2025 Irish Open Betting Previews: Probabilities, Opinions, and Choices to Triumphant
The Irish Open returns to The K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland, for its third edition, with Rory McIlroy defending his title. The tournament, part of the DP World Tour's Back 9 sequence, will be broadcast on Golf Channel/NBC Sports (US/ET) and Sky Sports Golf (UK/BST).
The course, established in 1991, boasts a par of 72 and a yardage of 7,441. McIlroy won the Amgen Irish Open 2025 in a playoff at the K Club, marking his second Irish Open title after 2016. The course record (-9) 63 was set by Joakim Lagergren in 2024.
Several strong contenders are competing in the Irish Open, including Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton. Lowry has odds of +1600 to win according to BetMGM, while Hatton has odds of +1100. McIlroy, however, has the best odds (+400).
Golf Monthly has betting picks for wins in 2025, including Richard Mansell, Eugenio Chacarra, Sergio Garcia, Ludvig Aberg, Laurie Canter, Tommy Fleetwood, Joaquin Niemann, and Scottie Scheffler, among others.
Kristoffer Reitan could provide a strong challenge to McIlroy. Reitan has a win at the Soudal Open and top-10 results at the Hainan Classic, Austrian Open, and BMW International Open. He has also performed well in strong winds, finishing T3rd at the Nexo Championship.
Other notable players with odds to win the Irish Open include Patrick Reed (+2500), Brooks Koepka (+3300), and Jhonattan Vegas (+5500). Daniel Brown, with a win at the BMW International Open, and Marco Penge, with strong finishes at the British Masters and the Omega European Masters, are also competing.
The Irish Open broadcast times are as follows: Round One - 3:00am - 8:00am (Golf Channel/NBC Sports), 11:00am - 1:00pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports); Round Two - 8:00am - 1:00pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports); Round Three - 7:30am - 12:30pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports); Round Four - 7:30am - 12:30pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports) in the US, and Round One - 8:00am - 1:00pm (Sky Sports Golf), 4:00pm - 6:00pm (Sky Sports Golf); Round Two - 1:00pm - 6:00pm (Sky Sports Golf); Round Three - 12:30pm - 5:30pm (Sky Sports Golf); Round Four - 12:30pm - 5:30pm (Sky Sports Golf) in the UK.
The Irish Open has been hosted twice, with McIlroy's victory in 2025 marking the second time a player has successfully defended their title. The tournament promises to be an exciting event, with a strong field of players and a challenging course.
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