There are 17 LIV Golfers who will be teeing it up at The Open Championship, but who are the ones worth backing to challenge for the Claret Jug?
It’s the biggest group of players from the team golf tour to have made a Major this year, with 13 playing in The Masters and US Open and 16 taking part in the PGA Championship.
Eight of the LIV contingent have won a Major and four are Open champions – including Henrik Stenson who claimed the Claret Jug at Royal Troon back in 2016 following an epic duel against fellow LIV golfer Phil Mickelson.
While those two aren’t among the bookies favourites, 2022 champion Cameron Smith is always a danger in links golf, Brooks Koepka is always a danger in any Major – and nobody has played better in the big ones this year than Bryson DeChambeau.
So who is worth backing at Royal Troon at The Open this week?
Bryson DeChambeau – 14/1
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His price of 14/1 seems a touch generous considering Bryson DeChambeau has been the best player in the Majors this year by some distance.
It was desperately disappointing for Rory McIlroy but after hitting that sensational bunker shot on the 72nd hole DeChambeau fully deserved his second US Open triumph at Pinehurst No.2 last month.
Runner-up at the PGA Championship and T6 at The Masters, DeChambeau has continually been a threat and a T8 in The Open a couple of years ago shows he can also do it in links golf.
There’s only McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler ahead of him in the betting market but he should really be right there with them as the main Major man this year – so looks a standout value at this price.
Jon Rahm – 25/1
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The second favourite of the LIV Golf crew, Jon Rahm has had a torrid time in Majors this year, with a T45 in his Masters defence, a missed cut at the PGA Championship and a missed tournament at the US Open thanks to that dodgy foot.
He was runner-up behind Brian Harman last year though and T3 in 2021 so has strong Open form, and in LIV he’s had top 10s in every event he’s played in despite not winning so there’s some good stuff in there.
If he can translate that back into the Majors then he could be a steal of an each-way pick even if you don’t fancy him to go all the way.
Tyrrell Hatton – 30/1
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