2012 Open Championship Golf Betting Lines

Yup folks, it's that time of the year when the planet's greatest golfers are about to descend on Britain for the only major golfing championship (of the four) not played in the United States.

In preparation for the141st Open, which starts on Thursday next week (July 19) and runs until Sunday (July 22) at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England, UK sportsbook William Hill has posted a range of competitive 2012 Open Championship betting lines.

WillHill has laid Tiger Woods as the Favourite

Interestingly, in terms of its outright winner Open Championship betting market, WillHill has laid American Tiger Woods as the early favourite. The reason for this is because following the scandal in 2009 that ended Woods' marriage and effectively killed his form (rendering him winless in 2010 and 2011), he seems to have regained some of his winning form this year.

Fans of Tiger cheered when he chalked up victories in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, the Memorial Tournament in June and most recently the AT&T National earlier this month. So with three impressive wins in three consecutive months under his belt, it's no wonder William Hill has laid him as the 7/1 favourite next week.

These recent successes have propelled Tiger back up the Official World Gold rankings into the number four spot, behind England's Lee Westwood in number three, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy in number two and England's Luke Donald in the number one spot.

World # 1 Luke Donald is only the 5th Favourite

Interestingly, despite his world number one status, Donald is only the fifth betting favourite on 18/1 odds to win the Open, behind Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington on 16/1 odds, Lee Westwood on 12/1 odds and, of course, Woods as the current favourite.

But as to who will reign supreme next week, only time will tell. One thing is for sure, which is that Tiger will bring his A-game as he is long overdue a win in a major. For my betting buck, South African Ernie Els still has some big wins left in him yet, even though he has been posted as a relative 40/1 long shot at WillHill.

Here are the complete 2012 Open Championship golf winner odds at William Hill:

Open Championship Odds to Win

7/1 - Tiger Woods
12/1 - Lee Westwood
16/1 - Padraig Harrington
16/1 - Rory McIlroy
18/1 - Luke Donald
33/1 - Graeme McDowell
33/1 - Justin Rose
33/1 - Martin Kaymer
33/1 - Sergio Garcia
40/1 - Adam Scott
40/1 - Dustin Johnson
40/1 - Ernie Els
40/1 - Francesco Molinari
40/1 - Hunter Mahan
40/1 - Ian Poulter
40/1 - Jason Dufner
40/1 - Matt Kuchar
40/1 - Paul Lawrie
40/1 - Phil Mickelson
40/1 - Rickie Fowler
50/1 - Bubba Watson
50/1 - Charl Schwartzel
50/1 - Jim Furyk
50/1 - Louis Oosthuizen
66/1 - George Coetzee
66/1 - Henrik Stenson
66/1 - Nicolas Colsaerts
66/1 - Peter Hanson
66/1 - Ross Fisher
6/1 - Steve Stricker
80/1 - Bo Van Pelt
80/1 - Branden Grace
80/1 - K.J. Choi
80/1 - Keegan Bradley
80/1 - Matteo Manassero
80/1 - Nick Watney
80/1 - Retief Goosen
80/1 - Thomas Bjorn
100/1 - Alexander Noren
100/1 - Ben Curtis
100/1 - Davis Love III
100/1 - Fredrik Jacobson
100/1 - Geoff Ogilvy
100/1 - Jamie Donaldson
100/1 - John Daly
100/1 - Marcel Siem
100/1 - Martin Laird
100/1 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello
100/1 - Robert Karlsson
100/1 - Simon Dyson
100/1 - Vijay Singh
100/1 - Zach Johnson
125/1 - Aaron Baddeley
125/1 - Alvaro Quiros
125/1 - Anders Hansen
125/1 - Angel Cabrera
125/1 - Bill Haas
125/1 - Darren Clarke
125/1 - John Huh
125/1 - Marcus Fraser
125/1 - Michael Hoey
125/1 - Miguel A Jimenez
125/1 - Paul Casey
125/1 - Richard Sterne
125/1 - Robert Rock
125/1 - Ryan Moore
125/1 - Thorbjorn Olesen
150/1 - Andres Romero
150/1 - Brandt Snedeker
150/1 - Chad Campbell
150/1 - Charles Howell III
150/1 - Gary Woodland
150/1 - Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
150/1 - Gregory Havret
150/1 - John Senden
150/1 - Jonathan Byrd
150/1 - Joost Luiten
150/1 - Kevin Na
150/1 - Lucas Glover
150/1 - Pablo Larrazabal
150/1 - Raphael Jacquelin
150/1 - Robert Allenby
150/1 - Ryo Ishikawa
150/1 - Stewart Cink
150/1 - Ted Potter Jnr
150/1 - Thongchai Jaidee
150/1 - Tim Clark
150/1 - Trevor Immelman
150/1 - Y.E. Yang
200/1 - Alejandro Canizares
200/1 - Bob Estes
200/1 - Greg Chalmers
200/1 - Harris English
200/1 - James Driscoll
200/1 - James Morrison
200/1 - Jbe Kruger
200/1 - Johnson Wagner
200/1 - Kyung Tae Kim
200/1 - Marc Leishman
200/1 - Richie Ramsay
200/1 - Sang Moon Bae
200/1 - Stephen Ames
200/1 - Thomas Aiken
200/1 - Troy Kelly
50/1 - Brendan Jones
250/1 - Greg Owen
250/1 - Justin Leonard
250/1 - Kyle Stanley
250/1 - Lee Slattery
250/1 - Mark Wilson
250/1 - Rafael Echenique
250/1 - Steve O'Hara
250/1 - Tom Watson
250/1 - Toru Taniguchi
300/1 - Alan Dunbar
300/1 - Brad Kennedy
300/1 - Chez Reavie
300/1 - Daniel Chopra
300/1 - Elliot Saltman
300/1 - Garth Mulroy
300/1 - Hiroyuki Fujita
300/1 - Juvic Pagunsan
300/1 - Koumei Oda
300/1 - Matthew Baldwin
300/1 - Morten Orum Madsen
300/1 - Paul Broadhurst
300/1 - Richard Finch
300/1 - Scott Pinckney
300/1 - Simon Khan
300/1 - Steve Alker
300/1 - Tom Lehman
300/1 - Yoshinori Fujimoto
500/1 - Aaron Townsend
500/1 - Adilson Da Silva
500/1 - Andrew Georgiou
500/1 - Anirban Lahiri
500/1 - Ashley Hall
500/1 - Barry Lane
500/1 - Dale Whitnell
500/1 - David Duval
500/1 - Grant Veenstra
500/1 - Ian Keenan
500/1 - Justin Hicks
500/1 - Kodai Ichihara
500/1 - Mardan Mamat
500/1 - Mark Calcavecchia
500/1 - Nicholas Cullen
500/1 - Prayad Marksaeng
500/1 - Russ Cochran
500/1 - Sam Walker
500/1 - Sandy Lyle
500/1 - Steven Tiley
500/1 - Tadahiro Takayama
500/1 - Todd Hamilton
500/1 - Toshinori Muto
500/1 - Warren Bennett
1000/1 - Manuel Trappel

 Posted by Anton Johan at 14:12 on 12 July 2012