The open golf 2017 betting tips

Rory McIlroy goes in as favourite, with defending champion Collin Morikawa, world number one Scottie Scheffler, links specialist John Rahm and. Sergio Garcia, who gets married next week, had the open golf 2017 betting tips putt to win the Open and has always expressed his love for links golf. His Masters triumph. The Open betting tips: Latest odds and predictions ahead of the th Championship at Royal Birkdale WIND, rain and ripples of applause. Find out who we're backing to win the Open, having been on Cameron Smith (28/1), Shane Lowry (66/1) and Jordan Spieth (16/1) in recent.

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The three-time Major winner thrives in foul conditions and won his second Open over this course in His current swing has more moving parts than a tap dancer and a third-round blip in bad weather at last week's Scottish Open shows he's not quite per cent. But that seven-over 79 was followed by a sparkling six-under 66 - so we are led to believe it truly was just a slip-up.

He's also content with his place in the game and knows he has nothing left to prove. So with the pressure off, watch Padraig turn back the clock. The home support will be with local boy Tommy Fleetwood and his form shows he is currently red hot. But it is a big ask to maintain that level of play and the French Open champion will not be used to being under the spotlight quite so much.

Fleetwood seems pretty unflappable but Andy Sullivan is showing signs of the form that saw him win three times in Indeed, he said, "I feel like I'm getting back to the old Andy Sullivan" after a third-round 67 last week en route to a tied-ninth finish. This could come back to haunt us - but it feels right to take on the man who has not looked the same dead-eyed killer since his Masters fall.

The world No 1 went into Augusta the man to beat before whacking his back on some stairs and pulling out. And the closest he came to glory as defending champion at the US Open was giving Brooks Koepka the pep talk that helped him win. Johnson did not finish outside the top between February 12 and May 21 but has two missed cuts in his last two starts.

Irish Sun. It's also likely their following is smaller and less partisan than would have been the case. That's the icing on the cake as I see it and Harman is going to be hard to beat, but I am quite happy taking on Rahm at a short enough price in the 'betting without Harman' markets.

Rahm is clearly the man to beat but he'll care only about winning and I could see this going one of two ways: another deeply impressive round to challenge the leader, or a day of frustration which leaves the door open for someone else to take second. Also having stayed on to place in the PGA and the Open last year, Fleetwood may just get back on the bike following a frustrating Saturday in which he did very little wrong.

Fleetwood was far from downcast afterwards, acknowledging that there were a lot of positives and that hope wasn't yet lost, and it really was just a case of a bad putting day at the wrong time. Had he rolled in his birdie putt at the fifth, at a time when Harman was under immense pressure, perhaps the outcome would have been different. The prospect of a bounce-back final round appears strong given the health of his game, arguably more so if the rain does arrive.

It didn't on Saturday, at least not anywhere near to the levels expected, and that may also have cost the Englishman given how good he is at getting on with things. Whereas Harrington left the course rueing a poor day with the putter but generally encouraged with the state of his game, MacIntyre said he was never in the right headspace and simply didn't enjoy himself.

It was impressive that he managed to make the cut given what happened last Sunday but it's been a draining run, missing out there as he had in Denmark and then suffering a tough start on the greens here. MacIntyre might shrug it off but he didn't sound like someone ready to do that, his focus on getting through the day and resting up for the final Ryder Cup push.

It's unlikely Sunday's round has any bearing on Rome now and I can see Harrington, who is eager to be prepared for the Senior Open next week, outscoring his young rival at odds-against. The open golf 2017 betting tips There are more than 50 places between these two in the putting stats so far this week, Wilson taking his chances whereas Ancer has failed to, but the Mexican's long-game has been far superior.

He has a decent record in tough conditions and that tee-to-green reliability should come in very handy if this rain does arrive at last. Opposing the Korean didn't pay off on Saturday but while he didn't speak to the media to update on his serious ankle problem, Kim's solid score came about because he was the second best putter in the field.

That suggests to me that he is struggling to make good swings, something he alluded to on Friday, but while Detry has no health concerns his statistical make-up is virtually identical. It's a battle of the putters and while one of them is injured, he's also a more reliable Sunday proposition.

Hopefully Kim can defy the odds and land top Korean. It's been suggested that Matthew Jordan's course experience could be even more valuable in the rain and he'll be keen to end a dream week on a high, but I can't back him against Nicolai Hojgaard such is my respect for the Dane. Indeed I hope he finishes strongly to enhance his Ryder Cup claims on a big day for Europe, with Rozner, Straka and Detry all capable of making big statements.

Whether or not Fitzpatrick is really bothered about beating his brother, Alex, I expect him to finish a frustrating week on a high against Sungjae Im. He's got a bit more experience under the conditions and I do think the prospect of both Fitzpatrick brothers finishing inside the top 10 in the same major is something that might resonate.

Migliozzi meanwhile looks overpriced against Michael Stewart, based on their respective performances over a long period of time, the fact that Migliozzi isn't under any real pressure, and the fact that Stewart has rode a really hot putter this week.

Migliozzi is a habitual fast finisher, too, and he's shown it in two US Open appearances. Sporting Life. Horse Racing. Tips Centre. Free Bets New. Fast Results. Log in. Sports Home.