Fantasy Golf: Who to select for the US Open?
The US Open at Pinehurst No.2 sees all the top names of the PGA Tour and European Tour in action with only Tiger Woods and Thomas Bjorn out through injury.
Make sure your team is in good shape to stay in contention for the overall prize and compete for monthly TaylorMade prizes.
The trick for this week could be finding players from the lower groups who are teeing it up at Pinehurst.
Joe Ogilvie is a player featuring from group 10, Kenny Perry and Ken Duke are both in action from group 9 while group 8 features JB Holmes and Rod Pampling.
However, players who miss the cut will cost you minus points so you may want to focus on making your three changes from the middle groups.
Group 7 features a number of winners on the PGA Tour this year including John Senden, Kevin Stadler and Matt Every. It also features past winners Geoff Ogilvy and Lucas Glover.
Last week’s winner Ben Crane is in group 6 along with two-time champion Retief Goosen and former Open champion Justin Leonard.
Group 5 features a number of qualifiers and those who just made the field on their world rankings including Danny Willett, Kevin Na and Paul Casey.
There aren’t many names to chose from in group 4 but big-hitting American Gary Woodland could be an attractive option.
FedEx cup leader Jimmy Walker is once again a stand-out pick from group 3 along with Bernd Wiesberger, Stephen Gallacher, Harris English and Billy Horschel.
It’s a case of ‘take your pick’ from groups 1 and 2 where all the pre-tournament favourites sit.
Captain selection could be the deciding factor with an extra 50 per cent on all points scored with your skipper scoring double.
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Full US Open entry list
Full US Open field
Alker, Steven
Allenby, Robert
Baddeley, Aaron
Barlow, Craig
Berger, Daniel
Bjerregaard, Lucas
Blair, Zac
Blaum, Ryan
Blixt, Jonas
Bradley, Keegan
Broussard, Anthony
Cabrera, Angel
Campbell, Brian
Casey, Paul
Castro, Roberto
Cejka, Alex
Cink, Stewart
Clarke, Darren
Collins, Chad
Colsaerts, Nicolas
Compton, Erik
Constable, Donald
Day, Jason
de Jonge, Brendon
DeLaet, Graham
Doak, Chris
Dobyns, Matt
Donald, Luke
Donaldson, Jamie
Dorn, Andrew
Dubuisson, Victor
Dufner, Jason
Duke, Ken
Echavarria, Andres
Els, Ernie
English, Harris
Every, Matt
Fasth, Niclas
Fdez-Castano, Gonzalo
Fisher, Oliver
Fitzpatrick, Matthew
Fowler, Rickie
Furyk, Jim
Gallacher, Stephen
Garcia, Sergio
Gates, Bobby
Glover, Lucas
Goosen, Retief
Goss, Oliver
Gossett, David
Gribble, Cody
Griffiths, Simon
Grimmer, Will
Guthrie, Luke
Haas, Bill
Henley, Russell
Holmes, J.B.
Horschel, Billy
Hurley III, Billy
Jaidee, Thongchai
Jimenez, Miguel A.
Johnson, Dustin
Johnson, Zach
Jones, Matt
Kapur, Shiv
Kaufman, Smylie
Kaymer, Martin
Kieffer, Maximilian
Kim, Hyung-Sung
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Koepka, Brooks
Kuchar, Matt
Langley, Scott
Larrazabal, Pablo
Lee, Kyoung-Hoon
Leonard, Justin
Lewis, Tom
Liang, WC
Lindheim, Nicholas
Love, Sam
Lowry, Shane
Luiten, Joost
Maggert, Jeff
Mahan, Hunter
Mason, Nick
Matsuyama, Hideki
McDowell, Graeme
McIlroy, Rory
McIver, Brandon
McNealy, Maverick
Mickelson, Phil
Miyazato, Kiyoshi
Molinari, Francesco
Moore, Ryan
Mulroy, Garth
Na, Kevin
Noh, Seung-Yul
Norlander, Henrik
Ogilvie, Joe
Ogilvy, Geoff
Oh, David
Oosthuizen, Louis
Oppenheim, Rob
Palmer, Ryan
Pampling, Rod
Pavan, Andrea
Perry, Kenny
Points, D.A.
Poulter, Ian
Price, Aron
Quinn, Fran
Rask, Clayton
Reed, Patrick
Renner, Jim
Rose, Justin
Schwartzel, Charl
Scott, Adam
Senden, John
Shelton, Robby
Siem, Marcel
Simpson, Webb
Snedeker, Brandt
Spieth, Jordan
Stadler, Kevin
Stegmaier, Brett
Stenson, Henrik
Stewart, Hunter
Storm, Graeme
Streelman, Kevin
Stricker, Steve
Stuard, Brian
Sutherland, Kevin
Swafford, Hudson
Taniguchi, Toru
Thomas, Justin
Thompson, Chris
Todd, Brendon
Toms, David
Tway, Kevin
Van Pelt, Bo
Walker, Jimmy
Watney, Nick
Watson, Bubba
Watt, Brady
Weekley, Boo
Westwood, Lee
Whitsett, Cory
Wiesberger, Bernd
Willett, Danny
Wilson, Cameron
Wilson, Mark
Wittenberg, Casey
Woodland, Gary
Yang, Y.E.
Yano, Azuma
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