The 2025 Open Championship will be the final major of the year, and it will begin on July 17 at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Irishman Shane Lowry was the winner the last time Royal Portrush hosted in 2019, and a victory back home in Northern Ireland is probably high on his good friend Rory McIlroy’s to-do list now that he’s completed golf’s career Grand Slam. Lowry is listed as a +4100 longshot in the 2025 Open Championship odds, while McIlroy is one of the favorites at +750.
Meanwhile, Scottie Scheffler is the +470 favorite in the latest British Open odds, while Bryson DeChambeau is priced at +700 to win the year’s final major. Other top 2025 Open Championship contenders include Jon Rahm (+1200), defending champion Xander Schauffele (+2400) and Ludvig Aberg (+1000). Before locking in your 2025 Open Championship picks or entering any PGA DFS tournaments on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
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Now that the 2025 Open Championship field is locked in and fans are deciding where to bet the Open Championship, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.
2025 Open Championship predictions for Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau
One shocker the model is calling at the Open Championship 2025: McIlroy, a five-time major champion, stumbles this week and barely cracks the top five. McIlroy was the betting favorite and the rooting favorite when the Open Championship returned to Royal Portrush in 2019 for the first time since 1951. However, the Northern Irishman had a disappointing showing, as he missed the cut after shooting 79 in the opening round and 65 in the second round.
McIlroy had gone over four years without winning a major championship at that point, and it would be nearly six more years before he’d finally win the 2025 Masters to end the drought and complete the career Grand Slam. However, he’s played sparingly since then, playing in just five solo tournaments since his April triumph and failing to crack the top five in any of those events.
The model has also locked in its projection for Scottie Scheffler, who is now a three-time major champion after winning the PGA Championship earlier this year. Scheffler didn’t capture his first PGA Tour win until Feb. 2022 at the WM Phoenix Open, but he climbed to No. 1 in the world ranking later that season. Just 41 months later, he’s now a 16-time PGA Tour winner and three-time major champion.
However, Open Championship golf has been a test for the American. In four career starts in golf’s oldest major, Scheffler hasn’t finished better than T-7, and he finished outside the top 20 in two of those attempts. He’s also cooled off a little since recording his third win of the season at the Memorial Tournament, finishing T-7 at the U.S. Open and T-6 at the Travelers Championship.
Meanwhile, the model has examined Bryson DeChambeau’s chances of winning a third major. The 31-year-old has piled up 14 worldwide wins, and he’s helped modernize the game in more ways than one, with single-length clubs, an analytical style and an army of social media followers. He’s also become one of the biggest major championship threats in golf, with six top-six finishes in majors the last three seasons and two major wins.
However, he’s coming off a missed cut at the U.S. Open, and he’s also struggled to adapt to links golf. He’s missed the cut in three of his seven career starts at Open Championships and has only recorded one top-25 finish, though it was a respectable T-8 in 2022. He’s a different player since missing the cut at Royal Portrush in 2019, but will his playing style work in an Open Championship setting? See the full Open Championship projections from the model here.
How to make 2025 Open Championship picks
The model is targeting five golfers with odds longer than 20-1 who will make a strong run at the Claret Jug. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model’s picks here.
Who will win the 2025 Open Championship, which longshots will stun the golfing world, and where will Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau finish? Check out the latest 2025 Open Championship odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed 15 golf majors, including the last four Masters and last two PGA Championships.
2025 Open Championship odds, favorites
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(odds subject to change)
Scottie Scheffler +470
Rory McIlroy +700
Jon Rahm +1200
Bryson DeChambeau +2000
Tommy Fleetwood +2000
Ludvig Aberg +2100
Shane Lowry +2100
Tyrrell Hatton +2300
Xander Schauffele +2400
Viktor Hovland +2600
Robert MacIntyre +2700
Collin Morikawa +3100
Matt Fitzpatrick +3800
Sepp Straka +4000
Joaquin Niemann +4400
Adam Scott +5000
Justin Rose +5000
Ryan Fox +5000
Justin Thomas +5000
Sam Burns +5500
Patrick Cantlay +5500
Brooks Koepka +5500
Russell Henley +5500
Jordan Spieth +6000
Cameron Young +6000
Hideki Matsuyama +6500
Ben Griffin +6500
Patrick Reed +6500
Harry Hall +6500
Thomas Detry +7500
Max Homa +8000
Cameron Smith +8000
J.J. Spaun +8000
Jason Day +9000
Brian Harman +9500
Corey Conners +9500
Aaron Rai +9500
Min Woo Lee +9500
Si Woo Kim +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Davis Thompson +10000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +10000
Rasmus Hojgaard +10000
Thriston Lawrence +10000
Nicolai Hojgaard +11000
Padraig Harrington +11000
Dean Burmester +11000
Maverick McNealy +11000
Rickie Fowler +11000
Wyndham Clark +11000
Alex Noren +11000
Victor Perez +11000
Tom Kim +11000
Sungjae Im +11000
Harris English +11000
Matt Wallace +12000
Akshay Bhatia +12000
Tony Finau +12000
Marco Penge +12000
Aldrich Potgieter +12000
Lucas Herbert +12000
Daniel Brown +13000
Louis Oosthuizen +13000
Tom McKibbin +13000
Bud Cauley +15000
Dustin Johnson +17000
John Catlin +18000
Jordan Smith +18000
Byeong Hun An +18000
Matthew Jordan +18000
Lee Westwood +18000
Phil Mickelson +19000
Sahith Theegala +20000
Chris Kirk +20000
Thorbjorn Olesen +21000
Abraham Ancer +21000
J.T. Poston +21000
Gary Woodland +21000
Kurt Kitayama +21000
Tom Hoge +21000
Denny McCarthy +21000
Romain Langasque +21000
Austin Eckroat +21000
Adrian Meronk +25000
Matthieu Pavon +25000
John Parry +25000
Guido Migliozzi +27000
Mackenzie Hughes +27000
Matteo Manassero +27000
Adam Hadwin +27000
Zach Johnson +27000
Ewen Ferguson +27000
Eric Cole +27000
Brendon Todd +27000
Henrik Stenson +32000
Lucas Glover +32000
Francesco Molinari +32000
Daniel Young +32000
Angel Hidalgo +32000
Oliver Lindell +32000
Sampson Zheng +32000
Brian Campbell +32000
Sean Crocker +42000
Justin Walters +42000
Nathan Kimsey +42000
Connor Graham +50000
Jacob Skov Olesen +50000
John Axelsen +75000
Sebastian Cave +85000
Curtis Knipes +85000
George Bloor +85000
John Daly +100000
Justin Leonard +100000
Ernie Els +100000
Stewart Cink +100000
Darren Clarke +100000
Todd Hamilton +100000
Richard Teder +100000
Jesper Sandborg +100000
Frazer Jones +100000
OJ Farrell +100000