This year’s US Open is scheduled for June. Players for the championship would be selected based on their previous performances. Some players have already made it to the ranked players list. One qualifying category is previous championship wins. The players who have been classified based on this category are: Ángel Cabrera, Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk, Lucas Glover, Reteif Goosen, Geoff Ogilvy and Tiger Woods. Players like Ben Martin and An Byeong Hun were selected based on their previous performances as 1st and 2nd place finishers at the 2009 US Amateur Championship. Top players like Phil Mickelson, Zach Johnson and Trevor Immelman were selected by his Masters Championships held during the last five years.

YE Yang was awarded a place among the qualified golfers for his performance on the PGA Tours. He is a PGA Championship winner. Tim Clark, the golfer from South Africa was placed on the qualifying list in the ‘champion players’ category. Fred Funk was selected in the US Senior Open Champion category. Usually, players whose names were among the top fifteen qualifiers have the opportunity to participate in the US Open. This year the following players are selected in this category: Ricky Barnes, Stephen Ames, David Duval, Matt Bettencourt, Sergio Garcia, Rory Mcllroy, Ryan Moore, Mike Weir, Henrik Stenson, Hunter Mahan and Soren Hansen.

Players included in the official PGA Tour money list easily qualify for the US Open event. In this category, some popular players were able to enter the finish and include: Paul Casey, Dustin Johnson, Brian Gay, Kevin Na, John Rollins, Nick Watney, David Toms, Steve Stricker, John Senden, Ian Poulter, Kenny Perry, etc. to name a few. In 2009 Steve Stricker was the winner of the British Open Championship. Ian Poulter has also qualified for the Ryder Cup as a player in the top five lists.

Players on the 2009 Tour Championship roster would also be included on the 2009 British Open Qualifiers roster. These players include: Jason Dufner, Luke Donald, Ernie Els, Heath Slocum, Steve Marino, Scott Verplank and Marc Leishman. Another category for ranking is the top fifteen players associated with the European Tour Race to Dubai including: Martin Kaymer, Simon Dyson, Ross McGowan, Lee Westwood, Francesco Molinari and Oliver Wilson. Golfers Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas and Robert Allenby have already qualified for the event as top ten players on the HP Byron Nelson Championship Official PGA Tour Money List. Tom Watson was selected by the USGA in the category of special exemptions. Players in the sectional qualifiers category include: Rhys Davies, Richard Karlberg, Gareth Maybin, Pablo Martin, Gary Boyd, etc. to name a few. Roughly half of the field each year includes players who fall into exemption categories.

All these players have been selected due to their excellent performances. What many people associated with golf betting do is analyze players who have qualified for major championships like the US Open Championship. When considering betting on a particular player, you should look at his performances in previous matches in the tournament. Its current form should also be taken into account. Tiger Woods is the highest ranked golfer in the current golf rankings. He took a break from professional golf during the first week of May due to injury, but is planning a strong return to the sport.