2023 The Open Championship DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Odds, Course Preview & Picks to Win
PGA DFS Coverage for The Open Championship
We have officially reached the final major championship of the 2023 PGA Tour season. It’s always a happy and sad time of the year. I love all the majors but it also means it’s the last one we will see until April of 2024. The best golfers in the world head to Wirral, England for the 151th playing of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. Rory McIlory comes into this tournament after winning last week in Scotland and having won the last Open Championship play at Royal Liverpool in 2014. He will try once again to win his first major since the 2014 PGA Championship. It’s hard to think he’s not the favorite but he’s got a ton of great players to compete with this weekend.
The Field: The Open Championship
The biggest names in the world of golf will be participating in this event. We will see 49 of the Top 50 players in the official world rankings tee it up this weekend in England. The one player not participating is Will Zalatoris and he’s been out all season with a back injury. We will see world number one Scottie Scheffler go for his 8th straight Top 5 finish which includes last weekend in Scotland. We haven’t seen Jon Rahm play golf since he missed the cut at the Travelers a month ago. You will see players like Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton, Tony Finau, Sam Burns, Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood and Rickie Fowler all attempt to win their first major championship. It’ll be a fun weekend in England.
The Course: Royal Liverpool
Royal Liverpool Golf Club is known by most as Hoylake and is revered for the indelible mark it has left on this sport. It sits on the scenic Wirral Peninsula, the course offers a classic links-style layout that poses a stern test for golfers. Its undulating fairways, strategically placed bunkers, and thick rough demand accuracy, shot-making skill, and strategic thinking. The ever-changing winds off the nearby coast further add to the challenge. This will be the 13th time that this course has hosted the Open Championship. We have seen golf legends triumph here and it continues to be a favorite among players and fans for its beauty, tradition, and demanding nature.
Weather: Wirral, England
It will be a wet weekend in England for the Open Championship. Thursday and Friday will have some light rain in the morning but as the weekend rolls around, we will see more consistent rainfall on Saturday and Sunday. The winds will be pretty standard for England but nothing these players haven’t played through before. The temperatures should be in the mid to low 60s throughout the week.
The Open Championship DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Odds
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- Rory McIlory +650
- Viktor Hovland +2200
- Tyrrell Hatton +2500
- Shane Lowry +3500
- Max Homa +6000
- Corey Conners +7000
- Robert MacIntyre +7500
- Brian Harman +10000
- Harris English +20000
How To Watch the Open Championship
The television coverage for the Open Championship on Thursday and Friday will be from 1:30AM-4AM ET on Peacock and then shift from 4am-3pm ET on USA Network. The Saturday coverage will begin on USA Network from 5AM-7AM ET and then move to NBC from 7AM-3PM ET on NBC. The final round coverage on Sunday starts on USA Network from 4AM-7AM ET and wraps on NBC from 7AM-2PM ET.
Coverage from Fantasy Alarm
The PGA DFS Playbook will be available on FantasyAlarm.com Wednesday morning at 10am ET. We will also have PGA DFS example lineups available beginning at 2:30pm ET. You can get help with your DFS lineup construction with our usual tools like our PGA DFS Lineup Generator and a run of PGA DFS projections. Don’t forget about our Value Finder tool! That’s available as well!
I look forward to getting more in-depth in my PGA DFS Playbook. As always, I wish you nothing but the best of luck in your games.
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Justin Thomas arrived at the Travelers Championship amidst a bit of a slump but left with 25 birdies to manage a T9 finish, his first top 10 since March.
Thomas is known for his stellar rate of big finishes over the course of his career but that changed recently with six straight finishes landing outside of the top 10. A cold putter has been the culprit for much of the downturn but he managed to fight through the flat-stick woes this week. Thomas lost 1.9 strokes putting at TPC River Highlands but ranked 3rd in strokes gained tee-to-green. It was a promising result to rebuild some confidence but he still has some work to do in the putting department. Despite the nice finish this week, Thomas is just 66th in the FedExCup race.
Brian Harman tossed together a 6-under 64 on Sunday at the Travelers Championship, posting a piece of second place on the final leaderboard (-20).
Harman entered the week with just one top 25 in his last 14 stroke-play events. It's been a slump for the straight shooter but TPC River Highlands was the perfect cure. The Georgia Bulldog gained 4.4 strokes on approach, 3.5 strokes around-the-green, and 4.9 strokes putting. All three ranked 13th or better for the week. This was far from his first taste of success at the course, going in the books as his sixth career top 10 at TPC River Highlands.
Chez Reavie started the day just one shot off the pace but stumbled with a 1-over 71 to drop back to a share of fourth place on the final leaderboard.
Reavie and overnight leader Keegan Bradley were in a tier of their own to begin the day. Reavie dropped a rung with seven pars and two bogeys before the turn. His driver remained steady (12-of-14 fairways) but lost strokes in each of the other three categories of strokes gained today. It was a day to forget but a week to remember for Reavie who still managed a T4 finish, vaulting him from 114th to 95th in the FedExCup race.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler steadied a 5-under 65 on Sunday at the Travelers Championship, ending the week on 19-under 261, good for a slice of fourth place.
The Texan piled up 21 birdies and a pair of eagles this week at TPC River Highlands. He ended the week ranked second in strokes gained tee-to-green (+11.08). He's now gained at least 10.6 strokes in that department in six straight events. Scheffler carded three sub-66 rounds this week but a two-birdie 70 on Friday is what held him back from truly contending. The World No. 1 now has six straight top-5 finishes and you have to go back to October to find the last time he finished worse than 12th. It's safe to say he's been the most consistent golfer on the planet over the last nine months.
Rory McIlroy raced out of the gate on Sunday at the Travelers Championship before slowing his pace to record a 6-under 64, ending his week in a share of seventh place (18-under 262).
McIlroy circled birdies on five of the first seven holes today. He couldn't maintain that pace but still bettered the field average by more than three shots today. McIlroy tossed together four sub-69 rounds this week at TPC River Highlands but didn't even sniff contention over the weekend. "I don't particularly like when a tournament is like this. Unfortunately technology has passed this course by, right? It sort of has made it obsolete, especially as soft as it has been with a little bit of rain that we had." The Northern Irishman now has five straight top-10 finishes and has his game trending back toward the winner's circle just in time for the season's final major and the FedExCup Playoffs.
Patrick Cantlay gave the leader a small scare down the stretch was swallowed two late bogeys to finish on 19-under this week at the Travelers Championship, four shots off the winning tally of Keegan Bradley.
Cantlay was slow out of the gate with eight pars and a birdie before the turn. He applied some pressure with four birdies on the next six holes, all while Keegan Bradley was starting to leak with three straight bogeys. That shrunk the lead to just three shots be Cantlay stumbled home with two bogeys and a par. "I thought I struck the ball very solid all day. Played smart. Not the finish I wanted obviously, but my game is in a good spot and a lot of big tournaments left this summer." The UCLA alum carded four sub-69 rounds this week and led the field in strokes gained tee-to-green. Cantlay now has six straight top 15s at TPC River Highlands. He collected two victories last season but still searching for his first win of the 2022-23 campaign.