A host of other players can pretend to be real contenders for the second major of the year, which starts Thursday, but wood is generally regarded as the most likely winner based on his outstanding record and often dominant form that which he has shown this season. But Woods failed in his most recent start, languish 65th joint in a field of 73 at the Memorial Tournament 10 days ago, he has triumphed four times on the PGA Tour from 2013 and is clearly the player to beat at Merion."Tiger Woods plays an impressive golf course," fellow American Matt Kuchar, who won the title of Memorial to give a significant boost to this week, told journalists Wednesday.
"Winning four times already, it is simply incredible." It seems to be clicking again, and when it is activated, it can do things that the rest of us can't do. It's fun so it plays well. "But the great thing about the game of golf, anyone who tees it upwards has a chance to win." "All areas, we play on the PGA Tour, from the top down, there are a lot of strength." Woods has revived memories of his glory days in the late 1990s and early 2000s with a large part of his game this year and it will be eager to put an end to a major title drought dating to his win at the 2008 US Open playoff.
Although the world number one American was bitterly disappointed with his game in general at the Memorial tournament, and in particular its implementation, he filed as a blip in a season successful otherwise. "I didn't really much that I was real happy, but it was just one of these weeks," 14-times major champion, said Woods. "It happens. And go from there."I had a good week of practice the week last at home. '' We had a tropical storm roll there, I assumed that this was prepares us for it.VIOLENT STORMS
Bad weather has already been a huge factor in Merion, with more than six inches (15cm) of rain by saturating the area since Friday and severe thunderstorms have been planned for the latter part of the Thursday opening round. "You won't see a farm US Open this year," said twice former champion US Open Ernie Els. "We will have a soft golf course all week."This means that if you are on your game, you will have a lot of birdie putts. There's a certain par-fours where you just have to put it in the fairway... then you have quite a short second shot."I won't tell everyone will shoot a 62 on a U.S. Open, but you have several possibilities to birdie than ever.'' Path is emblematic of Merion will host its fifth U.S. Open this week, but his first in 32 years after long being regarded as too short to accommodate a major. The par-70 layout located in the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore has been tensely 6,996 yards, since the Australian David Graham triumphed by three strokes in the edition of 1981, and Woods appreciates accurate shot making is necessary to succeed.
It's a course, after all, where Bobby Jones completed her "grand slam" by winning the American amateur from 1930, where Ben Hogan claimed the 1950 U.S. Open only 16 months after being involved in an accident of traffic almost fatal and where Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino beat in a playoff to win the US Open 1971. "If you look at the list of champions, they were all really good shot-makers," said three-time US Open champion Woods. "They have all been able to shape the golf ball."It is what it lends to. You need to be able to shape the golf ball, and you have to be so disciplined to play the course. »As ever a U.S. Open, the ability to minimize errors and be patient on profile greens and tight fairways flanked of thick, rough degree will define strokes in the composition of the champion of this week. The list of potential winners is long and includes Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia, English Justin Rose and Luke Donald, winner 2010 Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland and former Masters champion Zach Johnson, renowned for his brilliant corner.
Irish world of Northern number two Rory McIlroy, the US Open Congress champion, is another likely contender as he bids to claim his first tournament victory this season after winning five times in the world last year.