why's tiger out to 25? when everyone else was out playing scotland he was plodding round hoylake planning his attack and sounds confident he's almost over the injury

25s gotta be good value - never again!!!!

My Team;

Ilonen
Fowler
Haas
DJ
Sterne
Scott
Jeong
Holmes
Kuchar
Leonard
Zach J
Bradley
Baldwin
Palmer
English
Snedeker
Mahan
Woodland
Phil
Day
Gmac
Reed
Lowry

I posted this elsewhere a few minutes ago.

The Open Championship - a bit of value?
29th June: Quicken Loans National, 74, 68, 68, 70. First play-off hole he puts a ball in the water and loses to Justin Rose.
6th July: 35th in The Greenbriar Classic, 73,67,67,69, 12 shots behind the winner.
13th July: 13th in the John Deere Classic, 73,67,64,66. He started the tournament with 3,9 against par of 5,4.

Ranked number one in driving on PGA TOUR.com today. He has never played in The Open, never been to Europe (?).

Shawn Stefani, 650s on Betfair, might be a good trading opportunity.

I know Stricker semi-retired but this is the number one golf tournament. Even T. Watson made the effort.

I know Noh isn't in the top 50 or played in any qualifier....but surely anyone who won on tour this year should automatically qualify.

Stricker's wedding anniversary apparently. Think i remember him missing previous open's for this reason. That's what you get for letting the Mrs set the date..

They will give many different reasons for not being able to play this week, but the main one for most is that they dislike links golf.

Just put a large bet on tiger @ 25 and scott @ 19 - I believe they will both be a couple of points shorter come Wednesday night, but will be trading out either way.

fred going e/w 8 places from 8am today to midnight wednesday max £100.

easier to put what your not betting vegas

The punters are coming for Scott, rightfully so. Should be at the very least equal fave IMO.

Lads are 7/2 tiger to miss the cut, can be backed to make it on here at 1.4+

Part 1
It's finally here - one of my favourite weeks of the year as the 143rd Open Championship comes to us from Royal Liverpool - probably better known as Hoylake. It is a little tricky for me writing a preview about my betting tips when the first bet was struck months ago so I will do a split preview - firstly looking at the bets placed so far, the reasons behind them and what price they are now. I will then look at further bets added this week once side markets etc are all formulated.
Mikko Ilonen was the first player to go in my book as long ago as late January when he got into a playoff in Qatar. He would go onto lose that but has had a great year resulting in a second win in twelve months in Ireland just a few weeks ago. He was always going to be a pick for me having won the Amateur Championship around Hoylake back in 2000. He played here back in 2006 and was in a strong position going into the weekend but faded. He is a much better player now and as a great wind player is totally suited to links golf.
Original bet 0.3 ew 150/1 - Best price now 100/1 Stan James 6 places
Patrick Reed was second man to be backed when he was winning his third event in seven months at Doral in March. He has since taken time off and become a father but the signs are there in recent weeks he could be up for another win. People will tell you that debutants don't win and he has no experience of travelling the world however one little known fact about Reed is that he won the Junior British Open at Heswall just down the road so he will have positive memories of the area
Original bet 0.3 ew 125/1 - Best price now 150/1 Boyles 6 places
Angel Cabrera has been well known as a Major specialist - indeed until just last week his only wins in the States were the US Open and US Masters but he put that behind him with a confident win in the Greenbrier Classic. Not many players win two Majors so could he add a third and indeed a different one? Well I wouldn't put it past him as his record in this event is not that bad with 4th at Carnoustie and 7th here in 2006 his best finishes
Original bet 0.2 ew 125/1 - Best price now 70/1 Bet365 7 places
Michael Hoey was added just last week when he opened up with a fine 66 around Royal Aberdeen but he then went into reverse gear. He really is a very difficult player to catch right but with five wins on tour he is well worth a saver especially on links golf which he can on a good week play really well. The only Opens he has played he missed the cut at Lytham but maybe Hoylake will bring better fortune
Original bet 0.2 ew 250/1 - Best price now 200/1 Stan James 6 places
Tommy Fleetwood is a player I backed last week as I thought he may have found some form after a spell in the doldrums - sadly it was not to be as he didn't fire in Scotland. One positive we still have going for us is that he grew up in Southport playing links courses and knows Hoylake well. If he can use that knowledge and take inspiration from playing at home then maybe this wager isn't quite dead in the water yet!
Original bet 0.25 ew 200/1 8 places - Best price now 250/1 various 6 places

Part 2
A lot of people will say that you cannot back Americans making their debuts at Open Championships as you don't know how they will take to links golf. I think maybe it is better to take the opposite view and back them because their prices are artificially high because of this fact and there are plenty of examples who have taken to it like a duck to water. We have already backed Reed but I have added two more players in the shape of Walker and Todd who could easily make a mockery of their prices. Rather than randomly back any old American I have chosen these two as I think they will take to links golf which is a good starting point!
Jimmy Walker was a journeyman pro who finally found the knack of winning and winning and winning again! His three wins in just eight events came at courses he had done well on before and the more astute will notice that the wins in Hawaii and Pebble Beach came right next to the ocean on courses he had played well before on. He also has a great record at Torrey Pines so maybe he likes the sea air. Those three wins have spurred him on to be competitive in big events and since then he has been 8th at Augusta on his Masters debut, 6th at Sawgrass and 9th in the US Open. Maybe he can go rapidly from journeyman to Major contender - he certainly now seems to have the demeanour 0.35 ew 100/1 6 places
Brendon Todd is another player who took a while to find the winning thread despite being a very bright prospect but since his win at the Byron Nelson his game has gone from strength to strength. He has followed that win with finishes of 5th, 8th, 17th, 5th and 4th - making him one of the most consistent players on the planet at present. I tipped him up for the US Open and for three rounds he played superbly - he failed notably on Saturday when paired with Kaymer in the final two ball but he seems to have bounced back from that and will have learnt a lot. To my mind his game will be well suited to Hoylake as he is a short, accurate hitter who scrambles and putts well - the attributes which got him into contention at Pinehurst which had a strange linksy feel to it. Although I got 200/1 for him for the US Open he was well backed around the 100/1 mark so I really don't understand his price this week - it can only be the American Open Championship rookie which can be keeping it high - don't be put off 0.5 ew 125/1 6 places
With Majors it is always difficult to find bets in the plethora of side markets as it is easy just to carry on backing the same players you already have so I have added just one further bet on wily old veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez in the first round leader market. He sat 2nd here back in 2006 and since then has more often than not put in a low one on Thursday in this Major with finishes of 8th, 15th. 1st, 74th, 3rd, 54th and 4th. Despite reaching fifty he is still very much a player to keep onside and 100/1 6 places seems worth a 0.2 ew bet (even 80/1 is fine)

open can be a skinner--Darren Clarke

also weather can hugely affect outcome

rory--a gale
woods--driving rain.sleet

as long as there is no run away winner

Muppet.

Reed - 220
Hoey - 290
Fleetwood - 480
Walker - 120

Oh and a score on TIGER @ 26

Just in case

backed him last week so muppet and ski have convinced me to add walker at 100,s ew 1st 6

That depends if i get matched at the correct price.

8/1 an albatross with s**bet is too big.

All 4 par 5's are very reachable.

Been 5 albatrosses in Open since 2000.