Women's Open Betting Tips as Nelly Korda, Georgia Hall and Brooke Henderson bid for glory at Muirfield

Golf can be broken down to be a fairly simple game, in that the player who gets the ball in the hole in the fewest amount of shots wins. Just as there are many ways to skin a cat, there are many ways to get the ball from tee to green and into the hole. Ad/> One option is to smash it as far as you can, go and find your ball and hit it again.

Another option is to play to your favourite number — use your favourite club — and rinse and repeat. The first option would be extremely unwise in the Women’s Open at Muirfield this week, as penal rough and deep bunkers wait to gobble up anything offline. The second option would be ridiculously difficult to execute as firm and fast fairways make playing to a specific number nigh-on impossible.

/> Golf‘The nuclear option’ — Love III hints at boycott if LIV players are allowed on PGA Tour3 HOURS AGO The long, dry spell in the UK this summer has had greenkeepers tearing their hair out. It has resulted in firm, fast fairways and greens. Links courses more so.

The key to playing Muirfield, and playing it successfully, is finding fairways. It may sound obvious, but there is no other way to hold greens on a consistent basis. Resort courses and Links courses are at the opposite ends of the golfing spectrum, but a player who thrived on the former a fortnight ago could be an ideal fit for the latter.

Women's Open 2022: Tee times, prize money, TV coverage as Korda, Hull head field Woods offered up to $800m to join LIV Golf claims CEO Norman Brooke Henderson served up a masterclass to win the Evian Championship a couple of weeks ago. In winning her second major, Henderson produced a stunning display of driving. Time and again she would hit the ball and immediately reach for the tee peg, so