U.S. Open 2019: Power ranking the top 10 golfers at Pebble Beach

The 119th U.S. Open is at historic Pebble Beach for the first time since 2010

Get ready for images of the Cypress tree on 18. Or the resplendent views of the ocean. Or the views from the par-3 7th. The U.S. Open is at one of golf’s cathedrals, Pebble Beach Golf Links.

This is the sixth time the tournament’s come to the legendary Monterey Peninsula track, and the first since Graeme McDowell prevailed in 2010.

Of course, we see this venue annually in February at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. That will help us find some guys with course history to lean on this week for DFS and wagers, but the course has some more teeth than usual.

The rough is up, fairways are narrower and the greens will certainly be devious.

The 7,040-yarder normally plays as a par 72 but will be 71 for this event. It’s a shorter course that will bring more players into the fold to contend than many traditional U.S. Open sites.

Approach shots are critical at Pebble as you can find the fairway with less than driver, but you better be accurate with your irons to hit these small poa annua greens.

A good short game is always crucial at the U.S. Open and is doubly so here.

There are 156 players in the field and all in the world top 60 are present.

Here’s who could emerge to win golf’s third major of the year: