The Open Betting
The Open Championship Tournament is the oldest golf tournament in the world. It is the third major after The Masters and the US Open and precedes the PGA Championships. The Open is always played on a links course.
Last year the Open was played at the Hoylake links in Liverpool after a very hot spell of weather the greens were parched and the ground was hard but it didn?t stop Tiger Woods runaway with the prize for the second year running beating Chris DiMarco who was only one shot behind the leader but couldn?t catch him up after ending up in the rough even though he managed to rescue it with a brilliant putt from over forty feet to save par. It was Tiger Woods eleventh major title.
The Open 2007 Preview
This year the 2007 Open takes place in Carnoustie, Scotland, thought to be one of the toughest courses on the Open circuit. It runs from the 19th ? 22nd of July. It is always a popular event, attracting all the best players in the world, 156 in total will take part hoping to win the famous Claret Jug.
World number one, Tiger Woods will be hoping to win again and be the first player since Peter Thomson to win it three times in a row. He will have tough competition from Zach Johnson who beat him at the first major tournament of the year, The Masters back in April. H e won it after he had birdied three of the final six holes.
Past Winners of the Open
1980 Tom Watson
1981 Bill Rogers
1982 Tom Watson
1983 Tom Watson
1984 Severianro Ballesteros
1985 Sandy Lyle
1986 Greg Norman
1987 Nick Faldo
1988 Severianro Ballesteros
1989 Mark Calcavecchia
1990 Nick Faldo
1991 Ian Baker-Finch
1992 Nick Faldo
1993 Greg Norman
1994 Nick Price
1995 John Daly
1996 Tom Lehman
1997 Justin Leonard
1998 Mark O'Meara
1999 Paul Lawrie
2000 Tiger Woods
2001 David Duval
2002 Ernie Els
2003 Ben Curtis
2004 Todd Hamilton
2005 Tiger Woods
2006 Tiger Woods
Betting on the Open
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