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U.S. Open Picks 2013: Projecting Final Scores for World’s Top Golfers

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Published: June 12, 2013

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The U.S. Open is typically a grueling tournament where players who do their best to stay close to par will be in contention on Sunday, but this year will be different.

While there are a few incredibly difficult holes—the gargantuan 256-yard par-three third and unreachable 628-yard par-five fourth come to mind—at Merion Golf Course, it is, on average, very short, stretching to just 6,996 total yards.

Couple that with the rain, which should make for soft greens and wide, easily accessible fairways, and birdies are going to be plentiful this week. 

You can never overlook the U.S. Open, which is seemingly always daunting no matter the course and conditions, but it's safe to say it will take a score well under par to be crowned champion in 2013. 

With that being said, let's take a look at how the world's top-ranked golfers—and threesome for the first two rounds—will fare. 



 

Tiger Woods



All of the talk right now seems to be surrounding Woods' (lack of) friendship with Sergio Garcia, but let's not forget this is the world's best golfer and overwhelming favorite. 



Eldrick may be coming off a 65th-place finish at the Memorial Tournament, in which he shot an eight-over for the tournament and atrocious seven-over on the weekend, but that's a minor blip in what has been a vintage season for one of the best ever. 

In eight events, Woods has made the cut all eight times, secured five top-10 finishes and tallied four wins. His only top 10 that didn't translate into a victory was his fourth-place finish at the Masters, in which he was penalized two strokes for an illegal drop. 

As long as he continues to putt as well as he has (fifth on Tour in strokes gained), he is going to destroy a short Merion course.

Prediction: -11

 

Rory McIlroy
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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