The 2013 British Open Championship Betting Preview, Odds, Free Bets & Tee Times

The 142nd British Open Championship begins this Thursday (18th-21st July) at Muirfield, Scotland with 156 players set to fight it out for the £954,000 winners prize and their name on one of the most sought after trophies in professional golf.

Ernie Els will bid to defend the Championship after narrowly defeating Adam Scott in last years event.

Tiger Woods is currently clear favourite with bookmakers and with over 150 players, there will be some value each-way bets for those who are interested in having a wager.

The full field and betting odds are below (click to enlarge, odds provided by & are subject to change/differ bookmaker to bookmaker).

 

Phil Mickelson (20/1) won the Scottish Open just a few days ago, Adam Scott (22/1) won the 2013 Masters, Justin Rose won the US Open at Merion (20/1) while world number 2, Rory Mcilroy (25/1) may decide to show up and play some golf.

Gamingtips Tips: Jason Day (33/1) has played exceptionally well this year and has been knocking on the door of a major win.

Henrik Stenson (45/1) looked like winning the Scottish Open until crumbling late on.  Excellent Iron player.

Brandt Snedeker (35/1) may offer the most value to punters as an each-way bet with his carefree style of playing golf.

From a betting perspective, it’s usually better to wait until the tournament is in-play and players are posting scores because it’s very easy for a player to shoot 80 on day 1 and your chances and theirs are banished.

Ultimately betting during the tournament may offer slightly lesser odds, but you can be sure to be in with a chance come the weekend and your player(s) won’t be 1000/1 after day 1.

Most bookmakers are offering 6 or 7 places each-way at 1/4 odds meaning if your player finishes in the first 6 or 7 you will get your stake multiplied by 1/4 of the players odds.

Weather conditions should be consistently good however morning players may get the best of it on the opening two days.

Day 1 Tee times are as follows (all times are GMT+1):

0632 Lloyd Saltman, Peter Senior (Aus), Oliver Fisher

0643 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Todd Hamilton (USA), Ben Stow

0654 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Bud Cauley (USA)

0705 Brooks Koepka (USA), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Ashun Wu (Chn)

0716 David Duval (USA), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Chris Wood

0727 Stewart Cink (USA), Scott Stallings (USA), Richard McEvoy

0738 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), K J Choi (Kor), Jimmy Walker (USA)

0749 Ben Curtis (USA), Shane Lowry, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)

0800 Brian Davis, Jonas Blixt (Swe), Graham Delaet (Can)

0811 Robert Garrigus (USA), John Senden (Aus), Marc Warren

0822 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Garrick Porteous, Jason Day (Aus)

0833 Carl Pettersson (Swe), Jason Dufner (USA), David Lynn

0844 Bubba Watson (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Dustin Johnson (USA)

0900 Tom Watson (USA), Sir Nick Faldo, Fred Couples (USA)

0911 Justin Rose, Ernie Els (Rsa), Brandt Snedeker (USA)

0922 Ian Poulter, Keegan Bradley (USA), Billy Horschel (USA)

0933 Richard Sterne (Rsa), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Nick Watney (USA)

0944 Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Phil Mickelson (USA)

0955 Tim Clark (Rsa), Scott Piercy (USA), Kevin Streelman (USA)

1006 Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Zach Johnson (USA), Thomas Bjorn (Den)

1017 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Camilo Villegas (Col), Tano Goya (Arg)

1028 Ken Duke (USA), George Coetzee (Rsa), Mark Calcavecchia (USA)

1039 John Huh (USA), Brendan Jones (Aus), Hyung-sung Kim (Kor)

1050 Josh Teater (USA), Steven Tiley, Jimmy Mullen

1101 K.T. Kim (Kor), Steven Jeffress (Aus), Luke Guthrie (USA)

1112 Gareth Wright, John Wade (Aus), Makoto Inoue (Jpn)

1133 Y.E. Yang (Kor), Danny Willett, Johnson Wagner (USA)

1144 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Lucas Glover (USA), Oscar Floren (Swe)

1155 Boo Weekley (USA), Sandy Lyle, Niclas Fasth (Swe)

1206 Grant Forrest, Marcus Fraser (Aus), Mark O’Meara (USA)

1217 Tom Lehman (USA), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)

1228 Rhys Pugh, Justin Leonard (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus)

1239 Kyle Stanley (USA), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Alexander Noren (Swe)

1250 Russell Henley (USA), Jordan Spieth (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick

1301 Michael Thompson (USA), Padraig Harrington, Richie Ramsay

1312 Vijay Singh (Fij), Darren Clarke, Martin Laird

1323 Ryan Moore (USA), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Steven Fox (USA)

1334 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Jim Furyk (USA), Paul Lawrie

1345 Harris English (USA), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Stephen Gallacher

1401 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia (Spa)

1412 Adam Scott (Aus), Matt Kuchar (USA), Luke Donald

1423 Matteo Manassero (Ita), Rickie Fowler (USA), Hunter Mahan (USA)

1434 Peter Hanson (Swe), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Bill Haas (USA)

1445 Tiger Woods (USA), Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)

1456 Webb Simpson (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa), Jamie Donaldson

1507 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Bo Van Pelt (USA)

1518 Brett Rumford (Aus), D.A. Points (USA), Marcel Siem (Ger)

1529 George Murray, Mark Brown (Nzl), Justin Harding (Rsa)

1540 Scott Jamieson, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Shiv Kapur (Ind)

1551 Scott Brown (USA), Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Gareth Maybin

1602 Tyrrell Hatton, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa), Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn)

1613 Stephen Dartnall (Aus), Darryn Lloyd (Rsa), Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn)

Day 2 Tee times:

0632 Y.E. Yang (Kor), Danny Willett, Johnson Wagner (USA)

0643 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Lucas Glover (USA), Oscar Floren (Swe)

0654 Boo Weekley (USA), Sandy Lyle, Niclas Fasth (Swe)

0705 Grant Forrest, Marcus Fraser (Aus), Mark O’Meara (USA)

0716 Tom Lehman (USA), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)

0727 Rhys Pugh, Justin Leonard (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus)

0738 Kyle Stanley (USA), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Alexander Noren (Swe)

0749 Russell Henley (USA), Jordan Spieth (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick

0800 Michael Thompson (USA), Padraig Harrington, Richie Ramsay

0811 Vijay Singh (Fij), Darren Clarke, Martin Laird

0822 Ryan Moore (USA), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Steven Fox (USA)

0833 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Jim Furyk (USA), Paul Lawrie

0844 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Harris English (USA), Stephen Gallacher

0900 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia (Spa)

0911 Adam Scott (Aus), Matt Kuchar (USA), Luke Donald

0922 Rickie Fowler (USA), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Hunter Mahan (USA)

0933 Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Peter Hanson (Swe), Bill Haas (USA)

0944 Tiger Woods (USA), Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)

0955 Branden Grace (Rsa), Webb Simpson (USA), Jamie Donaldson

1006 Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Bo Van Pelt (USA)

1017 D.A. Points (USA), Brett Rumford (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger)

1028 Mark Brown (Nzl), George Murray, Justin Harding (Rsa)

1039 Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Scott Jamieson, Shiv Kapur (Ind)

1050 Scott Brown (USA), Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Gareth Maybin

1101 Tyrrell Hatton, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa), Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn)

1112 Darryn Lloyd (Rsa), Stephen Dartnall (Aus), Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn)

1133 Lloyd Saltman, Peter Senior (Aus), Oliver Fisher

1144 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Todd Hamilton (USA), Ben Stow

1155 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Bud Cauley (USA)

1206 Brooks Koepka (USA), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Ashun Wu (Chn)

1217 David Duval (USA), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Chris Wood

1228 Stewart Cink (USA), Scott Stallings (USA), Richard McEvoy

1239 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), K J Choi (Kor), Jimmy Walker (USA)

1250 Ben Curtis (USA), Shane Lowry, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)

1301 Brian Davis, Jonas Blixt (Swe), Graham Delaet (Can)

1312 Robert Garrigus (USA), John Senden (Aus), Marc Warren

1323 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Garrick Porteous, Jason Day (Aus)

1334 Carl Pettersson (Swe), Jason Dufner (USA), David Lynn

1345 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Bubba Watson (USA), Dustin Johnson (USA)

1401 Tom Watson (USA), Sir Nick Faldo, Fred Couples (USA)

1412 Justin Rose, Ernie Els (Rsa), Brandt Snedeker (USA)

1423 Keegan Bradley (USA), Ian Poulter, Billy Horschel (USA)

1434 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Richard Sterne (Rsa), Nick Watney (USA)

1445 Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Phil Mickelson (USA)

1456 Scott Piercy (USA), Tim Clark (Rsa), Kevin Streelman (USA)

1507 Zach Johnson (USA), Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Thomas Bjorn (Den)

1518 Camilo Villegas (Col), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Tano Goya (Arg)

1529 George Coetzee (Rsa), Ken Duke (USA), Mark Calcavecchia (USA)

1540 Brendan Jones (Aus), John Huh (USA), Hyung-sung Kim (Kor)

1551 Josh Teater (USA), Steven Tiley, Jimmy Mullen

Regardless of who comes out on top, we’re sure to be treated to some great action with such depth in quality.

UK viewers can enjoy the action live on the BBC.