By the time most of us wake up on Thursday morning the Open Championship will be well underway at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. If you are interested in betting on the whole field then you have to decide whether to go with Tiger Woods or against him – despite his terrible recent form the fact he has won the Open the last two times it has been played at St. Andrews means that he is the overwhelming 5/1 favorite, with no one else in the field at  less than 16/1. The payoffs for betting on the whole field can be very large and exciting if you win, but in my mind it’s a far more interesting puzzle to bet the head-to-head matchups for the whole tournament. They are easier to handicap, and there is far less volatility and risk involved in playing them. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting British open predictions on head-to-head matchups that are available for the tournament (odds are from Bodog):

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