the open championship

With the Open Championship getting underway in the wee hours of Thursday morning live from Royal Port Rush in Northern Ireland you know Vegas is ready with a plethora of prop bets. So here's what I was able to put together from Sportsbetting.ag.

Following today's Second Round of The Open Championship, there were two things showing on the leaderboard that made people do a double-take: an American is tied for the lead, and Phil Mickelson is actually in contention to win The Open. Most people probably saw that, rolled their eyes and said, "Yeah right! I'll believe that when pigs fly." Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, but

It's technically called "The Open Championship," and to other sports nerds like me, it's "The British Open." But regardless of what the tournament is called, we can all agree that it's a pretty freaking hard tournament to win. So after the completion of Round One, is it really any shock that you probably have never heard of the 2 guys tied atop the leaderboard?