Scottie Scheffler looks to go back-to-back at The Open Championship when he competes in the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, July 16-19. Scheffler won last year's event by four strokes over Harris English. Scheffler, who missed the cut at the Scottish Open last week, is looking to win consecutive The Open Championship titles since Padraig Harrington of Ireland did it in 2007 and 2008.
The last American to do so was Tiger Woods in 2005 and 2006. He enters Round 1 on July 16 as the +700 favorite (risk $100 to win $700) in the latest 2026 Open Championship odds from FanDuel Sportsbook, followed by Rory McIlroy (+850). Other top British Open contenders include Matt Fitzpatrick (+1500), Tommy Fleetwood (+1800) and Jon Rahm (+2200). Before making any 2026 The Open Championship picks, you need to see the 2026 The Open Championship predictions from golf expert David Bearman.
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Bearman joins SportsLine after serving as ESPN's golf researcher from 2008-11 and as the Deputy Editor of ESPN Chalk from 2019-23, where he authored the weekly golf betting column for that site. He started the year by chasing 28 placement golf betting picks (top 5/10/20) in the first 11 tournaments and hit Cam Young outright at The Players Championship. He also hit on Matt Fitzpatrick at the RBC Heritage and Cam Young at the Cadillac Championship, and is up more than 18 units in 2026.
Now, Bearman has focused on the 2026 The Open Championship field and locked in his predictions, sleepers and golfers to avoid. You can only see them here.
Top 2026 The Open Championship expert picks
One of Bearman's 2026 The Open Championship predictions: He is fading two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, suggesting that he could miss the cut if his poor form continues. DeChambeau opened as low as +2800 at some books, but is now at +5000 on FanDuel. DeChambeau has nine wins on the PGA Tour and 16 wins as a professional. He has five LIV Golf League wins, including a playoff victory at the LIV Golf South Africa tournament this past March, but Bearman doesn't like his outlook at Royal Birkdale this year.
"He was downright awful at the last two majors, losing 2 shots on approach at the U.S. Open and 2.16 strokes to the field around the greens at the PGA Championship in May," Bearman told SportsLine. "A repeat of that, and his flight back to the States will depart Saturday morning. He has not played since the U.S. Open, and while making YouTube videos is fun and all, you have to ask yourself where his head is right now with the LIV future in question." See who Bearman is backing at SportsLine.
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How to make 2026 Open Championship picks
Bearman has revealed his best bets, including a surprising longshot who is priced at around 100-1 who is an elite putter and "plays well in these conditions." You can only see who it is at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for the 2026 Open Championship, and which gigantic longshot should you target? Check out the 2026 The Open Championship odds below, then visit SportsLine to see David Bearman's top picks for the 2026 Open Championship, all from the expert who is up over 18 units in 2026.
2026 Open Championship odds, field
See 2026 Open Championship picks, best bets and predictions here. Odds via FanDuel (subject to change)
Scottie Scheffler +700 Rory McIlroy +850 Matt Fitzpatrick +1500 Tommy Fleetwood +1800 Jon Rahm +2200 Xander Schauffele +2500 Wyndham Clark +3000 Chris Gotterup +3000 Collin Morikawa +3000 Cameron Young +3000 Justin Rose +3000 Ludvig Åberg +3300 Robert MacIntyre +3300 Tyrrell Hatton +3500 Viktor Hovland +4000 Russell Henley +4500 Sam Burns +4500 Bryson DeChambeau +5000 Tom Kim +5000 Patrick Reed +5500 Shane Lowry +6000 Brooks Koepka +6000 Joaquin Niemann +6000 Justin Thomas +6000 Si Woo Kim +6000 Aaron Rai +6500 Min Woo Lee +6500 Alex Fitzpatrick +6500 Jordan Spieth +6500 Patrick Cantlay +7000 Rickie Fowler +10000 Maverick McNealy +10000 Brian Harman +10000 Corey Conners +10000 Adam Scott +10000 Nicolai Højgaard +10000 Harris English +10000 Kurt Kitayama +10000 Cameron Smith +10000 JJ Spaun +10000 Akshay Bhatia +10000 Kristoffer Reitan +10000 Ben Griffin +10000 Hideki Matsuyama +10000 Michael Thorbjornsen +10000 David Puig +12500 Sepp Straka +12500 Marco Penge +12500 Eugenio Chacarra +12500 Alex Noren +12500 Jason Day +12500 Victor Perez +12500 Jacob Bridgeman +15000 Bud Cauley +15000 Jake Knapp +15000 Jordan Smith +15000 Rasmus Højgaard +15000 Max Homa +15000 Ryan Gerard +15000 Ryan Fox +15000 Angel Ayora +15000 Johnny Keefer +15000 Sungjae Im +17500 Alex Smalley +17500 Jayden Schaper +17500 Haotong Li +17500 Sahith Theegala +17500 Tom McKibbin +17500 Matt Wallace +17500 Keegan Bradley +17500 Harry Hall +17500 Keith Mitchell +17500 Gary Woodland +17500 Ryo Hisatsune +17500 Eric Cole +17500 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +17500 J.T. Poston +17500 Andrew Novak +22500 Lucas Herbert +22500 Thomas Detry +22500 Daniel Berger +22500 Casey Jarvis +22500 Max Greyserman +22500 Michael Brennan +22500 Louis Oosthuizen +25000 Pierceson Coody +25000 Billy Horschel +25000 Jackson Suber +25000 Michael Kim +25000 Matthew Jordan +25000 Matt McCarty +25000 John Parry +35000 Hennie du Plessis +35000 Jesper Svensson +35000 Daniel Hillier +35000 Sam Stevens +35000 Scott Vincent +35000 Keita Nakajima +35000 Nick Taylor +35000 Daniel Brown +35000 Bernd Wiesberger +35000 Michael Hollick +35000 Peter Uihlein +50000 Sami Valimaki +50000 Laurie Canter +50000 Nico Echavarria +50000 Francesco Laporta +50000 Kota Kaneko +75000 Matthew Southgate +75000 Joakim Lagergren +75000 Shaun Norris +75000 Frederic Lacroix +75000 Sam Bairstow +75000 Padraig Harrington +75000 Kazuma Kobori +75000 Andy Sullivan +75000 Francesco Molinari +75000 Adrien Saddier +75000 Antoine Rozner +75000 Caleb Surratt +75000 Jose Luis Ballester +75000 Alejandro De Castro Piera +100000 Nevill Ruiter +100000 Baard Bjoernevik Skogen +100000 Travis Smyth +100000 Dan Bradbury +100000 Naoyuki Kataoka +100000 MJ Daffue +100000 Marcus Plunkett +100000 Cameron John +100000 Tiger Christensen +100000 Ryutaro Nagano +100000 Jeong Woo Ham +100000 Lev Grinberg +100000 Martin Couvra +100000 Jack Buchanan +100000 Stuart Grehan +100000 Matthew Baldwin +100000 Kazuki Higa +100000 Darren Clarke +100000 Fifa Laopakdee +100000 David Duval +100000 Mason Howell +100000 Ren Yonezawa +100000 Jiho Yang +100000 James Nicholas +100000 David Howard +100000 Mateo Pulcini +100000 Henrik Stenson +100000 Tim Wiedemeyer +100000 Stewart Cink +100000 Jack McDonald +100000 Alistair Docherty +100000 Austen Truslow +100000 Tom Sloman +100000
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