Open Championship

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The 151^st British open will be a play different from the previous year’s event at St. Andrews. The tournament will take place at Royal Liverpool, located on the Irish Sea just south of Liverpool. The course features flat terrain with vast fields of fescue grass and 84 bunkers, spanning a par-71 and 7,383 yards. The layout has seen changes since the last Open Championship in 2014 when Rory was Champion Golfer of the Year. The course scorecard showed par 72, but now, the par 5 10^th hole has become a par 4, and a brand-new 17^th hole has been introduced. The challenge remains the same for the field of 156 players.

Compared to St. Andrews ‘wide fairways and extensive greens, Royal Liverpool presents a different challenge. The narrow fairway corridors and small putting surfaces demand precise accuracy off the tee. The course is lined with knee-high fescue three to five yards from the fairway, with eleven of the fourteen holes featuring fairway bunkers and six holes posing out-of-bounds threats. Such conditions make it rare to witness so many opportunities for even the world’s finest golfers to face such trouble off the tee.

This year’s weather conditions are expected to be like those in 2014, with an inch of rain anticipated before the championship and another inch during its competition. Soft conditions will favor longer, more accurate ball strikers, providing an advantage to players like Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. Players such as Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, and Rory McIlroy have shown great success in wet conditions on the Tour over the past five years.

Coastal golf tends to brin gout the best in certain players. Over the last five years on the PGA Tour, the top 5 coastal players have been Rahm, Hovland, Cam Smith, Xander, and Colin Morikawa. The last 10 Open winners have been ranked No.40 or better in the Official WGR, with 6 of them positioned within the top 10. Recent form also plays a crucial role as 16 of the last 22 winners since Tiger in 1000 had won earlier in the season before claiming the Claret Jug. The No. 1 ranked player in the OWGR has not won the Open since Tiger in 2006, and 8 of the last 10 had played the week before the event.

(.25u) Koepka +1800

(.25u) Fleetwood +3000

(.25u) Morikawa +3000

(.25u) Adam Scott +7500

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Trends 📈📉 via Oddsshark

⚾️ Guardians at Pirates

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games on the road

• The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 9 games at home

⚾️ Dodgers at Orioles

• LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road

• LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games

• The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games at home

⚾️ Rays at Rangers

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas

• The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games

• Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

• Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

⚾️ Marlins at Cardinals

• St. Louis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Miami

• St. Louis is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Miami

⚾️ Astros at Rockies

• Houston is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Colorado

• The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing Houston

• The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games

⚾️ Red Sox at Athletics

• The total has gone OVER in 8 of Oakland's last 10 games at home

⚾️ Brewers at Phillies

• Milwaukee is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road

⚾️ Yankees at Angels

• The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 7 games on the road

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games when playing LA Angels

⚾️ Padres at Blue Jays

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing Toronto

⚾️ Giants at Reds

• San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

• San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games at home

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games

⚾️ White Sox at Mets

• NY Mets is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox

⚾️ Diamondbacks at Braves

• The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona's last 8 games when playing Atlanta

⚾️ Nationals at Cubs

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games on the road

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games at home

⚾️ Tigers at Royals

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games

• The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 10 games

⚾️ Twins at Mariners

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road

• The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games at home

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⚾️ MLB

45% of bets and 60% of money is on UNDER 8.5 CLE at PIT

34% of bets and 59% of money is on BAL +120

24% of bets and 47% of money is on TB -1.5 (+150)

67% of bets and 86% of money is on HOU -1.5 (-110)

39% of bets and 54% of money is on UNDER 8.5 BOS at OAK

30% of bets and 54% of money is on MIL +140

66% of bets and 82% of money is on OVER 9 MIL at PHI

34% of bets and 55% of money is on TOR -120

54% of bets and 81% of money is on UNDER 9 SD at TOR

46% of bets and 75% of money is on CIN -105

Future Odds 🔮 via Bovada Sportsbook

Injury Report 🏥 via ESPN

ARI (RP) Andrew Chafin | Paternity

ATL (LF) Eddie Rosario | Day-to-Day - Hamstring

BAL (CF) Cedric Mullins | Day-to-Day - Quad

BOS (3B) Rafael Devers | Day-to-Day - Calf

CHC (CF) Christopher Morel | Day-to-Day - Neck

CIN (SP) Luke Weaver | Day-to-Day - X-rays on Weaver's left elbow came back negative after he was struck by a comebacker during Tuesday's game

COL (RF) Randal Grichuk | Day-to-Day

KC (C) Salvador Perez | Day-to-Day

LAD (CF) Jake Marisnick | Out - Hamstring

STL (LF) Tyler O’Neill | 60 Day IL - Scheduled to be activated tomorrow

TOR (SP) Kevin Gausman | Day-to-Day - Team remains hopeful Gausman can start this weekend

Picks 🔒

Giants -115 | What makes me so confident in the Giants here is their 7-game win streak combined with the Reds’ 6-game losing streak. San Francisco also holds a 6-4 edge in the last 10 meetings between these clubs. What puts this bet over the top for me is the Giants’ stellar road record and the Reds’ poor home record.

Guardians -135 | Cleveland has outscored Pittsburgh 21-1 so far in this series. The Guardians are using Civale, who has been money on the road this season, and the Bucs counter with Hill, who has been subpar while looking his age.