Tiger Woods made his Open Championship debut at St. Andrews in 1995. He went on to become the youngest golfer ever to complete a career grand slam five years later. Woods won the Open again at St. Andrews in 2005, but missed the cut in his last appearance at the Old Course in 2015. Woods will begin his quest for another title when he takes part in the 2022 Open Championship beginning on Thursday. He will play alongside Max Homa and U.S. Open winner Matthew Fitzpatrick, as the trio is set to tee off at 9:59 a.m. ET in the first round of the 2022 British Open.
Woods is a 60-1 long shot in the 2022 Open Championship odds at Caesars Sportsbook. Should you back him with your 2022 Open Championship best bets? Before locking in your 2022 Open Championship picks, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, it's up almost $9,600 on its best bets since that point, nailing tournament after tournament.
At the 2022 Masters, McClure's model was all over Scottie Scheffler's first career major championship victory heading into the weekend. The model also nailed Tiger Woods' exact finishing position at Augusta National before the tournament started (47th). In addition, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright at the 2021 Open Championship, even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot.
This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now that the 2022 Open Championship field is taking shape, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2022 Open Championship leaderboard.
Top 2022 Open Championship predictions
One huge shocker the model is calling for at the Open Championship 2022: Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 ranked player in the world and one of the top favorites, stumbles at St. Andrews and barely cracks the top five. World No. 1s have not performed well at Open Championships over the past decade, with Brooks Koepka's fourth-place finish in 2019 being the best result for a top-ranked player since 2013. Scheffler does not have much experience playing at the Open Championship, as he tied for eighth in his debut last year.
The 25-year-old struggled in his tune-up tournament last week, missing the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open. He also missed the cut at the PGA Championship, so he has certainly cooled off since his red-hot start to the season. SportsLine's model does not think he is worth backing at short Open Championship 2022 odds this week, especially given his lack of experience at this iconic course.
The model has also revealed where Tiger Woods will finish in the Open Championship 2022. Woods has not played in a tournament since withdrawing after the third round of the PGA Championship in May. He skipped the U.S. Open last month to give his body time to recover before trying to win at St. Andrews for the third time.
Woods is a 15-time major champion, so it is difficult to count him out when he chooses to play in a tournament. His 2022 campaign has not resembled his former self, but can he turn his game around at a familiar course this weekend? The model just locked in its Tiger Woods British Open picks here.
How to make 2022 Open Championship picks
The model is also targeting four golfers with odds of 22-1 or longer who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these long shots could hit it big. You can only see them here.
Who will win the 2022 Open Championship, which long shots will stun the golfing world, and where will Tiger Woods finish? Check out the latest 2022 Open Championship odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected Open Championship 2022 leaderboard, all from the model that has nailed eight golf majors and is up nearly $9,600 since the restart.
2022 Open Championship odds, field
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Rory McIlroy 9-1
Xander Schauffele 14-1
Jon Rahm 14-1
Scottie Scheffler 16-1
Jordan Spieth 16-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 18-1
Justin Thomas 18-1
Shane Lowry 22-1
Collin Morikawa 25-1
Will Zalatoris 25-1
Cameron Smith 25-1
Patrick Cantlay 25-1
Dustin Johnson 35-1
Tyrrell Hatton 35-1
Brooks Koepka 35-1
Tommy Fleetwood 35-1
Louis Oosthuizen 40-1
Viktor Hovland 40-1
Hideki Matsuyama 40-1
Sam Burns 40-1
Joaquin Niemann 45-1
Max Homa 50-1
Justin Rose 50-1
Tony Finau 50-1
Tiger Woods 60-1
Bryson DeChambeau 65-1
Ryan Fox 65-1
Sungjae Im 65-1
Corey Conners 80-1
Cameron Young 80-1
Seamus Power 80-1
Robert MacIntyre 80-1
Gary Woodland 80-1
Adam Scott 80-1
Marc Leishman 80-1
Billy Horschel 90-1
Patrick Reed 90-1
Abraham Ancer 90-1
Sergio Garcia 100-1
J.T. Poston 100-1
Paul Casey 100-1
Mito Pereira 100-1
Thomas Pieters 100-1
Lucas Herbert 100-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 100-1
Webb Simpson 100-1
Cameron Tringale 100-1
Keegan Bradley 100-1
Harold Varner 100-1
Victor Perez 100-1
Adrian Meronk 125-1
Keith Mitchell 125-1
Aaron Wise 125-1
Haotong Li 125-1
Danny Willett 125-1
Jordan Smith 125-1
Padraig Harrington 125-1
Talor Gooch 125-1
Kurt Kitayama 125-1
Jason Kokrak 150-1
Sebastian Munoz 150-1
Russell Henley 150-1
Joohyung Kim 150-1
Si-Woo Kim 150-1
Brian Harman 150-1
Kevin Na 150-1
Sahith Theegala 150-1
Francesco Molinari 150-1
Kevin Kisner 150-1
Min Woo Lee 150-1
Lee Westwood 150-1
Thomas Detry 175-1
Bernd Wiesberger 175-1
Harris English 175-1
Erik van Rooyen 175-1
Sam Horsfield 175-1
Dean Burmester 175-1
Nicolai Hojgaard 200-1
Chris Kirk 200-1
Justin Harding 200-1
Phil Mickelson 200-1
Mackenzie Hughes 200-1
Pablo Larrazabal 200-1
Luke List 200-1
Stewart Cink 200-1
Tom Hoge 200-1
Ian Poulter 200-1
Dylan Frittelli 200-1
Emiliano Grillo 200-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 200-1
Henrik Stenson 200-1
Adri Arnaus 200-1
Richard Bland 250-1
Garrick Higgo 250-1
Guido Migliozzi 250-1
Wyndham Clark 250-1
Laurie Canter 250-1
Alexander Bjork 250-1
Takumi Kanaya 250-1
Matthew Jordan 250-1
Jason Scrivener 250-1
Zach Johnson 250-1
Richard Mansell 250-1
Brandon Wu 300-1
Fabrizio Zanotti 300-1
Thriston Lawrence 300-1
Trey Mullinax 300-1
Sepp Straka 300-1
Jamie Donaldson 300-1
John Catlin 300-1
Marcus Armitage 300-1
Shaun Norris 300-1
Kazuki Higa 400-1
Scott Vincent 400-1
Chan Kim 500-1
Ashley Chesters 500-1
Keita Nakajima 500-1
Yuto Katsuragawa 500-1
Dimitrios Papadatos 500-1
David Law 500-1
Sadom Kaewkanjana 500-1
Ben Campbell 500-1
Sihwan Kim 500-1
Lars Van Meijel 500-1
Shugo Imahira 500-1
Zander Lombard 500-1
Ernie Els 500-1
Brad Kennedy 500-1
Marco Penge 750-1
Mingyu Cho 750-1
Robert Dinwiddie 750-1
Anthony Quayle 750-1
Matthew Griffin 750-1
Minkyu Kim 750-1
Matt Ford 750-1
Aaron Jarvis 1000-1
John Parry 1000-1
Oliver Farr 1000-1
David Carey 1000-1
Paul Lawrie 1000-1
Aldrich Potgieter 1000-1
Jediah Morgan 1000-1
Barclay Brown 1000-1
Ronan Mullarney 1000-1
Jack Floydd 1000-1
Mark Calcavecchia 1000-1
Darren Clarke 1000-1
Filippo Celli 1000-1
David Duval 1000-1
Jorge Fernandez-Valdes 1000-1
John Daly 1000-1
Stephen Dodd 1000-1
Alex Wrigley 1000-1
Sam Bairstow 1000-1
Justin De Los Santos 1000-1
Jamie Rutherford 1000-1
