British Open Round 3 Best Bets: Bryson DeChambeau Down But Not Out

⛳ British Open DeDrama

Bryson DeChambeau isn’t backing down. Neither is Wes Reynolds.

A two-shot penalty dropped DeChambeau from second place to fifth and doubled his odds from roughly +430 to 10-1 heading into today’s third round of the British Open.

Wes sees a betting opportunity.

DeChambeau still leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green, ranks second Off the Tee and is tied for first in Greens in Regulation.

“The firm and fast conditions play right into his hands.”

It’s not just Wes.

Matt Brown loves the leaderboard and says the field has finally figured out it should be “pulling the big stick.”

Matt Youmans has my favorite line:

“Scottie Scheffler’s putting problems are almost comical. How can the world’s No. 1 player miss so many short putts? It would be funny if I didn’t bet on him.”

Kelley Bydlon notes that despite another day of favorable weather, Royal Birkdale still had enough bite to send Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark and Justin Rose home for the weekend.

Sixteen golfers begin Saturday within four shots of the lead. Here’s when they’ll tee off (ET) and their current Circa odds:

9:35 a.m. – Jon Rahm (-4 / +1450), Tommy Fleetwood (-4 / +1175)
9:45 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler (-4 / +550), Francesco Molinari (-4 / +8600)
10:00 a.m. – Alex Fitzpatrick (-4 / +2900), Robert MacIntyre (-4 / +2100)
10:10 a.m. – Thomas Detry (-4 / +8100), Bud Cauley (-4 / +5700)
10:20 a.m. – Matt Wallace (-4 / +6200), Si Woo Kim (-5 / +1125)
10:30 a.m. – Bryson DeChambeau (-5 / +1150), Sam Burns (-6 / +1375)
10:40 a.m. – Ryan Gerard (-6 / +1500), Cameron Young (-6 / +675)
10:50 a.m. – Jackson Suber (-6 / +2500), Lucas Herbert (-8 / +1050)