Category: 2023 Open Championship

The top 10 betting favorites for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool

Rory McIlroy, the betting favorite, won the 2014 Open in Hoylake.

It all comes down to this, the final men’s major championship of 2023.

The best players in the world are set to take on Royal Liverpool for the 151st Open Championship from July 20-23.

Cameron Smith, a member of the LIV Golf League, is the reigning Champion Golfer of the Year thanks to his come-from-behind victory at St. Andrews over Cam Young and Rory McIlroy.

Smith has made the cut in all three majors so far this year, tying for 34th at the Masters, for ninth at the PGA and finishing solo fourth at the U.S. Open.

McIlroy, who grabbed solo second at Los Angeles Country Club and is looking for his first major win since the 2014 Open, which was held at Royal Liverpool, is the betting favorite at +750.

Here are the top 10 betting favorites for the 151st Open.

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Sergio Garcia to miss first Open since 1997 after failing to qualify for Royal Liverpool

Since 1998, Garcia has totaled 10 top-10 finishes at the Open.

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Sergio Garcia has been a staple at the Open Championship since 1997. That streak will end this year as the LIV Golf member failed to qualify.

The Spaniard played the par-72 6,973-yard West Lancashire and posted rounds of 67-71, good enough for 6 under and a T-6 finish.

However, there were just five spots up for grabs at West Lancashire and those will go to Matt Wallace (1st, 11 under), Matthew Jordan (T-2, 10 under), Kyle Barker (T-2, 10 under), Alex Fitzpatrick (T-4, 9 under) and Tiger Christensen (T-4, 9 under).

Since 1998, Garcia has made 24 starts at the Open, missing just four cuts and totaling 12 top-20 finishes, 10 of which were top 10s. His career-best finish came at Carnoustie in 2007 where he earned the silver medal.

Garcia played in two of the three major championships so far this season, missing the cut at the Masters and tying for 27th at the U.S. Open.

LIV Golf’s Lee Westwood to miss first Open Championship in nearly 30 years; notables Sergio Garcia, Michael Block enter final qualifying

Just 16 spots are left to fill the field for the final men’s major of the year next month in Royal Liverpool.

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After 117 players advanced from regional qualifying for the 2023 Open Championship, just 16 spots are left to fill the field for the final men’s major of the year next month in Royal Liverpool, July 20-23.

One LIV Golf player will look to earn his spot the hard way, just as he did for the U.S. Open, while another will end a nearly three-decade streak of competing in his national open.

Sergio Garcia has entered final qualifying, while Lee Westwood will miss his first British Open in 28 years. Westwood was also recently denied entrance to the Senior Open due to unpaid DP World Tour fines related to his move to the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit. Ian Poulter has also elected not to enter final qualifying. The Telegraph was first to report.

Garcia will play a 36-hole qualifier on Tuesday, July 4, between a pair of LIV Golf League events in Spain (June 30-July 2) and London (July 7-9). In fact, of the 52 players to tee it up this season for LIV, 21 have entered final qualifying across the four sites:

Dundonald Links

  • Jason Kokrak
  • Sebastian Munoz
  • Andy Ogletree
  • Carlos Ortiz
  • Peter Uihlein

Royal Cinque Ports

  • Dean Burmester
  • Branden Grace
  • Wade Ormsby
  • David Puig
  • Charl Schwartzel
  • Brendan Steele
  • Kieran Vincent

Royal Porthcawl

  • Laurie Canter
  • Matt Jones
  • Anirban Lahiri
  • Marc Leishman
  • Cameron Tringale

West Lancashire

  • Sergio Garcia
  • Graeme McDowell
  • Mito Pereira
  • Scott Vincent

Other notable names to enter final qualifying include Alex Fitzpatrick, Aaron Wise and Matt Wallace at West Lancashire, Thomas Detry at Royal Cinque Ports and Matt Kuchar, Michael Block and Mackenzie Hughes at Dundonald Links.

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Report: Tiger Woods will not play in the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool

Woods underwent ankle surgery in April.

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Tiger Woods underwent ankle surgery shortly after the Masters in April and hasn’t played on the PGA Tour since. And it doesn’t sound like he’ll be back anytime soon.

According to Bob Harig of Sports Illustrated, Woods will not be in the field for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, July 20-23.

“We have been advised that he won’t be playing at Hoylake,” said Mike Woodcock of the R&A via email to SI.

Woods is a three-time Champion Golfer of the Year: 2000 and 2005 at St Andrews and 2006 at Royal Liverpool. The 15-time major champion played in the 150th edition of the Open last year, but missed the cut at the Old Course.

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