The season’s final men’s Major championship is here and each of the 156 players in The Open field has one last chance to write their names into the history books during 2025.
Current Champion Golfer of the Year, Xander Schauffele is among the favorites at Royal Portrush this week and will likely be among many people’s outright picks to win The Open once again.
However, due to the level of attention on many of the world’s top-10 – and, in particular, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy – there is plenty of excellent value to be found slightly lower down the betting-odds list.
Any number of Major winners have been priced at +6000 or above early on in the week, with Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka and Adam Scott all less than +8000 during the practice days.
Justin Rose, Jason Day and Patrick Reed are not far behind, either, as the strength of this Major field means several big names could easily fly under the radar.
Prior to Schauffele’s victory at Royal Troon last year, the vast majority of recent Open winners have not been grouped among the initial batch of favorites. Should that pattern continue at Royal Portrush, one of the following selections could easily lift the Claret Jug.
Some of the Golf Monthly team have selected a couple of names each for you to look out for if placing an each-way bet on The Open Championship is something you are considering.
THE OPEN SLEEPER PICKS 2025
Prices via FanDuel Sportsbook (odds correct at time of publication)
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Justin Rose (+8000)
Justin Rose has reminded us all over the last 12 months that he is still very serious about winning Major championships, and I have bought into the idea of him getting a second one that he so deserves.
After his T2nd at Royal Troon a year ago, he put up a superb fight to take Rory McIlroy to a playoff at Augusta National. The Englishman had three missed cuts and a WD in the six starts after The Masters, but a sixth-place in Scotland last week showed he is ready for another charge.
Rose was at Portrush a couple of weeks ago to get some work in, he’s coming in confident and has the ability to turn it on in the biggest events.
Sergio Garcia (+20000)
After a T10th finish at Valderrama last week, Sergio Garcia is now facing a very important four days in Northern Ireland to try and…
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