When and where is the 2023 British Open Dates, golf course, field, favorites
Cameron Smith will look to defend his British Open title against a stacked field at the 151st British Open from Royal Liverpool in Mercyside, England.
The fourth and final major championship of golf’s season is set to tee off next week from Royal Liverpool. Aussie Cameron Smith will look to defend his title in the 151st edition of the Open Championship.
McIlory aiming for Royal Liverpool repeat
This will be the 12th time the British Open will be played at the illustrious Mercyside course. The first Open played on the historic grounds was in 1897 when amateur Harold Hilton lifted the Claret Jug and won a grand total of £30. Rory McIlroy won the last major championship played at Royal Liverpool in 2014, taking home £975,000 after going -17 for the tournament.
Now a field of 156 golfers will aim to be lifting the Claret Jug on Sunday afternoon from Northwest England. The field will feature PGA, LIV, DP World Tour members as well as amateurs among others. For a complete run down of qualification options for this year’s Open click here.
Just a few days away from the start of the tournament, it’s the former champ at Royal Liverpool that is one of the favorites in the odds makers eyes. Rory McIlroy is +900 along with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, while Jon Rahm tops the board at +750. Brooks Koepka is +1400 and Jordan Speith rounds out the top five at +1800, while last year’s champ Cameron Smith is +2000 to win the Open for a second straight year.
Here is a list of the entire field for the 151st Open Championship
- Abraham Ancer
- Adri Arnaus
- Jose Luis Ballester
- Haydn Barron
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Alexander Bjork
- Richard Bland
- Dan Bradbury
- Keegan Bradley
- Sam Burns
- Jorge Campillo
- Alejandro Canizares
- Patrick Cantlay
- Stewart Cink
- Wyndham Clark
- Darren Clarke
- Corey Conners
- Harrison Crowe (a)
- John Daly
- Jason Day
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Ernie Els
- Harris English
- Ewen Ferguson
- Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (a)
- Tony Finau
- Zack Fischer
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Rickie Fowler
- Ryan Fox
- Talor Gooch
- Ben Griffin
- Emiliano Grillo
- Seungsu Han
- Brian Harman
- Padraig Harrington
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Russell Henley
- Lucas Herbert
- Kazuki Higa
- Daniel Hillier
- Kensei Hirata
- Lee Hodges
- Tom Hoge
- Rasmus Hojgaard
- Max Homa
- Billy Horschel
- Rikuya Hoshino
- Viktor Hovland
- Sungjae Im
- Hiroshi Iwata
- Dustin Johnson
- Zach Johnson
- Takumi Kanaya
- Kyungnam Kang
- Taichi Kho
- Bio Kim
- Michael Kim
- Si Woo Kim
- Tom Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kurt Kitayama
- Brooks Koepka
- Christo Lamprecht
- Romain Langasque
- Pablo Larrazabal
- Thriston Lawrence
- K.H. Lee
- Min Wo Lee
- Hurly Long
- Shane Lowry
- Joost Luiten
- Robert MacIntyre
- Alex Maguire
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Denny McCarthy
- Rory McIlroy
- Adrian Meronk
- David Micheluzzi
- Phil Mickelson
- Guido Migliozzi
- Francesco Molinari
- Taylor Moore
- Collin Morikawa
- Trey Mullinax
- Keita Nakajima
- Joaquin Niemann
- Alex Noren
- Thorbjorn Olesen
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Adrian Otaegui
- Yannik Paul
- Victor Perez
- Thomas Pieters
- JT Poston
- Seamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Jon Rahm
- Richie Ramsay
- Patrick Reed
- Davis Riley
- Justin Rose
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- Adam Schenk
- Adam Scott
- Taiga Semikawa
- Shubhankar Sharma
- Callum Shinkwin
- Marcel Siem
- Cameron Smith
- Jordan Smith
- Travis Smyth
- Jordan Spieth
- Scott Stallings
- Henrik Stenson
- Sepp Straka
- Ockie Strydom
- Connor Syme
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Justin Thomas
- Brendon Todd
- Sami Valimaki
- Gunner Wiebe
- Danny Willett
- Oliver Wilson
- Gary Woodland
- Kazuki Yasumori
- Cameron Young
Prediction
Would it be too cheesy to take Rory McIlroy to win get back on the major championship saddle at a place he hold near and dear to his heart? After missing the cut in The Masters, he finished T-7 at Oak Hill in the PGA Championship and 2nd at LA Country Club just a few weeks ago at the U.S. Open. It seems almost impossible that the last time Rory won a major was at the PGA in 2014. Everything seems to line up perfectly for McIlroy to make a run at lifting the Claret Jug again on Sunday at Royal Liverpool, again.