{"id":766073,"date":"2026-07-16T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/766073\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:37:07","slug":"british-open-thursday-live-updates-leaderboard-scottie-scheffler-rory-mcilroy-are-big-favorites-early-at-royal-birkdale-yahoo-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/766073\/","title":{"rendered":"British Open Thursday live updates, leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy are big favorites early at Royal Birkdale &#8211; Yahoo Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxOcGhKdjBneVU2LU9jamZ1Y29jeHlrT3NsTFBUSDdTVnBLUEduZVR5V28wb1dOWTh3ODZyUGxucnEzaWRjZ0dyX2otelhMd3BTODlJeE10ZE9JZW14U1paOXdiX3pDVmdEb2RRVHN4bnYtZnFOZkMxSFRGTEZnNTdEWWU0QURSZVlnQUhQUy1jTldrbEhMT3NsVjNqeXppbFJiN2hUX21Gc3dFVXlzRUZLekJ5TVk5dXJ6SGQ3VlA0YUlSWTk0eWhGSGFjNFp4TXJaWkRVYXY3X3R6bS01TUhldEdqTEQ2bGxJOExoMnpJVngtaDl5OU5ETHhSOWhMQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British Open Thursday live updates, leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy are big favorites early at Royal Birkdale<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQUzBGRTdJOFJ4ZzJUOVhYRi1pVGtqbkZQSV96Y21VQXVEOTV1N2ltLXNIYXVaNWllck5WdHlXczVTb2VVZFBSdHpJeTFra0tKYTZBeHYyZmtDNUh5YnJneUJhYkhDRWtiUjUyZ3M1eGhRblp4MGZUQktLcHpiVjBJaWxWVXIyOU9SblFRc1o1aVBLUHhMV2FXTFVUMG1FZFpjVzZGZm9SaHFidw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scottie Scheffler favored to win Open, but bettors like Europeans<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPLXBGdmp5amNMN0p0eUlLWnhYVnFzOFpxc2I3QXAyMEZUU2VFWXpPOTFxMmYwRnlOLWk0QjFCZG9CTU5nTHY5S3FiNUtfMXhIa0dHR0gxXzJNRTlCTjhpdkRNZ3NtTGs0QzRrR0tlX1o0SU02ZzZvQzYyWm8zdnhIczREVDVTMEdfcmtjeg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Open Championship purse should reshape the PGA Tour money list<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNeGdhdWl1cTU1WUhvRHhIZVZnWG4zVVE4SVRiVzhqbU9qdlE5UXdIdjZkWW4xdmFLZTU2X0FNZU5UMjFTSHFBT21UbTZBdHFFeE9YYkhTYi1NLXNpYy05b3JON2pjS0Q0V3N3cVRMeFdBRWJXSkF2YS1kX3p5R1NlLVV3UHg5ZTNtREQzQndBVmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 Open predictions, picks: One of these nine players will raise the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNcnFNbjFOY0ZZVHRxRG5BeDJUVE8yNGxpNkdaRlVDc0tHNmVvM2VIdWFheXRRVTJ1QUREaFRXSkUwNVBoN05mVE5IWS04OTlQd0pYZVk2UjJNeFp5SFRGUEs4NkdRSEFXOVN4b3JBWFRSbWJDb1VDcldxRktnSk9lcWR3TnNxVlNBMXZGSnAtVzBvSmZGeWpqMHppNzhqT3VId0pTVE5wOTlyWGJscnJmLTlSNXctSlNjQ3pNUA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch Shot: Who wins the 154th Open? Who leaves Royal Birkdale most disappointed?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Golf Channel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British Open Thursday live updates, leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy are big favorites early at Royal Birkdale&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo SportsScottie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-766073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}