Tiger Woods - USA

It is the return of the 'Tiger'. Having missed Royal Birkdale last year, the incomparable Tiger Woods returns to the British Open 2009, attempting to win his 4th crown and his first here on the Turnberry Course. Tiger of course missed the Open last year through injury but has come back, probably better than ever and is the overwhelming favourite to win this year. Golf backers will be keen to take advantage of the Open Championship golf odds and the multitude of Free bet Offers available for the tournament this year to back the great man to win again

Tiger is one of those very rare sportsmen who is utterly dominant in his sport. There is simply no other golfer that can in any way match his ability. He has been the world number one ranked golfer for years and prior to his injury last year he had won five of the seven tournaments he had played in 2008, including the US Open. In the other two he was runner up in the US Masters to Trevor Immelman and 5th in the WGC-Ca Championship.

There is no doubt that he will respect the chances of reigning Champion, Padraig Harrington, but Tiger is ruthless when it comes to golf and if he is any sort of touch he will be almost certainly be a biggest British Open tip this year to win.

It is worth noting some of the Tiger Woods success story; he has won a total of 65 tournaments already and he is only 32 years old. 14 of those tournaments have been Majors, he has three wins at the British Open, three wins at the US Open, four wins at the US Masters and four also at the USPGA Championship. He has a further fifteen top ten Major Tournament finishes, five of them as either runner up or tied runner up. Tiger is quite simply a legend in his own lifetime.