Ryan Fox won the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 19, 2026, at 10 under par, one shot ahead of Cameron Young. Our best bet, Tommy Fleetwood, tied for fourth, so the outright lost; the Scottie Scheffler top-10 prop won.
The next Open is the 155th, at St Andrews in July 2027. Our page for it is The Open odds and predictions, and this page stays as the record of 2026.
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How Fox won at Royal Birkdale
Fox shot 72, 68, 62 and 68 on the par-70 course for a 270 total. He was eight shots behind Lucas Herbert after 36 holes, and his third-round 62 left him two behind Sam Burns with a round to play. Young closed with a 64 to finish one behind.
| Place | Golfer | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Fox | -10 |
| 2 | Cameron Young | -9 |
| 3 | Sam Burns | -8 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler | -7 |
| T6 | Lucas Herbert, Casey Jarvis, Si Woo Kim | -6 |
| T9 | Russell Henley, Adam Scott, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Ludvig Åberg, Ryan Gerard | -5 |
Five players shared ninth at 5 under. Rory McIlroy finished tied 40th at 1 under, and Jon Rahm tied 46th at even par.
What this page called in 2026
Before the tournament this page published three calls. Here they are word for word, graded against ESPN’s final leaderboard.
| Call as published | Result |
|---|---|
| Best Bet: Tommy Fleetwood outright at +1400 or better | Lost: tied fourth |
| Best Prop: Scottie Scheffler top 10 | Won: tied fourth |
| Best Sleeper: Cameron Young outright, if the number stays around +2000 or better | Lost: second, one shot behind Fox |
A +1400 price implied 6.7% and +2000 implied 4.8%. The page listed its prices as approximate (“around”), so a bettor’s exact price depended on the book.
The board before the tournament, and where each name finished
| Golfer | Price as published | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | Around +350 | T4, -7 |
| Rory McIlroy | Around +750 | T40, -1 |
| Jon Rahm | Around +1100 | T46, E |
| Tommy Fleetwood | Around +1400 | T4, -7 |
| Xander Schauffele | Around +1600 | T18, -3 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | Around +1800 | T14, -4 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | Around +2000 | Two rounds only, +4 |
| Ludvig Åberg | Around +2000 | T9, -5 |
| Cameron Young | Around +2000 | 2, -9 |
| Collin Morikawa | Around +2200 | T18, -3 |
Fox was not on that list of ten. Young was the closest of them, and Scheffler and Fleetwood were the only other two inside the top five.
Recent Open winners
| Year | Winner | Course | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cameron Smith | St Andrews (Old Course) | -20 |
| 2023 | Brian Harman | Royal Liverpool | -13 |
| 2024 | Xander Schauffele | Royal Troon | -9 |
| 2025 | Scottie Scheffler | Royal Portrush | -17 |
| 2026 | Ryan Fox | Royal Birkdale | -10 |
Five different winners in five years, at scores from 9 to 20 under. The last Open at St Andrews, in 2022, was the lowest of them.
The 155th Open at St Andrews
The R&A lists the 155th Open at St Andrews for July 11 to 18, 2027, and ESPN has the four rounds from Thursday, July 15 to Sunday, July 18, on St Andrews Links (Old Course), par 72. ESPN lists no betting market for it yet, so this page names no price.
For this week’s golf picks, see our golf picks page, and for how golf markets work, our golf betting guide. The R&A keeps the official record of the 154th Open at Royal Birkdale.
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Sources: ESPN golf scoreboards for the 2022 to 2026 Opens and ESPN event records for the courses and the 2027 dates, read October 25, 2026; The R&A’s theopen.com, read October 25, 2026; this page’s calls and prices as published before the 2026 Open.