Main champ is our lengthy shot at Royal Liverpool

The 2023 Open Championship marks the ultimate males’s main of the yr, and we’re choosing a former main champion who’s flying beneath the radar as our long-shot choose to win. Right here’s our choose, the Open Championship odds, betting favorites and all the pieces else it’s essential know for the week.

Open Championship odds: Lengthy-shot wager

Our long-shot choose for this week’s Open at Roya Liverpool is Hideki Matsuyama, who comes into the week with +8000 odds-to-win.

Matsuyama is not any stranger to even the informal golf fan. He’s a significant champion, having triumphed on the 2021 Masters to seize his first inexperienced jacket. In all, the 31-year-old star from Japan has eight PGA Tour victories in his profession, although his final win got here on the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Hideki isn’t having his greatest season on Tour, having earned simply two top-10 finishes in 2022-23. However he’s missed solely three cuts, and he’s carried out respectably within the majors to date.

On the Masters he completed T16, on the PGA he ended up T29 and ultimately month’s U.S. Open, a final-round 75 dropped him to T32.

Matsuyama opted to not play final week’s Genesis Scottish Open, so he’s well-rested. That mixed together with his pedigree and lengthy odds makes him a stable long-shot choose this week.

Ought to he pull off his second main victory at Royal Liverpool, a $10 wager will earn you $800. Take into account including further small bets on Hideki to complete high 10 and high 20.

Searching for extra long-shot picks for the Open? Our honorable point out lengthy pictures for the week are Tom Kim (+4500) and Jason Day (+10000).

Open Championship odds: The favorites

Recent off his twenty fourth PGA Tour victory on the Genesis Scottish Open, which moved him again to No. 2 on the planet, Rory McIlroy is available in because the betting favourite with +700 odds-to-win in his return to the location of his solely Open victory.

Carefully trailing him is World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (+800), with Masters champ Jon Rahm showing in third (+1200).

Defending champion Cameron Smith is available in fourth at +1600, with Brooks Koepka and Viktor Hovland rounding out the top-4 in odds-to-win at +2000.

You’ll be able to see the highest 15 and ties in Open Championship betting odds as of Monday afternoon under, or head over to BetMGM to see the complete record of odds and bets for this week.

2023 Open Championship betting odds (Prime 15 and ties)

Rory McIlroy (+700)
Scottie Scheffler (+800)
Jon Rahm (+1200)
Cameron Smith (+1600)
Brooks Koepka (+2000)
Viktor Hovland (+2000)
Rickie Fowler (+2200)
Tommy Fleetwood (+2200)
Patrick Cantlay (+2500)
Tyrrell Hatton (+2500)
Xander Schauffele (+2500)
Collin Morikawa (+2800)
Shane Lowry (+2800)
Dustin Johnson (+3300)
Jordan Spieth (+3300)

How final week’s long-shot fared

We picked Kurt Kitayama as our lengthy shot on the Genesis Scottish Open at +8000 odds-to-win. Kitayama efficiently ended his missed-cut streak with a stable second spherical, however he faltered on Saturday and Sunday, ending T54.

Try how our long-shot picks have fared all season lengthy under.

PAST RESULTS

2023 Genesis Scottish Open: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +8000; End: T54)
2023 John Deere Basic: Dylan Wu (Odds: +6600; End: MC)
2023 Rocket Mortgage Basic: Austin Eckroat (Odds: +6600; End: MC)
2023 Vacationers Championship: Adam Scott (+6600; T19)
2023 U.S. Open: Keegan Bradley (Odds:+8000; End: MC)
2023 RBC Canadian Open: Nick Taylor (Odds; +6600: End: 1)
2023 Memorial Event: Keegan Bradley (Odds: +6600; End: T30)
2023 Charles Schwab Problem: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +6600; End: T29)
2023 PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton (Odds: +4000; End: T15)
2023 AT&T Byron Nelson: J.J. Spaun (Odds: +6600; End: WD)
2023 Wells Fargo Championship: Sahith Theegala (Odds: +4000; End: T56)
2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta: Gary Woodland (Odds: +3300; End: T39)
2023 Zurich Basic of New Orleans: Dahmen/McCarthy (Odds: +4000; End: T11)
2023 RBC Heritage: Tom Kim (Odds: +3500; End: MC)
2023 Masters: Tommy Fleetwood (Odds: +6600; End: 33)
2023 Valspar Championship: David Lingmerth (Odds: +12500; End: T27)
2023 Gamers Championship: Corey Conners (Odds: +6600; End: MC)
2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Billy Horschel (Odds: +10000; End: MC)
2023 Honda Basic: Sepp Straka (Odds: +5000; End: T5)
2023 Genesis Invitational: Adam Scott (Odds: +5500; End: 65)
2023 WM Phoenix Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +8000; End: T10)
2023 AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am: Beau Hossler (Odds +8000; End: T11)
2023 Farmers Insurance coverage Open: Rickie Fowler (Odds: +10000; End: T11)
2023 Sony Open in Hawaii: Kurt Kitayama (Odds: +5000; End: T73)
2023 Sentry Event of Champions: Ryan Brehm (Odds: +75000; End: T35)

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