The final men’s major championship is here, as the best players in the world have made their way to Royal Troon in Scotland for the 2024 British Open, the 152nd staging of the storied event.
Defending champion Brian Harman returned the Claret Jug on Monday and will have to fend off players like world No. 1 and Masters winner Scottie Scheffler, PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele, U.S. Open victor Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka if he hopes to hoist it again Sunday.
Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods is also in the field and hopes to improve on his subpar record so far this season. After withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational due to illness, Woods finished 60th at the Masters and missed the cut at both the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. The three-time Champion Golfer of the Year has missed the cut in his last two appearances at The Open: 2019 at Royal Portrush and 2022 at St. Andrews.
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Golf course
Royal Troon | Par 71 | 7,385 yards
Championship history
Open Championship course history since 2015.
-Includes average finish position and Strokes Gained average per round on all @TheOpen courses. Players are sorted by SG: Total.
-Also includes finish position on other links courses going back to 2017. ⬇️
Scot – Scottish Open
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Betting odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Scottie Scheffler | +450 | Brooks Koepka | +3000 |
| Rory McIlroy | +750 | Tony Finau | +4000 |
| Xander Schauffele | +1100 | Tom Kim | +4000 |
| Ludvig Aberg | +1400 | Shane Lowry | +4000 |
| Collin Morikawa | +1600 | Robert MacIntyre | +4000 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | +1600 | Patrick Cantlay | +4000 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | +2200 | Joaquin Niemann | +4500 |
| Jon Rahm | +2200 | Hideki Matsuyama | +4500 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | +2500 | Cam Smith | +4500 |
| Viktor Hovland | +2800 | Sahith Theegala | +5500 |