Three British Open First-Timers That Can Win at Royal Troon

  • Ludvig Aberg is one of the betting favorites at +1400 odds to win the British Open despite it being his event debut.
  • Two-time PGA Tour Winner Akshay Bhatia has +8000 odds to win his first major at his first Open Championship.
  • Davis Thompson has long +12500 odds to become the first debutant Open champion since Collin Morikawa in 2021.

TROON – There are three young stars with great odds to win in their debut at the oldest Major in golf. Ludvig Aberg leads the way with +1400 odds at golf gambling sites to win The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.

The Open Championship Betting Odds

  • Scottie Scheffler +550
  • Rory McIlroy +800
  • Ludvig Aberg +1400
  • Xander Schauffele +1400
  • Collin Morikawa +1600
  • Bryson DeChambeau +1800
  • Tommy Fleetwood +2500
  • Tyrrell Hatton +2500
  • Jon Rahm +2800
  • Viktor Hovland +3000
  • Robert MacIntyre +3500
  • Brooks Koepka +4000
  • Tony Finau +4000
  • Shane Lowry +4500
  • Tom Kim +4500
  • Cameron Smith +5000
  • Patrick Cantlay +5000
  • Aaron Rai +6000
  • Akshay Bhatia +8000
  • Davis Thompson +12500

Betting odds for players making their British Open debut are rarely as short as Aberg’s, who stands as the third-most likely winner behind Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. However, the 24-year-old Swede has earned his spot at the top with a solo second finish in his Masters Tournament debut earlier this year.

Aberg also finished second in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with windy and rainy conditions resembling Scottish links golf. Combine all that with a T-4 finish at the Scottish Open last week and you have the recipe for a win contender at The Open Championship.

Bhatia (+8000), Thompson (+12500) Longshots In Open Debuts

Akshay Bhatia makes his British Open debut after recent finishes of T-2 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and a T-5 at the Travelers Championship. He’s more of an online gambling longshot than Aberg, but the 22-year-old ranks top 25 in total driving and strokes gained approach on Tour this season.

Davis Thompson is even more of a longshot at +12500 odds, but he showed he can contend on the major championship stage with a T-9 at the grueling 2024 U.S. Open. Thompson qualified for The Open with his first PGA Tour win at the John Deere Classic, where he shot a record-setting 28-under-par.