Before The Open begins Thursday morning at Carnoustie in Scotland, we’re going to do our part, make some predictions and hopefully make all of you some money in the process, writes DANIEL RAPAPORT on SI.com.
Players will be grouped into five categories: The guys I’m staying away from, the long shots worth a play, the high-value sleepers, guys I almost picked and, finally, the winner. First, for reference, here are the most current odds courtesy of Oddsshark.com.
Dustin Johnson +1200
Justin Rose +1600
Rickie Fowler +1600
Rory McIlroy +1600
Jordan Spieth +2200
Jon Rahm +2200
Tommy Fleetwood +2200
Justin Thomas +2200
Brooks Koepka +2200
Tiger Woods +2200
Henrik Stenson +2800
Sergio Garcia +2800
Alex Noren +3000
Francesco Molinari +3300
Jason Day +3300
Patrick Reed +3500
Paul Casey +4000
Tyrrell Hatton +4000
Branden Grace +4000
Marc Leishman +4500
Hideki Matsuyama +5000
Matthew Fitzpatrick +6000
Ian Poulter +6600
Phil Mickelson +6600
Russell Knox +6600
Thomas Pieters +7500
Bubba Watson +8000
Louis Oosthuizen +8000
Matt Kuchar +8000
Tony Finau +10000
Zach Johnson +10000
Thorbjorn Olesen +10000
Patrick Cantlay +10000
Emiliano Grillo +10000
