British Open 2026: Top betting storylines for Royal Birkdale
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Bryson DeChambeau is still looking to make his first cut at a major this season at Royal Birkdale, while Brooks Koepka hopes to build off a T-6 finish the last time the Open was held at this historic course.
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Despite a missed cut at Shinnecock last month, Koepka has performed better in majors than his former LIV Golf counterpart (mainly thanks to a T-12 finish at Augusta in April). However, neither of them are exactly "sexy names" to stand in the winner's circle and hoist the claret jug next week.
Of course, counter opinions make the world go around — and that's precisely why oddsmakers have the jobs they do. So, let's see where Bryson and Brooks are lined up compared to the early favorites for the year's final major, where Scottie Scheffler is looking to repeat as champion and regain moment after missing his first cut in four years at the Scottish Open
2026 Open Championship odds (as of July 11, courtesy of DraftKings)
- Scottie Scheffler (+590)
- Rory McIlroy (+750)
- Jon Rahm (+1550)
- Xander Schauffele (+2100)
- Tommy Fleetwood (+2100)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (+2100)
- Cameron Young (+2800)
- Chris Gotterup (+2800)
- Ludvig Åberg (+3100)
- Collin Morikawa (+3100)
- Tyrrell Hatton (+3700)
- Wyndham Clark (+4200)
- Sam Burns (+4200)
- Robert MacIntryre (+4200)
- Bryson DeChambeau (+4300)
- Viktor Hovland (+4400)
- Justin Rose (+4700)
- Joaquin Niemann (+5200)
- Brooks Koepka (+5200)
- Justin Thomas (+5400)
3 early Open betting takeaways
- It's notable that Koepka opened tied for the 19th lowest odds with Alex Fitzpatrick. On one hand, it's entirely accurate (see: not at all far fetched) that the younger Fitzpatrick would be right in line with Koepka. Fitzpatrick has a national advantage playing in his U.K. and has simply been the better golfer so far in 2026. On the other ... Koepka is a five-time major winner with a T-6 finish on this course. If it's any consolation, early bettors were shy on Fitzpatrick who's odds are now in the triple digits while Koepka's remained flat in future markets.
- Wyndham Clark opened at +12500 in this market earlier this year and was down to +10000 right around the time he was making his run to capture the U.S. Open last month. He has seen this number plummet even more over the last few weeks, aided further by a T-5 at the Travelers. Clark isn't the first name we'd recommend here as a winner — not because the value has been absolutely sucked dry; rather, if you look closer at his final round at Shinnecock there are still a lot of scabs that haven't healed. To think he'd become a back-to-back major winner based on those 18 holes is a bridge too far.
- Bryson is considerably less of a worry for oddsmakers than he was heading into Shinnecock, where bookies initially had him listed as the third favorite at +1000 behind Scheffler and McIlroy. In fact, just like at that tournament where he went tumbling as a future ticket — Bryson has done the same ahead of Royal Birkdale. Dropping from +2800 earlier this week to his current spot at +4300, just slightly above 2026 PGA Tour winners Justin Rose and Viktor Hovland.
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