British golf open 2015 betting

The Open betting: British golf open 2015 betting history at St. The Open Championship returns to the home of golf at St. Open at St. Andrews? Matthew. The cream traditionally rises to the top of the leaderboard when the Open comes to St Andrews. In the distant past, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead. In what could be the least surprising news of the week, Jordan Spieth is currently the odds-on favorite to win The Open Championship at St. Known as the “home of golf,” the historic course hosts the British Open every five years.the last time the British Open was played at.

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Spieth is the hot favourite - as short as with some firms - this week and with good reason. The year-old looks in unstoppable form having captured both the Masters and US Open this year, as well as the John Deere Classic in his warm-up event last week. He also claimed the Valspar Championship back in March. Jordan Spieth was clearly enjoying Wednesday's practice round ahead of the th Open Championship.

The smiling will probably stop if Spieth has to play one off the road at the famous 17th hole this week. The young American, in two majors this year, has been impossible to stop once he gets on a charge. The weather forecast suggests rain and increasingly windy conditions from Thursday, with Friday potentially seeing gusts of over 20mph for much of the day.

As Padraig Harrington famously said, half the field is not mentally tough enough to compete in those conditions. Spieth most certainly is. Having grown up in Texas, Spieth is also used to windy conditions and has developed the skill set, shaping shots at different trajectories and with both draw and cut spin, to thrive in the wind. He loves St Andrews, and is well worth considering backing outright this week, even at such a low price.

But, is Spieth capable of winning the first three majors of the year in a row. Plus his late arrival from America on Sunday night is far from ideal preparation. Kuchar offers outstanding value given his form and pedigree - he is a super-steady player with a Players Championship to his name — while Fowler is rightly considered one of the favourites for this event.

Rickie Fowler, like Spieth, arrived a winner after claiming the Scottish Open at Gullane last weekend. Fowler will hope to be standing here, on the 18th tee, in contention for the Claret Jug come Sunday evening. Finishing in the top five at all four majors last year was impressive enough, but he has also won the Players this year and tested himself on the links at the Irish Open in May, so is well prepared.

He also finished 14th at St Andrews in , so forget his US Open blow-up —this is a serious contender. Louis Oosthuizen escaped the worst of the gales that blew Rory McIlroy off course here five years ago, so is not yet proven over the links in the wind. But the stunning margin of his victory — a full seven shots — is enough to mark him out as the man to beat after Spieth.

Throw in his near-miraculous charge through the field to just miss out at Chambers Bay and the South African looks ready to win here again after getting over back injury problems that have beset him in recent times. British golf open 2015 betting Speaking of back injuries, Tiger Woods insists he can finally end his seven-year-long major drought after battling his own fitness problems.

It is a venue where Woods has triumphed twice, but Woods has much more to do to prove he is worth backing than a solid show in one tournament, at the Greenbrier two weeks ago. But players with previous good form at the Old Course, which is a magical, mystical place for some but is hated by others who usually keep this to themselves for its unpredictable bounces and capricious conditions, should be top of the staking list.

Martin Kaymer , with two majors to his name, is superb value at The German loves the place and his strong suit of using his putter from way off the green rather than chip is made for this place. He also won the Alfred Dunhill links, two rounds of which are played on the Old Course, and finished seventh here in His form this year has not been great, but a fourth place at the recent French Open ticks this final box.

Ice-cool German Martin Kaymer is a big fan of the Old Course and he's an attractive price for the win. Kaymer had plenty of followers despite the wet weather as he practised on Wednesday. Justin Rose has all the tools to succeed but has been waiting to win this tournament ever since those heady days at Birkdale in , which must play on his mind.

Henrik Stenson has the ball-striking ability, ice-cold temperament and links expertise, but there remain big question marks over his putting. The same can be said of former Masters champion and Open runner-up Adam Scott Paul Casey is in terrific form and threatened to challenge Oosthuizen five years ago, but he has been playing so much golf in America that he may have lost the feel for slower British greens.

And Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood should never be counted out at the tournament they love and have good past form in. How many security officials does it take to get a Tiger to the range. Quite a few by the look of things. Former world No 1 Woods fired a few out of the sand on Wednesday as part of his preparation. Jordan Spieth is looking to become the first player since Hogan in to win the first three majors in a season and the first player since Tiger Woods in to win three majors in a year.

He's the favorite at 5-to-1 odds. Woods, who won the Open at St. Andrews in and '05, looks to capture a 15th major and is going off at to Here are your British Open Championship betting odds, courtesy of golfodds. Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.

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