With respect to the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club, when the Open Championship is held at the Old Course, it’s impossible to beat.
The best players in the world have arrived at the Home of Golf, including Tiger Woods, who is making his first start since the PGA Championship where he withdrew after the third round.
Rory McIlroy, who has finished in the top 10 in all three majors this season, is the betting favorite at +900. He wasn’t in the field the last time the Open has held at St. Andrews (2015) but did play in 2010 where he tied for third after an opening-round 63 (he’d shoot 80 in round two).
Golf course
The Old Course at St. Andrews | Par 70 | 7,189 yards
Data Golf Information
Trending: 1. Rory McIlroy (last three starts: 1, T-5, T-19), 2. Xander Schauffele (T-14, 1, 1), 3. Matthew Fitzpatrick (T-10, 1, T-6)
Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Rory McIlroy (6.7 percent), 2. Scottie Scheffler (4.9 percent), 3. Shane Lowry (4.4 percent)
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Odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Rory McIlroy | (+900) | Dustin Johnson | (+3000) |
| Jordan Spieth | (+1500) | Cameron Smith | (+3000) |
| Scottie Scheffler | (+1500) | Will Zalatoris | (+3000) |
| Jon Rahm | (+1500) | Collin Morikawa | (+3000) |
| Xander Schauffele | (+1500) | Louis Oosthuizen | (+4000) |
| Shane Lowry | (+2000) | Tony Finau | (+4000) |
| Justin Thomas | (+2000) | Tyrrell Hatton | (+4000) |
| Patrick Cantlay | (+2000) | Sam Burns | (+4000) |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | (+2000) | Hideki Matsuyama | (+4000) |
| Tommy Fleetwood | (+3000) | Brooks Koepka | (+5000) |
Will Zalatoris
Will Zalatoris lines up putts at the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
If you’ve seen the way Zalatoris has performed in major championships this year and still don’t want to back him, that’s your problem.
A T-6 at the Masters, a solo 2nd at the PGA (lost in playoff) and a T-2 at the U.S. Open is good enough for me.
He missed the cut at last week’s Scottish Open, but that doesn’t worry me in the slightest.
Bets to consider: Outright (+3000), Top 20 (+135)
Shane Lowry
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