When looking for the odds on a particular golfer to win the British Open (also called The Open Championship), one is actually looking for the odds on that golfer ‘to win outright’. OddsJet compares Open Championship winner odds from several reputable online sportsbook companies. This allows OddsJet to display the best odds on every golfer in the field so bettors may maximize their potential returns when looking to predict who will lift the Claret Jug. After you've found the highest odds for your betting ideas, look to learn about the latest sportsbook bonus offers.

Open Championship Futures and Ante Post markets explained

Open Championship outright winner betting is the primary futures betting market. Futures markets, also called Ante Post markets, are those that involve a wager that is contingent on the full tournament result. This means the wager can be placed well in advance of the tournament. This differs from betting that surrounds a particular round of golf or matchup that is dependent upon knowledge of the pairings which are set during the week of the British Open itself. If you believe you know the golfer that will win the Open, the best odds on your golfer of choice will always come before the tournament begins. If you wait until the tournament has begun and they prove to be in contention to win, their odds will move considerably lower.

Examples of golf’s British Open outright winner odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American odds, given how many golfers will be in the field, even the golfers that are relatively heavy favorites will have odds that are above even-money. This means that all the odds will come as positive figures, which express the amount of potential profit one could receive from a wager of $100. For example, when you see odds of +525 on Rory McIlroy to win outright, you would need to stake $100 in order to receive a profit of $525, yielding a total return of $625. Note that this use of $100 as an expression of odds pricing is just that, for purposes of expression. It is neither a limit nor a requirement of how much you may wager.

With Decimal odds format, the odds express the full potential amount that will be returned on your wager including the stake amount. For this, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake. For example, if Henrik Stenson is listed at 33.50 to win outright, a $50 bet would return a total of $1,675 including your stake, so the potential profit would be $1,725.

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on a wager. For example, with a wager of $100 and odds of 9/1 on Justin Rose to win outright (said nine-to-one), one could see a profit of $900 (9 divided by 1, multiplied by $100) plus the stake amount for a total potential return of $1,000.