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British Open 2018 odds: Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy favored

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Insert your preferred obligatory remark about whether you call this week’s major championship at Carnoustie “The Open Championship” or “the British Open” here. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s get down to the notoriously difficult business of golf futures betting.

The No. 1 golfer in the world, considering his recent form is respectable and he is, you know, the No. 1 golfer in the world, is tops at the books. Justin Rose (16/1), Rickie Fowler (16/1), Rory McIlroy (18/1), and Jordan Spieth (20/1) round out the top four at Bovada. Tiger Woods is at 22/1, along with Tommy Fleetwood, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, and Justin Thomas. Phil Mickelson is 66/1.

Odds to win The Open Championship 2018 (@Bovada, 7/17)

Dustin Johnson 12/1

Rickie Fowler 16/1

Justin Rose 16/1

Rory McIlroy 18/1

Jordan Spieth 20/1

Tommy Fleetwood 22/1

Brooks Koepka 22/1

Jon Rahm 22/1

Justin Thomas 22/1

Tiger Woods 22/1

Sergio Garcia 28/1

Henrik Stenson 28/1

Alex Noren 30/1

Jason Day 33/1

Francesco Molinari 33/1

Patrick Reed 35/1

Paul Casey 40/1

Branden Grace 40/1

Tyrrell Hatton 40/1

Marc Leishman 45/1

Hideki Matsuyama 50/1

Matthew Fitzpatrick 60/1

Russell Knox 66/1

Phil Mickelson 66/1

Ian Poulter 66/1

Thomas Pieters 75/1

Matt Kuchar 80/1

Louis Oosthuizen 80/1

Bubba Watson 80/1

Patrick Cantlay 100/1

Tony Finau 100/1

Emiliano Grillo 100/1

Zach Johnson 100/1

Thorbjorn Olesen 100/1

Rafael Cabrera Bello 125/1

Bryson DeChambeau 125/1

Ryan Fox 125/1

Haotong Li 125/1

Luke List 125/1

Adam Scott 125/1

Webb Simpson 125/1

Matthew Southgate 125/1

Lee Westwood 125/1

Paul Dunne 150/1

Brian Harman 150/1

Charley Hoffman 150/1

Shane Lowry 150/1

Ryan Moore 150/1

Xander Schaufflele 150/1

Brandt Snedeker 150/1

Brandon Stone 150/1

Andy Sullivan 150/1

Danny Willett 150/1

Chris Wood 150/1

Kevin Na 175/1

Eddie Pepperell 175/1

Byeonghun AN 200/1

Kiradech Aphibarnrat 200/1

Daniel Berger 200/1

Ross Fisher 200/1

Dylan Frittelli 200/1

Padraig Harrington 200/1

Russell Henley 200/1

Martin Kaymer 200/1

Charl Schwartzel 200/1

Cameron Smith 200/1

Kyle Stanley 200/1

Jordan Smith 225/1

Alexander Bjork 250/1

Jorge Campillo 250/1

Stewart Cink 250/1

Jason Dufner 250/1

Beau Hossler 250/1

Pat Perez 250/1

Julian Suri 250/1

Peter Uihlein 250/1

Jimmy Walker 250/1

Gary Woodland 250/1

Keegan Bradley 300/1

Nicolas Colsaerts 300/1

Cameron Davis 300/1

Retief Goosen 300/1

Michael Kim 300/1

Si Woo Kim 300/1

Alexander Levy 300/1

Ryan Armour 400/1

Kevin Chappell 400/1

George Coetzee 400/1

Jens Dantorp 400/1

Kevin Kisner 400/1

Anirban Lahiri 400/1

Matt Wallace 400/1

Shota Akiyoshi 500/1

Jonas Blixt 500/1

Danthai Boonma 500/1

Bronson Burgoon 500/1

Minchel Choi 500/1

Darren Clarke 500/1

Austin Cook 500/1

Sean Crocker 500/1

John Daly 500/1

Grant Forrest 500/1

Gavin Green 500/1

Chesson Hadley 500/1

Adam Hadwin 500/1

Michael Hendry 500/1

Lucas Herbert 500/1

Charles Howell III 500/1

Kodai Ichihara 500/1

Jazz Janewattananond 500/1

Matt Jones 500/1

Andrew Landry 500/1

Shaun Norris 500/1

Sang Hyun Park 500/1

Chez Reavie 500/1

Jovan Rebula 500/1

Brett Rumford 500/1

Brady Schnell 500/1

Jack Senior 500/1

Shubhankar Sharma 500/1

Brendan Steele 500/1

Ryuko Tokimatsu 500/1

Erik Van Rooyen 500/1

Oliver Wilson 500/1

Lin Yuxin 500/1

Ernie Els 750/1

Scott Jamieson 750/1

Sung Kang 750/1

Bernhard Langer 750/1

Jhonattan Vegas 750/1

Abraham Ancer 1000/1

Marcus Armitage 1000/1

Mark Calcavecchia 1000/1

Ben Curtis 1000/1

David Duval 1000/1

Nicolaj Hojgaard 1000/1

Yuta Ikeda 1000/1

Masahiro Kawamura 1000/1

Marcus Kinhult 1000/1

Patton Kizzire 1000/1

Masanori Kobayashi 1000/1

Satoshi Kodaira 1000/1

Jason Kokrak 1000/1

Kelly Kraft 1000/1

Tom Lewis 1000/1

Zander Lombard 1000/1

Haraldur Magnus 1000/1

James Robinson 1000/1

Hideto Tanihara 1000/1

Ashton Turner 1000/1

Miyazato Yusaku 1000/1

Fabrizio Zanotti 1000/1

Rhys Enoch 1500/1

Thomas Curtis 2500/1

Todd Hamilton 2500/1

Tom Lehman 2500/1

Sam Locke 2500/1

Sandy Lyle 2500/1

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Ben Alberstadt is the Editor-in-Chief at GolfWRX, where he’s led editorial direction and gear coverage since 2018. He first joined the site as a freelance writer in 2012 after years spent working in pro shops and bag rooms at both public and private golf courses, experiences that laid the foundation for his deep knowledge of equipment and all facets of this maddening game. Based in Philadelphia, Ben’s byline has also appeared on PGATour.com, Bleacher Report...and across numerous PGA DFS and fantasy golf platforms. Off the course, Ben is a committed cat rescuer and, of course, a passionate Philadelphia sports fan. Follow him on Instagram @benalberstadt.

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  1. Johnny Penso

    Jul 18, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    Ricky Fowler? LOLOLOL. I like the guy but c’mon.

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  2. Robert

    Jul 17, 2018 at 10:52 pm

    I would take Patrick Reed @ 35/1.

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    • Chilly Dipper

      Jul 18, 2018 at 8:01 am

      This copied my thread on Tour Talk! I’m famous!

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      • Robert

        Jul 18, 2018 at 9:47 am

        If you are talking about my pick, I have no idea who you are or what Tour Talk is. If Tour Talk is talk radio, I never listen to talk radio.

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Tour Rundown: Bend, but don’t break

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I’m going to gush in this intro paragraph, to get the emo stuff done early. I’ve not pulled harder for a professional to win, than Cameron Young. I coach golf in New York state, and each spring, my best golfers head to a state championship in Poughkeepsie. I first saw Cameron there as a 9th grade student. I saw him three more times after that. I reconnecected with Coach Haas from Wake Forest, an old interview subject from my days on the Old Gold and Black, the Wake newspaper. He was there to watch Cameron. After four years at Wake Forest, Young won on the Korn Ferry Tour, made it to the big tour, almost won two majors, almost won five other events, and finally got the chalice about 25 minutes from the Wake campus. Congratulations, Cameron. You truly are a glass of the finest. #MotherSoDear

OK, let’s move on to the Tour Rundown. The major championship season closed this week in Wales, with the Women’s Open championship. The PGA Tour bounced through Greensboror, N.C., while the PGA Tour Americas hit TO (aka, Toronto) for a long-winded event. The Korn Ferry lads made a stop in Utah, one of just two events for that tour in August. The many-events, golf season is winding down, as we ease from summer toward fall in the northern hemisphere. Let’s bask in the glory of an August sunrise, and run down a quartet of events from the first weekend of the eighth month.

LET/LPGA @ Women’s Open: Miyu bends, but she doesn’t break

Royal Porthcawl was not a known commodity in the major tournament community. The Welsh links had served as host to men’s senior opens, men’s amateurs, and Curtis and Walker Cups in prior years, but never an Open championship for the women or the men. The last-kept secret in UK golf was revealed once again to the world this week, as the best female golfers took to the sandy stage.

Mao Saigo, Grace Kim, Maja Stark, and Minjee Lee hoped to add a second major title to previous wins this season, but only Lee was able to finish inside the top ten. The 2025 playing of the Women’s Open gave us a new-faces gallery from day one. The Kordas and Thitikulls were nowhere to be found, and it was the Mayashitas, Katsus, and Lim Kims that secured the Cymru spotlight. The first round lead was held at 67 by two golfers. One of them battled to the end, while the other posted 81 on day two, and missed the cut. Sitting one shot behind was Miyu Yamashita.

On day two, Yamashita posted the round of the tournament. Her 65 moved her to the front of the aisle, in just her fourth turn around a women’s Open championship. With the pre-event favorites drifting off pace, followers narrowed into two camps: those on the side of an underdog, and others hoping for a weekend charge from back in the pack. In the end, we had a bit of both.

On Saturday, Yamashita bent with 74 on Saturday, offering rays of hope to her pursuing pack. England’s Charley Hull made a run on Sunday closing within one shot before tailing off to a T2 finish with Minami Katsu. Katsu posted the other 65 of the week, on Saturday, but could not overtake her countrywoman, Yamashita. wunderkind Lottie Woad needed one round in the 60s to find her pace, but could only must close-to’s, ending on 284 and a tie with Minjee for eighth.

On Sunday, Yamashita put away the thoughts of Saturday’s struggles, with three-under 33 on the outward half. She closed in plus-one 37, but still won by two, for a first Major and LPGA title.

PGA Tour @ Wyndham: Young gathers first title near home

Cameron Young grew up along the Hudson river, above metro New York, but he also calls Winston-Salem home. He spent four years as a student and athlete at Wake Forest University, then embarked on tour. This week in Greensboro, after a bit of a break, Young opened with 63-62, and revved the engine of Is this the week once more. Runner-up finishes at the Open, the PGA, and a handful of PGA Tour events had followers wonder when the day would come.

On Saturday, Young continued his torrid pace with 65, giving him a five-shot advantage over his closest pursuer. Sunday saw the Scarborough native open with bogey, then reel off five consecutive birdies to remind folks that his time had, at last, arrived. Pars to the 16th, before two harmless bogeys coming home, made Young the 1000th winner of an official PGA Tour event (dating back to before there was a PGA Tour) throughout history. What’s next? I have a suspicion, but I’m not letting on. Mac Meissner closed with 66 to finish solo 2nd, while Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third.

Korn Ferry Tour @ Utah Championship: Are you Suri it’s Julian?

Who knows exactly when the flower will bloom? Julian Suri played a solid careet at Duke University, then paid his dues on the world’s minor tours for three years. He won twice on two tours in Europe, in 2017. Since then, the grind has continued for the journeyman from New York city. At age 34, Suri broke through in Beehive state, outlasting another grinder (Spencer Levin) and four others, by two shots.

Taylor Montgomery began the week with 62, then posted 64, then 68, and finally, 70. That final round was his undoing. He finished in that second-place tie, two back of the leader. Trace Crowe, Barend Botha, and Kensei Hirata made up the last of the almost quintet. As for Suri, his Sunday play was sublime. His nines were 32 and 31, with his only radar blip a bogey at ten. He closed in style with one final birdie, to double his winning margin. Hogan bloomed late…might Suri?

PGA Tour Americas @ Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates

Some tournament names run longer than others. This week in Toronto, at the Heathlands course at TPC Toronto, we might have seen the longest tournament title in recorded history. The OVOPBVCCBMA was a splendid affair. It saw three rounds of 62 on Thursday, but of those early risers, only Drew Goodman would stick around until the end. 64 was the low tally on day two, and two of those legionnaires managed to finish inside the top three at week’s end. Saturday brought a 63 from Patrick Newcomb, and he would follow with 64 on Sunday, to finish solo fourth.

Who, then, ended up winning the acronym of the year? It turns out that Carson Bacha had the right stuff in TeeOhhh. Bacha and Jay Card III posted 63 and 64, respectively, on day four, to tie for medalist honors at 23-under 261. Nathan Franks was one shot adrift, despite also closing with 63. If you didn’t go low on Sunday, it was about the check, not the championship.

Bacha and JC3 returned to the 18th hole twice in overtime. Card nearly chipped in from the thick stuff for birdie, while Bacha peeked and shoved a ten-feet attempt at the win. On the second go-round, Card was long with his approach, into the native grasses once more. He was unable to escape, and a routine par from the fairway was enough to earn the former Auburn golfers a first KFT title.

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Photos from the 2025 Wyndham Championship

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GolfWRX is live this week from the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, the Wyndham Championship.

Photos are flowing into the forums from Sedgefield Country Club, where we already have a GolfWRX spirit animal Adam Schenk WITB and plenty of putters for your viewing pleasure.

Check out links to all our photos below, which we’ll continue to update as more arrive.

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BK’s Breakdowns: Kurt Kitayama’s Winning WITB, 3M Open

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Kurt Kitayama just won his 2nd PGA Tour event at the 3M Open. Kurt is a Bridgestone staffer but with just the ball and bag. Here are the rest of the clubs he used to secure a win at the 2025 3M Open.

Driver: Titleist GT3 (11 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX

3-wood: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees, A3 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX

7-wood: Titleist GT1 (21 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7MB (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 Tour Prototype
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Bridgestone Tour B XS (with Mindset)

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