The third major of the PGA season begins Thursday at the Royal Lytham & St. Annes in Lancashire, England and there is a familiar name favored to win the event. Tiger Woods – a few weeks removed from winning his third event of the season – is the favorite to win the British Open according to Vegas oddsmakers.
The LVH lists Tiger Woods at 8/1 to win what he called last week his “favorite major”. Woods is a three-time Open Championship winner but he’s never lifted the Claret Jug at St. Annes.
Rory McIlroy is a close second choice to win the Open at 10/1, followed by Lee Westwood (12/1) and Luke Donald (15/1). Phil Mickelson is 25/1 along with British golfer Justin Rose.
Here’s a complete list of the odds to win the British Open, courtesy of the LVH and golf oddsmaker Jeff Sherman:
TIGER WOODS 8/1
RORY McILROY 10/1
LEE WESTWOOD 12/1
LUKE DONALD 15/1
PHIL MICKELSON 25/1
JUSTIN ROSE 25/1
SERGIO GARCIA 30/1
MARTIN KAYMER 30/1
RICKIE FOWLER 30/1
JASON DUFNER 40/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 30/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 20/1
ERNIE ELS 40/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 40/1
WEBB SIMPSON WD
ADAM SCOTT 40/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 40/1
BUBBA WATSON 50/1
JIM FURYK 50/1
MATT KUCHAR 50/1
HUNTER MAHAN 40/1
STEVE STRICKER 40/1
JASON DAY WD
IAN POULTER 40/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 50/1
NICK WATNEY 60/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 80/1
PETER HANSON 60/1
BEN CURTIS 80/1
NICOLAS COLSAERTS 50/1
PAUL LAWRIE 60/1
K.J. CHOI 80/1
RETIEF GOOSEN 80/1
FREDRIK JACOBSON 80/1
THOMAS BJORN 80/1
FRANCESCO MOLINARI 30/1
HENRIK STENSON DNQ
BO VAN PELT 60/1
ZACH JOHNSON 60/1
MATTEO MANASSERO DNQ
GEOFF OGILVY 125/1
BILL HAAS 125/1
MARTIN LAIRD 80/1
CARL PETTERSSON 125/1
BRANDEN GRACE 100/1
GEORGE COETZEE 100/1
ROBERT KARLSSON 100/1
ROSS FISHER 60/1
JOHN SENDEN 100/1
PAUL CASEY 250/1
AARON BADDELEY 150/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 150/1
DAVID TOMS WD
ALVARO QUIROS 150/1
JONATHAN BYRD 125/1
RYAN MOORE DNQ
KEVIN NA 150/1
SIMON DYSON 100/1
JEFF OVERTON DNQ
TOM LEWIS DNQ
DARREN CLARKE 150/1
RYO ISHIKAWA 150/1
DAVIS LOVE III 100/1
VIJAY SINGH 150/1
BEN CRANE 150/1
KYLE STANLEY 150/1
CHARLES HOWELL III 150/1
ROBERT ALLENBY 200/1
STEWART CINK 150/1
GARY WOODLAND 150/1
JOHN HUH 200/1
RAPHAEL JACQUELIN 100/1
ALEXANDER NOREN 100/1
JOOST LUITEN 200/1
ANGEL CABRERA 150/1
MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 125/1
GREG CHALMERS 150/1
ROBERT ROCK 150/1
CHAD CAMPBELL 200/1
ANDRES ROMERO 150/1
SEAN O'HAIR DNQ
RORY SABBATINI DNQ
ANDERS HANSEN 100/1
Y.E. YANG 150/1
HARRIS ENGLISH 200/1
TIM CLARK 125/1
CAMILO VILLEGAS DNQ
TREVOR IMMELMAN 200/1
GONZALO FERNANDEZ-CASTANO 200/1
PABLO LARRAZABAL 200/1
PATRICK CANTLAY DNQ
KYUNG-TAE KIM 200/1
SANG-MOON BAE 200/1
JOHNSON WAGNER 250/1
LUCAS GLOVER 250/1
JUSTIN LEONARD 300/1
JOHN DALY 150/1
TOM WATSON 300/1
DAVID DUVAL 500/1
FIELD (all others) 8/1