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Martin Kaymer
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Paul Krishnamurty /
08 June 2011 /
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Player Profiles
Kaymer has gone a little flat since briefly holding the no.1 slot in the rankings...
Odds: [30.0]
Last five US Opens: 8/mc/53/-/-
Kaymer's rapid progress seems to have stalled since a short spell as world number one, although there's no reason to think he won't return to winning ways soon. None of the German's recent failures came at venues where he was particularly fancied, and he remains one of the game's great prospects. Granted, Kaymer's US career has generally lacked the spark we've seen in Europe, but he did win last year's USPGA and made the top-ten in this major at Pebble Beach. That might suggest a slight preference for tough courses, which bodes extremely well for this and future US Opens.
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Odds: [170.0] Last five US Opens: -/mc/-/mc/- Scotland's top-ranked golfer would struggle to be recognised on this side of the Atlantic, but he is rapidly becoming a household name on the PGA Tour. Victory at the prestigious Arnold Palmer Invitational...
Retief Goosen
Odds: [110.0] Last five US Opens: 58/16/14/mc/mc With six top-20s including victories at Southern Hills and Shinnecock Hills, Goosen is one of the US Open greats of this century. However, the nerves of steel displayed at his peak seem to...
Anthony Kim
Odds: [130.0] Last five US Opens: -/16/26/20/- As a former winner at Congressional in the 2008 AT&T National, Kim is bound to attract support at big prices. However that win may be of limited relevance, because the erratic Californian's wayward,...
