The first two rounds of the 2022 Open Championship are officially in the books. It's an extremely crowded leaderboard as the third round is set to get underway from the Old Course at St. Andrews on Saturday morning. Cameron Smith currently sits atop the 2022 Open Championship leaderboard at 13-under par, with Cameron Young (-11), Rory McIlroy (-10), Dustin Johnson (-9), Viktor Hovland (-9) and Scottie Scheffler (-9) still in the mix. 

Caesars Sportsbook lists Smith as the +185 favorite (risk $100 to win $185), with McIlroy (+340), Hovland (+800) and Young (+800) next in line.

With two rounds remaining, there are still a lot of opportunities for golf bettors to find value and SportsLine simulated the final two rounds of the 2022 Open Championship 10,000 times, producing some MAJOR surprises. So before you lock in your British Open 2022 picks, be sure what it has to say. 

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been RED-HOT since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up over $10,200 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure's model included J.T. Poston in its best bets to win the 2022 John Deere Classic. That bet hit at +5500, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned almost $1,100. At the 2022 Masters, McClure's model was all over Scottie Scheffler's first career major championship victory heading into the weekend.

In addition, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright at the 2021 Open Championship, even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot. The model was also all over Jon Rahm's (10-1) first career major championship victory at the 2021 U.S. Open. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the weekend, but the model still projected him as the winner.

This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend! Anyone who has followed it has seen MASSIVE returns!

One major surprise the model is calling for: Smith, a five-time PGA Tour champion, squanders his three-shot lead and fails to finish on top of the leaderboard. Another surprise: Tyrrell Hatton, a 22-1 long shot, makes a strong run at the title. He's a target for anyone looking for a BIG payday.

Also, the model is targeting two HUGE long shots with odds of 40-1 or longer who will make a surprising run! Anyone who backs these long shots could hit it BIG. 

So who wins the 2022 British Open? And which HUGE long shots make a serious run at the title? ... Join SportsLine right now to see who you can bank on to win the British Open 2022, and see which long shots make a run at the title, all from the model that nailed eight majors!