The Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, otherwise known as the “home of golf,” hosts the British Open this week for the 30th time, the most of any course in the Open Championship rotation. Tee times have been released for the first two rounds – all players start from the first tee — and Tiger Woods will go off at 2:59 p.m. local time Thursday (9:59 a.m. ET) with reigning U.S. Open winner Matthew Fitzpatrick of England and fellow American Max Homa.
Tiger is a three-time wi nner of the Claret Jug, last in 2005 also at St. Andrews. The par 72, 7,310-yard historic layout most recently hosted the Open Championship in 2015 when American Zach Johnson beat Aussie Marc Leishman and South African Louis Oosthuizen in a playoff – a playoff at the British Open is three-hole aggregate and then sudden death if still tied.
Woods made the cut at both the Masters and PGA Championship but really struggled on the weekend at both, shooting 78-78 at Augusta and 79 on Saturday at the PGA before withdrawing. He didn't play the U.S. Open to ensure good health for the Open Championship, as St. Andrews is one of Woods' favorite courses. He is -175 to make the cut this week and +125 to miss – and +6500 to win. In group betting, Tiger is +170 vs. Keegan Bradley (+175) and Mito Pereira (+175). Per usual, Woods is taking monster action all over the board.'
Defending champion Collin Morikawa (+2500 to win) is joined by pre-tournament betting favorite Rory McIlroy (+900) and Xander Schauffele (+1400),'a winner in his last two starts at the Travelers Championship and last week's Genesis Scottish Open, at 9:58 a.m. ET Thursday.
Caesars also has a couple of parlays with college football: Brian Harman with a Top-20 finish and Georgia (where Harman attended) to repeat as national champion at +3000; and Justin Thomas to win and Alabama (where Thomas attended) to repeat as SEC title game winner at +3300.
Barring something unforeseen, this will be the last time members of the LIV Golf Series will play an event other than on that tour the rest of 2022. I'm actually surprised there's no prop on whether the winner of the Claret Jug is from the LIV Tour, but I also haven't checked every book out there. Dustin Johnson has the shortest odds to win from that group at +3000. Phil Mickelson the 2013 winner, is a +25000 long shot.
Weather is almost always a factor at the Open Championship and will determine wh ether the winning score is double digits under par or even over par – the last British Open over par winner was Padraig Harrington at 3 over in 2008 at Royal Birkdale. Below is the weather report for St Andrews from weather.com. It looks quite decent.
- Thursday — Some sun in the morning with increasing clouds during the afternoon. High 69F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.
- Friday — Showers in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. High 68F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph (winds will be coming off the players' left-hand side and into on the front nine, and down and off the right on the back nine). Chance of rain 70%.
- Saturday — Cloudy early with partial sunshine expected late. Warm. High 72F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.
- Sunday — Cloudy. Warm. High 73F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
St. Andrews time/Eastern Daylight Time
6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Webb Simpson, Min Woo Lee
6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m. — Sado m Kaewkanjana, Ben Campbell, Barclay Brown (A)
6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m. — Dean Burmester, Chan Kim, Brandon Wu
7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m. — Ian Poulter, Jamie Donaldson, Guido Migliozzi
7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m. — Garrick Higgo, MinKyu Kim, Ashley Chesters
7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Lucas Herbert, Kurt Kitayama
7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Tom Hoge, JooHyung Kim
7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m. — John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale
8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, Seamus Power
8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose
8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m. — Cameron Young, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Robert MacIntyre
8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Billy Horschel, Corey Conners
8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m. — Brian Harman, Pablo Larrazabal, Danny Willett
9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m. — Stephen Dodd, JT Poston, Lee Westwood
9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Luke List, Justin De Los Santos
< p>9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m. — Ernie Els, Adri Arnaus, Brad Kennedy
9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Scott Vincent, Victor Perez
9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m. — Jason Kokrak, Nicolai Hojgaard, Sihwan Kim
9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland
10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m. — Will Zalatoris, Hideki Matsuyama, Tony Finau
10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m. — Kevin Kisner, Chris Kirk, Takumi Kanaya
10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m. — Dylan Frittelli, Trey Mullinax, Matthew Jordan
10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m. — Anthony Quayle, Zander Lombard, John Parry
11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Richard Mansell, Marco Penge
11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m. — Alexander Bjork, Oliver Farr, Matt Ford
11:36 a.m./6:36 a.m. — Mark Calcavecchia, Ryan Fox, Jediah Morgan
11:47 a.m./6:47 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Bernd Wiesberger, Sam Bairstow (A)
11:58 a.m./6:58 a.m. — Adrian Meronk, Haotong Li, Marcus Armitage
12:09 p.m./7:09 a.m. — Thriston Lawrence, Fabrizio Zanotti, Alex Wrigley
12:20 p.m./7:20 a.m. — Aaron Wise, Si Woo Kim, Sam Horsfield
12:31 p.m./7:31 a.m. — Talor Gooch, Shaun Norris, Wyndham Clark
12:42 p.m./7:42 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Russell Henley, Aldrich Potgieter (A)
12:53 p.m./7:53 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Sergio Garcia, Aaron Jarvis (A)
1:04 p.m./8:04 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Paul Casey, Gary Woodland
1:15 p.m./8:15 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman
1:26 p.m./8:26 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton
1:37 p.m./8:37 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Richard Bland, Filippo Celli (A)
1:48 p.m./8:48 a.m. — Kevin Na, Kazuki Higa, Erik Van Rooyen
2:04 p.m./9:04 a.m. — David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith
2:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. — Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law
2:26 p.m./9:26 a.m. — Abraham Ancer, Yuto Katsuragawa, Emiliano Grill o
2:37 p.m./9:37 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Harris English, Keita Nakajima (A)
2:48 p.m./9:48 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Thomas Pieters, Keith Mitchell
2:59 p.m./9:59 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Max Homa
3:10 p.m./10:10 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Harold Varner III
3:21 p.m./10:21 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Mito Pereira
3:32 p.m./10:32 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Sebastian Munoz, Sahith Theegala
3:43 p.m./10:43 a.m. — Laurie Canter, Dimitrios Papadatos, Matthew Griffn
3:54 p.m./10:54 a.m. — John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey
4:05 p.m./11:05 a.m. — Mingyu Cho, Jorge Fernandez Valdes, Robert Dinwiddie
4:16 p.m./11:16 a.m. — Lars Van Meijel, Jack Floydd, Ronan Mullarney
St. Andrews time/Eastern Daylight Time
6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m. — Mark Calcavecchia, Ryan Fox, Jediah Morgan
6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Bernd Wiesberger, Sam Bairstow (A)
6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m. — Adrian Meronk, Haotong Li, Marcus Armitage
7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m. — Thriston Lawrence, Fabrizio Zanotti, Alex Wrigley
7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m. — Aaron Wise, Si Woo Kim, Sam Horsfield
7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m. — Talor Gooch, Shaun Norris, Wyndham Clark
7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Russell Henley, Aldrich Potgieter (A)
7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Sergio Garcia, Aaron Jarvis (A)
8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Paul Casey, Gary Woodland
8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman
8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton
8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Richard Bland, Filippo Celli (A)
8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m. — Kevin Na, Kazuki Higa, Erik Van Rooyen
9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m. — David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith
9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m. — Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law
9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m. — Abraham Ancer, Yuto Katsuragawa, Emiliano Grillo
9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Harris English, Keita Nakajima (A)
9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Thomas Pieters, Keith Mitchell
9:58 a.m./4:48 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Max Homa
10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Harold Varner III
10:20 a.m./5:18 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Mito Pereira
10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Sebastian Munoz, Sahith Theegala
10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m. — Laurie Canter, Dimitrios Papadatos, Matthew Griffn
10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m. — John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey
11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m. — Mingyu Cho, Jorge Fernandez Valdes, Robert Dinwiddie
11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m. — Lars Van Meijel, Jack Floydd, Ronan Mullarney
11:36 a.m./6:36 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Webb Simpson, Min Woo Lee
11:47 a.m./6:47 a.m. — Sadom Kaewkanjana, Ben Campbell, Barclay Brown (A)
11:58 a.m./6:58 a.m. — Dean Burmester, C han Kim, Brandon Wu
12:08 p.m./7:08 a.m. — Ian Poulter, Jamie Donaldson, Guido Migliozzi
12:19 p.m./7:19 a.m. — Garrick Higgo, MinKyu Kim, Ashley Chesters
12:30 p.m./7:30 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Lucas Herbert, Kurt Kitayama
12:41 p.m./7:41 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Tom Hoge, JooHyung Kim
12:53 p.m./7:53 a.m. — John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale
1:04 p.m./8:04 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, Seamus Power
1:15 p.m./8:15 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose
1:26 p.m./8:26 a.m. — Cameron Young, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Robert MacIntyre
1:37 p.m./8:37 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Billy Horschel, Corey Conners
1:48 p.m./8:48 a.m. — Brian Harman, Pablo Larrazabal, Danny Willett
2:04 p.m./9:04 a.m. — Stephen Dodd, JT Poston, Lee Westwood
2:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Luke List, Justin De Los Santos
2:26 p.m./9:26 a.m. — Ernie Els, Adri Arnaus, Brad Kennedy
2:37 p.m./9:37 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Scott Vincent, Victor Perez