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Don't look now but early favorite to win The Open Championship 2026, Scottie Scheffler, was in striking distance of the top of the leadership board as of Noon EDT Sunday. Ahead of Sunday's play, he was promising as much as a $2700 payout for every $100 bet to win. He opened around 7-1 odds Thursday. As long as Scheffler remains in the thick of things, he will present a threat this close to the finish line.
Remarkably, after losing his ball in the thick grass and searching for it for a bit, Scheffler managed to save his birdie on the par 5 17th after getting free relief.
Scheffler knew he had to birdie the 18th to match Cam Young, but he missed the green with his approach. He ended up bogeying.
Still, getting to 7-under with his 3-under 67, is a great outing for the top-ranked golfer in the world. If he made just a few more putts, he'd be the clear leader.
Scheffler remains one of the sportsbooks highest liabilities with the largest percentage of action coming into the tournament.
Odds to Win The Open Championship Ahead of Sunday's Final Round
Sam Burns
+125
Si Woo Kim
+500
Ryan Fox
+750
Bryson DeChambeau
+1300
Ludvig Åberg
+1300
Ryan Gerard
+1500
Lucas Herbert
+2000
Tommy Fleetwood
+2200
Scottie Scheffler
+2700
Jackson Suber
+3500
Jon Rahm
+4500
Xander Schauffele
+6500
Shane Lowry
+8000
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
+8000
Hideki Matsuyama
+10000
Rory McIlroy
+15000
Cameron Young
+15000
Eric Cole
+17500
Justin Thomas
+17500
Daniel Brown
+17500
Robert MacIntyre
+17500
Jacob Bridgeman
+35000
Collin Morikawa
+35000
Alex Smalley
+35000
Max Homa
+35000
Sungjae Im
+50000
Kazuma Kobori
+50000
Nico Echavarria
+50000
Cameron John
+75000
Rickie Fowler
+100000
Pierceson Coody
+100000
Corey Conners
+100000
Peter Uihlein
+100000
Sepp Straka
+100000
Bud Cauley
+100000
Naoyuki Kataoka
+100000
Min Woo Lee
+100000
Chris Gotterup
+100000
Matt Wallace
+100000
John Parry
+100000
Marcus Plunkett
+100000
Matthew Southgate
+100000
Alex Fitzpatrick
+100000
Marco Penge
+100000
Jesper Svensson
+100000
MJ Daffue
+100000
Hennie du Plessis
+100000
Brooks Koepka
+100000
Shaun Norris
+100000
Adam Scott
+100000
Eugenio Chacarra
+100000
Sahith Theegala
+100000
Jordan Smith
+100000
Kurt Kitayama
+100000
Laurie Canter
+100000
Alex Noren
+100000
Russell Henley
+100000
Kazuki Higa
+100000
JJ Spaun
+100000
Andy Sullivan
+100000
Casey Jarvis
+100000
Kristoffer Reitan
+100000
Patrick Reed
+100000
Thomas Detry
+100000
Keegan Bradley
+100000
Jack McDonald
+100000
Francesco Molinari
+100000
Michael Brennan
+100000
Tyrrell Hatton
+100000
Jose Luis Ballester
+100000
Ryo Hisatsune
+100000
Nick Taylor
+100000
Patrick Cantlay
+100000
Ben Griffin
+100000
Johnny Keefer
+100000
Michael Thorbjornsen
+100000
Victor Perez
+100000
Aldrich Potgieter
+100000
Opening Odds Ahead of The Open Championship (Thursday)
Scottie Scheffler
+650
Rory McIlroy
+850
Matt Fitzpatrick
+1300
Tommy Fleetwood
+1500
Jon Rahm
+2000
Chris Gotterup
+2700
Xander Schauffele
+2700
Robert MacIntyre
+2700
Viktor Hovland
+2700
Collin Morikawa
+3000
Wyndham Clark
+3300
Justin Rose
+3300
Ludvig Åberg
+3300
Cameron Young
+3500
Tyrrell Hatton
+3500
Si Woo Kim
+4000
Shane Lowry
+4500
Sam Burns
+4500
Russell Henley
+5000
Min Woo Lee
+5500
Justin Thomas
+5500
Tom Kim
+5500
Patrick Reed
+6000
Patrick Cantlay
+6000
Aaron Rai
+6500
Alex Fitzpatrick
+6500
Bryson DeChambeau
+6500
Joaquin Niemann
+6500
Hideki Matsuyama
+7000
Brooks Koepka
+8000
Jordan Spieth
+8000
Harris English
+8000
JJ Spaun
+8000
Rickie Fowler
+10000
Maverick McNealy
+10000
Brian Harman
+10000
Adam Scott
+10000
Nicolai Højgaard
+10000
Kurt Kitayama
+10000
Kristoffer Reitan
+10000
Akshay Bhatia
+10000
Ben Griffin
+10000
Corey Conners
+12500
Matt Wallace
+12500
Eugenio Chacarra
+12500
Alex Noren
+12500
Ryan Gerard
+12500
Keegan Bradley
+12500
Victor Perez
+12500
Alex Smalley
+15000
Tom McKibbin
+15000
Cameron Smith
+15000
Jacob Bridgeman
+17500
Sepp Straka
+17500
Bud Cauley
+17500
Marco Penge
+17500
Haotong Li
+17500
Jordan Smith
+17500
Ryan Fox
+17500
Max Homa
+17500
Casey Jarvis
+17500
Jason Day
+17500
Nick Taylor
+17500
Keith Mitchell
+17500
Harry Hall
+17500
J.T. Poston
+17500
Johnny Keefer
+17500
Michael Thorbjornsen
+17500
David Puig
+22500
Jake Knapp
+22500
Andrew Novak
+22500
Rasmus Højgaard
+22500
Sahith Theegala
+22500
Max Greyserman
+22500
Gary Woodland
+22500
Eric Cole
+22500
Thomas Detry
+22500
Michael Kim
+22500
Pierceson Coody
+25000
Sungjae Im
+25000
Sam Stevens
+25000
Jayden Schaper
+25000
John Parry
+25000
Laurie Canter
+25000
Angel Ayora
+25000
Michael Brennan
+25000
Ryo Hisatsune
+25000
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
+25000
Sami Valimaki
+35000
Hennie du Plessis
+35000
Daniel Berger
+35000
Daniel Hillier
+35000
Bernd Wiesberger
+35000
Lucas Herbert
+35000
Jackson Suber
+35000
Scott Vincent
+35000
Stewart Cink
+35000
Nico Echavarria
+35000
Matt Mccarty
+35000
Matthew Jordan
+35000
Aldrich Potgieter
+35000
Shaun Norris
+50000
Billy Horschel
+50000
Keita Nakajima
+50000
Francesco Molinari
+50000
Daniel Brown
+50000
Kota Kaneko
+75000
Jesper Svensson
+75000
Andy Sullivan
+75000
Antoine Rozner
+75000
Francesco Laporta
+75000
Alejandro De Castro Piera
+100000
Peter Uihlein
+100000
Naoyuki Kataoka
+100000
Baard Bjoernevik Skogen
+100000
Nevill Ruiter
+100000
Marcus Plunkett
+100000
Matthew Southgate
+100000
Dan Bradbury
+100000
Tiger Christensen
+100000
MJ Daffue
+100000
Travis Smyth
+100000
Ryutaro Nagano
+100000
Matthew Baldwin
+100000
Jeong Woo Ham
+100000
Sam Bairstow
+100000
Fifa Laopakdee
+100000
Martin Couvra
+100000
James Nicholas
+100000
Cameron John
+100000
Padraig Harrington
+100000
Joakim Lagergren
+100000
Lev Grinberg
+100000
Ren Yonezawa
+100000
Kazuma Kobori
+100000
Kazuki Higa
+100000
Jack Buchanan
+100000
David Duval
+100000
Mason Howell
+100000
Stuart Grehan
+100000
Michael Hollick
+100000
Caleb Surratt
+100000
Jack McDonald
+100000
Frederic Lacroix
+100000
Jose Luis Ballester
+100000
Darren Clarke
+100000
Adrien Saddier
+100000
David Howard
+100000
Henrik Stenson
+100000
Tom Sloman
+100000
Jiho Yang
+100000
Mateo Pulcini
+100000
Austen Truslow
+100000
Alistair Docherty
+100000
Tim Wiedemeyer
+100000
Joe Dean
+100000
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
