Which Players Are Favored To Finish in the Top 10?

Published on July 17th, 2012 4:39 pm EST
The 2012 British Open is set to get underway in just a couple of days.

A few days ago, we covered the odds for the possible outright winners of the event.

Today we are going to look at the odds for top 10 finishes.

So, to summarize, these are the odds for each player finishing in the top 10.

As you can probably guess, Tiger Woods has the best odds of finishing in the top 10 this weekend. As a matter of fact, Tiger is the only player who is currently listed at less than 2.00.

Here are the 10 players who have the current best odds of placing in the top 10 this weekend:

Tiger Woods, 1.90
Lee Westwood, 2.37
Luke Donald, 2.50
Rory McIlroy, 2.50
Padraig Harrington, 2.50
Justin Rose, 3.50
Phil Mickelson, 3.75
Graeme McDowell, 4.00
Ernie Els, 4.00
Sergio Garcia, 4.00

Some of the other names that may interest you:

Jim Furyk, 5.00
Bubba Watson, 6.00
KJ Choi, 8.50
Geoff Ogilvy, 11.00

The weather at the British Open can be challenging to say the least. Which players will be able to best keep their shots under control? Which players will be able to keep their balls out of the legendary British Open sandtraps?