2026 Open Championship odds, picks: Advanced golf model reveals projected leaderboard, predictions for Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Wyndham Clark

The year's final golf major begins on Thursday, July 16 from Royal Birkdale in England as The Open 2026 tees off. This is the 11th time that the course has hosted the British Open, with Jordan Spieth (2017) prevailing in the last instance. Spieth is one of over a dozen past winners of this event in the 2026 Open Championship field. Others include Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and defending champion Scottie Scheffler.

With +500 Open Championship odds, Scheffler is the favorite to become the seventh American to go back-to-back. McIlroy follows at +900, with Tommy Fleetwood (+1400) and Jon Rahm (+1900) the only others shorter than +2000. Chris Gotterup, who has three wins this season, is at +3000 to use in British Open bets, while two-time U.S. Open champ, Wyndham Clark, is a +3300 golf longshot.

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Now, with the 2026 Open Championship field locked in, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.

One of the model's picks at The Open 2026: Wyndham Clark (+3300), the latest major champion after winning the U.S. Open for the second time, stumbles big time and barely cracks the top 25.

The model has also made the call on some of golf's biggest names, such as Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. With a victory at Royal Birkdale, Scheffler would become the first back-to-back Open champion since Tiger Woods in 2005-06. Meanwhile, McIlroy, the 2014 Open champion, is hoping to become the 12th golfer with at least seven major titles and remains the last Brit to win the British Open.

The model has surprising predictions for each of those players and is targeting a longshot going off around 35-1! Anyone who back him could hit it BIG! You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see who they are before locking in any 2026 British Open picks!

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