2022 U.S. Open Power Rankings: The Top-50 Players in Brookline

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BROOKLINE, Mass. – You know the drill by now. I rank the players, you bookmark this link and troll me Sunday evening about all the big misses.

Let’s get right to it. My ranking for this week’s 122^nd U.S. Open Championship.

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1. Shane Lowry

Lowry is playing perhaps the best golf of his life and hasn't finished worse than 35^th in a dozen starts this year, gaining more than a stroke against the field in each one of them. His combination of ball striking and soft hands around the greens should have him hanging with the world’s best on this course.

2. Rory McIlroy

It wasn’t just his victory at the RBC Canadian Open this weekend which was so encouraging; it was that his wedge game on a shorter track looked much improved over what we’ve witnessed for a few years now. When he gets hot, he often stays hot – and he’s running as hot as we’ve seen him in a while.

3. Daniel Berger

Injuries have hampered his year to date, but a T5 in his most recent start at the Memorial Tournament should sound the alarms. His ability to keep the ball in play will be paramount to keeping up with the game’s big hitters, but it’s the putter which will be his most important club in the bag.

4. Justin Thomas

Thomas is not only riding a wave of momentum, but he appears confident in all facets of his game, that bogey-bogey finish while in contention on Sunday notwithstanding. Despite being the first-round leader at Winged Foot two years ago, he’s yet to seriously contend at a U.S. Open, but this should be the week.

5. Matt Fitzpatrick

Expect him to be a popular pick this week – and for good reason. He won the 2013 U.S. Amateur on this course, one of the few players who’s played it in competition, and he’s been one of the most consistent performers throughout the year. Often plays his best golf when the winning score is closer in relation to par.

6. Tony Finau

It wasn’t that long ago when he seemed to be struggling with his game, failing to post anything better than a 19^th-place finish in his first 10 starts of the year. He’s clearly found something, with top-fives in three of his last five starts, gaining strokes in 18 of the 20 major categories in those events.

7. Jordan Spieth

We remember the victory at Chambers Bay in 2015, but we forget that he’s failed to finish better than 17^th in any of his other nine U.S. Open starts. This one should suit his game better, though, at a thinking-man’s type of track where he can plot his way around and maybe show off some Spieth magic around the greens.

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8. Max Homa

He’s finished in the top 25 in his last four starts and a T5 at the Memorial only helped cement the feeling that his prospects might be most dangerous on a more difficult venue. As a player who undeniably looks more confident with every passing week, contending in a major is the next step in his progression as a pro.

9. Scottie Scheffler

It’s a testament to the all-around talent of the world’s No. 1-ranked player that he ranks inside the top-10 on this list, and yet it still feels way too low. Scheffler seems refocused after a missed cut at last month’s PGA Championship, losing in a playoff at Colonial and finishing T-18 this past weekend.

10. Jon Rahm

While he’s been driving it as well as he always does, the rest of his game hasn’t quite looked completely in sync for much of the year. That said, the defending champion owns a built-in advantage. We often talk about players’ length, but his ability to launch his iron shots offers a massive edge.

11. Patrick Cantlay

His four worst results in the past years have been at big events, but that offers a buy-low opportunity.

12. Xander Schauffele

A top-20 play feels like easy money, as he’s cashed these tickets in 13 of 20 career major starts.

13. Will Zalatoris

This big-game hunter has shown a propensity for playing his best golf in the most important events.

14. Sungjae Im

Im is very quietly flying under the radar entering this week with four straight finishes of 21^st or better.

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15. Sam Burns

One of the world’s best players now, but a T20 at the recent PGA Championship remains his best major result.

16. Hideki Matsuyama

He was tough to pinpoint over the past few months, and that was even before a DQ at the Memorial.

17. Collin Morikawa

His pre-tourney odds are creeping toward a must-play number, where he was before each of his two major wins.

18. Aaron Wise

Wise is finally getting priced accordingly after a runner-up at the Memorial, but he still owns a ton of value.

19. Joaquin Niemann

Like Burns, Niemann is ready to take the next step in his career progression with some better major results.

20. Cameron Smith

THE PLAYERS Championship winner has the right combo of short game and guile to win a U.S. Open someday.

21. Justin Rose

Rose is fresh off a final-round 60 on Sunday, and there’s some thought that The Country Club could resemble Merion just a bit.

22. Billy Horschel

Says he’s playing the best golf of his life and proved it with a win at the Memorial in his last start.

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23. Cameron Young

This rookie is the prototypical “not flashy, but gets the job done” type of guy who keeps churning out solid results.

24. Talor Gooch

If you find a “Low LIVer” bet, I like taking a chance on perhaps the most surprising defector.

25. Tommy Fleetwood

Once considered a potential U.S. Open champion, his game is starting to come around once again.

26. Dustin Johnson

If any player is going to be unaffected on the course by the commotion of recent events, it’s gotta be DJ.

27. Keegan Bradley

Bradley should be comfortable playing at home in New England in front of so many fans and friends.

28. Brooks Koepka

Koepka has results of 4^th-2^nd-1^st-1^st in his last four U.S. Open starts, but he could fall victim to current form.

29. Webb Simpson

After getting hot on the weekend at the PGA, he could sneak his way onto this leaderboard, too.

30. Viktor Hovland

Hovland is one of the game’s best ball-strikers, but he's also literally dead-last in strokes gained around the greens.

31. Louis Oosthuizen

Oosthuizen hasn’t finished outside the top 25 at a U.S. Open in his last seven starts, including a runner-up last year.

32. Corey Conners

World-class ball striker Corey Conners improved by multiple strokes during each round in his native Canada last week.

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33. Abraham Ancer

In a previous generation, Ancer would’ve been the exact type of player who wins a U.S. Open title.

34. Adri Arnaus

Coming off a T30 at last month’s PGA, the world’s second-ranked Spaniard is improving by the week.

35. Harold Varner III

HV3 has the game to stick around on the leaderboard, for the first couple of days, at least.

36. Alex Noren

Noren is having a very solid, consistent year with six top-20 finishes, his two recent MCs notwithstanding.

37. Davis Riley

Trust this much: Riley is going to be ranked higher than this on most major lists for the next 10 years.

38. Russell Henley

The ball striking is consistently upper-level; if he makes a few putts, he could post some scores.

39. Jason Kokrak

His two best clubs are his driver and his putter, which is always a dangerous combo.

40. Mito Pereira

It would be a great story if he can bounce back from that PGA heartbreaker to contend again this week.

41. Sepp Straka

The Honda Classic winner is a big, strong dude who fits the profile of recent contenders at this event.

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42. Scott Stallings

Back home in his native Massachusetts, he’s at least a solid narrative play for this one.

43. Beau Hossler

Hossler's game is gradually getting to the point where we’d all thought it would when he contended for a U.S. Open title as an amateur.

44. Brandon Matthews

One of the longest hitters in pro golf – so long that he often doesn’t carry driver because he hits it too far.

45. Thomas Pieters

Pieters has always owned some obvious firepower and has become more consistent in recent years.

46. Taylor Montgomery

Qualifying for last year’s U.S. Open ultimately kept him from a PGA TOUR promotion, but he’s on track this time.

47. Patrick Reed

Before he moves on to LIV Golf, Reed will try to show his game is trending in the right direction.

48. Kurt Kitayama

Kitayama is one of the more underrated players around and has a great price for some props and matchup bets.

49. Tom Hoge

Hoge is a solid iron player who’s lost a little shine from his early-year performance but can still do some damage.

50. Luke List

Healthy again, he’s trying to make the U.S. Open cut for the first time in six career starts.

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