The 2021 British Open Championship|Odds
3 min readAfter postponing the 2020 British Open due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the final major of the season that is often called “The Open Championship” has returned in 2021.
We’re in mid-July and the PGA’s last Major of the year, The Open Championship taking place the week of July 15 to July 23 from Royal St. George’s Golf Course in Sandwich, Kent, England.
It will be the 15th Open Championship played at Royal St George’s, and the first since Darren Clarke won in 2011.
America’s Bookie has made Jon Rahm +850 the early favorite to capture this event strictly off his most recent win at the US OPEN.
The last America golfer to raise the Claret Jug was Jordan Spieth back in 2017 and right now you can grab +1800 on him at America’s Bookie
The British Open will feature top performances by golf pros who will gather to compete for the historic trophy and the Open’s huge $1.5 million prize to the winner.
British Open Fun Facts
Old and young Tom Morris
The oldest winner of the British Open was “Old”
Tom Morris who was 46 when he won in 1867.
His son, “Young” Tom Morris was 17
when he won the following year.
• Legendary British golfing great, Harry Vardon, holds the record for most British Open wins with six — in 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, and 1914.
• American golfing great, Jack Nicklaus, named his golf course “Muirfield” in Ohio after the course where he won his first British Open in 1966.
• Bob Charles was the first first New Zealander – and the first left-handed player – to win the Open in 1963.
• Gary Player has played the British Open more than anyone with 46 appearances. Player further distinguished himself after winning the British Open in 1959, 1968, and 1974 making him the only golfer in the 20th century to win the Open in three different decades.
• Ben Curtis was a PGA rookie ranked no. 396 in the world when he won the British Open in 2003.
• Josh Hutchison was born in England, but he was a naturalized US citizen by the time he won in 1921 to become the first American to win the British Open.
ODDS TO WIN 2021 THE OPEN (7/15/21 – 7/18/21)
Golfer American Fractional
Jon Rahm +850 17/2
Rory McIlroy +1100 11/1
Dustin Johnson +1200 12/1
Brooks Koepka +1400 14/1
Jordan Spieth +1800 18/1
Xander Schauffele +1800 18/1
Bryson DeChambeau +2000 20/1
Justin Thomas +2200 22/1
Collin Morikawa +2700 27/1
Tyrell Hatton +2700 27/1
Louis Oosthuizen +2900 29/1
Patrick Cantlay +2900 29/1
Viktor Hovland +2900 29/1
Hideki Matsuyama +3300 33/1
Patrick Reed +3300 33/1
Paul Casey +3300 33/1
Shane Lowry +3300 33/1
Tommy Fleetwood +3300 33/1
Tony Finau +3300 33/1
Justin Rose +4100 41/1
Webb Simpson +4100 41/1
Adam Scott +4200 42/1
Lee Westwood +4200 42/1
Matthew Fitzpatrick +4200 42/1
Will Zalatoris +4200 42/1
Cam Smith +5000 50/1
Daniel Berger +5000 50/1
Marc Leishman +5000 50/1
Rickie Fowler +5000 50/1
Scottie Scheffler +5000 50/1
Sergio Garcia +5000 50/1
Garrick Higgo +6000 60/1
Phil Mickelson +6000 60/1
Abe Ancer +6500 65/1
Brandon Grace +6500 65/1
Francesco Molinari +6500 65/1
Gary Woodland +6500 65/1
Jason Day +6500 65/1
Joaquin Niemann +6500 65/1
Matt Kuchar +6500 65/1
Matthew Wolff +6500 65/1
Robert MacIntyre +6500 65/1
Sung-Jae Im +6500 65/1
Alex Noren +8000 80/1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +8000 80/1
Harris English +8000 80/1
Henrik Stenson +8000 80/1
Bubba Watson +10000 100/1
Charl Schwartzel +10000 100/1
Danny Willett +10000 100/1
Graeme McDowell +10000 100/1
Ian Poulter +10000 100/1
Jason Kokrak +10000 100/1
Martin Kaymer +10000 100/1
Matt Wallace +10000 100/1
Max Homa +10000 100/1
Rafael Cabrera Bello +10000 100/1
Stewart Cink +10000 100/1
Thomas Pieters +10000 100/1
Victor Perez +10000 100/1
Zach Johnson +10000 100/1
Bernd Wiesberger +12000 120/1
Brednon Todd +12000 120/1
Corey Conners +12000 120/1
Thomas Detry +12000 120/1
Brian Harman +13000 130/1
Billy Horschel +15000 150/1
Brandt Snedeker +15000 150/1
Erik Van Rooyen +15000 150/1
Keegan Bradley +15000 150/1
Kevin Kisner +15000 150/1
Matthias Schwab +15000 150/1
Padraig Harrington +15000 150/1
Rasmus Hojgaard +15000 150/1
Ryan Palmer +15000 150/1
Si Woo Kim +15000 150/1
Tom Lewis +15000 150/1
Andy Sullivan +21000 210/1
Cam Champ +21000 210/1
Lanto Griffin +27000 270/1
Byeong-Hun An +27000 270/1
Joel Dahmen +27000 270/1