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The British Open comes to the Royal Birkdale Golf Club for the ninth time this Thursday, July 17th and 5Dimes will have a huge variety of wagering options posted. Wager on single round match-ups, odds to win, a huge selection of props and much more. Updated odds will be posted following each round. aks_copyr

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British Open is wide open
The 2008 British Open, one of golf’s four Majors, gets going Thursday at the Royal Birkdale course in Southport, Lancashire, England. World No. 1 Tiger Woods will miss his first major tournament in more than 10 years as he recovers from knee surgery. TNT will air the first two days of play, starting at 7 am ET Thursday, and ABC will have coverage of rounds three and four on Saturday and Sunday, starting at 8 am ET. aks_copyr

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No Tiger for this week’s 137th British Open means a wide-open field for PGA golf betting fans.
betED.com British Open betting odds have Sergio Garcia as a slight favorite at +950 to win the US $8.2 million tournament, one of golf’s four Majors, which gets going Thursday at the Royal Birkdale course in Southport, Lancashire, England.

Top spot in NL East up for grabs

First-place in the National League East division will be on the line when the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Florida Marlins for the opener of a three-game series on Friday (7:10 pm ET). The third-place Marlins were just 1 1/2 games back of the division-leading Phillies heading into the All-Star break, with the second-place New York Mets a half game back of the lead.

CFL Week 4 kicks off

Week 4 of the 2008 Canadian Football League season features a pair of weekend tilts: the Montreal Alouettes visit the defending Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday (7 pm ET), and the Toronto Argonauts host the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday (4 pm ET).

Mid-Summer Flaccid

The first half of the yearly epic that is the major league baseball season has come and gone, so tradition dictates that now is the time to look back at what happened.
Well, screw that. While we are dealing with this, the third straight day without any meaningful sports, the question needs to be asked, why is there an All-Star break at all?