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2025 Open Championship betting odds: Scheffler favorite - ESPN

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (+550) continues his streak of opening as favorite in every golf major in 2025, this time for The Open Championship being held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The course is very familiar to world No. 2 Rory McIlroy (+750), who shot 61 at the course 20 years ago as an amateur playing the North of Ireland Championship, but also struggled and missed the cut in 2019 the last time the Open was held there.

Harrington to hit first shot at Open before the McIlroy show

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland :Two-time major winner Padraig Harrington will have the honour of striking the first tee shot when the 153rd Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush on Thursday, launching golf's oldest major back onto Northern Ireland's dramatic County Antrim coastline.

Betting odds for next four golf majors US Open The Open Championship - ESPN

Scottie Scheffler is halfway to a career Grand Slam, with two Masters titles and a PGA Championship to his name. As we head into the Open Championship, Scheffler is the betting favorite on the golf futures market for all four upcoming majors, followed closely by Rory McIlroy, who added the Masters to complete his own career Grand Slam earlier this year. Bryson DeChambeau is the only other golfer receiving better than 10-1 odds in any of the next four majors.