The 154th Open Championship will be taking place at Royal Birkdale, Scotland from 16th July- 19th July

Odds; (Coral)

Scottie Scheffler 13-2f

Rory McIlroy 7-1

Matt Fitzpatrick 12-1

Tommy Fleetwood 12-1

Jon Rahm 18-1

Chris Gotterup 22-1

Collin Morikawa 22-1

Justin Rose 22-1

Ludvig Aberg 22-1

Robert MacIntyre 22-1

Xander Schauffele 22-1

Cameron Young 25-1

Tyrrell Hatton 25-1

Viktor Hovland 25-1

Wyndham Clark 25-1

Sam Burns 30-1

Russell Henley 33-1

Tom Kim 33-1

Joaquin Niemann 35-1

Min Woo Lee 35-1

Si Woo Kim 35-1

Patrick Reed 40-1

Justin Thomas 45-1

Shane Lowery 45-1

Aaron Rai 50-1

Alex Fitzpatrick 50-1

Bryson Dechambeau 50-1

Patrick Cantlay 50-1

Brooks Koepka 55-1

Jordan Spieth 55-1

Nicolai Hojggard 60-1

Hideski Matsuyama 66-1

J J Spaun 66-1

Brian Harman 70-1

Victor Perez 75-1

Akshay Bhatia 80-1

Ben Griffin 80-1

Cameron Smith 80-1

Corey Conners 80-1

Harris English 80-1

Rickie Fowler 80-1

Kristoffer Reitan 90-1

Kurt Kitayama 90-1

Maverick McNealy 90-1

Michael Thorbjornsen 90-1

Ryan Gerard 90-1

Adam Scott 100-1

Alex Noren 100-1

Eugenio Chacarra 100-1

Jacob Bridgeman 100-1

Keegan Bradley 100-1

Live coverage will be on Sky Sports Golf throughout the four days with the BBC showing a two-hour highlights programme each day.

The final major of 2026 is nearly upon us and will be held at Royal Birkdale from July 16-19. Royal Birkdale has hosted ten Open Championships since 1954, the most in that timeframe except for St. Andrews. The course was designed in the 1920's by Fred Hawtree and J.H. Taylor. It has recently been modified by Mackenzie and Ebert. The course is listed as a par 70 playing at 7,156 yards with a course rating of 76.5 and a slope of 151.

Chief executive Mark Darbon says the R&A is "getting pretty close" to staging an Open Championship outside of the United Kingdom for the first time, at Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin.

The R&A - the governing body which organises and runs the Open - first revealed the possibility of Portmarnock hosting golf's oldest championship in 2023, with the Irish government announcing its support of up to 40 million euro (£34m) in 2024.

Portmarnock has previously hosted the men's and women's amateur championships.

What’s everyone’s thoughts on the Open being played outside of Britain?

I am not sure I agree with it, it’ll be in Dubai next.

2 hours ago, Steve201 said:

What’s everyone’s thoughts on the Open being played outside of Britain?

I am not sure I agree with it, it’ll be in Dubai next.

If it was just the one year being played outside of Britain alongside with the venue cycle then that's fine.

On 15/07/2026 at 15:11, Mack. said:

Hence to say that won't be the case anymore.

Lucas Herbert equals the lowest-ever round in a men's major, and leads the tournament by two shots.