Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are currently priced at 20/1.
Sports betting enthusiasts can gamble throughout the current Open championship at St Andrews with 888sport.com.As of 13:05 BST today (July 15th) - the tournament's first day - Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy led the way with a score of nine-under-par at the end of his opening round.
He has been given odds of 3/1 by the bookmakers and becomes the current joint-favourite with Tiger Woods.
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The world's top golfer, playing on the course where he won the Open in 2000 and 2005, has also enjoyed a successful day and stands on -6 after 14 holes.
Fellow American Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els are next in the outright sports betting market, at odds of 16/1 and 20/1 respectively.
English online gambling users hoping one of their countrymen can lift the Claret Jug on Sunday could choose to back Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood, both of whom are 20/1 shots.
Woods is looking for his 15th major title and historic third at St Andrews.
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