{"id":803822,"date":"2026-07-15T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/803822\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:30:23","slug":"british-open-2026-odds-and-betting-tips-for-golfs-top-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/803822\/","title":{"rendered":"British Open 2026 Odds and Betting Tips for Golf&#8217;s Top Contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 2026 Open Championship is set to kick off on Thursday morning. Those looking to place a wager or two will have a myriad of options, though some will, obviously, be better bets than others. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Several factors will be in play when things get underway at Royal Birkdale Golf Club\u2014though adverse weather shouldn&#8217;t be among them, according to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/gb\/england\/merseyside\/city\/southport\/tenday\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Weather.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Recent tour results, past results at Royal Birkdale, and past success at links-style courses in general can all help determine whether a contender is a strong bet. With this in mind, let&#8217;s examine the latest odds and a few picks to consider. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Open Championship is set to kick off on Thursday morning. Those looking to place a wager&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-803822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}