With the FedEx St. Jude Classic now over, it’s officially U.S. Open week. The first ball won’t be struck until just after sunrise on Thursday, but the oddsmakers, as you’d expect, already have the biggest names in the world as the favorites. Three of the four players with the lowest odds will actually play together through the first two days of the tournament -- Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Adam Scott.
U.S. Open odds 2013: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy favored at Merion
The three favorites this week will all play together during the first two rounds at Merion.
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Tiger will always be the favorite in any tournament he enters, but for awhile, it was strictly based on starpower and past success. But over the last 18 months, he’s made the climb back to No. 1 in the world and it appears he’ll remain there for another long stretch. Tiger was also the overwhelming, and deserved, favorite at Augusta and save for an unlucky break at No. 15 on Saturday, he may have pulled off his first Masters win since 2005. America’s national championship was the last major victory for Woods, who won on the broken leg at Torrey Pines in 2008. Can he end the drought at Merion, a classic layout that will demand accurate hybrid and iron play off the tee?
Here are the Sunday night odds one week before a winner will (likely) be crowned at Merion, via Bovada:
| Player | Odds |
| Tiger Woods | 7/2 |
| Rory McIlroy | 16/1 |
| Adam Scott | 20/1 |
| Phil Mickelson | 20/1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 22/1 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 25/1 |
| Graeme McDowell | 25/1 |
| Justin Rose | 25/1 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 28/1 |
| Lee Westwood | 28/1 |
| Luke Donald | 28/1 |
| Dustin Johnson | 33/1 |
| Jason Day | 33/1 |
| Jason Dufner | 33/1 |
| Sergio Garcia | 33/1 |
| Hunter Mahan | 40/1 |
| Jim Furyk | 40/1 |
| Keegan Bradley | 40/1 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 40/1 |
| Steve Stricker | 40/1 |
| Henrik Stenson | 50/1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 50/1 |
| Webb Simpson | 50/1 |
| Nick Watney | 55/1 |
| Angel Cabrera | 66/1 |
| Bill Haas | 66/1 |
| Bubba Watson | 66/1 |
| Ernie Els | 66/1 |
| Ian Poulter | 66/1 |
| Martin Kaymer | 66/1 |
| Matteo Manassero | 66/1 |
| Padraig Harrington | 66/1 |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 66/1 |
| Zach Johnson | 66/1 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 80/1 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 80/1 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 80/1 |
| Peter Hanson | 80/1 |
| Tim Clark | 80/1 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 90/1 |
| Charles Howell III | 100/1 |
| Francesco Molinari | 100/1 |
| K.J. Choi | 100/1 |
| Kyle Stanley | 100/1 |
| Martin Laird | 100/1 |
| Stewart Cink | 100/1 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 125/1 |
| Ben Crane | 125/1 |
| George Coetzee | 125/1 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 125/1 |
| John Senden | 125/1 |
| Russell Henley | 125/1 |
| Ryan Moore | 125/1 |
| Scott Piercy | 125/1 |
| Branden Grace | 150/1 |
| Carl Pettersson | 150/1 |
| D.A. Points | 150/1 |
| David Lynn | 150/1 |
| David Toms | 150/1 |
| Davis Love III | 150/1 |
| Kevin Na | 150/1 |
| Lucas Glover | 150/1 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 150/1 |
| Retief Goosen | 150/1 |
| Richard Sterne | 150/1 |
| Robert Garrigus | 150/1 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 150/1 |
| Trevor Immelman | 150/1 |
| Vijay Singh | 150/1 |
| Y.E. Yang | 150/1 |
| Alexander Noren | 200/1 |
| Anders Hansen | 200/1 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 200/1 |
| Peter Lawrie | 200/1 |
| Charlie Wi | 250/1 |
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