The Northern Irishman has maintained his place at the top of the market after an impressive opening day performance on the Scottish coast.
Meanwhile, several other top players will have to worry about landing above the cut line as half the field is set to be eliminated today.
Tiger Woods is a player who needs to improve his opening day performance and card some birdies to return for day three.
Here are the latest day two betting odds at St Andrews, including the winner, the leader after day two and the predicted cut mark:
Who is the favorite to win the 2022 Open Championship?
Rory McIlroy was the pre-tournament favorite and maintains his place at the top of the market after his excellent performance on day one.
The 2013 Open champion is currently on November 4th to lift the Claret Jug for a second time.
Current leader Cameron Young and Australia’s Cam Smith, who is -5 before his second round, are joint second favorites at 7/1, while world number one Scottie Scheffler is 12/1.
Defending champion Collin Morikawa is currently 100/1 to retain his crown after ending day one on equal footing.
The top ten players leading the market on day two are:
- Rory McIlroy 11/4
- Cam Smith 7/1
- Cameron Young 7/1
- Scottie Scheffler 12/1
- Xander Schauflee 14/1
- Dustin Johnson 20/1
- Jordan Spieth 22/1
- Viktor Hovland 25/1
- Patrick Cantlay 28/1
- Taylor Gooch 33/1
*All odds correct at time of publication.
Who will be the leader after day two?
Cameron Young is the favorite to maintain his lead at the end of the second round, with the American getting 9/4 for it.
Rory McIlroy is 7/2 to move over him when the game is over while Cam Smith is 7/1.
Taylor Gooch and Scottish Open winner Xander Schauffele both lead 25/1 into the third round.
*All odds correct at time of publication.
Projected crop mark
Level Par is the current predicted cut mark and has a strong odds of 3/10.
An improvement in the whole field could cause the cut to go up to -1, which has a cost of 11/5.
Tiger Woods finished his Round 1 at +5 so he still has work to do to make the cut and come back for the weekend.
Other big names at risk of not running are Will Zalatoris (+1), Tony Finau (+1) and Francesco Molinari (+1).
*All odds correct at time of publication.
tournament winner
The current preferred winning score for the 2022 Open is -19 or better at 5/6 regardless of which player wins, while -18 or worse is the same prize.
Cameron Young leads the field at -8 on day two.
A score of -10 or worse, or -11 or better will be given a 5/6 for the leading score at the end of the second day.
*All odds correct at time of publication.