2026 Open Championship: Ryan Fox wins at Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Ryan Fox won the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England with 270 (−10), by 1 stroke over Cameron Young.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2026 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 16 July 2026 to 19 July 2026
- Course
- Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
- Edition
- 154th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 7,223 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 78 (cut at 141)
- Purse
- $17,750,000 · winner's share $3,200,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Ryan Fox · age 39 · New Zealand · born Auckland, New Zealand
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 56
- How he got in
- exempt (BMW PGA winner 2023-25, R&A cat. 7)
- Winning score
- 72-68-62-68 = 270 (−10) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Cameron Young (271)
- 54-hole leader
- Sam Burns (200) · Ryan Fox was 2 strokes back
- Deciding hole
- No. 18, round 4
- Caddie
- Dean Smith
Top 13 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Fox | 72 | 68 | 62 | 68 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Cameron Young | 67 | 67 | 73 | 64 | 271 | −9 |
| 3 | Sam Burns | 73 | 62 | 65 | 72 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Scottie Scheffler | 68 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Casey Jarvis | 73 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Lucas Herbert | 70 | 62 | 71 | 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Si Woo Kim | 68 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T9 | Russell Henley | 70 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | 72 | 66 | 71 | 66 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 72 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Ludvig Åberg | 71 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Ryan Gerard | 67 | 67 | 69 | 72 | 275 | −5 |
What happened at the 2026 Open Championship
Fox shot 62 on Saturday, equalling the men's major-championship record, to jump from 52nd after 36 holes into the final group, two behind Sam Burns.
Fox birdied four of his last six holes, including a 12-foot birdie at the 18th, to beat Cameron Young, whose closing 64 had set the target, by one.
Fox birdied the 72nd hole from about 12 feet to finish one ahead of Cameron Young, whose closing 64 had set the target.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).
Sources
- GC 2026
- PGA Tour R4
- TGNN 2026
- WTOP/AP
- Golf Bible
- PGA Tour course stats
- Golf Channel
- Golf Digest
- Sky Sports