The 2023 Open Championship will provide golf fans with star-studded groupings through the first two days of action. Jon Rahm will play alongside Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose when the 2023 Open Championship field opens play on Thursday from Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The 2023 Open Championship tee times feature this star-studded trio going off at 9:59 a.m. ET. Elsewhere in the 2023 Open Championship lineup, Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, will be paired with Tommy Fleetwood and Adam Scott, a 14-time PGA Tour champion. McIlroy, who won the Open Championship the last time it was played at Royal Liverpool, is the +525 favorite in the latest 2023 Open Championship odds from Caesars Sportsbook.
Scheffler (+750), Rahm (+1200) and Rickie Fowler (+1200) round out the top four 2023 Open Championship favorites. Before locking in any 2023 Open Championship picks, make sure you see the PGA predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad.
Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and in betting head-to-head matchups. The expert has been on fire on head-to-head matchups since the Charles Schwab Challenge, going 19-5-1 and returning 11.76 units over that span. That's a $1,176 profit for $100 bettors in the past eight weeks.
Nejad also nailed 75-1 longshot Wyndham Clark as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners. Nejad also had a winning head-to-head record in seven of nine weeks. He was up more than 70 units over that three-month span.
Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2023 Open Championship field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.
Top 2023 Open Championship expert picks
One surprise: Nejad is low on the chances of Jon Rahm (+1200), even though he leads the FedEx Cup standings and is one of the top 2023 Open Championship favorites. Rahm has racked up 11 career victories on the PGA Tour, but he hasn't won a tournament since claiming the green jacket at the Masters in April.
The 28-year-old Spaniard has finished 50th or worse in two of his last four starts on the PGA Tour, which includes a missed cut at the Travelers Championship. Rahm ranks 99th in driving accuracy, which could spell trouble at Royal Liverpool. In addition, Rahm ranks 185th in scrambling from the rough (46.15%). "He is very capable of winning this tournament, but his recent form doesn't justify the short number, especially when you consider how well the top tier of talent is playing around him," Nejad told SportsLine. See who else to fade at SportsLine.
However, Nejad is bullish on Dustin Johnson, even though he is a +3000 longshot. Johnson has been a bit off-the-radar since joining LIV in the summer of 2022. However, he has two wins and 11 top 10 finishes in 16 career LIV events.
Johnson will tee off in the Open Championship 2023 knowing his play is trending in the right direction. In his last three worldwide starts, Johnson has three top-10 finishes. "His form appears to be in good shape with back-to-back top 10 finishes, alongside a 10th at the U.S. Open," Nejad told SportsLine. See who else to pick at SportsLine.
How to make 2023 Open Championship golf picks
Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 Open Championship and is picking his longshots, including one who is priced around 50-1. This player "has the complete game to light up the scorecard" and is a longshot who could surprise. You can see the picks only at SportsLine.
So which players should you target or avoid for the 2023 Open Championship, and which player in the Open Championship 2023 field could bring a huge payday at around 50-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for Open Championship 2023, all from the expert who was up more than 70 units on his recent golf picks.
2023 Open Championship odds, field, contenders
See Nejad's picks, best bets and predictions here.
Rory McIlroy +525
Scottie Scheffler +750
Jon Rahm +1200
Rickie Fowler +1200
Tommy Fleetwood +1500
Viktor Hovland +1500
Cameron Smith +1500
Brooks Koepka +1800
Xander Schauffele +2500
Tyrrell Hatton +2500
Collin Morikawa +2800
Shane Lowry +3000
Dustin Johnson +3000
Jordan Spieth +3000
Patrick Cantlay +3000
Matt Fitzpatrick +3500
Tom Kim +4000
Justin Rose +4500
Cameron Young +4500
Tony Finau +5000
Adam Scott +5000
Bryson DeChambeau +5000
Max Homa +5000
Wyndham Clark +5000
Justin Thomas +5500
Min Woo Lee +5500
Hideki Matsuyama +6500
Jason Day +6500
Robert ManIntyre +6600
Taylor Gooch +7000
Sam Burns +7000
Sungjae Im +8000
Patrick Reed +8500
Denny McCarthy +8500
Keegan Bradley +8500
Corey Conners +8500
Ryan Fox +9000
Louis Oosthuizen +9000
Padraig Harrington +10000
Sepp Straka +10000
Branden Grace +10000
Russell Henley +10000
Sahith Theegala +125000
Joaquin Niemann +12500
Phil Mickelson +12500
Victor Perez +15000
Paul Casey +15000
Antoine Rozner +1500
Harris English +1500
Si-woo Kim +1500
Rasmus Højgaard +15000
Thomas Detry +15000
Yannik Paul +15000
Taylor Moore +15000
Brian Harman +17500
Adrian Meronk +17500
Adam Schenk +17500
Lucas Herbert +17500
Nicolai Hojgaard +17500
Jordan Smith +20000
Christian Bezuidenhout +20000
Richie Ramsay +20000
Sergio Garcia +20000
Marc Leishman +20000
Davis Riley +20000
Thobjorn Olesen +20000
Thomas Pieters +20000
Kurt Kitayama +20000
Gary Woodland +20000
Brendon Todd +20000
Byeong Hun An +20000
Alex Noren +20000
Aaron Wise +20000
Abraham Ancer +22500
Keith Mitchell +22500
Adrian Otaegui +25000
Lee Westwood +25000
Ewen Ferguson +25000
Danny Willett +25000
Seamus Power +25000
Tom Hoge +25000
KH Lee +25000
Richard Bland +25000
Harold Varner +25000
Rikuya Hoshino +30000
JJ Spaun +30000
Guido Migliozzi +30000
Connor Syme +30000
Takumi Kanaya +30000
Billy Horschel +30000
J.T. Poston +30000
Francesco Molinari +30000
Jazz Janewattanond +30000
Charl Schwartzel +30000
Hurly Long +30000
Christen Lawrence +30000
Cameron Tringale +30000
Pablo Larrazabal +30000
Emiliano Grillo +30000
Callum Shrinkwin +30000
Mackenzie Hughes +30000
Matthew Southgate +30000
Matt Wallace +35000
Henrik Stenson +35000
David Lingmerth +35000
Ari Arnaus +35000
Luke List +35000
Matthew Jordan +35000
Dan Bradbury +35000
Laurie Canter +35000
Andrew Putnam +40000
Sami Valimaki +40000
Zach Johnson +40000
Lee Hodges +40000
Shubhankar Sharma +50000
Scott Stallings +50000
Paul Lawrie +50000
Michael Kim +50000
Stewart Cink +50000
Ben Griffin +50000
Trey Mullinax +50000
Nacho Elvira +50000
Todd Hamilton +50000
David Micheluzzi +50000
Kalle Samooja +50000
Alejandro Canizares +50000
Ernis Els +50000
Kazuki Higa +50000
Ockie Strydom +50000
Marc Warren +75000
Ben Curtis +75000
Oliver Farr +75000
Alex Fitzpatrick +75000
Bio Kim +75000
Darren Clarke +100000
Justin Leonard +100000
John Daly +150000
David Duval +150000
