The Open Championship: Model Projections

Pre-tournament projections · July 15, 2026 · Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Win, Top 5, and Top 10 probabilities from the BetTheRent Monte Carlo model (100,000 simulations). Updated as new data becomes available.

Major Championship · Stroke play · 72 holes

Win Probability — Full Field

RankPlayerWin%Top 5%Top 10%
1Scottie Scheffler13.8%39.4%55.1%
2Jon Rahm10.3%30.7%44.5%
3Rory McIlroy6.3%22.1%34.6%
4Bryson DeChambeau4.0%15.4%25.7%
5Collin Morikawa2.8%12.1%21.2%
6Patrick Cantlay2.6%11.2%20.0%
7Joaquin Niemann2.5%11.8%21.5%
8Russell Henley2.2%9.7%17.3%
9Xander Schauffele2.2%13.3%25.5%
10Tyrrell Hatton2.0%10.5%19.9%
11Viktor Hovland2.0%9.4%17.3%
12Alex Fitzpatrick1.9%9.2%17.4%
13Brooks Koepka1.6%7.0%12.5%
14Ludvig Aberg1.5%8.3%15.9%
15Akshay Bhatia1.5%6.5%12.0%
16Eric Cole1.4%5.9%10.4%
17Tommy Fleetwood1.3%8.2%17.1%
18Adam Scott1.3%6.3%11.6%
19Hideki Matsuyama1.2%6.7%13.0%
20Matt McCarty1.1%4.9%8.8%
21Cameron Young1.1%5.7%11.1%
22Justin Thomas1.0%6.3%12.9%
23Daniel Berger0.9%4.7%9.3%
24David Puig0.9%5.2%10.6%
25Nicolai Hojgaard0.9%4.9%9.5%
26Matt Fitzpatrick0.9%5.8%12.6%
27Rickie Fowler0.9%4.3%8.3%
28Corey Conners0.9%5.2%10.5%
29Kurt Kitayama0.8%4.6%9.1%
30Shane Lowry0.8%5.0%10.4%

Showing the top 30 of 156 players by win probability. Full field on the Projections page.