The 112th U.S. Open Championship is set to begin Thursday, June 14th at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. The Club’s Par 71, 7574 yard Lake Course will serve as home to the weekend’s action as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, and others take aim at capturing golf’s most challenging major. Odds to win the 2012 U.S. Open Golf Championship at Sportsbook.ag are favoring Woods at 6-1 ($100 to win $600) to win the event. McIlroy, last year’s U.S. Open winner, is drawing 10-1 odds while Luke Donald, the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Rankings, and fellow Brit Lee Westwood are 12-1 plays to emerge victorious at the season’s second major.

Tiger Woods has yet to return to his pre-sex scandal form, but he appears to be closer to his old self right now than at any other point over the last 3.5 years. Woods, who is seeking his 15th major and fourth U.S. Open title, has produced some ugly results this season, including 40th place finishes at the Masters and THE PLAYERS Championship; however, he has topped the leader board in two of his last five tournament entries. 

Woods most recent performance took place at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio (June 3rd) where he garnered the 73rd PGA Tour win of his illustrious career. The former world’s No. 1 completed play with a nine under par 279 to best second place finishers Rory Sabbatini and Andres Romero by two strokes. 

McIlory, who secured the first and only major championship of his career at last year’s U.S. Open, enters this weekend’s tournament in a bit of a slide. The pride of Northern Ireland placed a respectable seventh at the St. Jude Classic over the weekend, but he missed the cut at THE PLAYERS Championship and the Memorial prior to hitting the links at TPC Southwind. 

Still, McIlroy, who sits second in both the Official World Golf Rankings and the European Tour’s Race to Dubai standings, has one win and four top five finishes in eight PGA Tour events played this season. 

Other notables in action this weekend include Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, and the previously mentioned Donald and Westwood. Mickelson, who is drawing 15-1 odds to win, has four major championships on his resume be has yet to win the U.S. Open. Donald, Westwood, and Johnson are all seeking their first major titles while Watson, a 40-1 play, is looking to follow up his April Masters victory with another surprising turn in San Francisco.

Odds to Win the 2012 U.S. Open: 

Tigers Woods 6-1, Rory McIlroy 10-1, Luke Donald 12-1, Lee Westwood 12-1, Phil Mickelson 15-1
Dustin Johnson 25-1, Rickie Fowler 25-1, Matt Kuchar 25-1, Jason Dufner 25-1, Hunter Mahan 30-1, Adam Scott 30-1, Justin Rose 30-1, Jim Furyk 30-1, Zach Johnson 40-1, Steve Stricker 40-1, Sergio Garcia 40-1, Bubba Watson 40-1, Charl Schwartzel 50-1, Louis Oosthuizen 50-1, Bo Van Pelt 50-1, Martin Kaymer 50-1, Keegan Bradley 50-1, Jason Day 50-1, Jonathan Byrd 60-1, Ian Poulter 60-1, Graeme McDowell 60-1, Webb Simpson 60-1, Padraig Harrington 60-1, Nick Watney 60-1, Ernie Els 60-1, Peter Hanson 60-1, Geoff Ogilvy 80-1, Bill Haas 80-1, Francesco Molinari 80-1, David Toms 100-1, Aaron Baddeley 100-1, Martin Laird 100-1, Brandt Snedeker 100-1, Carl Petterson 100-1, KJ Choi 100-1, John Senden 100-1, Charles Howell III 125-1, Fredrik Jacobson 125-1, Retief Goosen 125-1, Matteo Manassero 125-1, Tim Clark 125-1, Kevin Na 125-1, Ben Crane 125-1, Nicolas Colsaerts 150-1, Angel Cabrera 150-1, Alvaro Quiros 150-1, Vijay Singh 150-1, Ryo Ishikawa 150-1, Trevor Immelman 150-1, YE Yang 150-1, Robert Garrigus 150-1, Thomas Bjorn 150-1, Gary Woodland 150-1, Robert Karlsson 150-1, Mark Wilson 150-1, Stewart Cink 150-1, Kyle Stanely 150-1, Kyung-Tae Kim 200-1, Paul Casey 200-1, Sang-Moon Bae 200-1, Miguel Angel Jimenez 200-1, Lucas Glover 200-1, Patrick Cantlay 200-1, Anders Hansen 250-1, Simon Dyson 250-1, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 250-1, Robert Rock 250-1, Kevin Chappell 300-1, Chez Reavie 500-1, Olin Browne 1000-1, Michael Campbell 1000-1, Field (Any Other Player) 12-1

 Betting Dork: Lee Phelps, Host, The Punt, William Hill Football Podcast, on Euro 2012 & the 112th U.S. Open:
This one is fun.  Skyping across the pond with Euro 2012 in full swing, Host Gill Alexander welcomes William Hill Football Podcast Host Lee Phelps to discuss an array of mutual curiosities, including why the British have such low expectations of England's prospects on the international football stage, and the many differences in the gambling cultures of England and the United States.  Plus, in a week dominated by both Euro 2012 and U.S. Open Golf, where might the betting value currently lie in both events?  Lee offers up his thoughts on both, including which nations might still be the most intriguing futures plays in the former, and which two European golfers ought to be on your radar on the latter.  Plus, Premier League value and boxing thoughts, as well, on Monday's international Betting Dork (June 11, 2012).
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