2021 U.S. Open predictions, picks, favorites: One of these nine golfers will win at Torrey Pines

From a pool of big bombers, one man will emerge (almost certainly) from this group to take the 120th U.S. Open

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The 2021 U.S. Open will likely be another in a recent line of U.S. Opens which seem to identify which bomber is putting it best in a given week. Last year's champion, Bryson DeChambeau, described his strategy for bulky Torrey Pines. "For the most part, I'm going to be trying to bomb it as much as possible and try to gouge it out when I don't hit it in the fairway," said DeChambeau. If this is the right strategy -- and recent history says it is -- that narrows the list of golfers who can win this tournament to 15 or 10 or even fewer. The longest guys off the tee who also have a set of other skills that are adequate enough for major contention.