British Open

The oldest major championship gets underway tonight at Royal Liverpool Golf Club with a record 23 Australians vying to become the tenth Aussie winner of the famous Auld Claret Jug.

Tiger Woods $5.00 heads The Open betting market with IASbet from big hitting lefty Phil Mickelson $11.00 and world number three Vijay Singh $15.00 while last month's winner of the US Open, Geoff Ogilvy $29.00 is the shortest priced of the Aussie contingent.

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No Australian has won The Open since 1983 when Greg Norman shot a final round 64 at Royal St George's.

The Hoylake layout has been baked sunshine with a birdie bonanza expected this weekend.

A record low score is being freely tipped by Hoylake's links manager who said that without wind, the winning score would be around 18 under. Tiger Woods holds the record for the winning score at an Open Championship, 19 under when he won the Open in 2000 at St Andrews.