Comments on: U.S. Open Sleepers

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:06:01 +0000

They (Immelman, Johnson, etc.) send in letters so that if they somehow drop out of automatic exemption status, they are still eligible to play in the qualifiers. Since they're exempt, they need not play. That's all.

By: Cody Thrasher

Cody Thrasher — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:05:43 +0000

I was hoping nobody would bring this up.

I thought Zach Johnson was off to a great start, but he fell apart today.

Luckily for me, I picked Jim Furyk to win this week in the staff predictions. That's still a solid pick as of now. But we will see.

As you said, even par is VERY good right now and will probably win it, if not over par.

By: Miracle Touch

Miracle Touch — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:58:25 +0000

I thought it might be interesting to see how your predictions are going at the halfway mark:

Trevor Immelman +8 T42

Zach Johnson +12 T82 (MC)

Lucas Glover +10 T64 (MC)

Tiger Woods +12 T82 (MC)

Not surprisingly, even par is a very good place to be after Friday at the US Open.

By: Cody Thrasher

Cody Thrasher — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:22:52 +0000

Glad,

That's what I read as well man, but it confuses the heck out of me. On the U.S. Open site, it says they are fully exempt for the U.S. Open because of their world ranking as of May 29th, 2006. This makes sense because both are easily inside the top 50.

It also said Geoff Ogilvy failed the qualify, and he is ranked in the top 20 in the world and top 10 on the PGA Tour money list.

It makes no sense whatsoever. The site is definitely misleading if these guys don't show up at the U.S. Open.

They are all listed on the fully exempt page.

Confusing stuff.

By: Jeff Gladchun

Jeff Gladchun — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:17:57 +0000

I believe that both Trevor and Zach failed to qualify for the Open. Not 100% sure, but they both withdrew from their sectionals.

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:21:28 +0000

I'm happy to go along with Zach and Lucas, but I've never cared much for Trevor Immelman. I also think Arron Oberholser is a heavy favorite in the "sleeper" category.

By: Andy Greenwald

Andy Greenwald — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:31:27 +0000

Good list of US Open sleepers.

I hope Zach and Lucas both make the Ryder Cup team. They are exactly what the US team needs (new blood that can putt).

My additional sleepers to your list would be the following:

KJ Choi
Luke Donald
Mike Weir
Justin Leonard

I can't wait for the US Open. If the rain holds off, the course will be brutal to the scores. Those greens can be extremely mean!