Five best groups at the 2022 United States Open

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The 2022 United States Open begins on Thursday from the Brookline Country Club outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Here are the five best groups that will be competing.

5) Gary Woodland/Justin Rose/Bryson DeChambeau

This trio have all won the United States Open one time each. Rose of London, England, won in 2013. Woodland of Topeka, Kansas was victorious in 2019. DeChambeau of Modesto, California, in 2020.

4) Phil Mickelson/Shane Lowry/Louis Oosthuizen

This trio are all major champions, but have never won the United States Open. Mickelson of San Diego has won the Masters thrice (2004, 2006, 2010), the PGA Championship twice (2005 and 2021), and the 2013 British Open. Lowry of Clara, Ireland won the 2019 British Open, and Oosthuizen of Mossel Bay, South Africa, won the 2010 British Open.

3) Justin Thomas/Viktor Hovland/Tony Finau

The headliner in this group is two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas of Louisville, Kentucky, who won his majors in 2017 and 2022. Viktor Hovland of Oslo, Norway is eighth in the world, while Finau of Salt Lake City, Utah, is 15th. Thomas meanwhile is fifth in the world, behind only American Scottie Scheffler, Spain’s Jon Rahm, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, and American Patrick Cantlay.

2) Rory McIlroy/Hideki Matsuyama/Xander Schauffele

This group has five major titles among them. McIlroy of Holywood, Northern Ireland won the 2011 United States Open, 2012 and 2014 PGA Championships and 2014 British Open. Matsuyama of Matsuyama, Japan, won the 2021 Masters. Schauffele of San Diego, California, has never won a major, but is the reigning Olympic gold medalist, and 12th ranked player in the world.

1) Scottie Scheffler/Brooks Koepka/Cameron Smith

This group has Scottie Scheffler of Ridgewood, New Jersey, the number one golfer in the world, the Masters winner, and World Match Play champion for 2022, four-time major winner Brooks Koepka of West Palm Beach, Florida (2017 and 2018 United States Open champion and 2018 and 2019 PGA Championship winner), and Australia’s own Cameron Smith of Brisbane, who has won two prestigious PGA events already in 2022–the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Maui in record-breaking style, and the 2022 Players Championship.

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