5 dark horses who could upset and win the U.S. Open 2018

1. Bryson DeChambeau (+4000)

There are plenty of people who follow the PGA Tour who aren’t fans of Bryson DeChambeau. He has a propensity for rubbing people the wrong way for one reason or another. But one thing that you can’t deny about the 24-year old is the talent that he has, which he flashed throughout most of last year. Now it seems like he’s a guy who’s starting to put it all together at the right time and that could mean making some noise at the U.S. Open.

Since withdrawing from the Valspar Championship in mid-March, DeChambeau has been tearing it up for the most part. Not only has he made his last seven cuts, but he’s registered four top-five finishes over that stretch as well, including finishing second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and winning the Memorial in the last tournament that he played in prior to this U.S. Open.

What’s really been evident in terms of his play as of late is an improvement in his putting and his demeanor. He’s often criticized for overthinking things when on the golf course, but that has seemingly lessened (to a degree, at least) over the past few months and the results speak for themselves. When you combine that with more success on the greens, that has the makings for something special.

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Put simply, DeChambeau’s odds for this major are simply lower than they should be. While he shouldn’t be an odds-on favorite, he does deserve to be among the better players in the world right now, because that’s how he’s playing. And if he were to win at Shinnecock Hills, no one should be surprised by it.