With Tiger Woods absent yet again from a major championship, his Nike partner, Rory McIlroy assumes the role of favorite at the 2014 U.S. Open. McIlroy starts the week at Pinehurst as a 10/1 favorite, slightly edging world No. 1 Adam Scott in a oddsmakers’ eyes. The two-time major winner has had a pretty strong 2014 season so far, winning the BMW PGA Championship, the Euro Tour’s biggest event, and consistently finishing inside the top 10 everywhere else (whether it’s backdoor or not). He probably should have at least one or two more wins (Honda Classic, Abu Dhabi Championship), but despite some struggles closing on the weekend, his game is in entirely different shape than the mess of last year and he’s a solid favorite.
2014 U.S. Open odds: Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott favored at Pinehurst
It’s U.S. Open week, and while the biggest moneymaker in the game is still out, a couple major champions and superstars start the week as favorites.
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This will be much different test for McIlroy than the Congressional setup where he ran away with the 2011 U.S. Open, his first major title. That week, Congressional and the mid-Atlantic were pounded with rain and the softer conditions allowed Rory, a high-ball hitter, to bomb it all over the course and set scoring records in the process. Pinehurst No. 2 will be browned out, likely running more firm and fast and demanding that players have a good ground game and be able to chip it consistently up around the green. At times, the Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw redesign of this Donald Ross classic plays and looks like an Open Championship venue across the pond. That’s a tournament and a typical course setup that Rory has said he doesn’t necessarily prefer, even though he’s from Northern Ireland.
So Rory has the form but his game might not be best suited to this Pinehurst course he’s never seen before this month. The odds, however, aren’t always set based on who has the best chance to win, but more on who will draw the most betting interest. Tiger will always, maybe forever, be the favorite in every tournament he plays -- regardless of his play coming into the event, injury, or anything else. Rory is the next closest thing we’ll get to a Tiger, which isn’t very close, but he and Scott will continue to be the big name favorites at these events while Woods is out injured.
Here are odds to win for the full field at the top of the week (via Bovada):
| Player | Odds |
| Rory McIlroy | 10/1 |
| Adam Scott | 12/1 |
| Phil Mickelson | 14/1 |
| Bubba Watson | 18/1 |
| Henrik Stenson | 25/1 |
| Jordan Spieth | 25/1 |
| Justin Rose | 25/1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 25/1 |
| Jason Day | 28/1 |
| Dustin Johnson | 33/1 |
| Lee Westwood | 33/1 |
| Luke Donald | 33/1 |
| Sergio Garcia | 33/1 |
| Graeme McDowell | 40/1 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 40/1 |
| Jason Dufner | 40/1 |
| Jim Furyk | 40/1 |
| Martin Kaymer | 40/1 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 50/1 |
| Hunter Mahan | 50/1 |
| Jimmy Walker | 50/1 |
| Steve Stricker | 50/1 |
| Webb Simpson | 50/1 |
| Zach Johnson | 50/1 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 66/1 |
| Ian Poulter | 66/1 |
| Keegan Bradley | 66/1 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 66/1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 66/1 |
| Bill Haas | 80/1 |
| Billy Horschel | 80/1 |
| Gary Woodland | 80/1 |
| Harris English | 80/1 |
| Jonas Blixt | 80/1 |
| Victor Dubuisson | 80/1 |
| Brendon Todd | 100/1 |
| Ernie Els | 100/1 |
| Francesco Molinari | 100/1 |
| Graham Delaet | 100/1 |
| John Senden | 100/1 |
| Kevin Na | 100/1 |
| Patrick Reed | 100/1 |
| Paul Casey | 100/1 |
| Retief Goosen | 100/1 |
| Ryan Moore | 100/1 |
| J.B. Holmes | 125/1 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 125/1 |
| Joost Luiten | 125/1 |
| Matt Jones | 125/1 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 125/1 |
| Shane Lowry | 125/1 |
| Angel Cabrera | 150/1 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 150/1 |
| Brendon De Jonge | 150/1 |
| Chris Kirk | 150/1 |
| David Toms | 150/1 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 150/1 |
| Kevin Stadler | 150/1 |
| Matt Every | 150/1 |
| Nick Watney | 150/1 |
| Russell Henley | 150/1 |
| Ryan Palmer | 150/1 |
| Seung-yul Noh | 150/1 |
| Stephen Gallacher | 150/1 |
| Boo Weekley | 200/1 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 200/1 |
| Kevin Streelman | 200/1 |
| Luke Guthrie | 200/1 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 200/1 |
| Stewart Cink | 200/1 |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 200/1 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 250/1 |
| Brian Stuard | 250/1 |
| Brooks Koepka | 250/1 |
| Erik Compton | 250/1 |
| Justin Leonard | 250/1 |
| Kevin Kisner | 250/1 |
| Alex Cejka | 300/1 |
| Danny Willett | 300/1 |
| Hudson Swafford | 300/1 |
| Jeff Maggert | 300/1 |
| Lucas Glover | 300/1 |
| Marcel Siem | 300/1 |
| Pablo Larrazabal | 300/1 |
| Robert Allenby | 300/1 |
| Roberto Castro | 300/1 |
| Scott Langley | 300/1 |
| Hyung-Sung Kim | 400/1 |
| Justin Thomas | 400/1 |
| Mark Wilson | 400/1 |
| Yong-Eun Yang | 400/1 |
| Billy Hurley III | 500/1 |
| Casey Wittenberg | 500/1 |
| Cory Whitsett | 500/1 |
| D.A. Points | 500/1 |
| Daniel Berger | 500/1 |
| Darren Clarke | 500/1 |
| Garth Mulroy | 500/1 |
| Henrik Norlander | 500/1 |
| Jim Renner | 500/1 |
| Ken Duke | 500/1 |
| Kenny Perry | 500/1 |
| Kyong-Hoon Lee | 500/1 |
| Lucas Bjerregaard | 500/1 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 500/1 |
| Maximilian Kieffer | 500/1 |
| Oliver Fisher | 500/1 |
| Oliver Goss | 500/1 |
| Robby Shelton | 500/1 |
| Rod Pampling | 500/1 |
| Ryan Blaum | 500/1 |
| Shiv Kapur | 500/1 |
| Tom Lewis | 500/1 |
| Toru Taniguchi | 500/1 |
| Wen-Chong Liang | 500/1 |
| Aron Price | 750/1 |
| Bobby Gates | 750/1 |
| Brady Watt | 750/1 |
| Chris Doak | 750/1 |
| Graeme Storm | 750/1 |
| Hunter Stewart | 750/1 |
| Joe Ogilvie | 750/1 |
| Niclas Fasth | 750/1 |
| Wil Collins | 750/1 |
| Andrea Pavan | 1000/1 |
| Andres Echavarria | 1000/1 |
| Andrew Dorn | 1000/1 |
| Anthony Broussard | 1000/1 |
| Azuma Yano | 1000/1 |
| Brett Stegmaier | 1000/1 |
| Brian Campbell | 1000/1 |
| Chris Thompson | 1000/1 |
| Clayton Rask | 1000/1 |
| Cody Gribble | 1000/1 |
| David Gossett | 1000/1 |
| David Oh | 1000/1 |
| Donald Constable | 1000/1 |
| Fran Quinn | 1000/1 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 1000/1 |
| Kevin Tway | 1000/1 |
| Kiyoshi Miyazato | 1000/1 |
| Matthew Dobyns | 1000/1 |
| Maverick McNealy | 1000/1 |
| Nicholas Lindheim | 1000/1 |
| Nicholas Mason | 1000/1 |
| Rob Oppenheim | 1000/1 |
| Simon Griffiths | 1000/1 |
| Smylie Kaufman | 1000/1 |
| Steven Alker | 1000/1 |
| Will Grimmer | 1000/1 |
| Zac Blair | 1000/1 |
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