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Not to be confused with the tennis Grand Slam event that goes by the same name, the US Open is the second major of the golfing season and arrives on our schedules in mid-June every year.
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2020 US Open
The 2020 US Open Golf tournament takes place at the Winged Foot west course from September 17-20. It was due to be held earlier in the year but was delayed due to the ongoing health pandemic. This will be the second Major of the year, the only other one held so far in 2020 was the US PGA Championship. Only three Majors will be held this year. The Open has been canceled and the US Masters will be held from 12-15 November.
As with many tournaments held at present, the US Open will be held behind closed doors. One key player who will be missing is Brooks Koepka. The former champion has pulled out due to injury.
What should I use my US Open free bets on?
As ever the winners market is the most popular and most talked about amongst fans of the sport but is often the most difficult one to call with a free US Open bet so many contenders for every tournament on the calendar, including the majors.
There will be plenty of tips knocking around in the build-up to the US Open but at FREEbets.org.uk we'll be sorting the wheat from the chaff and helping you when you're betting for free on the US Open.
The each-way option is always a popular choice in major tournaments given the difficulty of picking the overall winner. Some bookmakers will offer differing numbers of places for each-way bets so it is well worthwhile keeping an eye on FREEbets.org.uk to keep up to date with the best offers ahead of the US Open.
An extension of the each-way punt is the top 10 finish market which the vast majority of players will still be odds-against for at the start of the tournament. If you have an inkling on a long shot it can often be worth backing them to finish in the top 10 rather than go for glory and accept a smaller but still attractive profit.
Most bookmakers will also offer you a market on the best placed player from each nationality involved in the tournament which can often be an interesting gamble. The highest placed Brit will create plenty of debate as ever with Rory McIlory now often the favourite to do just that but there are always plenty ready to shoot him down. Of course there are markets on each round of the tournament as well so if you fancy someone to perform well at the start or the weekend at the competition then by all means do so.
2019 US Open Result
1st Gary Woodland (USA) -13
2nd Brooks Koepka (USA) -10
3rd= Jon Rahm (SPAIN) -7
3rd= Chez Reavie (USA) -7
3rd= Xander Shaufelle (USA) -7
3rd= Justin Rose (ENG) -7
Gimme some US Open betting options now
As with the norm for any major sporting event, the outright winner market is the big betting option for the US Open. The closer we get to the tournament, more markets will become available. There sure to be plenty of different options to use your US Open Free Bets on including:
- Longest drive
- Most birdies
- Most bogies
- Nationality of winner
- Top American
- Top European
- Top 5 finish
- And loads more
How to use your free bet on the US Open
There are always plenty of options coming into a major golf tournament in terms of betting so take your time making a selection before you get your wallet out. Having said that there is always plenty of money to be made at the majors with even the favourites going in comfortably odds-against and only five or six men down the betting list being around 30/1, so pick the right bet and the bank balance could be significantly improved.
When you are comfortable with your selection and have chosen the bookmaker you want to register with then click on the link on the right of this page to head over to the bookie’s homepage. Once there you just need to follow the simple steps that are provided there to sign-up with that bookmaker. This should take no time at all and just involves you filling in your basic details.
Once registered head to the sportsbook and then onto the golf page, once there you can find your market, click on the odds related to it and this will add it to the betting slip. Follow the instructions there and you will be able to claim your free bet.
Sum up the US Open for me quickly
The famous old competition is played at a different venue across the United States every year and each is set up to be almost as challenging as it can possibly be. More so than any other major the winning score is likely to be up and around par with over-par scores winning the event with surprising regularity. In back to back years in 2006 and ’07 the US Open title was claimed by a score of five-over by Geoff Ogilvy and Angel Cabrera showing just how tough this tournament can be.
The difficulty of the competition is clear to see all the way to its conclusion as it is the only major to include a full 18-hole play-off if there is a tie for the lead after the final round on the Sunday. This was last played in 2008 when Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate were forced to play a whole round on the Monday, which they again tied. This took the contest into a sudden death play-off which Woods won.
Unlike the The Open Championship or The Masters, The US Open is staged at a variety of courses, set up in such a way that scoring is very difficult with the advantage led towards the big drivers, like Tiger Woods. The winner usually emerges with a par score, making the US Open one of the hardest of all the majors.
Who has bossed the US Open?
Like at most of the tournaments around the world Tiger Woods has been the most successful of any player at the US Open in recent years having won the event three times. The last man to win his third US Open title was Hale Irwin back in 1990 and although Woods has not dominated the tournament, his three wins in nine years between 2000 and 2008 is a fabulous achievement.
It is local competitors that have tended to do well at the US Open with American golfers winning the vast majority of the tournaments held since the first all the way back in 1895. However, since the turn of the millennium there has been success for numerous foreign entrants with the likes of Rory McIlroy, Retief Goosen (twice), Justin Rose and most recently German Martin Kaymer all getting their hands on the trophy.
But the stats don't lie; since 1950, only six players from countries other than the United States have won the US Open, most notably South Africa, which has won five times since 1965. Between 2004 and 2007 there was a streak of four non-American winners, which was the first time that had happened for almost 100 years.
The Europeans have struggled historically. When he won in 2010, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell became the first European player to win since Englishman Tony Jacklin in 1970. Since then fellow Europeans Justin Rose and Martin Kaymer have added their names to the roll of honour but the last two editions have both seen American victors, with Jordan Spieth in 2015 and most recently Dustin Johnson.
US Open Former Winners
Year – Player – Country – Course – Shots – Score
2018 - Brooks Koepka - Unite d States- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - 281 - 1 over
2017 - Brooks Koepka - United States - Erin Hills - 272- 16 under
2016 - Dustin Johnson - United States - Oakmont Country Club - 276 - 4 under
2015 - Jordan Spieth - United States - Chambers Bay - 275 - 5 under
2014 - Martin Kaymer - Germany - Pinehurst Resort - 271 - 9 under
2013 - Justin Rose - England - Merion - 281 - 1 over
2012 - Webb Simpson - United States - Olympic Club - 281 - 1 over
2011 - Rory McIlroy - Northern Ireland - Congressional Country Club - 268 - 16 under
2010 - Graeme McDowell - Northern Ireland - Pebble Beach - 284 - Even
2009 - Lucas Glover - Bethpage Black - United States - 276 - 4 under
2008 - Tiger Woods - United States - Torrey Pines - 283 - 1 under
2007 - Angel Cabrera - Argentina Oakmont Country Club - 285 - 5 over
2006 - Geoff Ogilvy - Australia - Winged Foot - 285 - 5 over
2005 - Michael Campbell - Pinehurst Resort - 280 - Even
2004 - Retief Goosen - South Africa - Shinnecock Hills - 276 - 4 under
2003 - Jim Furyk - United States - Olympia Fields - 272 - 8 under
2002 - Tiger Woods - United States - Bethpage Black - 277 - 3 under
2001 - Retief Goosen - South Africa - Southern Hills - 276 - 4 under
2000 - Tiger Woods - United States - Pebble Beach - 272 - 12 under