RECAP · GOLF · 2026-07-18

The Open Championship — Round 3

Sam Burns leads at -10 through 3. Where our pre-event reads stand — original lines, live prices, and a clear status on every one. Nothing's graded until Sunday.

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00 · THE READ

// THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP · THROUGH ROUND 3

8 tracked, 6 clearly live, 1 in range, 0 fading, 1 done.

Sam Burns sits on top at -10. The board below is the honest state of every read we made before the week — what we got, where they are, and what the bet implies now. None of it is graded; a tournament bet isn't decided until the trophy is.

01 · THE ROUND

// THE THIRD ROUND

Round performance, separate from the bet — who moved and what moved them.

> STRONGRyan Fox (T2, -8) — went low for a 62 in the third round. The putter carried it (putting +4.75).

> STRONGSam Burns (1, -10) — went low for a 65 in the third round. Approach carried it (approach +3.24).

> STRONGXander Schauffele (T11, -4) — went low for a 66 in the third round. Off the tee carried it (off-the-tee +2.43).

> SOFTTyrrell Hatton (T58, +1) — left it out there with a 74 in the third round. Approach let him down (approach -2.83).

> SOFTCameron Young (T20, -3) — left it out there with a 73 in the third round. The putter let him down (putting -1.82).

02 · THE CUT

THE CUT7 of the 8 names we tracked pre-event are through to the weekend. The casualties are logged in the board below.

03 · STATUS BOARD

// EVERY READ · ORIGINAL LINE → STATUS

Pre-event fair price, current position, live implied price, status. Live finish probabilities update through the weekend.

Player	Pre-event (fair)	Now	Implied now	Status
Scottie Scheffler	outright +956 · T10 -119	T11 (-4)	win 2.4% · T10 50%	LIVE
Rory McIlroy	outright +1769 · T10 +157	T29 (-2)	win 0.3% · T10 20%	IN RANGE
Tommy Fleetwood	outright +2511 · T10 +180	T9 (-5)	win 3.7% · T10 58%	LIVE
Matt Fitzpatrick	outright +2560 · T10 +211	CUT (+4)	win 0.0% · T10 0%	DEAD
Jon Rahm	outright +2967 · T10 +244	T11 (-4)	win 1.3% · T10 39%	LIVE
Ludvig Aberg	outright +3702 · T10 +312	T6 (-6)	win 5.2% · T10 63%	LIVE
Xander Schauffele	outright +3746 · T10 +266	T11 (-4)	win 1.2% · T10 37%	LIVE
Cameron Young	outright +3791 · T10 +396	T20 (-3)	win 0.4% · T10 22%	LIVE

> LIVEScottie Scheffler — pre-event outright +956 (9.5%), T20 -288 (74%). Through 3 rounds: T11, -4. The short game carried it (around-the-green +2.01). The case is intact — within reach with the in-play model now at 2.4% to win, against a pre-event fair price of +956.

> DEADMatt Fitzpatrick — pre-event outright +2560 (3.8%), T20 -105 (51%). Through 3 rounds: CUT, +4. Done for the week — the outright and the weekend placements are off the board.

04 · ROUND 4 LOOKAHEAD

// ROUND 4 · WHERE THE VALUE SITS

Not graded lines — the names where the in-play model and the leaderboard disagree most, the spots worth a weekend position.

Sam Burns (1) — the in-play model now rates him higher than the board does, top-ten 93%
Ryan Fox (T2) — the in-play model now rates him higher than the board does, top-ten 77%
Si Woo Kim (T2) — the in-play model now rates him higher than the board does, top-ten 84%
Ryan Gerard (T4) — the in-play model now rates him higher than the board does, top-ten 68%

99 · THE CLOSE

The weekend case is intact.

Every line above gets its final grade on Sunday, win or lose, in the same font. Until then it's a status, not a scorecard.

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