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

The 142nd British Open begins this Thursday (18th-21st July) at Muirfield with over 150 players set to tee off for the £954,000 winners prize and their name on one of golf’s most sought after trophies.

Tiger Woods is clear favourite with bookmakers despite a run of 16 majors without a win.

Other notable favourites include Phil Mickelson who won the Scottish Open last week, Justin Rose who won the 2013 US Open and Merion and Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters winner and runner-up here last year.

Jordan Spieth won the John Deere Classic with an unbelievable chip shot at the 18th and because of that win, he comes into this tournament as a lively outsider.

Full field and their respective odds are below (as of 11:40 GMT+1, July 17th – click to enlarge):

 

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Gamingtips Prediction: With over 150 players it’s difficult to pick a winner with such depth in quality – Tiger Woods is hungry for his first major win in 16, Phil Mickelson and Jason Day have been knocking on the door of a major win and can definitely feature this week.

Ernie Els will bid to defend this week and has been playing well (won the BMW International Open last month).

Graeme Mcdowell has been winning tournaments this year and has the patient game required for this golf course.

Lee Westwood and Luke Donald are still searching for their first major win and both are playing well enough to compete.

Other players to watch out for include Matt Kuchar (ranked 6th), Steve Stricker (ranked 10th), Louis Oosthuizen (ranked 11th), Charl Schwartzel (ranked 14th) and Sergio Garcia (ranked 15th).

For punters, good each-way bets could be Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson and the fotgotten Rory Mcilroy.

Snedeker and Stenson are both excellent iron players and are very fun and easy to watch while Rory Mcilroy could be the forgotten one this week (28/1) – he has said his game is in good shape and if he can limit his bad shots, he may be massively overpriced at 28/1.

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Rory Mcilroy was previously 9/1 to win this tournament but due to his poor run of form, he has drifted massively with bookmakers and betting exchanges.

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

UK viewers can enjoy the action live on the BBC throughout the tournament.

International listings will vary.