The 2026 Open Championship tees off on Thursday at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England and a familiar face is the favorite heading into the week. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world and defending champion, is the +750 favorite to the tournament at BetMGM.

It is the 16th consecutive major that Scheffler will enter the tournament as either the outright favorite or co-favorite. He was a +550 favorite — and the only golfer with single-digit odds — at last year's event. Scheffler won the 2025 Open

Scheffler has only one won once this year, but has had nine Top-10 finishes, including finished second in the Masters and T4 at the U.S. Open last month.

This year, Rory McIlroy (+900) joins Scheffler as the only other golfer with odds better than 10-1. McIlroy went viral last week for proclaiming, "I'm so bad at golf!", but still ended up finishing tied for 7th place at the Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy won this year's Masters and finished T7 at the PGA Championship.

Matt Fitzpatrick (16-1) and Tommy Fleetwood (16-1) have the next-best odds to win, followed by Jon Rahm (22-1). Chris Gotterup and Ludvig Aberg are among five players with 28-1 odds.

Jordan Spieth, who won the Open Championship the last time it was held at Royal Birkdale in 2017, has 66-1 odds. That major is the last one that Spieth has won.

Tom Kim, who won the Genesis Open last week for his first PGA Tour win since 2023, has 45-1 odds.

Other notable players include Cam Young (33-1), Bryson DeChambeau (66-1), Rickie Fowler (100-1) and Max Homa (150-1).

The 2026 MLB All-Star Game will take place Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but before the best baseball players in the world gather for that game, the world will tune in for an appetizer on Monday night: The 2026 Home Run Derby.

The field is set with eight contestants vying for the crown and Philadelphia Phillies star Kyle Schwarber — who leads all of baseball with 32 home runs this season — is the favorite at +300 at BetMGM sportsbooks, followed by Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero (+425) and Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami (+475).

Kansas City Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone (+650) has the fewest home runs (14) of any Home Run Derby participant, but has the next-best odds to win the event, followed by Jordan Walker (+800), Bryce Harper (+850) and Ben Rice (+850).

Schwarber has the most wagers (24.8%) and total dollars wagered (29.1%) to win the event so far at BetMGM, and he is the sportsbook's biggest liability. Caminero has the second-most total bets (16.6%) and handle (17.2%) to win the event.

Boston Red Sox catcher Wilson Contreras has the longest Derby odds at 15-1, and also the fewest wagers (5.3%) and least money wagered on him to win (2.4%).

Previewing the Derby field, from Kyle Schwarber to Munetaka Murakami to Junior Caminero

The Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh was the first catcher ever to win the Home Run Derby in 2025, but is not competing in the event this year.