No-one will dominate like Tiger did, says Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth would understand why the bookmakers are finding it hard to name an outright favourite for this week’s 146th Open Championship.

The Texan is likely to go into tomorrow’s opening round at Royal Birkdale at the top of the betting, albeit at relatively long odds of 14/1 following his success at the Travelers Championship last month, with world number one Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia not far behind him in the market.

Yet it is a far cry from the days when the name Tiger Woods would appear unfailingly as the short-priced favourite to sweep all before him. However, Spieth believes we are unlikely to see a repeat of those times any time soon in a professional sport where the competition is regularly wide-open from week to week, not least the majors.