I was checking out the US Open Golf odds at a few online sportsbooks to put in a few US Open bets, as I always do for my favorite major of the year, when I noticed a new US Open contest was up.

The SPORTSBETTING.com “US Open Pick The Winners” caught my eye. I like playing US Open matchups when I bet on golf, picking who I think will be the winner of a particular matchup.

That’s how this contest is setup, as you get to pick the winner of a group of matchups.

Here’s the copy from the contest, explaining the details:

US Open Pick The Winners Contest

Tee it up with SPORTSBETTING.com at this year’s US Open Championship and you can win a free $50.00 just for picking matchup winners.

Add to the excitement of one of the biggest golf events of the year by playing the “US Open Pick The Winners” contest.

It’s free to play and it’s easy.

All you need to do to win the free $50.00 is pick the winning golfer in each of the listed matchups (see below). If you go 5-for-5 you win the free cash.

Here are the matchups:

Phil Mickelson

Tiger Woods

Jim Furyk

Geoff Ogilvy

Sergio Garcia

Padraig Harrington

Vijay Singh

Ernie Els

Anthony Kim

Justin Leonard

Check out all the US Open Golf odds

You can enter your contest picks here

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I’m looking at taking Tiger Woods over Lefty, as would most people. Tiger has looked very good heading into this tournament, while Phil has been dealing with some real tough news regarding the news that his wife was recently diagnosed with cancer. It’s great Phil is playing, but I don’t see him keeping up with Tiger.

I also like Geoff Ogilvy to win his US Open matchup over Jim Furyk. This is the kind of course that sets up well for Ogilvy’s game and he is one of the best ball strikers in the world. He has proven he can win big tournaments and excels on the greens.

I’m playing Ogilvy.

I’m also going to play Anthony Kim over Justin Leonard. Kim is one of the best players in the world and set to have a big tourney. I like him in this matchup.

I’ll handicap the other contest matchups out tomorrow as I get ready to put in my picks and take a shot at the free US Open contest cash.

US Open Betting:

I’m also looking at betting a couple of matchups. Looking at the list of US Open Golf Betting matchups at the online sportsbook, I like Lee Westwood at +125 over Ian Poulter. The sports betting community are all over Tiger Woods in his matchups, so I’m staying away from that one and trying to find value elsewhere.

I also like Zach Johnson to beat Carmen Villegas. The betting odds on Johnson are even money.

Take a look at all the US Open odds and fun prop bets, including the matchup bets.

Plus take a shot at the free $50 cash for picking matchup winners in the SPORTSBETTING.com “US Open Pick The Winner’s Contest”

Good luck.