Top 2024 Open Championship predictions….full detail below 👇
Scottie Scheffler will try to add another victory at the 2024 Open Championship. The world No. 1 has 12 top-10 finishes in 2024, including five PGA Tour wins and his second career victory at the Masters. Luck eluded Scheffler last week, however, when he finished T41 at the U.S. Open for his only result outside of the top-20 on the season. Still, Scheffler is the 5-1 favorite atop the 2024 Open Championship odds. The Open 2024 tees off Thursday, July 18 from Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland.
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is also coming off a tough outing at the U.S. Open and is 13-2 in the 2024 Open Championship field. Should you back one of these favorites to win the Open Championship 2024? Before locking in your 2024 Open Championship picks, be sure to
Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, the model is up nearly $9,500 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.
This same model has also nailed a whopping 13 majors entering the weekend, including the 2024 Masters, its third Masters in a row, and this year’s PGA Championship and U.S. Open. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now with the Open Championship 2024 field locked in, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.
One major surprise the model is calling for at the 2024 Open Championship: Rory McIlroy (13-2), the 2014 Open Championship winner and one of the top favorites, stumbles and doesn’t even crack the top five. McIlroy’s 10-year major championship drought is well documented, which made his mishaps down the stretch of the U.S. Open even more painful. He missed multiple putts within four feet in the final three holes, leading to a brutal runner-up finish.
It is going to be difficult for McIlroy to overcome those lingering emotions in the final major of the year, especially since the Open Championship brings its own unique pressure for the Northern Irishman. He has finished outside the top 40 in two of his last four appearances at this tournament, and he did not crack the top 10 at the Masters or PGA Championship earlier this season. McIlroy ranks outside the top 50 on the PGA Tour in GIR percentage, which is another reason why the model is fading him in this year’s final major.
Another surprise: Jon Rahm, a 24-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He has a much better chance to win it all than his odds imply, so he’s a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. The Spaniard was forced to withdraw from the 2024 U.S. Open field due to a foot injury, but he is expected to be healthy in time to compete at the Open Championship, where he finished T2 last year.
Rahm had finished in the top 10 in seven out of eight worldwide starts leading up to the PGA Championship. He had made 18 straight major cuts before missing the weekend at the PGA Championship and having to withdraw from the U.S. Open, so he will have plenty of motivation to get back on the links and compete.
