British Open Odds: Best Bets to Win 3rd Major of 2013

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Published: July 16, 2013

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With 17 different winners having won the last 18 golfing majors, it is clear that picking a winner at one of these prestigious events is a total crap shoot. 

On top of that, the only repeat winner, Rory McIlroy, has been playing well below his standards this year and is a terrible bet at 25-1 odds, according to Bovada.com., to win the 2013 British Open.

Tiger Woods sits atop the odds leaders at Muirfield to win at 8-1, which is half of the 16-1 odds on the next lowest golfer, Phil Mickelson. 

While Woods remains a great pick in every tournament, he is not a great play at those odds. After all, he has been nursing an elbow injury and hasn't played since the U.S. Open.

Here are three golfers who offer up a much smarter play. 

 

*All odds according to Bovada on July 15.  

 

Phil Mickelson, 16-1





At 16-1, Mickelson does not offer the greatest value. However, I love the way he is playing right now. While heartbreaking, he was wonderful in his runner-up finish at the U.S. Open on a very difficult course. 

Then, he decided to do what the past two British Open champions, Daren Clarke and Ernie Els, have done and play the Scottish Open. 

Lefty not only played it, but he won it in dramatic fashion in a sudden-death playoff after his masterful wedge shot captured in this video by Kyle Porter of CBSSports.com.



His win at the Scottish Open, along with his second-place finish at the 2011 British Open, proves that Lefty has morphed from a high-lofted player who struggled on the links to one who can adapt to anything.

He has all the looks of a man on a mission, and he knows his time to capture a career grand slam is running out on him.

He is my unquestioned favorite heading into this event.

 
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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