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Three majors down, one to go. The final major of the 2024 professional golf season will be the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland on July 18-21. Below, we lay out 2024 Open Championship odds including the favorites and some British Open long shot picks to look out for this year:
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2024 Open Championship odds: Scheffler, McIlroy favored at Royal Troon
When the best players in the world arrive at Royal Troon in Scotland in a few weeks, the top of the odds board is going to feature some familiar names.
Despite missing the cut at Pinehurst, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (+500) is at the head of the table. Then it’s world No. 2 and 2014 Open champion Rory McIlroy (+800), fresh off perhaps the most devastating major close call in his career at the U.S. Open.
U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau (+1200), PGA Champion Xander Schauffele (+1400), Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Aberg (+1600) and Viktor Hovland (+1800) are the next five names on the list at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Of those names, Morikawa is the only previous Open champion, but that could change by the end of the weekend at Troon. Scroll down a bit and you’ll find that 2023 winner Brian Harman can be found at +6000 to repeat as Champion Golfer of the Year.
It’s perfectly reasonable to wonder where McIlroy’s head is at after the heartbreaking loss at Pinehurst. After making over 100 feet worth of putts throughout the round, McIlroy’s flatstick went cold at the worst possible time and it cost him the U.S. Open. Will he be able to turn around and win a major for the first time in 10 years after such a defeat?
All we can say for Rory at this point is that he continues to will himself back into competing for major titles, even after coming up just short on many occasions. He came in second at the 2023 U.S. Open and bounced back to have a two-shot lead with five to play in 2024.
While it’s fair to wonder whether McIlroy will finish the job, his performances at the Open Championship speak for themselves. He won in 2014, his second of seven top-five finishes, including at Royal Troon in 2016.
If you’re looking outside of the top-10 names on the board, you can do much worse than a Tyrrell Hatton, a European player with the ability to play a links-style course and some history at Royal Troon. He’s +4000 at FanDuel Sportsbook but is as low as +2800 at others (BetMGM), so there is some value to be had by shopping around here.
Hatton has four top-20 finishes at The Open, with his best ever being T5 at Royal Troon in 2016 following a 68 on Sunday. As a LIV player, we have not seen him play a ton, but both Brooks Koepka and DeChambeau have proven you can jump back into ultra-competitive golf and win.
The Englishman finished inside the top 10 at The Masters and until blowing up on Sunday at Pinehurst, was having a very solid U.S. Open.
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