The Open Championship 🇮🇪 2025 Betting Preview!

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The Tour Junkies break down Royal Portrush for the 2025 Open Championship, revealing why weather could make or break your bets.

The episode begins with DB and Pat introducing the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, noting it's the second week of overseas action after the Genesis Scottish Open. They discuss the course's firm conditions, tight fairways, and strategic bunker placement, citing insights from Aaron Fleener and quotes from Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. The hosts emphasize the importance of weather, particularly wave disparity, for betting decisions. They review the Bet the Number model, highlighting key stats like off-the-tee accuracy, approach play from 170-230 yards, and scrambling. DB and Pat announce their ownership stake in Bet the Number and encourage listeners to join. The season-long competition picks are revealed, with Matt Every selecting Scotty Scheffler, Pat choosing Rory McIlroy, DB taking Jon Rahm, and Tony picking Xander Schauffele, along with longshots like Tom McKibben and Mark Leishman. The hosts debate top contenders, eliminating Ludvig Åberg and Viktor Hovland while considering Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton. They identify value outrights like Sepp Straka and Matt Fitzpatrick at 55-1, and discuss top-20 locks including Russell Henley. The conversation shifts to DFS, with pivots suggested in various price ranges, such as Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed, and Dustin Johnson. The episode concludes with a humorous discussion about leprechauns and a promo for a Ryder Cup event with Elite Events.

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Royal Portrush betting talk built around the course, weather, model, and early outrights.

Tour Junkies frames its Open Championship betting preview around Royal Portrush, working through the course, key stats, the model, early outrights, weather, and possible top-20 locks and bombs.

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