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The British Open, the 148th in the Open Championship’s history, begins tomorrow at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
Golf’s oldest major championship will be played on the Dunluce Course in County Antrim where 156 of the world’s best golfers will compete for a $10.75 million purse.
The country’s favorite son, Rory McIlroy, is favored in the tournament at +800, per BetOnline.
On his heels are Brooks Koepka (+1000), Jon Rahm (+1400), and Dustin Johnson (+1600) while 2019 Masters winner Tiger Woods (+1800) rounds out the top 5 odds.
Last year’s British Open winner, Francesco Molinari, is listed at +2500, and Gary Woodland, the winner of the 2019 US Open, received +5000 odds.
You can find the tee times and schedule for the weekend here, and the following are the odds for each golfer in the entire 156-man field to win the 2019 British Open.
2019 British Open odds
- Rory McIlroy +800
- Brooks Koepka +1000
- Jon Rahm +1400
- Dustin Johnson +1600
- Tiger Woods +1800
- Justin Rose +2000
- Francesco Molinari +2500
- Xander Schauffele +2500
- Tommy Fleetwood +2500
- Henrik Stenson +2800
- Rickie Fowler +2800
- Adam Scott +2800
- Justin Thomas +2800
- Patrick Cantlay +2800
- Jordan Spieth +3300
- Matt Kuchar +3300
- Bryson DeChambeau +3300
- Hideki Matsuyama +3300
- Jason Day +3300
- Louis Oosthuizen +4000
- Matt Wallace +4000
- Paul Casey +4000
- Gary Woodland +5000
- Rafa Cabrera Bello +5000
- Sergio Garcia +5000
- Bernd Wiesberger +5000
- Marc Leishman +6600
- Shane Lowry +6600
- Graeme McDowell +6600
- Matthew Fitzpatrick +6600
- Ian Poulter +6600
- Eddie Pepperell +6600
- Tony Finau +6600
- Tyrrell Hatton +6600
- Webb Simpson +6600
- Patrick Reed +8000
- Danny Willett +8000
- Phil Mickelson +8000
- Erik Van Rooyen +10000
- Lee Westwood +10000
- Brandt Snedeker +10000
- Haotong Li +10000
- Thorbjorn Olesen +10000
- Dylan Frittelli +10000
- Alex Noren +12500
- Andy Sullivan +12500
- Branden Grace +12500
- Abraham Ancer +12500
- Kevin Kisner +12500
- Thomas Pieters +12500
- Chez Reavie +12500
- Zach Johnson +12500
- Bubba Watson +15000
- Byeong-Hun An +15000
- Joaquin Niemann +15000
- Padraig Harrington +15000
- Russell Knox +15000
- Robert MacIntyre +15000
- Billy Horschel +15000
- Keegan Bradley +15000
- Aaron Wise +15000
- Emiliano Grillo +15000
- Lucas Bjerregaard +15000
- Lucas Glover +15000
- Rory Sabbatini +15000
- Mike Lorenzo-Vera +20000
- Cameron Smith +20000
- Jim Furyk +20000
- Sung-Jae Im +20000
- Jorge Campillo +20000
- Adam Hadwin +20000
- Joost Luiten +20000
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat +20000
- Andrew Putnam +20000
- Andrew Johnston +20000
- Brian Harman +20000
- Kevin Streelman +25000
- Oliver Wilson +25000
- Alexander Bjork +25000
- Charley Hoffman +25000
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout +25000
- Jason Kokrak +25000
- Justin Harding +25000
- Kyle Stanley +25000
- Luke List +25000
- Romain Langasque +25000
- Ryan Palmer +25000
- Tom Lewis +25000
- Andrea Pavan +25000
- C.T. Pan +25000
- Corey Conners +25000
- Chris Wood +25000
- Benjamin Hebert +25000
- Adrian Otaegui +30000
- Mikko Korhonen +30000
- Adri Arnaus +30000
- Alexander Levy +30000
- Brandon Stone +30000
- J.B. Holmes +30000
- Jazz Janewattananond +30000
- Jimmy Walker +30000
- Keith Mitchell +30000
- Paul Waring +30000
- Richard Sterne +30000
- Robert Rock +30000
- Ryan Fox +30000
- Si Woo Kim +30000
- Sung Kang +30000
- David Lipsky +30000
- Nate Lashley +35000
- Zander Lombard +35000
- Joel Dahmen +35000
- Brandon Wu +40000
- Doc Redman +40000
- Ernie Els +40000
- Kurt Kitayama +40000
- Shugo Imahira +40000
- Nino Bertasio +40000
- Callum Shinkwin +50000
- Chan Kim +50000
- Connor Syme +50000
- Darren Clarke +50000
- Patton Kizzire +50000
- Prom Meesawat +50000
- Sang-hyun Park +50000
- Shaun Norris +50000
- Stewart Cink +50000
- Yuta Ikeda +50000
- Shubhankar Sharma +50000
- Takumi Kanaya +50000
- Miguel Angel Jimenez +50000
- Gunn Charoenkul +75000
- Jake McLeod +75000
- Yoshinori Fujimoto +75000
- Yuki Inamori +75000
- Dimitrios Papadatos +75000
- Austin Connelly +75000
- Dong-Kyu Jang +100000
- Doyeob Mun +100000
- Garrick Porteous +100000
- Inn Choon Hwang +100000
- James Sugrue +100000
- Matthew Baldwin +100000
- Matthias Schmid +100000
- Mikumu Horikawa +100000
- Thomas Thurloway +100000
- Yosuke Asaji +100000
- Jack Senior +100000
- Curtis Knipes +100000
- Isidro Benitez +100000
- Sam Locke +100000
- Andrew Wilson +100000
- Ashton Turner +100000
- David Duval +100000
- Paul Lawrie +100000
- Tom Lehman +100000
Royal Portrush breakdown
This is the first time in 68 years that the British Open will be played on Irish soil. The Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded in 1888 on the northern coast in County Antrim and features the picturesque Dunluce Course with coastline greens commonplace among British Open courses.
Now, picking the Open champion is a straightforward approach to golf betting, making it a reasonable bet. But the real fun lies in the prop bets.
Bettors can wager if any golfer will set a new course record of 61 or lower, which has +2500 odds of happening, or if the 54 hole leader will win the entire tournament (not likely at -130).
Branden Grace holds the current British Open course record at 62, snagged in the tournament’s 3rd round in 2017.
Other relevant prop bets to watch for are the cut line bets (under 144.5 is -155) and if all four rounds will be in the 60s (no at -4000).
The cut occurs after the second round of golf at the Open Championship. The top 70 golfers, including those tied for 70th, make the cut for the third round of play. In 2018, the cut line was 145.
However, there are some bets that don’t really have much to do with the game itself, possibly making them even more fun.
BetOnline is accepting action on the winner’s first hug (wife/girlfriend at +150) or the winner’s choice of headgear (+2500 for no hat/visor).
The last five Open champions have all worn hats, explaining why the odds that the 2019 winner will wear a hat/cap are -2000.
There is a prop bet for almost everything that could happen on the links over the next couple days, and below you can find the best ones from this year’s Open Championship.
To stay up to date on this year’s British Open, catch the tournament on the Golf Channel and NBC between July 18-21. The first golfers tee off at 1:35 a.m. ET Thursday.
2019 British Open prop bets
@ BetOnline
New course record of 61 or lower
- Yes +2500
Player to have bogey-free round
- Rory McIlroy +110
- Brooks Koepka +120
- Jon Rahm +120
- Francesco Molinari +130
- Dustin Johnson +135
- Xander Schauffele +160
- Justin Rose +165
- Henrik Stenson +180
- Rickie Fowler +200
- Adam Scott +200
- Tommy Fleetwood +200
- Tiger Woods +400
Age of winner
- Over 29.5 -140
- Under 29.5 +110
54 hole leader goes on to win the tournament
- Yes +100
- No -130
Player shoots an albatross (three-under par on a single hole)
- Yes +1600
- No -4000
All four rounds in the 60s
- Yes +700
- No -1250
Cut line after the second round
- Over 144.5 strokes +125
- Under 144.5 strokes -155
First hug from the winner, excluding the caddie
- Wife/girlfriend +150
- Child +250
- Wife/girlfriend holding child +300
- Parent +650
- No hug +800
First-time winner
- Yes -240
- No +190
Flagstick to be left in for the winner’s final putt
- Yes +1000
- No -2500
Headwear worn by the winner
- Hat/cap -2000
- Visor +1000
- No headwear +2500
Highest 18 hole score
- Over 83.5 strokes -125
- Under 83.5 -105
Hole in one
- Yes -135
- No +105
Leading Round 1 score
- Over 65.5 strokes -115
- Under 65.5 strokes -115
Length of winner’s final shot
- Over 4.5 feet +100
- Under 4.5 feet -130
Lowest 18 hole score
- Over 63.5 stroke -195
- Under 63.5 strokes +160
Most strokes recorded on a single hole
- Over 8.5 strokes -115
- Under 8.5 strokes -115
Players finishing under par
- Over 29.5 players -115
- Under 29.5 players -115
Tournament decided by a playoff
- Yes +325
- No +450
Playoff features 3+ players
- Yes +1600
- No -4000
Player to be disqualified
- Yes +1600
McIlroy or Koepka winning against the field
- McIlroy/Koepka win +400
- Field wins -600
Region of winner
- Europe +110
- USA +110
- Rest of the world +700
Rookie wins the Open
- Yes +1600
Hole in one in the first round
- Yes +500
- No -800
Left-hander wins the Open
- Yes +2000
Winning 72 hole score
- Over 274.5 strokes +165
- Under 27435 strokes -195
Wire-to-wire winner
- Yes +1200
- No -3300
Winning margin
- Exactly 1 shot +250
- Playoff needed +325
- 4 or more shots +350
- Exactly 2 shots +400
- Exactly 3 shots +550
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