The international stars may be what's spooking them
Yeah, sad but probably true.
Many of those players normally enter the US Open but this years field is actually probably the strongest US Open field in the history of the event and the players listed are probably looking at the fact that so many of the top 50 players in the world entered this year the chances of going deep are not that great unless you are yourself world class.
This is not quite World 9-ball Championships level deep, but this US Open is a whole different level than the event has been in years past.
I wish Wu was coming out to it. With all of the guys from both China and Taiwan it is a shame he is not coming along for the ride.