If you're going to list the prohibitive favorite in the top spot for a major championship player ranking – and spoiler alert, I'm about to do just that – then you'd better back it up with some less chalky plays down the line.
That's the case for any event, really, but none more than The Open Championship, which so often yields a few leaderboard surprises.
All of which is why, even though you'll see plenty of big names at the top of this top-50 ranking, I've also listed a bunch of longshots and sleepers along the way, too.
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2022 British Open Odds
| Golfer | Odds |
|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | +1000 |
| Xander Schauffele | +1400 |
| Jordan Spieth | +1600 |
| Jon Rahm | +1800 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | +1800 |
| Scottie Scheffler | +1800 |
| Justin Thomas | +2000 |
| Cameron Smith | +2500 |
| Collin Morikawa | +2500 |
| Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
| Shane Lowry | +2500 |
| Will Zalatoris | +2500 |
| Dustin Johnson | +3300 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | +3300 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | +3300 |
| Brooks Koepka | +4000 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | +4000 |
| Sam Burns | +4000 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | +4000 |
| Viktor Hovland | +4000 |
| Joaquin Niemann | +5000 |
| Max Homa | +5000 |
| Tony Finau | +5000 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | +6600 |
| Justin Rose | +6600 |
| Tiger Woods | +6600 |
| Sungjae Im | +6600 |
| Seamus Power | +8000 |
| Adam Scott | +8000 |
| Corey Conners | +8000 |
| Gary Woodland | +8000 |
| Marc Leishman | +8000 |
| Patrick Reed | +8000 |
| Ryan Fox | +8000 |
| Cameron Young | +8000 |
| Abraham Ancer | +10000 |
| Billy Horschel | +10000 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +10000 |
| Robert Macintyre | +10000 |
| Sergio Garcia | +10000 |
| Keegan Bradley | +12500 |
| Paul Casey | +12500 |
| Webb Simpson | +12500 |
| Mito Pereira | +12500 |
| Thomas Pieters | +12500 |
| Aaron Wise | +12500 |
| J.T. Poston | +12500 |
| Brian Harman | +15000 |
| Danny Willett | +15000 |
| Jason Kokrak | +15000 |
| Kevin Kisner | +15000 |
| Lee Westwood | +15000 |
| Lucas Herbert | +15000 |
| Russell Henley | +15000 |
| Victor Perez | +15000 |
| Cameron Tringale | +15000 |
| Harold Varner III | +15000 |
| Talor Gooch | +15000 |
| Adrian Meronk | +15000 |
| Haotong Li | +15000 |
| Joo-hyung Kim | +15000 |
| Jordan Smith | +15000 |
| Keith Mitchell | +15000 |
| Sebastian Munoz | +15000 |
| Sahith Theegala | +15000 |
| Kurt Kitayama | +15000 |
| Francesco Molinari | +15000 |
| Emiliano Grillo | +20000 |
| Harris English | +20000 |
| Ian Poulter | +20000 |
| Padraig Harrington | +20000 |
| Phil Mickelson | +20000 |
| Sam Horsfield | +20000 |
| K.H. Lee | +20000 |
| Tom Hoge | +20000 |
| Kevin Na | +20000 |
| Chris Kirk | +20000 |
| Dean Burmester | +20000 |
| Luke List | +20000 |
| Si Woo Kim | +20000 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | +20000 |
| Erik van Rooyen | +20000 |
| Min Woo Lee | +20000 |
| Henrik Stenson | +25000 |
| Richard Bland | +25000 |
| Stewart Cink | +25000 |
| Thomas Detry | +25000 |
| Adri Arnaus | +25000 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | +25000 |
| Nicolai Hojgaard | +25000 |
| Pablo Larrazabal | +25000 |
| Zach Johnson | +25000 |
| Jamie Donaldson | +25000 |
| Brandon Wu | +25000 |
| Dylan Frittelli | +30000 |
| Guido Migliozzi | +30000 |
| Alexander Bjork | +30000 |
| Jason Scrivener | +30000 |
| Justin Harding | +30000 |
| Laurie Canter | +30000 |
| Marcus Armitage | +30000 |
| Matthew Jordan | +30000 |
| Richard Mansell | +30000 |
| Sepp Straka | +30000 |
| Thirston Lawrence | +30000 |
| Wyndham Clark | +30000 |
| Fabrizio Zanotti | +30000 |
| Trey Mullinax | +35000 |
| Garrick Higgo | +35000 |
| Shaun Norris | +40000 |
| Shugo Imahira | +40000 |
| John Catlin | +40000 |
| Ashley Chesters | +50000 |
| Brad Kennedy | +50000 |
| Ernie Els | +50000 |
| Kazuki Higa | +50000 |
| Keita Nakajima | +50000 |
| Marco Penge | +50000 |
| Min-kyu Kim | +50000 |
| Scott Vincent | +50000 |
| Sihwan Kim | +50000 |
| Takumi Kanaya | +50000 |
| Yuto Katsuragawa | +50000 |
| Zander Lombard | +50000 |
| David Law | +50000 |
| Anthony Quayle | +75000 |
| Ben Campbell | +75000 |
| Chan Kim | +75000 |
| Min-Gyu Cho | +75000 |
| Sadom Kaewkanjana | +75000 |
| Aaron Jarvis | +100000 |
| Aldrich Potgieter | +100000 |
| Alex Wrigley | +100000 |
| Barclay Brown | +100000 |
| Darren Clarke | +100000 |
| David Carey | +100000 |
| Dimitros Papadatos | +100000 |
| Filiippo Celli | +100000 |
| Jack Floydd | +100000 |
| Jamie Rutherford | +100000 |
| Jediah Morgan | +100000 |
| John Daly | +100000 |
| John Parry | +100000 |
| Jorge Fernandez Valdes | +100000 |
| Justin De Los Santos | +100000 |
| Justin Leonard | +100000 |
| Lars van Meijel | +100000 |
| Matthew Griffin | +100000 |
| Oliver Farr | +100000 |
| Paul Lawrie | +100000 |
| Robert Dinwiddie | +100000 |
| Ronan Mullarney | +100000 |
| Sam Bairstow | +100000 |
| Matt Ford | +150000 |
| David Duval | +200000 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | +200000 |
| Stephen Dodd | +200000 |