Five 100/1 Or Better Underdogs That Could Make You Money At The 2014 US Open

For the bookies to list a player at 100/1 or better for the 2014 US Open, they must really be sure they are not going to win. But with the big betting companies paying one quarter of the odds for an each way bet if they come in the top six, it's certainly worth exploring those longer odds shots.

One thing we know for sure, the US Open always turns up surprises.

Here are five players listed at 100/1 or better that could conceivably come into a place this week.

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Matt Every 100/1

Has come in from 125/1 to 100/1 in the past two days so either word from the course is he's in form or punters have started backing him and bookies are getting nervy.  Matt Every is coming off a T3 last week at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. He also played in 2005 at Pinehurst as an amateur and finished T28, winning lead amateur honours. I'll smoke to that!


Ernie Els 125/1

Harris English said today that Pinehurst is like a British Open with Augusta greens.  Well Ernie has won two British as well as two US Opens so is well qualified. Written off by many but his last major was not all that long ago in 2012.  That T19 at Muirfield Village will have given the Big Easy a lift and he knows where par is king he can still contend. Third appearance at Pinehurst, with a best of T15 in 2005.  Decent recent showings at this tournament too with a solo third at Pebble when GMac won, ninth at Olympic in 2012 and T4 last year at Merion.

Stephen Gallacher 125/1

The revelation of the European Tour the past couple of years and nailed on for a Ryder Cup spot in his home country of Scotland.  Showed at  a couple of Dubai Desert Classics that he can beat the tar out of the big guys on his day and tied sixth at the WGC Cadillac in Doral, arguably one of the toughest tests so far this year.  Stephen's on form too, with a T5 at Wentworth and got into the playoff at the Nordea Masters last time out.


Retief Goosen 125/1

Now this is an interesting one.  Goose is like a new man of late, making cuts and even scraping an odd top 10 or two like in Houston in April.  Was there or there abouts before hooking the living daylights out of one or two drives at TPC Southwind last week but that still made for six cuts in a row which is encouraging.  The good news is there's no water at Pinehurst.  Two time winner, tied 11th in 2005.

Angel Cabrera 150/1

Still has a legion of fans that back him in every Major.  Two PGA wins, two Majors! Let's face it, El Pato doesn't give a fiddlers whether he makes or misses the cut week in week out, but he will be grinding hard this week.  With Pinehurst being generous off the tee and with no rough, the set up could suit Cabrera and if he drives it well, can dunch those low spinning irons into these greens and hold them.  Remember Oakmont in 2007? That was a masterclass.


Hope that helps!