The third major of the year is upon us as the 144th Open Championship gets started this week at the “home of golf”, the Old Course at St. Andrews.
The Open Championship made its first visit to St. Andrews in 1873 and has hosted 28 editions on the Old Course, crowning such champions as Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus,Tiger Woods and Louis Oosthuizen.
All eyes will be on Jordan Spieth ( +550 ) who is gunning for the third leg of the grand slam after winning the Masters and U.S. Open earlier this year, setting the stage for this week’s exciting Open Championship. Spieth continues to dominate the world of golf in recent months and added another trophy to his collection with a win last week at the John Deere Classic. Spieth has never played St. Andrews but you can never count out the best player in the field.
The weather usually plays a big role in the outcome of the tournament and this year’s edition could play much different than the previous Open’s at St. Andrews. Tiger Woods ( +3024 ), who played the course on Saturday had this to say about the course conditions, “I wasn’t expecting it to be this soft. It’s going to be more forced carries than I was expecting coming into the event. We made ball marks on the greens. I don’t ever remember making ball marks around this place. It’s not going to get any faster. It’ll be on the softer side for an Open.”
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Keep this in mind when making your picks; the last time a European lifted the Claret Jug was all the way back in 1990 when Nick Faldo captured the title.
The Open Championship Golf Odds at Bookmaker Sportsbook:
Jordan Spieth +605
Dustin Johnson +1325
Rickie Fowler +1611
Justin Rose +2043
Henrik Stenson +2040
Louis Oosthuizen +2052
Adam Scott +1850
Phil Mickelson +3559
Jason Day +3521
Paul Casey +3561
Tiger Woods +3024
Bubba Watson +4030
Sergio Garcia +3243
Martin Kaymer +4022
Hideki Matsuyama +4037
Brendan Grace +4040
Shane Lowry +4523
Brandt Snedeker +4877
Matt Kuchar +5166
Patrick Reed +6406
Brooks Koepka +5202
Jimmy Walker +7899
Tommy Fleetwood +5125
Lee Westwood +7765
Luke Donald +7780
Victor Dubuisson +6499
Bernd Wiesberger +8479
Ian Poulter +8506
JB Holmes +6973
Zach Johnson +11350
Charl Schwartzel +9915
Francesco Molinari +8433
Jim Furyk +11387
Byeong Hun An +12514
Danny Willett +10190
Kevin Kisner +12753
Graeme McDowell +11426
Joost Luiten +14504
Danny Lee +9955
Marc Warren +12494
Billy Horschel +12488
Paddy Harrington +15231
Ryan Palmer +14272
Jason Dufner +20250
Rafa Cabrera-Bello +20250
Miguel Angel Jimenez +20255
David Howell +12514
Keegan Bradley +20250
Jamie Donaldson +20250
Ernie Els +11107
Geoff Ogilvy +20250
Hunter Mahan +25250
Stephen Gallacher +25250
Ryan Moore +25250
Gary Woodland +26250
Thomas Bjorn +15241
Thongchai Jaidee +16234
Ross Fisher +25250
Bill Haas +30250
George Coetzee +15236
Russell Knox +28250
Russell Henley +28550
Marc Leishman +30250
Andy Sullivan +25250
Retief Goosen 12350
Harris English +25250
Soren Kjeldsen +32550
Alexander Levy +32550
Jonas Blixt +35250
Webb Simpson +30250
Kevin Na +32550
John Senden +32550
Paul Lawrie +32550
Brendon Todd +32550
Angel Cabrera +22500
Richie Ramsay +40550
Jaco Van Zyl +46550
FIELD - Any Other Player +525
Rickie Fowler ( +1611 ) loves the big events and picked up another win on another big stage last week at the Scottish open where he birdied three of the last four holes to edge fellow American Matt Kuchar ( +2550 ) by one stroke. The Scots love Fowler and cheer for him as one of their own which will benefit the flashy Fowler as the man in orange picks up his first major win.
Justin Rose ( +2043 ) will be everyone’s team this week, but let me be the first to tell you, he will not perform well and leave owners very disappointed. Firstly, his Open record as a pro is extremely modest, actually not good. Since his famous fourth place as an amateur in 1998, he’s never managed a top 10 and a missed cut at St. Andrews in 2010 is one of three halfway exits in the last five years. Secondly, what happened to him Gullane last week? T2 with 36 to play, he shot 8-over on the weekend and collapsed to 74th. Something is clearly wrong with the Englishman’s game and is why I am fading the wilted Rose.
Tommy Fleetwood ( +5125 ) is a mind-boggling 26-under for his last four rounds at St. Andrews. The kid loves the place! Those scorching numbers spread over two editions of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship where he finished T2 and T5. He was also T5 on his debut in the 2011 event. The surfer-looking Englishman has limited experience in the majors but impressed in his last start ( T27 in last month’s U.S. Open ) and since then he’s posted T11 in the BMW International Open and T10 at the Scottish Open last week. I don’t think he will win, but I do expect him to contend and compete at a high level.
TV Coverage: Thursday-Friday, 4 a.m.-3 p.m. ET ( ESPN ). Saturday, 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ( ESPN ). Sunday, 6 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ( ESPN ).
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