world rankings make it back-to-back victories for Team Europe?
US Open Golf Winner Betting 2011
On 8 June 2011 Tiger Woods announced that he would not compete in the US Open Golf Betting 2011 due to injury - a strain to his left knee and mild strain to his left Achilles sustained during his third round of the US Masters. The 2008 US Open champion has struggled with injuries of late, has slipped out of the top 10 in the golf world rankings and has not won a major since he triumphed at this event 3 years ago.
Phil Mickelson is therefore the shortest priced American in the US Open Golf Betting 2011. Although ‘Lefty’s’ three triumphs in majors have all come in the US Masters at Augusta the 40-year-old – who will turn 41 on the opening day of this year’s US Open – has finished in second place in the US Open on no fewer than five separate occasions. A solid and reliable each-way bet.
The European challenge is lead, in the betting markets, by Englishman Lee Westwood - the Worksop born 38-year-old finished 3rd behind Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate in 2008 at Torrey Pines - and current world number one Luke Donald. Martin Kaymer and Rory McIlroy, sit just behind Mickelson in the US Open Golf Betting 2011. Defending champion Graeme McDowell is priced at around the 33/1 mark having begun the 2011 season in relatively poor form.
Congressional Country Club
The Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland will this year host the US Open for just the third time. The two other occasions that the event was played here were back in 1964 when Ken Venturi triumphed and in 1997 when Ernie Els beat Colin Montgomerie by one stroke.
Congressional has also hosted one USPGA Championship back in 1976 (won by Dave Stockton) and up until last season was the venue for the annual AT&T National, hosted by Tiger Woods.
Congressional has two 18-hole golf courses; the Blue Course and the Gold Course. It is the Blue Course that is used for the US Open Golf Betting 2011 and was designed by Devereux Emmet. The course plays to 7,250 yards consists of four par 3s and three par 5s. An intimidating and demanding 18th hole could go a long way to deciding the US Open Golf Betting 2011 champion.
For a full course guide see the official US Open page here.
US Open Betting Markets 2011
Betting on the US Open revolves largely around the winners market. After all, that is what all the players are there for; to win. However, there are many other US Open Golf Betting 2011 markets that allow you to pit your wits and knowledge against the bookmakers.
Online bookmakers offer 18 and 72 hole match betting where you can bet on the performances of any two players. If you think that McIlroy will finish higher up the leaderboard than Woods, then the 72-hole match bet market is where you need to be. There is also a range of Player Special markets that focus on the performance of a particular player, i.e. whether Lee Westwood will finish in the top ten, what his finishing score will be or how many birdies he will make over the course of the weekend.
More general US Open Golf Betting 2011 markets include the opportunity to bet on who will finish in the top ten, which players will and will not make the cut and whether the US Open 2011 will go into a play-off.