Exploring Key Skills for US Open Success: Total Driving & Putting

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00:00Brady, what skill are you looking at here, and who do you got?

00:04Basically identical to Keith.

00:06I think total driving, and I'll take it one step further to strokes game ball striking,

00:10which is a combination of total driving and greens and regulation.

00:14And I agree, that's where you have to start here.

00:17And I've got five guys in my pocket that kind of fit that Jim Furyk mold,

00:21and I'm looking for that other type of player that Keith alluded to that fits more of the bomber,

00:26the Jon Rahm, the Ludwig Goldberg, the Scotty Scheffler, the DeChambeau, the Rory.

00:31I haven't gotten to that point in my card yet, but the five guys I do have on it right now

00:36are fairway finders that can putt at big prices, quintessential, prototypical U.S. Open type players.

00:45Find the fairway, find the green, and maybe get hot with the putter for a few days.

00:49And yeah, back in January, when he won at Torrey Pines, Harris English, I got him at 150.

00:55You know, everybody was kind of shocked when I took him at the PGA.

00:59Now everybody knows this guy is legit, and you're right.

01:02He's becoming a popular selection this week, and rightly so.

01:05I've got English at 150.

01:07The next bet I added when he finished fifth at Torrey Pines was Tommy Fleetwood.

01:12I've got him at 50.

01:13He's now in the 35 to 40 range.

01:1540 is a good price.

01:17This guy, his best major has been the U.S. Open, a second at Shinnecock.

01:21I think he's been runner-up twice, if I recall, at the U.S. Open.

01:26But Tommy's that same type of guy, hitting the fairways, hitting the greens.

01:29And then I went to Sepp Straka, you know, just laser-like accuracy.

01:33Not really long, but he finds a fairway every time he tees it up.

01:38Great iron player, probably second in the world to Scottie with the irons right now.

01:42And we know he can get a hot putter, a two-time winner on tour already this year.

01:47Russell Henley made my card at 70 to 1.

01:49You know, again, basically identical to Sepp Straka.

01:53They even both went to Georgia, a guy that finds fairways, hits greens, and can get hot with the putter.

01:58And then Denny McCarthy.

01:59I talked about him for a fast start on Thursday.

02:0228th on the PGA Tour in first-round scoring.

02:05A couple of top-five finishes at the Memorial.

02:08Fifth at Torrey Pines earlier this year.

02:11So Denny can play these tough golf courses very well.

02:14Maybe the very best putter in the world.

02:16Those are the five I have on my card currently.

02:19Three Bulldogs, Brady.

02:19And I'm probably going to go the direction of Keith with a Rahm or an O'Berg or something.

02:24I've got to add that big dog at the top.

02:26But five so far as we sit here.

02:28Are you getting a check from the University of Georgia there, Brady?

02:31That's three out of five Bulldogs.

02:33That's right.

02:34And that 50 to 1 on Tommy Fleetwood, that's probably like the minimum number I would need.

02:41To consider.

02:42To consider it with how much I've been burned.

02:45And so you got a good number on him, Brady.

02:47It's just I would need that to even.

02:49He's burned us.

02:50We've all had that happen to us with Tommy Fleetwood.

02:53We've been right there with him.

02:54And he hasn't been able to close the door for us.

02:57I hope he happens for you this week, Brady.

02:59That's for sure.

03:00All right.

03:01Cam, what were you looking for this week?

03:03What's the skill that you've got?

03:04And maybe a few guys you like.

03:05Keith said it.

03:06You know, first, you got to hit it big and long off the tee setting up for a second shot.

03:10But I have an issue with one.

03:11This guy has one problem.

03:13I'm taking him, Carver.

03:14At 9 to 1, Bryson DeChambeau is my chalk pick.

03:17The problem?

03:18Wedge game.

03:19Between 50 and 70 yards, 152nd.

03:21That's not good enough for me.

03:23But I have a feeling he's going to be a lot better this week.

03:25The soft conditions are good for him.

03:27Can he roll the rock?

03:28Yes.

03:28And out of all those guys, I love him.

03:30I think this is his time.

03:32He's been close before.

03:33Rory beat him.

03:34But I'm telling you, that's my chalk play.

03:37Bryson DeChambeau, if he can finally get that wedge game going, I'm not worried about any

03:41other part of his game.

03:43Cantlay, probably better of a top 10-20 play.

03:45But do you know?

03:4612, 14, 4.

03:47Last four U.S. Opens inside the top 15.

03:5145 to 1.

03:51You talked about it.

03:52What a great number.

03:53I found a 50.

03:54So instead of a 45, a 50 on Patrick Cantlay.

03:56Can he close the door?

03:57Very similar to Fleetwood.

03:58But I like his game.

04:00I think he's going to be sharp this week.

04:01And that number for me is good enough, Carver.

04:03You know, Cantlay's broken our heart, too.

04:05He's kind of like Tommy Fleetwood.

04:07He's there.

04:07He's not there.

04:08But you know what?

04:09Top 20, definitely.

04:11But at 45, I got to put some money on him to win.

04:14Yeah, I'm going to have Cantlay as well, probably by the end of the weekend.

04:17Because the thing that I'm looking at the most, and I know maybe you can't quantify it in

04:21a chart and a graph or looking up stats or anything, is I need guys who have showed

04:26me some toughness at really tough courses.

04:30That's really it for me.

04:32And I know that that's not, but it's just something you got to kind of look at, look

04:35at hard courses, who plays well there.

04:38And you know that I love this guy, and he's going to be there for me.

04:41And he hasn't done it on Sundays.

04:43He's had a lead here in the past, and that's the Irish Bear.

04:45I told Keith a few weeks ago, I quit the Irish Bear.

04:48But I knew with Oakmont coming around the corner, I was going to have to get him back in

04:52the mix.

04:5245 to 1 for Shane Lowry.

04:54Now, I saw a Shane Lowry end of third round leader at 35 to 1, and I think I'm going to

05:01play that as well, because as we all know, he's had some bad Sundays.

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