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US Open 2022 Player Guide: Profiles of the top 50 in the betting

Matt Cooper
13 June 2022
12:00 min read

Can Rory McIlroy win his first major since 2014?

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Who has their eye on the third Major of the year? Who's the best bet? Who has the best form? Before striking your bets read Matt Cooper's guide to the leading players chasing glory...

"McIlroy shot the low score in the final round at the Masters and grabbed the first round lead in the PGA, can he string four good rounds together and land major win number five?"

Rory McIlroy

US Open record (most recent result on the right): 10-MC-1-MC-41-23-9-MC-MC-MC-9-8-7

Might the Northern Irish enigma be finally ready to rid himself of his pesky quest for major championship win number five? In carding a superb 62 to win the Canadian Open last week, emerging triumphant after a head-to-head with Justin Thomas, he surely arrives in great confidence. Might he also have noticed that next week's women's PGA Championship is hosted by Congressional, scene of his sensational US Open win in 2011? Could it inspire a repeat? Between 2016 and 2018 he was pretty dire in this event, never breaking 77 in round one and missing three cuts. Three consecutive top 10s have followed but on each occasion he closed with final rounds of 72 or worse to move in the wrong direction on the leaderboard. He shot the low score in the final round at the Masters and grabbed the first round lead in the PGA, can he string four good rounds together this week?

Justin Thomas

US Open record: MC-32-9-25-MC-8-19

With the relief of finally landing a second major championship victory last month, five years after his first, might we witness a period of sustained success for the Kentucky man at the highest level? If he is to add US Open triumph this week he will need to address a tournament log book that is a little reliant on just two good rounds. The first was a 65 that helped him to tied eighth in 2020 (the only time he's broken 73 in seven championship first rounds). The second was his third round 63 in 2017 which is the only time he's gone sub-71 in 10 weekend circuits. He warmed up with an honourable third last week in the RBC Canadian Open.

Scottie Scheffler

US Open record: MC-27-MC-7

It was perhaps inevitable that the star of the early months of 2022 would be unable to maintain his golden patch. He did, after all, land four wins in just six starts beginning with a first PGA Tour title before adding the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play and the Masters. But it also says so much about what a fine player he has become that this hangover spell includes four top 20s in five starts, one of which was play-off defeat at the Charles Schwab Challenge. The pessimist would note that his missed cut at the PGA Championship was a first non-top 20 in a major since 2019; the optimist would counter that multiple major winners tend to claim the bulk of their titles in a rush so if he's capable of that he's potentially in a sweet spot.

Jon Rahm

US Open record: 23-MC-MC-3-23-1

Victory at Torrey Pines 12 months ago seemed in many ways pre-destined, coming after a run of magnificent major championship golf, a cruel forced withdrawal when about to win two weeks earlier and the fact he was teeing it up in just about his favourite place in the world. It was also a natural progression in his US Open career. In his first three starts he'd failed to break 76 in round one and never featured. He then landed third at Pebble Beach and was in the hunt early at Winged Foot. Can he successfully defend the title? It happens very rarely in this championship and he's also got to land a first US Open top 20 outside of California. He'll be desperate up his 2022 major game because he hasn't broken 73 in round one, hasn't bettered 76 in round three and is still seeking a first top 25 after the Masters and PGA Championship.

Cameron Smith

US Open record: 4-59-MC-72-38-MC

The Australian's US Open debut seven years ago was exceptional, starting with two rounds of 70 before he added 69-68 at the weekend. But since then he has gone sub-71 just one more time. The other oddity of that debut is that it is his only top 10 finish in 17 major championship starts outside of the Masters. A two-time winner this season - in the Tournament of Champions and THE PLAYERS Championship - he's struggled a little since finishing second at Augusta National but he did own the halfway lead at the Memorial before closing 72-77 for T13th.

Jordan Spieth

US Open record: 21-MC-17-1-37-35-MC-65-MC-19

This time last month Spieth arrived at the PGA Championship fresh from a Masters disaster (a missed cut) that so irritated him it prompted victory in The Heritage and second place in the A&T Byron Nelson. His hopes were high at Southern Hills (a layout he liked). But he never got going and finished T34th. He added tied seventh at Colonial, a course he plays brilliantly year after year, and then T18th at the Memorial Tournament. It's solid form however he'll be aware he has an odd US Open record (his victory in 2015 sits alongside a best of T17th in his other nine starts).

Matthew Fitzpatrick

US Open record: 48-54-35-12-12-MC-55

Did last month's fifth in the PGA Championship mark a turning point for the Englishman? It was kind of needed because previously he had finished top 10 just once in 27 majors championship starts and all his good work in regular events seemed to mock his inability to peak when it really matters. His form this year has been superb taking in nine top 20s on the PGA Tour including a PGA Tour career-best equalling second at the Wells Fargo Championship. He will be talked up all week off the back of his US Amateur triumph at The Country Club in 2013. Will it be an inspiration or distraction?

Will Zalatoris

US Open record: MC-6-MC

The young American has made a startling start to his major championship career, landing five top 10 finishes in just seven starts including a wonderful second on debut at Augusta National in 2021 and a repeat of that result when defeated by Justin Thomas in last month's PGA Championship play-off. What has been clear in those few appearances at the top level is that he boasts a magnificent long game but also a putter that wobbles alarmingly over tap ins. The extra holes agony at Southern Hills was his second such experience this season as he continues to seek a first PGA Tour win.

Patrick Cantlay

US Open record: 21-41-45-21-43-15

The major championship riddle of last year's FedExCup winner was maintained at last month's PGA Championship when he missed the cut, soon after finishing second in The Heritage and winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with his good friend Xander Schauffele. Moreover he was then tied third at the Memorial Tournament. That he was befuddled by the major in-between is an on-going trend: he was T39th in the Masters this year and has just two top 10s in 21 major appearances. He's made six starts in the US Open, always made the cut, but is still looking for a first top 10. Can he break the mould this week?

Xander Schauffele

US Open record: 5-6-3-5-7

Niche pub quiz question: What was unique about the 2021 Olympic gold medallist's halfway position on the leaderboard in the 2018 US Open? Answer: It is the only time he ended any US Open round (in five appearances) not in the top 20. It's a staggering return, perhaps explained by his ability to always rank top 30 for Driving Distance, Greens in Regulation and Putting Average. However flawed traditional stats might be, to be long from the tee, hit plenty of greens and drain birdies is a great combination. Can he finally win the event after all that relentless consistency however?

Collin Morikawa

US Open record: 35-MC-4

The 25-year-old's championship debut was solid enough but he was never in contention, he then opened his second start with a 76 from which he never recovered, and a first round 75 last year had him again fighting to make the weekend. A second round 67 ensured he did avoid the cull and a pair of 70s eased him into a share of fourth. In those three championships, however, it is notable that he is yet to scramble at 50% never mind better than it. Form-wise, he was happy after finishing tied fifth at the Masters but has been poor since, failing to land a top 20 in five starts and not finishing better than T40th in his last three appearances.

Sam Burns

US Open record: MC-41-MC

The 25-year-old is yet to thrive in the majors - his T20th in the PGA Championship was his best return in eight tries - but there is absolutely no doubt that he is a rising force in the game. He's won four times in the last 13 months, has added play-off defeat in the World Golf Championship St Jude Invitational, and was tied fourth last week in the RBC Canadian Open (he ended the week ranked first for Approach, gaining a career-best nine strokes on the field).

Shane Lowry

US Open record: MC-MC-9-2-46-MC-29-43-65

2022 has been wonderful to the Irishman who has made every cut and counts T32nd at the Memorial Tournament as his worst strokeplay result. In all, he has registered nine top 20s in 12 strokeplay starts and was tied third at the Masters. Back in 2016 he opened up a four-stroke 54-hole lead in the US Open at Oakmont but drifted backwards with a final round 76. That and tied ninth the year before count as his only US Open top 25 finishes in nine appearances. His last two starts have been a struggle with just one sub-72 score in eight attempts. Nonetheless, he's now a confident major contender and in fine form.

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Viktor Hovland

US Open record: 12-13-WD

The Norwegian has made 10 starts in the major championship and it remains something of a mystery that he has made such little headway in them. He's always made the cut in the nine he's finished (at last year's US Open he had to withdraw after sand got in his eye) but he is yet to land a top 10. Is it such a mystery however? For all his fearlessness in contention, explosive hitting, and daring approach play he remains a liability when he misses the greens. He ranks top 30 for Strokes Gained Off the Tee, Approach and Putting, but outside the top 200 for Around the Green.

Joaquin Niemann

US Open record: MC-23-31

The Chilean is yet to bring his best golf to the major championship, as evidenced by the lack of even one top 20 in 13 starts. But it's not all bad. His T59th at the Open last year? His T35th in the Masters in April? And his T23rd in the PGA Championship last month? They were all career-bests in those championships. A top 20 would create a very minor version of the grand slam. He's a winner this year and keeps making fast starts. In fact, he was sitting in the top 10 after 18 holes at both the Masters and PGA. He needs to find a way to stay in contention all week.

Brooks Koepka

US Open record: MC-4-18-13-1-1-2-4

Since carding a pair of 77s to make an early exit in his championship debut, the four-time major champion has been superb in this tournament with the highlight being his back-to-back victories at Erin Hills in 2017 and Shinnecock Hills a year later. He was the runner-up in 2019, missed the 2020 tournament through injury and was tied fourth last year. It's a really quite staggering record and sits within a wider pool of major excellence (32 starts, 16 top 10 finishes, those four wins). Against all of that is poor form and injury problems. He's played only twice since March, finishing T55th in the Masters and missing the cut in the PGA Championship.

Cameron Young

US Open record: MC-MC

We can probably forgive the PGA Tour rookie his two missed cuts in this event because he's quite clearly thrived since graduating from the Korn Ferry Tour last year. He's finished top three no less than five times including the early season Sanderson Farms Championship, the Genesis Invitational at major championship-quality Riviera CC, The Heritage in April, and then the Wells Fargo Championship and PGA Championship in May. He was last seen lurching to a final round 84 at the Memorial Tournament, but he did share the first round lead there.

Hideki Matsuyama

US Open record: 10-35-18-MC-2-16-21-17-26

The Japanese golfer's consistency is revealed not only in eight top 40 finishes in nine starts, but also the fact that, with the exception of that missed cut in 2016, he has never looked likely to miss the weekend. All that said, he has only once been in with a valid shot at victory after 54 holes, when fourth with 18 holes to play in 2010. Even his second place in 2017 was the consequence of a fast-finishing 66 that was four shots shy of the winning score. He's a two-time winner this season, but has not been seen since finishing T60th at the PGA Championship.

Tony Finau

US Open record: 14-MC-5-MC-8-MC

Fans of quirky boom-or-bust event form will believe that the big man is on track for a top 20 finish but, of course, it's all a little tricker than that. What we do know is that he is very good at landing top 10s in the majors, with 10 of them in his 24 starts. He's also rediscovered his form because, having gone 15 starts without a top 10 after winning The Northern Trust last summer, he has now landed three in his last five starts, including tied fourth in the Charles Schab Challenge and solo second in last week's RBC Canadian Open.

Max Homa

US Open record: MC-MC-MC

Might the L.A. native take heart from watching the action from Merion in last week's Curtis Cup? He was definitely harking that way when rhapsodising about the course on Twitter and he needs something to buck up his championship record after those three abbreviated performances. He's a two-time winner this season, was tied fifth last time out at Muirfield Village and his first two PGA Tour wins were both on major championship quality courses (Quail Hollow and Riviera).

Sung-Jae Im

US Open record: MC-22-35

The Korean, still only 24-years-old, has finished tied second and tied eighth in the Masters, but has tended to struggle in the other major championships with a best of T17th in last year's PGA Championship from eight appearances. Since contending at the Masters - he was the solo first round leader and hung around the top 10 the rest of the week - he has been solid without featuring at the top of leaderboards, notching four top 25s with a best of T10th at the Memorial Tournament. He topped the Greens in Regulation stats at Winged Foot in 2020 but averages below 50% for Scrambling in his 10 US Open laps.

Dustin Johnson

US Open record: 48-40-8-23-MC-55-4-2-1-MC-3-35-6-19

The first major championship in the LIV Golf era is going to be tasty even before the first ball is hit. The rebels will have questions to ask, from both the media and fellow competitors. How will they react? It's an intriguing question and Johnson is among those for whom the mystery is greatest. Last week at Centurion he seemed quite fine with the idea of playing eight times a year outside the majors. Is that the schedule of a man hungry to still win the big ones? It's amazing to think that when Johnson won in Saudi Arabia in early 2021 he was at his best (and World No. 1) and that he's never won since (and appears semi-retired).

Billy Horschel

US Open record: MC-4-23-25-32-MC-32-39-MC

The 35-year-old's best golf has been elite level in the last 18 months, good enough to earn him victory in the Dell Technologies Match Play and second in the Workday Championship in the World Golf Championships, a win in the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour, second in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and victory last time out at the Memorial Tournament. Bafflingly, he continues to find the major championships a more or less impossible nut to crack. He was tied fourth in his US Open pro debut in 2013 at Merion but that remains his only top 10 in 34 major starts and his only top 20 in this championship.

Corey Conners

US Open record: MC-MC-MC

The good news for the Canadian: he's become a major championship specialist, landing three top 10s in the Masters and contending in both the PGA Championship and Open in 2021. The bad news: he's so far been utterly befuddled by the US Open examination. In his six laps he has consistently struggled to save par when missing the greens and has broken 75 just twice. He finished last week's RBC Canadian Open with a superb 62 for solo sixth, an eight top 30 in his last 10 starts (and third top 10).

Louis Oosthuizen

US Open record: MC-9-MC-WD-40-2-23-23-16-7-3-2

The South African's US Open record is strong and it is especially so in the last three years. He sat in the top three through 54 holes when tied seventh in 2019 at Pebble Beach, he spent all weekend in the top three at Winged Foot in 2020, and he shared the 18- and 54-hole lead when tied second 12 months ago. However he hasn't landed a PGA Tour top 10 since July last year and has failed to finished top 25 since February this year. As a new LIV Golf member (he was T10th last week) he will join Johnson in facing lots of questions this week.

Daniel Berger

US Open record: 28-37-MC-6-49-34-7

Florida-based Berger, whose father reached the quarter-final stage of the tennis US Open at Flushing Meadow, shared the 54-hole lead in this championship at Shinnecock Hills in 2018 before a final round 73 derailed his title bid and left him in a share of sixth. He added a second top 10 with a fast-finishing tied seventh at Torrey Pines last year and has made six cuts in seven championship starts. Those are solid returns and his form has been magnificent since the beginning of 2020 (19 top 10s in 47 starts including two wins). He was last seen finishing fifth at the Memorial Tournament.

Tommy Fleetwood

US Open record: 27-4-2-65-MC-50

The likeable Englishman has twice gone close to US Open glory. The first time was in 2017 at Erin Hills when he shared the halfway lead and was still just one blow back of the leader after 54 holes before finishing tied fourth. A year later at Shinnecock Hills he carded a fine 66 in the second round, took a step back with a Saturday 78, but rebounded with a sensational Sunday 63 for second, just one blow behind the winner Brooks Koepka. He's been excellent in the majors this year, finishing T14th at the Masters and tied fifth in the PGA Championship. He was T10th last time out in the European Open in Germany.

Abraham Ancer

US Open record:49-56-MC

Short game woes have hampered the Mexican at the US Open. He ranked 55th for Scrambling on debut in 2019 and 61st a year later, a key cause of his failure to crack the top 40. Last year he didn't even make the weekend. His form has been patchy since his breakthrough win at both PGA and World Golf Championship level in the St Jude Invitational last summer. In fact, he has just one top 30 in his last 10 strokeplay starts, but the good news is that it came in the PGA Championship last month.

Bryson DeChambeau

US Open record: MC-15-MC-25-35-1-26

It's not been a great year for the 2020 US Open champion and his week won't be any easier after he joined the LIV Golf gravy train. That said, difficulties off the course are probably some sort of relief from his current difficulties on it. Since opening the year with T25th at the Tournament of Champions, DeChambeau has not completed an event, missing cuts at the Farmers Insurance Open, the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play, the Texas Open, the Masters and the Memorial Tournament. His last five rounds of golf read a dismal 76-76-80-76-77.

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Aaron Wise

US Open record: MC-MC-35

A first visit to the US Open since 2019 for the South African-born American who has probably been champing at the bit in the two missed editions because he enjoyed the start of the week at Pebble Beach, carding a 66 to sit second on the first round leaderboard and adding a 71 to remain in the top 10 heading into the weekend. A Saturday 79 ruined his hopes of contending but a final round 69 would have felt like a case of what might have been. He arrives in Boston in fine form having contended at The Heritage, before finishing tied sixth in the Mexico Open and solo second in the Memorial Tournament.

Davis Riley

US Open record: MC-MC

The 25-year-old sits alongside Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth as the only golfer to make the final of the US Junior Amateur in consecutive years, and he lost the second of them to Scottie Scheffler so he's used to elite company. His championship experience has been tough, but he did finish T13th in the PGA Championship last month and was a play-off loser this season at the Valspar Championship.

Justin Rose

US Open record: 5-MC-10-MC-MC-MC-21-1-12-27-MC-MC-10-3-MC-MC

The Englishman thrashed a brilliant final round of 60 on Sunday at the RBC Canadian Open when par at the last would have seen him sign for a 59. Can that experience prompt another good major week? He's landed one top 10 in the big events in each of the last two seasons and was also T13th in the PGA Championship last month. Moreover, memories of his Merion triumph in this event in 2013 will have been freshened by last week's Curtis Cup being played there.

Mito Pereira

US Open record: MC

A second crack at the championship for the Chilean who was so impressive until the 72nd hole of last month's PGA Championship, his double bogey-6 costing him both the tournament and a place in the play-off that followed regulation play. He's in great form, landing four top 30s ahead of his near-miss at Southern Hills and adding tied seventh in the Charles Schwab Challenge and T13th in the Memorial Tournament since.

Adam Scott

US Open record: MC-MC-MC-28-21-MC-26-36-MC-MC-15-45-9-4-18-MC-MC-7-38-35

At first glance the big Australian's US Open record is average: just three top 10s (and only one top five) in 20 starts. But it's even worse at second glance because he has never got himself remotely into contention (within six shots of the lead with 18 holes to play). He expressed a hope in late 2021 that he would up his major game this season, but it's not happened. He didn't break 74 when T48th at the Masters and missed the cut in the PGA Championship. He hasn't recorded a top 20 since February and was last seen carding an 80 to close the Memorial Tournament.

Jason Day

US Open record: 2-59-2-4-9-8-MC-MC-21-38

From feast to famine for the Aussie in this event: five top 10s in his first six starts then no top 20 in his next four. That said, his debut in 2011 at Congressional was something of a curiosity. On the one hand it was a marvellous solo second, on the other he was nine blows back of the lead after 54 holes and still eight back after 72 as Rory McIlroy thrashed the field. He was tied third in January's Farmers Insurance Open but it is his only top five finish since August 2020.

Jason Kokrak

US Open record: MC-37-53-17-MC

At Winged Foot in 2020 Kokrak closed out his week with a 72 for T17th but it is a very relative high. In fact, it is the only time he has broken 74 at the weekend in half a dozen tries. Victory in the Houston Open late last year was a third triumph in quick succession but, although he's missed just one cut since then, he has also landed a best of T14th (albeit at the Masters).

Patrick Reed

US Open record: 35-14-MC-13-4-32-13-19

Finishing tied seventh at the Charles Schwab Championship represented a return to form for the 31-year-old, being his first top 10 since October and only his second in 12 months. He's twice led this championship at halfway (in 2015 and 2020) and has five top 20s from his eight starts, but his defection to LIV Golf is likely to prove a distraction this week and it could easily provide ammunition for the raucous Boston galleries.

Sergio Garcia

US Open record: 46-12-4-35-20-3-MC-MC-18-10-22-7-38-45-35-18-5-21-MC-52-MC-19

The Spaniard insists that he still enjoys playing golf and that it explains his decision to join LIV Golf, but you have to wonder at least a little bit. He was overheard grumpily moaning about the PGA Tour and his victory in the Masters in 2017 increasingly looks like a last hurrah at the top level. In fact, in 19 major championship since then he has made only seven cuts and has a best finish of T19th.

Talor Gooch

US Open record: 66

One of the surprise names on the LIV Golf rebel list because the 30-year-old has been enjoying a wonderful 2021/22 PGA Tour season that has taken in a first victory - at the RSM Classic - and another nine top 20 finishes including T14th at the Masters in April and T20th at the PGA Championship last month. He was also the third round pace-setter in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in major-like conditions before finishing tied seventh.

Webb Simpson

US Open record: 14-1-32-45-46-MC-35-10-16-8-MC

The 2012 US Open champion at the Olympic Club has endured a few difficulties with fitness and form in recent times. Indeed, in 2022 alone he has made nine starts and is still in search of his first top 15 finish. The better news is that his T20th at the PGA Championship was his best effort of the year and in his only outing since, at the Charles Schwab Challenge, he opened with a 66 for a share of the first round lead on his way to T27th.

Sebastian Munoz

US Open record: MC-59-MC

The one good thing to be said for the Colombian's championship record is that it won't take much for it to be improved upon. He carded an opening 80 on debut, lurched to a missed cut with a second round 77 last year and, in-between, made the cut but then added 77-82 at the weekend. In all, he's made 10 major championship starts and has just one top 30 (T19th at the 2020 Masters). He's never been more consistent, however, with no missed cut since January.

Tyrrell Hatton

US Open record: MC-6-21-MC-MC

Bad tempered Tyrrell keeps getting his knickers in a twist at the majors. He's never much liked Augusta National and was chuntering after carding 79-80 at the weekend for T52nd in April. He then added plenty of muttering about the greens at Southern Hills despite landing T13th last month. He's only played once since, when carding a pair of 74s to miss the cut last week in Canada. If he makes the weekend keep an eye on him, however, because three of his only four laps after the cut in the US Open have reaped 69s.

Harold Varner III

US Open record: MC-MC

If ever a man was due to improve upon a tournament record it is surely the 31-year-old? First of all, he doesn't have much to beat. He went 76-79 to miss the cut in 2013 then 79-75 when lurching home early in 2018. Secondly, his T23rd in this year's Masters is his best effort in a major. And finally, he has never been in better form, winning the Saudi International in February and adding four top 15s since including last week in Canada.

Keegan Bradley

US Open record: 68-MC-4-27-MC-60-MC-MC-MC

With the exception of his tied fourth at Pinehurst in 2014 and a never-in-contention T27th a year later at Chambers Bay, Bradley has never been a factor in the US Open. He might also have just lost control of a nice run of form. Five top 12 finishes in six strokeplay starts have been followed by two failures to make the top 30 and he closed the Memorial Tournament with a 77.

Seamus Power

US Open record: debut

What a ride it has been for the Irishman these last 15 months. After years of slogging around mini tours he finally found a nice run of form at the top level, landed a PGA Tour win last July and has refused to let up, first stringing together a series of top 20s and this year loving his introduction to the majors (finishing T27th at the Masters and tied ninth in the PGA Championship). He's missed a few cuts this year, but he's also shown he's not over-awed when up against the world's best.

Gary Woodland

US Open record: 47-MC-23-MC-52-MC-30-36-1-MC-50

After landing three top 10s early in 2022, the 2019 US Open champion has lost direction and arrives in Boston off two missed cuts and five of his last six starts have failed to reap a top 30. His championship record is an oddity too because outside of the win he has never really come close to contending.

Phil Mickelson

US Open record: 29-55-MC-47-4-94-43-10-2-16-7-2-55-2-33-2-MC-18-2-4-54-65-2-28-64-MC-48-52-MC-62

It's been some year and a bit for Mickelson: major championship glory in his 50s, controversy over his comments about the Saudis, self-expulsion from the game (and maybe also a PGA Tour ban), a starring role for LIV Golf last week, and now a return to the majors. He would dearly love to complete the career grand slam at an event he has six times finishes second in, but surely even he cannot pull that rabbit from the hat?

Marc Leishman

US Open record: MC-51-MC-MC-18-27-45-35-MC-64

The Aussie is a smart operator, but he often talks of liking a course that reminds him of home. What he prefers is fast-running conditions and short grass, which surely explains why he plays the Masters and Open well, but has no top 10 in 23 starts at the PGA Championship and US Open. He's also got a best of just T30th (at Augusta National) in his last eight strokeplay starts.

Russell Henley

US Open record: 16-42-MC-60-MC-27-25-13

The 33-year-old has an underwhelming major championship record with not one top 10 finish in 30 starts but in his last three appearances in this tournament he has been close to changing that. He was tied seventh with 18 holes to play in 2017 before a 79 saw him slip to T27th. In 2018 he was top 10 through 36 holes before drifting to T25th. And last year he shared the first, second and third round leads before a 76 saw him close the week T13th.

Branden Grace

US Open record: 51-MC-4-5-50-25-MC-MC-7

Another of the LIV Golf rebels and one who finished at pace, with a 65 to land tied third last week at the Centurion Club. Can he take that form over to Boston? He's got a decent championship record with three top 10s in nine starts and his tied seventh last year came shortly after he spent most of the PGA Championship inside the top 10. He was also the first man to card a 62 in a major (at the 2017 Open) so he has plenty of major experience.