The Open Odds & Betting
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The British Open Championship Betting
The Open Championship returns, continuing its legacy as golf's oldest and most prestigious major. Alongside the Masters, it's 'the one they all want to win' and to do so is to immortalise yourself in the history of the sport.
The iconic Claret Jug awaits its next champion. Scottie Scheffler arrives as the defending champion after his dominant four-shot victory at Royal Portrush in 2025, and the anticipation is as high as ever.
Track every twist and turn with our Open Championship Betting, featuring full outright winner markets and each-way options paying up to six places. So, who will rise to the occasion and claim glory? Select your player, place your stake, and immerse yourself in the spectacle of golf's original major.
Open Championship Prize Money?
Who wouldn't want to be a professional golfer playing in one of the majors? The opportunity to play in iconic links venues across the British Isles is one thing, but the money isn't bad either.
It’s little wonder then that the Open Championship Golf Betting markets are tightly packed with the world’s best vying for their name to be etched onto the Claret Jug. As is usual the customary practice rounds will occur the week of the tournament.
This keeps The British Open highly competitive with the other majors, though it remains slightly behind the PGA Championship, The Masters, and the U.S. Open in terms of total prize pool.
Where is The Open Championship in 2026?
The 154th Open Championship will be held at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, with championship rounds running from 16 to 19 July 2026. Practice rounds and qualifying take place from 12 July onwards across the build-up week.
It will be the 11th time Royal Birkdale has hosted The Open, second only to St Andrews in terms of frequency, and the first time the famous Lancashire links has welcomed the championship since Jordan Spieth's dramatic three-shot victory in 2017. Birkdale's previous Open champions include some of the biggest names in the sport: Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Ian Baker-Finch, Mark O'Meara, Padraig Harrington, and most recently Spieth.
Founded in 1889 and granted Royal status in 1951, Royal Birkdale is regularly ranked among the finest links courses in the world. It is famous for its huge sand dunes that flank fairways running through natural hollows, creating amphitheatre-style spectator sightlines and one of the purest tests of links golf in the championship rotation.
Open Championship Betting Markets
The Open Championship is one of the most popular golf tournaments to bet on, and BetVictor offers a deep range of markets across the four days at Royal Birkdale.
Outright Winner
The headline market: pick the player you think will lift the Claret Jug. Outright winner odds are available throughout the tournament, so you can back your selection pre-event or during play as positions shift.
Each-Way Betting
Cover your bet across multiple positions. BetVictor pays each-way on up to six places for The Open Championship, with terms that allow you to win even if your player narrowly misses out on the trophy.
Top 5, Top 10 and Top 20 Finish
Don't fancy picking the outright winner from a 156-player field? Back a player to finish inside the top 5, top 10, or top 20 instead. Payouts are smaller than backing the winner but the strike rate is naturally higher.
Top Player Markets
Bet on which player from a specific country or region will finish highest. Popular Top Player markets at The Open include Top English Player, Top Scottish Player, Top Irish Player, Top American Player, and Top European Player.
Round Leader
Pick the player who will lead after each individual round. The First Round Leader market is particularly popular as the field is fully unpredictable on day one.
Make the Cut
Will your player survive the 36-hole cut to play on the weekend? Make the Cut markets offer a simpler binary bet without needing the player to actually win.
In-Play Betting
Once the tournament is underway, the live betting markets open up dynamically. Outright odds update after every shot, plus you can back hole-by-hole specials, head-to-head matchups within the field, and live round leader markets as conditions change.
Royal Birkdale: The Course
Royal Birkdale sits on the Lancashire coast in Southport, with a course that runs through some of the most dramatic dunes in British golf. Designed originally by George Lowe and later reworked by Frederick Hawtree and J.H. Taylor in 1922, the course measures around 7,156 yards and plays to a par of 70.
What separates Birkdale from other Open venues is the routing. While most links courses send fairways along ridges and high ground, Birkdale's holes mostly run through valleys between towering sand dunes. The effect is twofold: spectators get amphitheatre-style sightlines from the dune tops, and players face flatter lies than most links offer, but with brutal wind exposure when the Atlantic gusts kick in.
The course has produced some of The Open's most memorable moments. Branden Grace shot a 62 here in 2017, the first sub-63 round in men's major championship history. Jordan Spieth's eagle from the practice ground drop zone on the 13th in the 2017 final round remains one of the great championship recoveries. And the famous Padraig Harrington 5-wood approach to the 17th in 2008 set up his second consecutive Claret Jug.
If conditions blow up at Birkdale, scoring becomes brutal. If they stay calm, the world's best can attack and the course rewards precision iron play above all else.
Recent Open Championship Winners
Note: The 2020 Open Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
How to Watch The Open Championship in the UK
Sky Sports holds the exclusive UK live broadcast rights for The Open Championship and will provide comprehensive coverage of all four championship days, plus practice round highlights and on-course features.
Live coverage runs across Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event, with additional content available via the Sky Go app and Now TV. The BBC continues to provide free-to-air highlights packages each evening across the tournament week.
Coverage typically begins early in the morning with the first tee times and continues right through to the final group walking up the 18th. Saturday's "Moving Day" and the Sunday final round are extended broadcasts running across the full afternoon.
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