He may be a $34 outsider, but Jason Day has been the best backed to win the British Open by punters with online bookmaker Sportsbet.
Unsurprisingly, Adam Scott has been the next best backed at $21, while $11 favourite Tiger Woods has seen a steady flow of support.
“It’s not surprising to see some patriotic money for Day, but given he is always thereabouts at the end punters are thinking this may be the one and have jumped on at big odds of $34,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.
Despite Day being the best backed player overall, Adam Scott heads the betting at $2.20 to be the highest finishing Australian player followed by Day ($3.25) and Geoff Ogilvy ($11).
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Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
British Open winner
$11 Tiger Woods
$19 Phil Mickelson
$21 Justin Rose, Adam Scott
$26 Graeme Mcdowell
$29 Rory Mcilroy, Ernie Els
$31 Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood
$34 Luke Donald, Jason Day
Others quoted
Top Australian player
$2.20 Adam Scott
$3.25 Jason Day
$11 Geoff Ogilvy
$13 Marc Leishman, John Senden
$17 Brett Rumford
$21 Brendan Jones
$26 Marcus Fraser
$34 Peter Senior
$81 Stephen Dartnall, Steven Jeffress, John Wade