Despite not having won a major since 2008, Tiger Woods enters the 2012 U.S. Open as the early favorite at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
Woods, who won two weekends ago at the Memorial Tournament, played a practice round early Monday morning in preparation for the tournament, which begins on Thursday.
2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk, a West Chester, PA native, tees off Thursday at 4:40 p.m. ET with Sergio Garcia and Graeme McDowell. Furyk has 80-1 odds to win the tournament as of Monday afternoon, according to Bovada.
The top 10 favorites according to Bovada's early 2012 U.S. Open golf odds follow:
Tiger Woods 6/1
Rory McIlroy 8/1
Lee Westwood 14/1
Luke Donald 14/1
Phil Mickelson 18/1
Martin Kaymer 22/1
Sergio Garcia 25/1
Adam Scott 33/1
Bubba Watson 33/1
Charl Schwartzel 33/1
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