All eyes will be on Rory McIlroy as the best golfers in the world descend on Royal Liverpool in England for The Open Championship, the season’s final major. Why McIlroy you ask? Well, he’s coming off a win at the Scottish Open playing terrific golf over the last few tournaments. And McIlroy’s last visit to this historic venue back in 2014 resulted in a victory making him the betting favorite to end his nine-year major championship drought. Winning the marquee events on Tour isn’t easy with the top players assembled. Scottie Scheffler is close behind Rory on the odds board with Masters champ Jon Rahm positioned as the third favorite. It doesn’t happen often, especially in majors, but McIlroy led wire-to-wire in the 2014 version and is one of around 40 players returning who were on hand nine years ago, including runner-up Rickie Fowler. Defending champ Cameron Smith looks to become the first repeat champion since Padraig Harrington in 2008. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager.
Open Championship Betting Odds
Rory McIlroy +715
Scottie Scheffler +785
Jon Rahm +1550
Cameron Smith +1850
Xander Schauffele +1950
Patrick Cantlay +2250
Brooks Koepka +2450
Viktor Hovland +2650
Tyrrell Hatton +2650
Rickie Fowler +2850
Collin Morikawa +3000
Tommy Fleetwood +3050
Dustin Johnson +3550
Jordan Spieth +3850
Shane Lowry +3850
Matt Fitzpatrick +4050
Tom Kim +5550
Justin Rose +5550
Wyndham Clark +5550
Min Woo Lee +5850
Cameron Young +6000
Robert MacIntyre +6000
Bryson Dechambeau +6050
Sam Burns +6500
Max Homa +6550
Justin Thomas +6550
Tony Finau +6600
Patrick Reed +7000
Hideki Matsuyama +7250
Adam Scott +7500
Ryan Fox +7850
Corey Conners +8500
Talor Gooch +8550
Sung-Jae Im +9750
Odds Analysis
Tommy Fleetwood +3050
Not since 1992 has a native Englander won The Open putting some added pressure on Fleetwood. He is the best chance at ending the drought arriving in fine form with an added history in this event. Fleetwood also has roughly the same odds that last year’s winner Cam Smith had. Four of his last seven starts yielded a top 6, including a playoff loss in Canada. He showed his links form last week carding a third round 63 en route to a T6. He also has two top 5 finishes in his last three Open starts.
Rickie Fowler +2850
His play this season has moved Fowler into the category of one of the best never to win a major. He ended a lengthy victory drought a few weeks ago in Detroit and was cruising in Scotland until a closing 74 dropped him down the leaderboard. It’s still hard to complain about the way he’s played this season making 19 of 21 cuts with eight top 10s. And if anything that stumble last week will only make him stronger heading to Royal Liverpool.
Talor Gooch +8550
In perhaps another sign that LIV Golf lacks respect is the price attached to Gooch. Granted the fields in LIV aren’t as big or deep as what Gooch will see at Royal Liverpool, but it still takes an incredible player to win as often as he has. Gooch was the first LIV golfer to go back-to-back in Adelaide and Singapore in April and posted his third victory a few weeks ago in London. He’s also looking to impress for a Ryder Cup spot giving him more motivation.
Brooks Koepka +2450
It seems as though everyone talks about Koepka at major time so here we go. He became a five-time major champion with his win at the PGA Championship in May and has been a dominant force in LIV Golf with a win among his four top 6 showings. He’s risen to the occasion in majors boasting a runner-up at the Masters and T17 at the U.S. Open this year while adding four top 10s at The Open since 2015.
Jordan Spieth +3850
Recent form forced a spike in his price but I’m counting on Spieth to get back on track. He has a MC in his last two starts and in three of his last four. The time he didn’t leave early resulted in a T5 at the Memorial, so we know Spieth still has the game. And he seems to play his best, or close to it, at The Open with a win in 2017 among his four top 10s while going 9 for 9.
Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club – 7,383 yards, Par 71
Hosting for the 13th time overall and first since 2014, Royal Liverpool will look vastly different compared to what it did nine years ago. The course underwent a significant number of changes just for this event with a new par-3 17th hole and a redesign of No. 10. Once the easiest hole on the course, the 10th now plays as a 500-plus yard par 4 as opposed to a 530-yard par 5. With the overall length roughly the same at just under 7,400 yards, par was reduced to 71. Experience on links courses is a must with the best of the week not only exhibiting patience but also course management The 82 players in the field who competed in Scotland last week got a taste of the conditions that should help in their quest for the Claret Jug.
TV Coverage: NBC Networks
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