The U.S. Open Minaj - Red, White & Blue

Are you running out of all that cash we won you with The Masters Minaj? Well have no fear folks. It is time for the year's second major, and we're back with our second major minaj. Inspired by our always entertaining, and rarely helpful, Fantasy Football Minaj, we bring to you, 'The U.S. Open Minaj a Trois - Red, White & Blue.'

Red Guys

The winner is supposed to finish over par, but these guys have a legit shot to post a red number...

Dustin Johnson 12/1...DUE, DUE, DUE, DUE, DUE, DUE. A year after his three-jack on Sunday's final hole, it's going to take some stones to make this play. When it comes to the U.S. Open, you have to be ready to fight power with power, and DJ's game is as powerful as they come. Hidden by all his major failures, is the sketchy stat that it has actually been over a year since DJ's won a tourney, period. But his recent strong play and exceptional talent are enough for me to stay aboard the 'Dustin win's one of these major things eventually train.' Hey Paulina, I saved you the seat next to me.

Rickie Fowler 25/1...With three missed cuts in his last five starts, everyone's favorite jogger-rocker is in desperate need of a slump buster. When you're slumping with the ladies, Fitzy always recommends taking down a big beast to bust that slump. Well Oakmont is certainly a big beast, so Rickie is all set right? Yeah, I know, it's a little bit of a reach. But I'm not backing down. I said it in the Master's Minaj, he is winning a major this year. 

Hideki Matsuyama 30/1...With Matsuyama I'm choosing to have a forgetful short-term memory, and a good long-term memory. Before missing the cut at Memorial earlier this month, this 24-year-old was putting together one heck of a season. He's one of the few guys in the field who is good enough tee-to-green to fox with what the USGA and Oakmont are about to rollout. With three made U.S. Open cuts (which includes a top 10 and a top 25), in three appearances, I'm feeling some type of way about Hideki's fourth U.S. Open. That's a good way BTW.  

Fitzy's Red Guy - Rory McIlroy 7/1...Nike's most decorated active golfer is rightfully one of the favorites to win this week. Rory made a recent putting-grip change, which led to him having one heck of a putting week at Memorial en route to his T-4 finish. While Rory's changed to the conventional putting-grip, Pat McCroy does ask that he still use the restroom of the putting-grip that is listed on his birth certificate. It's going to take the right makeup of mental and physical ability to match this trepidatious test that the USGA and Oakmont are going to present this week. The 2014 Champion has that makeup. Rory won his open back in May, and now he is about to win ours. 

White Guys

When we think of white, we think of Fitzy's beautiful white down comforter with the highest of high thread counts. These guys have high odds, which means they're #SLEEPAS! If you thought we were taking this White Guys thing somewhere else, well then you my friend are a racist. 

Danny Willett 40/1...Our Masters' champ slowed down the hype-train with a missed cut at the Players, but I'll never forget the way he made me feel on that April Sunday. Okay, okay, I hear you screaming "Fitzy, come on dude, does D-Dubs really have a shot at this thing?" The answer is yes. That tee-to-green game we saw at the Masters was the truth, and he is sounding awfully comfortable at Oakmont. I won't be shocked if we're talking about the Grand Salami when the next major minaj is dropped on the blog. 

Billy Horschel 80/1...As much as you want to highlight the fact that putting wins championships, this challenge that the USGA has prepared is forcing us to believe that it is going to take one hell of a week striking the golf ball to find some success at Oakmont. The 2014 FedEx Cup Champion can strike the ball with the best of them. Last time the U.S. Open was in PA, Horschel went out on Friday and hit all 18 greens in regulation, on his way to a T4 finish. BillyHo_Golf hasn't sniffed the lead like that in his last two Opens, but he has played well with two top 25s. I can see the former Gator getting his flat stick hot enough to ride his stupid-fresh ball striking ability into contention on Sunday. 

Jamie Donaldson 200/1...Tier poolers, this one's for you. He's either in tier four or tier five depending on your pool. If you find him in five, circle him right now and stop reading. If he's in tier four, I'm circling him because other people probably aren't. You have to take a shot and be different when you're tier pooling, and JD's just the guy you want to go down that different path with. He's a polished player, who has made the cut in only one of his three U.S. Opens, but I'm encouraged by his work at last week's St. Jude Classic.  

Jeev Milkha Singh 1000/1...So Jamie Donaldson is a tier four guy in your pool, and you have never heard of any of the cats listed in tier five. Allow me to introduce you to four-time European Tour Winner Jeev Milkha Singh. The only Singh in the field just squeaked in as a first alternate following the International Sectional Qualifying in Europe. What do I like most about Jeev Milkha? Well he's a writer just like me. Give his piece that he wrote for the Gulf News a read, then go circle him as your tier five guy, and you'll be over the moon too!  

Fitzy's White Guy - Sergio Garcia 40/1...With his recent win at the AT&T, I've had to make a little room on the El Nino bandwagon. But don't worry, thankfully Sergio has made a career of being Sergio, so there will always be plenty of room on the wagon for you. His ball striking is as good as ever right now (first on tour this season in G.I.R), and his putter has been good enough. Does good enough putting win U.S. Opens? No not usually, but never forget the NYMWS Sergio Garcia disclaimer, "Fizty is the president/only member of the El Nino fan club." 

Blue Guys

Blue balls warning - These guys will leave you painfully unsatisfied and wanting more...

Jason Day 13/2 & Jordan Spieth 8/1...I can't be mad at you for picking them, but I don't see it happening. I don't like all this stress that Day is talking about, and I just don't think Spieth is where he needs to be, to be Spieth. That has to be the deepest, most thorough analysis of my blogging career. Tough to ever count these guys out, especially the defending champ, but I'm all in on my Red Guys.

Justin Rose 25/1...I'm normally a Justin Rose fan, but I'm not into this 25/1 Rose coming off a back injury, with a shaky putter. 

Phil Mickelson 25/1...I'd love nothing more than to see Lefty finally win this major, but it's not happening. Even off a runners-up finish last week, he's still not ready to battle Oakmont and this field. I'll root for Phil (and you should too), but as an insider, I can't recommend investing in him financially. Also, Tiger wins another major before Phil does. Hottest of hot takes.   

Bubba Watson 40/1...No. Not here. Not ever. Definitely not on this site. He's too wild off the tee, and this rough is too wild for him to score when he's hitting it all over Oakmont, PA.

Jim Furyk 80/1...I get it. Jim is a good enough guy, he has won a U.S. Open before, and at 80/1 you are thinking he's worth a flyer. But he's actually not. Fly with Horschel if you need that 80/1 flyer in your life.

-Fitzy Woods