2023 Updated Field for The Open Championship and Betting Favorites

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We are under two weeks away from the final major tournament of the 2023 calendar year when the world’s best golfers tee it up at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England for the 151st Open Championship. Royal Liverpool will host the Open Championship for the 13th time and first since 2014.

The first round of the event begins on Thursday, July 20th, and ends on Sunday, July 23rd.

With just two week remaining, we take a look at Open news and dive into the updated field and The Open Championship betting lines.

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The Open Championship | 151st edition of the PGA Tour golf tournament
Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Wirral, England
Sunday, July 16th, 2023 – Sunday, July 23rd, 2023

The Open Championship Odds Changes

The players at the top remain the same, but the odds have shifted slightly over the last week. Rory McIlroy remains the early favorite, and his odds have improved from +800 to +720. Scottie Scheffler has jumped Jon Rahm for the second spot on the odds board and can be grabbed at +880 one week out. Rahm’s odds dropped from +900 to +970 over the last week.

Brooks Kopeka and defending champion Cameron Smith saw their odds increase over the last seven days. Kopeka’s odds edged up from +1400 to +1350, while Smith saw a nice climb from +1800 to +1475.

Norway’s Viktor Hovland dropped from +1800 to +1825, while Jordan Spieth saw his odds increase from +2000 to +1850. 

The Open Championship Betting Favorites

We touched on the top favorites above, but the clear favorites heading into next week’s major remains McIlroy, Scheffler, and Rahm. 

McIlroy holds one Open Championship title, and it came on this course nine years ago. The four-time major winner held off Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia for a two-shot victory.

Scheffler and Rahm are major winners, but both vying for their first Claret Jug. Scheffler has found himself on the first page of the final leaderboard in 18-straight events, highlighted by victories at WM Phoenix Open and THE PLAYERS Championship. Scheffler finished T10 at Augusta, T2 at the PGA Championship, and solo third at the U.S. Open this season.

Rahm has played in just six events since winning his second major and first Masters title. The Spaniard’s best result in those six starts was a solo second at the Mexico Open. Rahm’s best finish at an Open Championship came two years ago when he finished T3, his only T10 in six starts.

Updated Field

Final Qualifying for the Open Championship took place on July 4th and four locations, Dundonald Links, Royal Cinque Ports, Royal Porthcawl, and West Lancashire. Nineteen spots were handed out to players not already in the field.

The four golfers from Dundonald Links were Michael Stewart, Marco Penge, Conner McKinney, and Graeme Roberston. Five players from Royal Cinque Ports earned a spot in next week’s field; those players included Martin Rohwer, Thomas Detry, 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, and Antoine Rozner. 

From final qualifying at Royal Porthcawl, we saw Laurie Canter lead the way with a 36-hole score of eight-under. Joining Canter was Brandon Robinson Thompson, Matthew Southgate, Jazz Janewattananond, and Oliver Farr. The final five players in from West Lancashire were Matt Wallace, Matthew Jordan, Kyle Barker, Alex Fitzpatrick (the brother of Matthew Fitzpatrick), and amateur Tiger Christensen.

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