The Open Championship returns to the PGA Tour schedule (July 15-18) in 2021 after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the final major of 2021 and the last of six majors played as part of the 2020-21 season. Below, we look at the 2021 Open Championship odds, and highlight the favorites and long shots to watch.
Royal St. George’s in England will host The Open for the 15th time but the first since 2011. Darren Clarke was the last champion of this venue, with Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson finishing as co-runners-up. Shane Lowry is the long-reigning Champion Golfer of the Year after winning at Royal Portrush in 2019.
Jon Rahm solidified his spot at No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings with his US Open victory at Torrey Pines. He’s the early favorite to be a back-to-back major champion.
2021 Open Championship odds – Favorites
Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 8:45 a.m. ET.
| NAME | ODDS | BET $100 to win |
| Jon Rahm | +900 | $900 |
| Dustin Johnson | +1100 | $1,100 |
| Rory McIlroy | +1200 | $1,200 |
| Brooks Koepka | +1400 | $1,400 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | +1400 | $1,400 |
| Justin Thomas | +1400 | $1,400 |
| Jordan Spieth | +1600 | $1,600 |
| Viktor Hovland | +2000 | $2,000 |
| Xander Schauffele | +2000 | $2,000 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | +2500 | $2,500 |
Rahm just won the US Open as a +1000 pre-tournament betting favorite. His first career major win was the fifth solo victory of his PGA Tour career. He finished in the top 10 of each of the three majors this year but has a top Open Championship finish of T-11 in 2019.
Johnson missed the cut at the Masters and the PGA Championship but improved to tie for 19th at the US Open. His T-2 finish at the 2011 Open Championship is one of three top-10 showings in 11 appearances.
Hatton is the top Englishman by the odds. He’s also Golfweek’s top-ranked English golfer at No. 14. Countrymen Tommy Fleetwood (+3300), Lee Westwood (+4000) and Paul Casey (+4000) also seek to capture their first majors at odds lower than 50-1 to win.
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2021 Open Championship odds – Long shots
| NAME | ODDS | Bet $100 to win |
| Shane Lowry | +4000 | $4,000 |
| Scottie Scheffler | +5000 | $5,000 |
| Justin Rose | +5000 | $5,000 |
| Phil Mickelson | +5000 | $5,000 |
| Marc Leishman | +6600 | $6,600 |
| Rickie Fowler | +6600 | $6,600 |
| Garrick Higgo | +6600 | $6,600 |
| Robert MacIntyre | +6600 | $6,600 |
| Francesco Molinari | +8000 | $8,000 |
| Danny Willett | +12500 | $12,500 |
Scheffler comes off a strong T-7 showing at the US Open. He’s part of the top tier of golfers looking for their first major win now that Rahm has his.
Mickelson followed his stunning PGA Championship victory with a missed cut at the Charles Schwab Challenge the next week then tied for 62nd at the US Open. His lone Open win was in 2013, but he has a runner-up at St. George’s in 2011.
Fowler fell short of qualification for the US Open, but he had shown much-improved form leading up to it with a T-8 at the PGA Championship and a T-11 against a major-like field at the Memorial Tournament.
Higgo claimed his first PGA Tour win at the Palmetto Championship before a missed cut at the US Open. He has two European Tour wins this year and seven career international victories.
MacIntyre made himself known on the PGA Tour with a T-12 finish at the Masters. He placed inside the top 50 at the PGA Championship and US Open and is 14th on the European Tour’s Race to Dubai rankings.
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