2026 British Open Winner and Scores
The 2026 British Open was the 154th edition of this major championship of men's professional golf. Ryan Fox, after scoring 62 in the third round, birdied the final hole of the tournament to win by one stroke.
Winner: Ryan Fox, 270
Where it was played: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside, England
Tournament dates: July 16-19, 2026
Leader after first round: Jackson Suber, 65
Leader after second round: Lucas Herbert, 132
Leader after third round: Sam Burns, 200
Notes: Three golfers tied both the 18-hole British Open scoring record and 18-hole major championship scoring record with 62s: Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns in the second round, and Ryan Fox in the third round. ... Burns added a 65 in the third round for a 127 total in the middle 36 holes. That set a new British Open record for lowest back-to-back rounds.
2026 British Open Final Scores
| Ryan Fox | 72-68-62-68—270 |
| Cameron Young | 67-67-73-64—271 |
| Sam Burns | 73-62-65-72—272 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 68-68-70-67—273 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 69-67-69-68—273 |
| Casey Jarvis | 73-67-68-66—274 |
| Lucas Herbert | 70-62-71-71—274 |
| Si Woo Kim | 68-67-67-72—274 |
| Russell Henley | 70-71-68-66—275 |
| Adam Scott | 72-66-71-66—275 |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 72-66-67-70—275 |
| Ludvig Aberg | 71-66-67-71—275 |
| Ryan Gerard | 67-67-69-72—275 |
| Corey Conners | 71-67-71-67—276 |
| Sungjae Im | 66-72-69-69—276 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 72-67-67-70—276 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 67-68-69-72—276 |
| Rickie Fowler | 71-69-71-66—277 |
| Chris Gotterup | 70-68-72-67—277 |
| Alex Noren | 71-69-69-68—277 |
| Marco Penge | 72-68-69-68—277 |
| Bud Cauley | 68-68-73-68—277 |
| Kristoffer Reitan | 69-71-68-69—277 |
| Collin Morikawa | 68-70-70-69—277 |
| Jordan Smith | 68-70-70-69—277 |
| Xander Schauffele | 71-69-66-71—277 |
| Daniel Brown | 66-71-69-71—277 |
| John Parry | 71-68-73-66—278 |
| Brooks Koepka | 70-71-69-68—278 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 71-68-71-68—278 |
| Victor Perez | 68-69-73-68—278 |
| Pierceson Coody | 67-70-72-69—278 |
| Max Homa | 71-69-67-71—278 |
| Jacob Bridgeman | 70-69-68-71—278 |
| Robert MacIntyre | 67-69-71-71—278 |
| Kazuma Kobori | 70-69-67-72—278 |
| Shane Lowry | 69-68-69-72—278 |
| Cameron John | 70-67-69-72—278 |
| Jackson Suber | 65-69-70-74—278 |
| Kurt Kitayama | 69-71-70-69—279 |
| J.J. Spaun | 70-67-73-69—279 |
| Thomas Detry | 67-69-74-69—279 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | 70-68-71-70—279 |
| Rory McIlroy | 72-67-69-71—279 |
| Matt Wallace | 69-67-72-71—279 |
| Matthew Southgate | 69-69-76-66—280 |
| Eugenio Chacarra | 70-70-71-69—280 |
| Patrick Reed | 72-66-71-71—280 |
| Hennie Du Plessis | 70-69-69-72—280 |
| Francesco Molinari | 67-69-72-72—280 |
| Josele Ballester | 71-70-66-73—280 |
| Jon Rahm | 69-67-70-74—280 |
| Ryo Hisatsune | 68-73-71-69—281 |
| Michael Brennan | 72-68-70-71—281 |
| Shaun Norris | 69-70-70-72—281 |
| Sahith Theegala | 71-69-68-73—281 |
| Alex Smalley | 67-73-67-74—281 |
| Eric Cole | 76-64-66-75—281 |
| Ben Griffin | 69-70-74-69—282 |
| Aldrich Potgieter | 69-72-71-70—282 |
| Min Woo Lee | 70-71-71-70—282 |
| Naoyuki Kataoka | 73-68-70-71—282 |
| Nick Taylor | 68-71-72-71—282 |
| Johnny Keefer | 70-68-71-73—282 |
| Peter Uihlein | 73-68-72-70—283 |
| Justin Thomas | 70-69-68-76—283 |
| Sepp Straka | 68-70-74-72—284 |
| Nico Echavarria | 71-67-69-77—284 |
| Andy Sullivan | 70-69-73-73—285 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 69-68-74-74—285 |
| Laurie Canter | 69-71-74-72—286 |
| MJ Daffue | 67-72-72-75—286 |
| Alex Fitzpatrick | 69-67-73-77—286 |
| Keegan Bradley | 69-72-74-72—287 |
| Kazuki Higa | 73-68-72-74—287 |
| Marcus Plunkett | 70-71-71-75—287 |
| Jack McDonald | 70-71-73-74—288 |
| Jesper Svensson | 73-66-77-73—289 |
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2026 Open Championship Links: Royal Birkdale
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is in Southport, Merseyside, England, north of Liverpool. The Open was first played at Birkdale in 1954, and the course has been part of the Open rota ever since. Peter Thomson won two of his five Opens there, Tom Watson won the fifth of his Open titles there.
The club opened in 1889 and was granted its "Royal" status in 1951. The original course designers were Frederick Hawtree and "Great Triumvirate" member J.H. Taylor. The first round of 62 in men's professional major championship history was recorded at Birkdale by Branden Grace in 2017.
The 2026 British Open will be the 11th time the Open is played at Birkdale. These are the 10 previous Opens at Birkdale, with winners and winning scores (click on a year for a recap and full scores):
1954: Peter Thomson, 283
1961: Arnold Palmer, 284
1965: Peter Thomson, 285
1971: Lee Trevino, 278
1976: Johnny Miller, 279
1983: Tom Watson, 275
1991: Ian Baker-Finch, 272
1998: Mark O'Meara, 280
2008: Padraig Harrington, 283
2017: Jordan Spieth, 268
Royal Birkdale has also been the site of multiple Women's British Opens, the first course from the Open rota to be regularly used for The Women's Open. The course has also hosted the Senior Open Championship, the Ryder Cup, Walker Cup and Curtis Cup, the British Amateur Championship and Women's British Amateur Championship.
