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U.S. Open 2019: Dark Horse candidates for Pebble Beach

By Christopher O'Day

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 11: Erik van Rooyen of South Africa acknowledges the crowd on the 9th hole during the completion of the final round of the Joburg Open at Randpark Golf Club on December 11, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 11: Erik van Rooyen of South Africa acknowledges the crowd on the 9th hole during the completion of the final round of the Joburg Open at Randpark Golf Club on December 11, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images) /
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The U.S. Open heads to Pebble Beach this week. All eyes are on Phil, Tiger, Brooks, DJ, and Rory. The favorites always garner the most attention. Let’s look at some dark horse candidates that could steal their thunder.

There are plenty of story-lines at the U.S Open this week. Will Phil Mickelson finally complete the grand slam, winning the long sought after U.S. Open? Can Koepka keep up his ridiculous run in Majors? Will Tiger take one more step on the long journey he has been on to catch the Golden Bear at 18? Those are all different articles. What about the dark horse players?

I want to look at the long shots. The golfers who would qualify as a dark horse. If you are 50-1 or better, I’m not interested in you here. Sorry to Brandt Snedeker, Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Kuchar, Shane Lowry, Tony Finau, and Webb Simpson. You all barely miss the cutoff for a dark horse.

I was a little preoccupied last week, and unable to have any dark horse picks out for the RBC Canadian. Our little girl decided to show up just over a week early, and I now have a wonderful family of four.

Going back to The Memorial, let’s check in and see how the picks for that week went.

Byeong Hun An – 66/1 – T-17th

Jim Furyk – 80/1 – T-33rd (The 75 on Saturday hurt his chances)

Luke List – 80/1 – Missed Cut (Never got going, shooting 77-76)

Joel Dahmen – 100/1 – T-68th (shot +7 over the weekend)

Adam Schenk – 250/1 – T-65th (14 birdies, 10 bogeys, 4 doubles)

I’m pretty happy with getting four of five to make the cut, as well as a top 20. If you are able to take these guys each week with odds to make the cut, you’ll be coming out ahead.

The third major of the year is almost here. We have our power rankings out, as well as our DFS picks. Let’s head over to Oddsshark and check out some of the long shots who could make noise this week at Pebble Beach.

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