Back At The Beach The third Major Championship of 2019 gets underway at Pebble Beach Golf Links this week. This will be the sixth time they have hosted the event and the first since 2010 when Graeme McDowell sealed his Major title. The sixth staging of the Major Championship will move Pebble Beach into a share of third place alongside Oakland Hills Country Club in the leaderboard of U.S. Open Championship hosts. Brooks Koepka has become a specialist at winning Major Championships, The American has won four out of the last nine Major titles since he registered his first win at the 2017 U.S. Open. Should he triumph this week, he would become only the second player in history to win three successive U.S. Open titles. The only other player to accomplish the feat was Willie Anderson, who lifted the trophy in 1903, 1904 and 1905. Koepka might have clinched the previous two U.S. Opens, but my pick for the week, Tommy Fleetwood has run the American close on both occasions. Fleetwood is still searching for his first Major triumph, and the U.S. Open may be his best opportunity after finishing fourth in 2017 and second last season following a history-making final round 63. Who’s your money on?? Here’s the pro shop’s picks for the week. John’s Pick - Tommy Fleetwood Derek’s Pick - Dustin Johnston Alan’s Pick - Xander Shaufelle Michael’s Pick - Dustin Johnston
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