For so many reasons, Rory McIlroy attracts an outsized amount of attention whenever he's around a golf course or a press tent. But at this week's British Open, it's really going to be all Rory, all the time. We'll explain why in a moment, but in the meantime know that if you're thinking about wagering on the 151st Open Championship, you should take advantage of the BetMGM bonus code SBWIRE to claim a first-bet offer up to $1,000.
Here’s why Rory will be everyone's focus at Royal Liverpool: He won The Open the last time it was held there – finishing at 17-under-par in 2014 to hold off Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia by two strokes. At the time, it was the 25-year-old McIlroy's third major title – and a month later he captured the 2014 PGA Championship, too, to join Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only pros to win four majors by age 25.
But while Nicklaus and Woods kept on winning majors, McIlroy has gone 0 for his last 34 major opportunities. That includes his second-place finish at last month's U.S. Open in Los Angeles. It does not include last week's win at the Scottish Open, another reason to believe he's more than ready to win this week. He is the odds-on favorite at +700 this week and with the BetMGM bonus code SBWIRE you can make an opening wager on him to win and claim a first-bet offer up to $1,000.
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