Those playing their US Open betting odds had to wait out a postponement, but it didn’t hurt them as much as it did the golfers, and the world’s No.1 player is real danger of missing the cut in only his second major.Tiger Woods struggled to a +4 in his first 18 holes, 12 of which came on Friday morning. A double bogey on 15 started the slide, and then Woods proceeded to bogey 16 and 18 after birdies on 10 and 14 had him in a good position. His playing partners, Angel Cabrera (+4) and Padraig Harrington (+6) didn’t fare much better, considering that the trio had combined for seven of the last eight major-championship wins.
Players like Mike Weir (-4 through seven), David Toms (-2 through eight), Anthony Kim (-2 through seven), Sean O’Hair (-2 through six) and last year’s “people’s champion”, Rocco Mediate (-2 through six) are all off to good starts. Ian Poulter has been tipped by many who make sports picks to surprise the field, and he got through with a par score in his first round. The weather could actually favor foreign players like Poulter, who is English, as they play in much worse conditions on the other side of the Atlantic. Weather like the rain storms at Bethpage Black are expected when it comes to the British Open, for example.
Fan favorite Phil Mickelson is -1 through his first eight holes, and he proved to be even more popular than Tiger during the practice rounds this week, as fans wanted to support him because of his wife Amy’s breast-cancer scare, and it was his 39th birthday on Tuesday. “Lefty” is looking to ride the wave of emotion to a golf betting win, and his second-place result at Bethpage Black in 2002 is one of four runner-up finishes for him in the US Open, so take a look for him in your offshore sportsbook.
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