Golf tips, free bets and latest odds for The Open Championship
The Open is here, with Scottie Scheffler hoping to enjoy a taste of seven-up, while Rory McIlroy looks for a champagne finish to a season that has gone horribly flat with his US Open collapse.
With six wins to his credit already this year, it is no surprise to see Scheffler installed as a hot favourite at 11-2, while McIlroy is a best-priced 17-2 to earn redemption for his painful Pinehurst defeat.
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But there are good reasons to look beyond the top two players in the game, and not just because McIlroy has spurned chance after chance to end his ten-year wait for a fifth Major victory.
Scheffler has won two Masters titles and finished runner-up in both of the other American Majors - but has yet to prove he has what it takes to triumph over the links.
He has failed to improve on the promise of his eighth place finish in his Open debut three years ago, finishing outside the top twenty in both subsequent starts.
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Golf tips
Ludvig Aberg is third favourite at 14-1. But he admits he is fighting to hit it straight off the tee at the moment - not a good sign with the rough around knee high in places at Troon.
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