Tee times and groupings have been announced for the 2022 Open Championship, and one of the featured groups will tee off at 4:58 a.m. ET from the Old Course at St Andrews. That trio of golfers includes the two players with the shortest 2022 Open Championship odds, Rory McIlroy (9-1) and Xander Schauffele (14-1), as well as defending champion Collin Morikawa (25-1). Those Open Championship 2022 odds come courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook, which also has Tiger Woods as a 60-1 long shot as he returns to competition. The three-time British Open champion will tee off at 9:59 a.m. ET alongside Max Homa (50-1) and U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick (16-1).
Apart from playing the odds, there are also numerous 2022 British Open prop bets and PGA DFS tournaments to get in on. Which Fantasy golf sleepers and long shots should you consider before making any 2022 Open Championship bets and setting any PGS DFS lineups? Before locking in any picks of your own for the Open Championship 2022, be sure to check out the PGA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's team of proven golf experts.
Mike McClure, who has over $2 million in career DFS winnings and is the architect of SportsLine's proprietary simulation model, has been red-hot when it comes to picking major championship winners. Patrick McDonald covers golf for CBS Sports and is up more than 64 units on his outright picks in 2022. Riley Gates is a fantasy golf guru, who has been on a tear this season, nailing two 40-1 outright winners. Jim Holliman has covered the sport for nearly 25 years, and like SportsLine's other experts, he has been nailing pick after pick in 2022.
Now, the experts have their sights on the 2022 British Open field and just revealed their top PGA prop bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see all of the experts' 2022 Open Championship prop picks, sleepers, head-to-head matchups, best bets, and top one and done pick.
Top 2022 Open Championship prop bets
Gates, who has been nailing top-10 picks all year, is confidently backing Shane Lowry to finish in the top 10 of the final 2022 Open Championship leaderboard at +240 odds. The 2019 British Open champion has three top-five finishes this year, including a third place finish at the Masters. The 35-year-old ranks eighth on the PGA Tour in strokes gained on approach (0.748) and total strokes gained (1.615). He's 10th in strokes gained tee to green (1.264).
Gates expects another strong showing for the Irishman this week at St. Andrews. "What Lowry does do is post very low scores and contends. With four top-10 finishes this season, I expected a fifth in the final major of the year," Gates told SportsLine. See more 2022 Open Championship props here.
Players to fade at the 2022 Open Championship
One massive shocker: Holliman is completely fading PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, even though he is widely considered one of the top contenders in the 2022 British Open field. However, Thomas has struggled mightily on links courses throughout his career, evident by his missed the cut at last week's Scottish Open. Apart from his two PGA Championships, Thomas has a pair of top-10s at both the U.S. Open and Masters, but he's failed to secure a top-10 finish in five career British Open starts.
Thomas' biggest flaw in his game is his accuracy off the tee, where he ranks 168th in driving accuracy percentage (55.28 percent). That weakness will only be magnified at St Andrews, which is infamous for blustery winds that can wreck a seemingly straight drive. Holliman readily admits that Thomas doesn't have the temperament to stay calm if that takes place, a major reason why he's not high on the PGA champion this week. Instead, Holliman is backing several other golfers, including a 35-1 long shot, here.
How to get 2022 Open Championship picks, sleepers, projections
The golf experts have also locked in a slew of other prop bets for the Open Championship 2022, including a long shot outright pick who is 50-1 to win it all. Anyone who backs SportsLine's experts' 2022 Open Championship sleepers could hit it big. You can only see their 2022 Open Championship best bets at SportsLine.
So what 2022 Open Championship prop picks should you target? And which massive long shot has a chance to stun the golfing world? Visit SportsLine to see the 2022 British Open best bets from the top golf experts in the industry, and find out.
2022 Open Championship odds, field, top contenders
See full British Open picks, best bets, and predictions here.
Rory McIlroy 9-1
Xander Schauffele 14-1
Jon Rahm 14-1
Scottie Scheffler 16-1
Jordan Spieth 16-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 18-1
Justin Thomas 18-1
Shane Lowry 22-1
Collin Morikawa 25-1
Will Zalatoris 25-1
Cameron Smith 25-1
Patrick Cantlay 25-1
Dustin Johnson 35-1
Tyrrell Hatton 35-1
Brooks Koepka 35-1
Tommy Fleetwood 35-1
Louis Oosthuizen 40-1
Viktor Hovland 40-1
Hideki Matsuyama 40-1
Sam Burns 40-1
Joaquin Niemann 45-1
Max Homa 50-1
Justin Rose 50-1
Tony Finau 50-1
Tiger Woods 60-1
Bryson DeChambeau 65-1
Ryan Fox 65-1
Sungjae Im 65-1
Corey Conners 80-1
Cameron Young 80-1
Seamus Power 80-1
Robert MacIntyre 80-1
Gary Woodland 80-1
Adam Scott 80-1
Marc Leishman 80-1
Billy Horschel 90-1
Patrick Reed 90-1
Abraham Ancer 90-1
Sergio Garcia 100-1
J.T. Poston 100-1
Paul Casey 100-1
Mito Pereira 100-1
Thomas Pieters 100-1
Lucas Herbert 100-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 100-1
Webb Simpson 100-1
Cameron Tringale 100-1
Keegan Bradley 100-1
Harold Varner 100-1
Victor Perez 100-1
Adrian Meronk 125-1
Keith Mitchell 125-1
Aaron Wise 125-1
Haotong Li 125-1
Danny Willett 125-1
Jordan Smith 125-1
Padraig Harrington 125-1
Talor Gooch 125-1
Kurt Kitayama 125-1
Jason Kokrak 150-1
Sebastian Munoz 150-1
Russell Henley 150-1
Joohyung Kim 150-1
Si-Woo Kim 150-1
Brian Harman 150-1
Kevin Na 150-1
Sahith Theegala 150-1
Francesco Molinari 150-1
Kevin Kisner 150-1
Min Woo Lee 150-1
Lee Westwood 150-1
Thomas Detry 175-1
Bernd Wiesberger 175-1
Harris English 175-1
Erik van Rooyen 175-1
Sam Horsfield 175-1
Dean Burmester 175-1
Nicolai Hojgaard 200-1
Chris Kirk 200-1
Justin Harding 200-1
Phil Mickelson 200-1
Mackenzie Hughes 200-1
Pablo Larrazabal 200-1
Luke List 200-1
Stewart Cink 200-1
Tom Hoge 200-1
Ian Poulter 200-1
Dylan Frittelli 200-1
Emiliano Grillo 200-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 200-1
Henrik Stenson 200-1
Adri Arnaus 200-1
Richard Bland 250-1
Garrick Higgo 250-1
Guido Migliozzi 250-1
Wyndham Clark 250-1
Laurie Canter 250-1
Alexander Bjork 250-1
Takumi Kanaya 250-1
Matthew Jordan 250-1
Jason Scrivener 250-1
Zach Johnson 250-1
Richard Mansell 250-1
Brandon Wu 300-1
Fabrizio Zanotti 300-1
Thriston Lawrence 300-1
Trey Mullinax 300-1
Sepp Straka 300-1
Jamie Donaldson 300-1
John Catlin 300-1
Marcus Armitage 300-1
Shaun Norris 300-1
Kazuki Higa 400-1
Scott Vincent 400-1
Chan Kim 500-1
Ashley Chesters 500-1
Keita Nakajima 500-1
Yuto Katsuragawa 500-1
Dimitrios Papadatos 500-1
David Law 500-1
Sadom Kaewkanjana 500-1
Ben Campbell 500-1
Sihwan Kim 500-1
Lars Van Meijel 500-1
Shugo Imahira 500-1
Zander Lombard 500-1
Ernie Els 500-1
Brad Kennedy 500-1
Marco Penge 750-1
Mingyu Cho 750-1
Robert Dinwiddie 750-1
Anthony Quayle 750-1
Matthew Griffin 750-1
Minkyu Kim 750-1
Matt Ford 750-1
Aaron Jarvis 1000-1
John Parry 1000-1
Oliver Farr 1000-1
David Carey 1000-1
Paul Lawrie 1000-1
Aldrich Potgieter 1000-1
Jediah Morgan 1000-1
Barclay Brown 1000-1
Ronan Mullarney 1000-1
Jack Floydd 1000-1
Mark Calcavecchia 1000-1
Darren Clarke 1000-1
Filippo Celli 1000-1
David Duval 1000-1
Jorge Fernandez-Valdes 1000-1
John Daly 1000-1
Stephen Dodd 1000-1
Alex Wrigley 1000-1
Sam Bairstow 1000-1
Justin De Los Santos 1000-1
Jamie Rutherford 1000-1
