2022 British Open betting

Played on some of the world’s oldest and most famous links courses, the Open Championship offers a test of golf quite unlike any other. In 2022, we head to St Andrews on the east coast of Scotland for the 150th edition of the golf’s oldest major tournament. Let’s look at the latest British Open odds and find out which online bookmakers have the biggest range of golf betting markets for gamblers in United States.

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How to bet on the Open Championship

There are dozens of different ways to bet on the Open Championship. Below are a few of the most popular markets on offer at licensed golf betting sites.

• Outright betting
  Who will win The Open and lift the coveted Claret Jug? That’s the only thing you have to consider when taking outright odds on the Open Championship.
• Place betting
  If you fancy a player to perform well without necessarily winning the title, you can back him to finish in the top five, top 10, top 20, and so on.
• Cut betting
  After two rounds, players ranked outside the top 70 are eliminated from the tournament. You can back a player to make the cut and continue, or to miss it and drop out.
• Group betting
  Players are grouped into threesomes for the first two rounds of The Open, and then into pairs for the weekend rounds. Leading golf bookies run outright markets for every group in the field.
• Head-to-head betting
  Imagine if the British Open was a matchplay event with a field of only two players. That is the essence of head-to-head betting, where you pick one man to beat another over 72 holes.
• Leader betting
  Who will lead the tournament after the first round? How about the second or third? This is a popular market with shrewd punters who make the effort to research tee times, weather conditions and other such factors.

150th Open Championship – The Old Course at St Andrews

July 14-17, 2022

It is only fitting that the 150th staging of The Open should take place at the ancestral home of golf. With a legacy dating back to the 15th century, the Old Course at St Andrews is littered with signature quirks that are rarely seen in modern-day designs. From Hell Bunker, to the Road Hole, to the many enormous, undulating, multi-hole greens, this is a unique test of golf.

Signature holes

• No.11 – High (In) – Par 3, 174 yards
  Some have dubbed the 11th at St Andrews ‘the shortest par-five in Scotland’. Anything short leaves a tricky recovery, while anything long will require some magic to stick a green that runs away. For good measure, the Strath and Hill bunkers that guard the green are among the deepest on the course.
• No.14 – Long – Par 5, 618 yards
  It’s all in the name. Played from the tips, this is a super hole that asks a lot of questions. Out-of-bounds along the right tests the nerves off the tee, while the infamous Hell Bunker awaits those attempting to reach the green in two.
• No.17 – Road – Par 4, 495 yards
  Is this the most iconic hole in all of golf? The tee shot over the corner of the hotel, the devilish pot bunker at the front of the green, the eponymous road and the stone fence over the back – they just don’t make holes like this anymore.

British Open records and stats

• Winners Since WWII

  2021	Collin Morikawa (USA)
  2020	Not played due to COVID-19
  2019	Shane Lowry (IRE)
  2018	Francesco Molinari (ITA)
  2017	Jordan Spieth (USA)
  2016	Henrik Stenson (SWE)
  2015	Zach Johnson (USA)
  2014	Rory McIlroy (NIR)
  2013	Phil Mickelson (USA)
  2012	Ernie Els (ZAF)
  2011	Darren Clarke (NIR)
  2010	Louis Oosthuizen (ZAF)
  2009	Stewart Cink (USA)
  2008	Padraig Harrington (IRE)
  2007	Padraig Harrington (IRE)
  2006	Tiger Woods (USA)
  2005	Tiger Woods (USA)
  2004	Todd Hamilton (USA)
  2003	Ben Curtis (USA)
  2002	Ernie Els (ZAF)
  2001	David Duval (USA)
  2000	Tiger Woods (USA)
  1999	Paul Lawrie (SCO)
  1998	Mark O’Meara (USA)
  1997	Justin Leonard (USA)
  1996	Tom Lehman (USA)
  1995	John Daly (USA)
  1994	Nick Price (ZWE)
  1993	Greg Norman (AUS)
  1992	Nick Faldo (ENG)
  1991	Ian Baker-Finch (AUS)
  1990	Nick Faldo (ENG)
  1989	Mark Calcavecchia (USA)
  1988	Seve Ballesteros (ESP)
  1987	Nick Faldo (ENG)
  1986	Greg Norman (AUS)
  1985	Sandy Lyle (SCO)
  1984	Seve Ballesteros (ESP)
  1983	Tom Watson (USA)
  1982	Tom Watson (USA)
  1981	Bill Rogers (USA)
  1980	Tom Watson (USA)
  1979	Seve Ballesteros (ESP)
  1978	Jack Nicklaus (USA)
  1977	Tom Watson (USA)
  1976	Johnny Miller (USA)
  1975	Tom Watson (USA)
  1974	Gary Player (ZAF)
  1973	Tom Weiskopf (USA)
  1972	Lee Trevino (USA)
  1971	Lee Trevino (USA)
  1970	Jack Nicklaus (USA)
  1969	Tony Jacklin (USA)
  1968	Gary Player (ZAF)
  1967	Roberto de Vincenzo (ARG)
  1966	Jack Nicklaus (USA)
  1965	Peter Thomson (AUS)
  1964	Tony Lema (USA)
  1963	Bob Charles (NZL)
  1962	Arnold Palmer (USA)
  1961	Arnold Palmer (USA)
  1960	Kel Nagle (AUS)
  1959	Gary Player (ZAF)
  1958	Peter Thomson (AUS)
  1957	Bobby Locke (ZAF)
  1956	Peter Thomson (AUS)
  1955	Peter Thomson (AUS)
  1954	Peter Thomson (AUS)
  1953	Ben Hogan (USA)
  1952	Bobby Locke (ZAF)
  1951	Max Faulkner (ENG)
  1950	Bobby Locke (ZAF)
  1949	Bobby Locke (ZAF)
  1948	Henry Cotton (ENG)
  1947	Fred Daly (NIR)
  1946	Sam Snead (USA)

• Multiple wins
  Compared to the other majors, an unusually high number of players have won The Open on two or more occasions. The high mark belongs to Jersey legend Harry Vardon, who won it six times between 1896 and 1914.

  • Six – Harry Vardon
  • Five – J.H. Taylor, James Braid, Peter Thomson, Tom Watson
  • Four – Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris, Willie Park Sr., Walter Hagen, Bobby Locke
  • Three – Jamie Anderson, Bob Ferguson, Bobby Jones, Henry Cotton, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods
  • Two – Bob Martin, Harold Hilton, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Greg Norman, Padraig Harrington, Ernie Els

• Consecutive titles
  As the tournament was not played in 1871 due to lack of a trophy, Young Tom Morris’s run of four titles from 1868 to 1872 counts as the longest winning streak in Open history. Padraig Harrington’s wins in 2007 and ’08 make him the most recent back-to-back champion.

  • Four – Young Tom Morris
  • Three – Jamie Anderson, Bob Ferguson, Peter Thomson
  • Two – Old Tom Morris, J.H. Taylor, Harry Vardon, James Braid, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Bobby Locke, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington

• Open Courses
  The first dozen Open Championships were held at Prestwick Golf Club in South Ayrshire, near Glasgow. The tournament was held exclusively in Scotland until 1894, when Royal St George’s became the first English course to win hosting rights. The modern-day Open rota consists of 10 venues: five in Scotland, four in England and one in Northern Ireland.

  • Old Course at St Andrews – 29
  • Prestwick* – 24
  • Muirfield – 16
  • Royal St George’s – 14
  • Royal Liverpool – 12
  • Royal Lytham & St Annes – 11
  • Royal Birkdale – 10
  • Royal Troon – nine
  • Carnoustie – seven
  • Musselburgh* – six
  • Turnberry – four
  • Royal Portrush – two
  • Royal Cinque Ports* – two
  • Prince’s* – one

  *No longer on the Open rota
  

• More Open Records

  • Youngest winner: Young Tom Morris – 17 years, 156 days (1868)
  • Oldest winner: Old Tom Morris – 46 years, 102 days (1867)
  • Lowest round score: 62 – Branden Grace (R3, 2017)*
  • Lowest round to par: Nine under – Paul Broadhurst (R3, 1990), Rory McIlroy (R1, 2010)
  • Lowest 72-hole score: 268 – Greg Norman (1993)
  • Lowest 72-hole score to par: 20 under – Henrik Stenson (2016)
  • Most runner-up finishes: Jack Nicklaus – seven

Recent British Open tournaments

• 149th Open Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club
  
  July 16-19, 2020

  Royal St George’s was the first English course to host the Open Championship, way back in 1894, and is the only venue in southern Britain on the current rota. The 2020 British Open will be the 14th held at the Kentish links, which puts it fourth on the all-time list behind the Old Course (29), Prestwick (24) and Muirfield (16).

  Sandwich, as the locals call it, is one of the toughest courses on the Open rota. With blind shots, penal rough and some of the deepest bunkers in the world, it is a nightmare when the wind gets up. It is also a venue where dark horses have prospered in recent times, with Darren Clarke storming to victory in 2011 and Ben Curtis coming from the clouds in 2003.

  Signature holes

  

  • No.4 – Par 4, 496 yards – The blind drive over the infamous Himalaya bunker is one of the most iconic shots in all of golf. The hole does not get any easier from there, as a sprawling mess of a green poses all sorts of problems if you haven’t taken the right line off the tee.
  • No.11 – Par 3, 242 yards
    Boasting views of Pegwell Bay and the town of Ramsgate, the 11th is one of the postcard holes at Royal St George’s. It is also the longest of the par-threes and requires canny club selection depending on the wind and the pin placement.
  • No.14 – Par 5, 545 yards
    The final par-five at Sandwich is also the most treacherous. A semi-blind drive, out-of-bounds down the right, devilish bunkering and the famed Suez Canal hazard make for a potential round-wrecker for players who don’t take their medicine and play it safe.

• 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club
  
  July 18-21, 2019

  Royal Portrush last hosted the British Open in 1951, when England’s Max Faulkner blitzed the field in soggy conditions to win his only major title. The club – and all of Northern Ireland – has had to wait 68 years for another chance to host golf’s most prestigious event.

  With the possible exception of Royal County Down’s Championship 18, the Dunluce Links at Portrush is widely regarded as the finest golf course in Ireland. It is a true seaside links shaped by massive dunes, devilish rough and some of the very best greens in the world.

  Already one of the country’s most challenging courses, Portrush will play tougher than ever in 2019. After the R&A expressed concerns over the Dunluce’s relatively mild finishing holes, the club decided to pinch some of the more dramatic land from the adjoining Valley Links to create brand-new holes at seven and eight. This bold move sees a few of the courses’s most famous holes pushed deeper into the round for a thrilling run home.

  Signature holes

  • No.5 – White Rocks – Par 4, 411 yards: This is the undisputed postcard hole on the Dunluce Links. A big dogleg to the right reveals a stunning approach to a long, tiered green that hangs above a rocky beach. This was one of the world’s great bunkerless holes until traps were added in preparation for the 2019 Open.
  • No.15 – Skerries – Par 4, 418 yards: White Rocks might be the most photogenic hole at Portrush, but Skerries is probably an even better test from a sporting point of view. A trio of bunkers lie in wait for any drive that drifts to the right, while accuracy is key when hitting to a green protected by hummocks, swales and more sand.
  • No.16 – Calamity Corner – Par 3, 210 yards: This is the kind of hole you just don’t see in modern-day designs. There was no need to dig out bunkers once Harry Colt decided to mow a putting surface on the edge of a dirty great chasm. Anything short or right from the tee is brown bread on this deadly uphill one-shotter.

• 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links
  
  July 19-22, 2018

  Carnoustie first hosted the Open in 1931, when Scottish-American pioneer Tommy Armour claimed the last of his three major titles. It has since become a fixture of the tournament’s illustrious rota, hosting again in 1937, 1953, 1968, 1975, 1999 and 2007. Jordan Spieth is the reigning champion after his dramatic win at Royal Birkdale last year.

  Carnoustie’s signature holes

  Although the resort at Carnoustie is open to the general public, the Championship Course is not for any old hacker. It is widely considered the most difficult of all the Open courses, especially when the wind whips up off the North Sea. The back nine is littered with standout holes that can break even the best golfers in the world.

  

  • No.6 – Hogan’s Alley – Par 5, 578 yards – Out of bounds on the left, bunkers towards the right and a prevailing headwind make the sixth at Carnoustie a daunting prospect from the tee. That proved no problem for the great Ben Hogan, whose superlative driving in the 1953 Open saw the hole renamed in his honour 50 years later.
  • No.16 – Barry Burn – Par 3, 248 yards – Is it a monster par-three, or is it a short par-four? The answer lies somewhere in between. A long, accurate iron shot is required to avoid the trouble at the front and hold a narrow green. If the pin is on the top tier, anything short leaves a hell of a scramble.
  • No.18 – Home – Par 4, 499 yards – Many a title bid has fallen to pieces at Carnoustie’s infamous closing hole. It was the sand traps that did Johnny Miller in 1975, while a combination of gnarly rough, a troublesome grandstand and the Barry Burn saw Jean van de Velde blow a three-shot lead in 1999.

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