Will a Brit, Scot, or Irishman win The Open Championship this week?
62% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 34 predictions cast.
New Zealand's Ryan Fox won the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 19, closing with a final-round 68 to finish at 10-under par and beat American Cameron Young by one stroke. Fox is a New Zealander, not British, Scottish or Irish, so the question resolved No.
Fox's victory was his first major championship. He overtook 54-hole leader Sam Burns and traded shots with Young over the closing holes before sealing the win with a birdie on the 72nd hole. Several golfers with ties to Great Britain and Ireland, including England's Tommy Fleetwood, were in contention during the week at Royal Birkdale but did not finish atop the leaderboard.
The Open Championship, golf's oldest major, is played annually in the United Kingdom, and a home-nation winner is a recurring storyline given the host country. That did not happen this year; Fox's win continued a run without a champion from England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales.
The Predict Six community leaned toward a Brit, Scot or Irish winner, with 62% predicting Yes. That expectation did not hold, making this one of the larger gaps between community sentiment and the actual outcome among this week's golf markets.