Our Experts Make Their Picks for the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club
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Alan Bastable
GOLF Magazine Senior Associate Editor
Pick: Padraig Harrington
As none of you will remember, the Dubliner was also my Players pick. He struggled at Sawgrass but still made the cut (his ninth cut made in nine attempts this year in the States), and a week later won his own country's Open, sending Ireland into a stout-toasting frenzy.
If Harrington can carry that buzz to Oakmont, he'll thrive. His U.S. Open record is imposing — since 2000, he has two top 5s and four top 10s — and he had a good chance to win the thing last year before his four-bogey finale. He's also a plodder, and plodders excel on long, tough, head-splitting layouts. It's Harrington's time. Ready the Guinness.
