{"id":8396,"date":"2013-06-13T07:58:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T06:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=8396"},"modified":"2013-06-16T22:27:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T21:27:45","slug":"us-open-golf-at-merion-nice-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/06\/13\/us-open-golf-at-merion-nice-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Golf at Merion &#8211; Nice set up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are four hours left to the official start of the US Open but whether they start on time or finish a full session today very much depends on what happens with the appalling weather at Merion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You often see the British Open throwing up some challenging conditions, but I&#8217;m not sure I have seen much worse than those at Merion so far this week. Merion received six inches of rain between last Friday and Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/feeds\/22872914\">and the forecast<\/a> indicates that the weather is almost guaranteed to deliver even more rain on\u00a0Thursday. Never an easy challenge, it&#8217;s going to be incredibly tough on the world\u2019s best players which makes it a nice trading set up. Thursday\u2019s forecast is for heavy rain, thunderstorms and possibly even hail. Friday\u2019s outlook is only slightly better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Essentially the terrible weather is really going to scramble things up a lot. Some of the leading players will struggle and I reckon one or two complete outsiders may pick up a few shots to be flattered at the front of the leaderboard. I&#8217;ll squeezing in my final positions now before the start of play. It should be an interesting four days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignCenter aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/golf-tours-news\/blogs\/local-knowledge\/blog-merion-weather-470.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_8396\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"8396\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=betangel\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are four hours left to the official start of the US Open but whether they start on time or finish a full session today very much depends on what happens with the appalling weather at Merion. 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