2025 Open Championship power rankings: Ranking every golfer by odds
The 2025 Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, McIlroy's home country and the site of Irishman Shane Lowry's 2019 British Open win and coronation as a national hero. McIlroy hasn't been in quite the same form since he won the 2025 Masters and missed the cut six years ago. But McIlroy is optimistic returning to a place he once shot a course record 61 as a 16-year-old.
"If I can't get motivated to get up for an Open Championship at home," he told reporters this week, "then I don't know what can motivate me."
McIlroy, however, is not the pre-tournament favorite at the British Open. The distinction belongs to Scottie Scheffler, with LIV Golf stars Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau rounding out the list of top contenders heading into the final major of the 2025 golf season. The field has a more international flair with exemptions allocated for the top golfers on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf.
It's shaping up to be another dramatic week at Royal Portrush, with early morning tee times across the pond. How do all the favorites, contenders and potential sleeper picks stack up heading into the 153rd Open Championship? Here's a look at where every golfer in the field ranks based on their odds to win the 2025 British Open, as well as how to watch the final major tournament this year.
The Open Championship 2025: Power rankings based on odds
BetMGM odds as of Tuesday, July 15 at 10:30 a.m. ET
BACKGROUND: Shane Lowry returns to Royal Portrush where large mural honors his 2019 British Open win
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