Make Smarter Open Championship Bets

The Open Championship — the official name of the British Open — returns for its milestone 153rd edition this month. Known as “Golf’s original major,” the event heads back to Royal Portrush Golf Club for only the third time in tournament history, setting the stage for an exciting battle among the world’s top golfers.

British Open odds

Get the latest British open odds for every golfer competing at Royal Portrush Golf Club this month. We show the best odds from legal golf betting sites available in your region.

Picks and predictions

Covers will pre-tournament British Open picks and predictions, showing our best bets before the first round at Royal Portrush. We’ll follow that up with round-by-round picks and predictions for each day of The Open Championship.

Time and place

• Date: July 17–20, 2025
• Course: Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland
• Defending Champion: Xander Schauffele

British Open props

There will be plenty of markets to bet on at The Open Championship besides who will win the tournament. Oddsmakers will offer all kinds of fun British Open props to bet on, such as scoring props, top finisher props, and more fun markets, like whether there will be a hole-in-one.

British Open cut line

The Open will cut down its field of 156 to the top 70 plus ties following Round 2. Before the tournament, oddsmakers set an Over/Under for what they think the cut line will be, but the actual projected cut line will start to take shape following Round 1 and throughout the day during Round 2. 

About Royal Portrush Golf Course

Royal Portrush Golf Club, founded in 1888 as the "County Club" when the newly arrived railway brought visitors to Portrush’s Atlantic breezes, quickly ascended to prominence. Within just a few years, it earned royal patronage, first as The Royal County Club in 1892 under the Duke of York, and then as Royal Portrush under the Prince of Wales in 1895. The club features two world-class links courses: the Dunluce Links, set amid towering sand dunes and framed by the majestic ruins of Dunluce Castle, and the more modest Valley Links.

Royal Portrush’s prestige stems not only from its spectacular location on Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast, offering views of Giant’s Causeway, Donegal, and the Hebrides, but also from its storied tournament legacy. It broke new ground by hosting The Open Championship in 1951, the first time the event was held outside Great Britain. Later, Portrush welcomed legends like Fred Daly (the first Irishman to win a major in 1947), and modern champions such as Shane Lowry in 2019. Now set for the 2025 British Open, this iconic links in Northern Ireland continues to affirm its status as a national treasure and one of the world’s most revered championship venues.

British Open leaderboard

The best place to monitor your British Open bets while the action is happening is at the official site’s leaderboard, where you’ll get real-time updates and shot tracking from every player in the field.

British Open tee times

British Open tee times are usually announced a day or two before the tournament, so bettors can expect to see a Round 1 schedule sometime in the days leading up to July 16, 2023.

How to bet on golf

Golf tournaments like The Open Championship bring out plenty of new bettors looking to wager on golf for the first time. If that happens to be you, let us teach you how to bet on golf with some betting basics and tips for tackling the most challenging tournaments.

Where to bet on golf

Golf betting is booming, with the popularity of the sport spawning fun and unique ways to wager and the PGA Tour schedule providing year-round action. Finding a trustworthy site to bet on the British Open with is just as important as what you’re betting. Covers brings you the best golf betting sites so you can make smarter Open Championship Wagers.

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