The 2023 Open Championship heads to Hoylake at Royal Liverpool for the season’s fourth and final major.
Rory McIlroy enters the tournament finely tuned, coming off his second win of the season at the Genesis Scottish Open last week. Below are our favorite prop bets for the four-time major winner.
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