Loren Roberts Age: 45 2000 finish: 8th-tie Best finish: 2nd ('94) U.S. Open appearances: 11 Majors: None World ranking: 42 When you hit drive it straight (fourth on the Tour last year, 78.7 percent of fairways) and putt it as well as anyone, you automatically go to the top of a short list of possible U.S. Open winners. He has challenged at Augusta, where length is a factor, so it's easy to see him in contention at Southern Hills, no matter what the driving stats say (and they don't say much, ranked 192nd a year ago on Tour). Before you count him out, remember the last time the U.S. Open was held in a sauna -- Oakmont, 1994 -- Roberts was involved in a three-way playoff with Colin Montgomerie and the eventual winner, Ernie Els.