The Open Championship returns to the Old Course located in St. Andrews Scotland. with the 150th playing of the event. The tournament, sometimes known as The “British” Open, kicks off on Thursday with live coverage in the United States (ET) at around 2:30 am. The last time the tournament was held at the Old Course it was Zach Johnson over both Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen for the title.

This time around, Zach Johnson is buried down the odds list at +25000 heading into the opening round with Rory McIlroy coming in as the lone favorite at +950. Johnson has not won on the PGA Tour this year but he has had a run of several top-25 finishes including a season-best of T13 at the Texas Open.

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McIlroy won the Open Championship in 2014 when it was played at Royal Liverpool. McIlroy has been a fixture on Sunday fighting for a win several times this season and he’s won twice. He won the CJ Cup early in the season and followed that up with a 2nd place finish at the Masters. His most recent win was at the Canadian Open.

John Rahm was last year’s lone favorite for the Open but comes in this season at +1200. Rahm was the top-ranked golfer for several weeks this season and is now No. 3. He has gone 1, 2, 3, this year with a win at the Mexico Open, a 2nd place finish at Tournament of Champions, and a T3 at the Farmers. Here are the favorites through +1400 to win the 2022 Open Championship outright.

Rory McIlroy +950

Jon Rahm +1200

Xander Schauffele +1400

Scottie Scheffler +1400

Jordan Spieth +1400

The highlight for many golf fans will be seeing Tiger Woods make his return to the sport after taking more time off to rehab his injuries. Some speculate that this could be his last time playing in the Open Championship and that he wanted to return as two of his three Open wins were at St. Andrews on the Old Course.

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2022 Open Championship Preview

Where: St. Andrews, Scotland

Course: The Old Course at St. Andrews

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 72

Length: 7,305

When: July 14-17, 2022

Purse: $14 Million.

TV Coverage: NBC/Peacock Streaming/Golf Channel

If you watched any of the Scottish Open this past week you’ll be instantly familiar with the type of course that players will be facing this week at the Old Course. St. Andrews is considered the oldest course and is a classic set of target golf links. The good news for players is that St. Andrews may play easier than last week’s tough four rounds at the Renaissance Club.

The weather and wind forecast both look favorable during much of the tournament. Still, players will need to avoid the tall grass and hit as many landing areas as possible to make it to the weekend.

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2022 Open Championship Predictions

Rory McIlroy +950

Rory McIlroy is the favorite and looked impressive at the Canadian Open with his win. He’s been impressive all season long and seems to be enjoying the game more this season. If Rory can put all of the weight that he may be carrying as the most outspoken player against LIV golf aside, he’s been hard to beat. He skipped the Scottish Open but has been in Scotland soaking up as much practice as possible.

Shane Lowry +2200

Shane Lowry won the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush over Tommy Fleetwood by 6 strokes. He’s now ranked No. 22 in the world and moved to the 30th spot in FedEx points. This season on the PGA Tour he’s only missed three cuts and has finished T23 or better in eight of the 13 events he’s played in. He was T10 at the Canadian Open and had a 2nd place finish at the Honda Classic. He was T3 at both the Masters and the RBC Heritage.

Viktor Hovland +4000

Viktor Hovland only turned pro in 2019 but he’s become a constant towards the top of the leaderboard at many of the events he’s played. This season he’s played in 17 events and only missed three cuts. He went back-to-back with a win at Mayakoba and then at the Hero World Challenge. The downside is that he’s had a rough three outings with two of his missed cuts coming at the U.S. Open and then the Scottish Open.

Others: Tiger Woods (+5000) is making a return to a course where he’s won two Open Championships. You can never count Tiger out. Tommy Fleetwood (+3500) looked great at the Scottish Open where he finished T4 only three shots back. He was T5 at the PGA Championship.

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2022 Open Championship Betting Lines

Rory McIlroy +950

Jon Rahm +1200

Xander Schauffele +1400

Scottie Scheffler +1400

Jordan Spieth +1400

Matt Fitzpatrick +1600

Justin Thomas +1800

Shane Lowry +2200

Cameron Smith +2500

Will Zalatoris +2500

Collin Morikawa +2500

Patrick Cantlay +2500

Dustin Johnson +2800

Tyrrell Hatton +3300

Hideki Matsuyama +3300

Brooks Koepka +3300

Sam Burns +3500

Tommy Fleetwood +3500

Louis Oosthuizen +4000

Viktor Hovland +4000

Tony Finau +5000

Joaquin Niemann +5000

Justin Rose +5000

Tiger Woods +5000

Max Homa +5000

Bryson DeChambeau +6000

Sungjae Im +6600

Robert Macintyre +6600

Seamus Power +6600

Adam Scott +7000

Corey Conners +8000

Ryan Fox +8000

Marc Leishman +8000

Paul Casey +8000

Billy Horschel +8000

Patrick Reed +8000

Gary Woodland +8000

Cameron Young +8000

Abraham Ancer +9000

Sergio Garcia +9000

Branden Grace +10000

Rickie Fowler +10000

Mito Pereira +10000

Victor Perez +10000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +10000

JT Poston +10000

Keegan Bradley +10000

Lucas Herbert +10000

Thomas Pieters +10000

Cameron Tringale +10000

Harold Varner III +12500

Lee Westwood +12500

Webb Simpson +12500

Si-Woo Kim +12500

Jordan Smith +12500

Danny Willett +12500

Padraig Harrington +12500

Adrian Meronk +12500

Russell Henley +12500

Talor Gooch +12500

Francesco Molinari +15000

HaoTong Li +15000

Tom Hoge +15000

Brian Harman +15000

Erik Van Rooyen +15000

Min Woo Lee +15000

Nicolai Hojgaard +15000

Kevin Kisner +15000

Kevin Na +15000

Joohyung Kim +15000

Keith Mitchell +15000

Justin Harding +15000

Jason Kokrak +15000

Bernd Wiesberger +17500

Phil Mickelson +17500

Ian Poulter +17500

Harris English +17500

Pablo Larrazabal +17500

Sam Horsfield +17500

Chris Kirk +17500

Emiliano Grillo +20000

Henrik Stenson +20000

Richard Bland +20000

Dean Burmester +20000

Stewart Cink +20000

Mackenzie Hughes +20000

Dylan Frittelli +20000

Adri Arnaus +20000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +20000

Thomas Detry +22500

Zach Johnson +25000

Guido Migliozzi +25000

Alexander Bjork +25000

Jason Scrivener +25000

Matthew Jordan +25000

Garrick Higgo +25000

Laurie Canter +25000

Sepp Straka +30000

Fabrizio Zanotti +30000

Marcus Armitage +30000

Wyndham Clark +30000

Richard Mansell +30000

Thriston Lawrence +30000

John Catlin +30000

Kazuki Higa +30000

Shaun Norris +40000

Scott Vincent +40000

David Law +40000

Keita Nakajima +50000

Ernie Els +50000

Sihwan Kim +50000

Takumi Kanaya +50000

Zander Lombard +50000

Ashley Chesters +50000

Jimmy Walker +50000

Ben Campbell +50000

Shugo Imahira +50000

Brad Kennedy +50000

Anthony Quayle +50000

Sadom Kaewkanjana +50000

Yuto Katsuragawa +50000

Marco Penge +50000

Chan Kim +60000

Sam Bairstow +60000

John Daly +75000

Aaron Jarvis +75000

Dimitrios Papadatos +75000

Lars Van Meijel +75000

Aldrich Potgieter +75000

Jamie Rutherford +75000

Justin De Los Santos +75000

John Parry +75000

Minkyu Kim +75000

Matthew Griffin +75000

Paul Lawrie +100000

Darren Clarke +100000

Robert Dinwiddie +100000

Filippo Celli +100000

Jediah Morgan +100000

Jorge Fernandez Valdez +100000

David Carey +100000

Barclay Brown +100000

Jack Floydd +100000

Oliver Farr +100000

Matt Ford +100000

Alex Wrigley +100000

Ronan Mullarney +100000

David Duval +100000

Mark Calcavecchia +100000

Stephen Dodd +100000