Tiger Woods is the odds-on favorite to win the 2012 British Open, which gets underway with the first round on Thursday morning. The 2012 British Open Odds have Woods as a +715 favorite, meaning a winning bet on Woods would pay back more than 7/1 odds. Both Lee Westwood and Luke Donald are also considered to be favorites at the 2012 British Open as well. They each have odds set at nearly 15/1 to win the tournament, which would be a nice pay back considering they are both in the top three players in the world.
This year Woods has emerged back on the golf scene as a major player. It should come as no surprise then that he is favored overall to win the 2012 Open Championship, which with a victory would make a total of four Claret Jugs. The Open will have a prize fund of £5 million (more than $7.8 million) this year, with a winner's share set £900,000 (more than $1.4 million).
The Open Championship is regarded as the hardest of the four major events to win as it is played annually in either Scotland or England on a links style course. Often times the fairways and greens are hard and play very fast in addition to weather always seeming to play a major factor with lots of win and rain. The links style golf course is played a lot differently than modern golf is played here in the United States. The courses are very wide open and routinely the winner has to putt well and hit great iron shots consistently.
2012 British Open Odds:
Tiger Woods +715, Lee Westwood +1415, Luke Donald +1415, Rory McIlroy +1615, Padraig Harrington +1615, Martin Kaymer +2850, Phil Mickelson +2850, Sergio Garcia +3050, Justin Rose +3050, Ernie Els +3050, Francesco Molinari +3050, Graeme McDowell +3050, Louis Oosthuizen +3550, Rickie Fowler +3550, Ian Poulter +4050, Adam Scott +4050, Dustin Johnson +3050, Jason Dufner +4550, Hunter Mahan +5050, Matt Kuchar +5050, Bubba Watson +5050, Charl Schwartzel +5050, Jim Furyk +5050, Steve Stricker +6050, Paul Lawrie +6050, Peter Hanson +6050, Ross Fisher +6050, Nicolas Colsaerts +6550, Nick Watney +5250, Matteo Manassero +5250, Henrik Stenson +8050, Keegan Bradley +8050, KJ Choi +8050, Thomas Bjorn +8050, Retief Goosen +8050
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