2023 LPGA Picks: AIG Women’s Open Odds and Expert Betting Predictions

The final major championship of the year is upon us, as the AIG Women’s Open marks the end of another amazing major season. The game’s top players will head to the south of London to Walton Heath Golf Club for the first time. Ashleigh Buhai will attempt to defend her Open title, after the South African won in a playoff last year in Muirfield. Nelly Korda, Celine Boutier, and Hyo Joo Kim are all co-favorites at 14-1 odds. Rose Zhang comes in at 15-1 and is looking for a fourth consecutive top-ten major finish. We will look below at some of the best bets for this week’s final LPGA Major.  

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A Look at the Field

Here is a look at the Top 12 and ties with the lowest golf odds to win it all at online sportsbooks

Nelly Korda +1400 – Celine Boutier +1400 – Hyo Joo Kim +1400 – Rose Zhang +1500

Minjee Lee +1700 – Linn Grant +1900 – Leona Maguire +1900 – Jin Young Ko +1900

Nasa Hataoka +2200 – Xiyu Lin +2600 – Atthaya Thitikul +2600 – Yuka Saso +2900

Course Characteristics of Those Who Can Win or Secure Winning Golf Bets

The Walton Heath Golf Club hosts for the first time, with a mix of both the Old and New Courses. This should be a great test this week for players with 16 of the Old Course holes in action, along with the 12th and 13th from the New Course as well. Walton Health was founded in 1903 and has played host to the European Open, the 1981 Ryder Cup and the 2011 Senior Open. It is a classic heathland course with tree-lined fairways. It is a par 72 and plays close to 6,780 yards.

Celine Boutier +1400

What a run Boutier has been on! Two weeks ago she became the first Frenchwoman to win the Evian Championship, hoisting her first major title. She then went up to Dundonald Links and made it back-to-back wins at the Freed Group Women’s Scottish Open. Obviously, the odds of her going for three straight victories is low but it has been done before. Boutier should definitely be on your radar looking for two major victories in three weeks.

Leona Maguire +1900

Could we see another first-time major winner at Walton Heath this week? Ireland’s Leona Maguire would fit into that category. She has had a spectacular 2023, missing only one cut on the LPGA Tour. She became the first Irish player to win on Tour last year and picked up her second career win two months ago. Maguire shot 21-under-par at the Meijer LPGA Classic to pick up her June win, a run of three straight top-10s. She also finished inside the top-five at the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield last year. Look for Maguire to contend this week and possibly be the first Irishwoman to win a major.

Lydia Ko +5500

Ko still holds the record for being the youngest World No. 1 in professional golf, the youngest major champion, and the woman to win on the LPGA Tour. Ko is a two-time major champion, winning the Evian Championship and the ANA Inspiration in a seven-month span back in 2015 and 2016. Since then, she has 11 top-10 finishes in majors, including two runner-up finishes. Last year Ko finished T7 at Muirfield in this event. She has yet to finish in the top-30 in a major this year, but she did pick up a victory at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International in February. Look out for Lydia to be at the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.

Golf Picks - Who to Consider This Week:

To win: Boutier, Maguire, Ko

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