The Open 2026 Odds
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The Open 2026 Odds - Tournament Winner
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The Open 2026 Winner Odds
Scottie Scheffler has been installed as the 4/1 favourite to win The Open for the second year in a row.
Rory McIlroy is next in the running at 7/1 to scoop his second Claret Jug, Jon Rahm is available at 12/1, Bryson DeChambeau comes in at 18/1, while Tommy Fleetwood can be backed at 22/1
The Open 2026 Tips & Predictions
Closer to the time, we will provide our best bets for the 2026 Open.
Former Winners of The Open
Here is a list of The Open winners from the past 10 years, including defending champion Scottie Scheffler who won in 2025.
| Year | Champion | Nationality |
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| 2025 | Scottie Scheffler | American |
| 2024 | Xander Schauffele | American |
| 2023 | Brian Harman | American |
| 2022 | Cameron Smith | Australian |
| 2021 | Colin Morikawa | American |
| 2020 | No Tournament | - |
| 2019 | Shane Lowry | Irish |
| 2018 | Francesco Molinari | Italian |
| 2017 | Jordan Spieth | American |
| 2016 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden |
Frequently asked questions on The Open:
When is The Open 2026?
The 153rd Open Championship is scheduled to take place between Thursday 17th and Sunday 20th July 2025.
Where is The Open 2026 being played?
The Open will be hosted by Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
Who has won the Open Championship the most times?
There have been 27 multiple winners of The Open Championship and there have been fifteen different nationalities represented. Harry Vardon has the most win at six around the turn of the 20th Century. Other multiple winners include Peter Thomson (5), Walter Hagen (4), and Bobby Jones (3). We've listed some of the other golfing legends to win the Open multiple times.
- Tom Watson - 5 - 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983
- Gary Player - 3 - 1959, 1968, 1974
- Jack Nicklaus - 3 - 1966, 1970, 1978
- Seve Ballesteros - 3 - 1979, 1984, 1988
- Nick Faldo - 3 - 1987, 1990, 1992
- Tiger Woods - 3 - 2000, 2005, 2006
- Arnold Palmer - 2 - 1961, 1962
- Lee Trevino - 2 - 1971, 1972
- Greg Norman - 2- 1986, 1993
- Padraig Harrington - 2 - 2007, 2008
- Ernie Els - 2 - 2002, 2012
What type of player profile wins the The Open?
The Open Championship, or British Open as it's also known, is unique from other major tournaments as it's always played on a links course. That being the case there are definite players who thrive in links conditions, which are usually windy with slow greens and tight lies. This doesn't necessarily rule out players with little experience of playing on UK links courses before as there have been plenty of exceptions.
The tournament is played over a circuit of ten different courses (listed below), each differ in characteristic and difficulty. Pot bunkers and the elements are the courses' biggest defence and on benign days weather-wise scoring can be good.
Rough can be sparse at some courses but 'out of bounds' comes into play a lot and the fairway bunkers are designed to catch out players who don't have good course management.
As with any major, the favourites have their fair share of wins in The Open, but there have also been some winners at big odds including Todd Hamilton in 2004 and Paul Lawrie in 1999.
The Open Championship Courses
- St Andrews
- Turnberry
- Royal St Georges
- Royal Troon
- Royal Birkdale
- Royal Portrush
- Royal Liverpool
- Muirfield
- Royal Lytham & St Annes
- Carnoustie
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