British Open Championship Tips Point Towards McIlroy And Westwood Monday 11 July 2011 at 10:28 The British Open Championship gets underway this week at Royal St George’s at Sandwich and there are few surprises that Rory McIlroy is the hot favourite in his current form but is he the most tipped player by the OLBG members?
Rory McIlroy Currently The Best Tipped Player For The Open
Currently 24% of OLBG tipsters think that Rory McIlroy will win The Open can get odds of 7/1 currently with Stan James and William Hill and they look fairly generous odds considering you can get up to 6 places on each way bets with Stan James (just 5 places with William Hill). McIlroy could become the first British winner since Paul Lawrie in 1999, Padraig Harrington has won The Open twice since then for Ireland though and McIlroy will be hoping to take the The Open back to Northern Ireland this time around.
Lee Westwood And Luke Donald Also Proving Popular
According to the OLBG tipsters the best value could lie with Lee Westwood though, home players are certainly proving popular and Westwood has 22% of tips in his favour at the moment and considering that is just 2% less than McIlroy, yet Westwood is as big as 10/1 with Paddy Power, so he certainly looks good value on that basis to be the first English winner since 1992. Luke Donald is next best for both the bookies and the OLBG tipsters, he has 9% of the tips going for him currently and is 11/1 with Bet365 and Paddy Power. As for the foreign players, OLBG Tipsters are torn between Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer who both have 5% of tips going for them, Garcia is slightly less fancied by the bookies at 30/1 with Totesport whilst Kaymer is 28/1 with Totesport. For more British Open Tips click the highlighted link and to place your bets click any of the links below.