If anywhere can be classified as the home of golf, it is The Old Course
at St. Andrews and this is where we find ourselves this weekend for the
150th Open Championship.
British Open Golf Betting
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Who will emerge victorious and lift the Claret
Jug? BetRepublic previews the outright market here.
Outright Odds:
Tiger Woods ?6/1
Rory McIlroy ?16/1
Phil Mickelson ?16/1
Lee Westwood ?20/1
Ernie Els ?20/1
Justin Rose ?22/1
Padraig Harrington ?25/1
Ian Poulter ?33/1
Graeme McDowell ?33/1
Martin Kaymer ?40/1
Steve Stricker ?40/1
Luke Donald ?40/1
Paul Casey ?45/1
Retief Goosen ?50/1
Ross Fisher ?50/1
Jim Furyk ?50/1
For a listing of outright odds for every player, you can visit
Betrepublic Each way terms are ?for a top five finish.
British Open Golf
Betting Odds : This event is possibly the most wide open and
unpredictable golf tournament in many years, with the young chargers in
Rose, Kaymer and McIlroy all in great form but will they be good enough
to beat the old guard of Woods, Els, Mickelson and all?
Woods has had many, many problems on both personal and professional
levels and will be looking to breathe life back into his golf career at
his favourite course. Woods claimed two runaway victories on the last
two occasions on the Old Course at St. Andrews in 2000 and 2005, but
that was another lifetime ago for the world number one. Despite all the
problems that he has experienced this year he has still claimed two
fourth place finishes at The Masters and the US Open.
But he has changed his putter for this tournament, will that disrupt his
play? His putting has not been his strong point this year, but maybe
this change will revitalise him and inject something back into his game.
Should this happen then 6/1 will seem a little on the large side. I
feel that Woods will challenge for the win as this is favourite course
and, while he may not win, backing him each way at 6/4 for a top five
placing is excellent value.
Who else will be in the hunt for the title? On the home front both Rory
McIlroy and Justine Rose are having great seasons so far. McIlroy was
incredibly close to winning the Race to Dubai, only losing out to Lee
Westwood on the final day of the competition, and he has won the Quail
Hollow Championship this year plus he has had a succession of top ten
placings this year. Rose thrust himself into the world spotlight at the
Open Championship back in 1998 when, as a seventeen year old amateur, he
placed fourth.
He turned pro shortly afterwards, but only recently has begun to show
his potential. He has won two PGA victories since the start of June ?
the Memorial Tournament and the AT&T National ?and is the form
player going into this weekend. Lets also not forget Lee Westwood as the
Englishman had a great 2009, topping the Race to Dubai leaderboard and
he took second place at this year抯 Masters. He also took victory at the
St. Jude Classic a month ago, so he will be just as full of confidence
going into this tournament as Woods, Rose and McIlroy.
After the crowd favourites are there any other players who may challenge
for the Claret Jug this weekend? Of course Phil Mickelson can never be
ruled out and he has an exceptional year at the Majors in 2010 as he won
the Masters and finished tied for fourth at the US Open. Can he keep
that run going? With the opportunity to claim the world number one spot
from Woods with a win, anything is possible!
With the weather predicted to be poor this weekend, with today抯
Champions抯 Challenge tournament called off due to the weather, things
could play into the hands of Padraig Harrington.
The Irishman has already won the Open on two occasions in 2007 and 2008,
but did not perform overly well in the American majors this year. He
will be more comfortable in Scotland and may pull off his fourth major
victory come Sunday afternoon. Also in contention will be South African
Ernie Els. He has two victories to his name in 2010 at the Arnold Palmer
Invitational and the WGC-CA Championship and he currently tops FedEx
standings.
He has finished in the top ten at the Open Championship on eight of the
last ten times he has entered the tournament and he has claimed two
second places and two thirds in those eight, with one of those second
places coming at St. Andrews in 2000.
We抮e all set up for an excellent weekend抯 golf, but where should your
money go? As I mentioned earlier i抦 going each way on Woods at 6/4. The
price is low, but it is still better than evens and despite Woods?poor
year I cannot see him finishing outside the top five.
Where else should we be putting our money? I feel that Justin Rose is in
superb form at the moment, with two wins in his last three starts and
despite being a little short at 22/1 I抦 going to back him each way also
at odds of 11/2 each way. My final bet is on Padraig Harrington.
The Irishman is due a win, or at least a good finish, and he knows how
to win the Open Championship. Plus, as mentioned above, the weather may
very well suit his game and at 25/4 each way, I feel he is an excellent
value bet.
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Back Tiger Woods to win each way @ 6/4
Back Justin Rose to win each way @ 11/2
Back Padraig Harrington to win each way @ 25/4
