The weekend of the 2025 Open Championship is upon us and Scottie Scheffler leads Matt Fitzpatrick at Royal Portrush.
It’s been a thrilling day in Northern Ireland so far with the iconic course and changing weather conditions making for some brilliant action.
Scheffler is leading The Open after the first two daysGettyThree-time major winner and world number one Scheffler leads the way at 10-under heading into the weekend following his stunning 64 on Friday.
He is being closely chased by 2022 US Open champion Fitzpatrick who is hoping to become the first Englishman to win The Open since Nick Faldo in 1992.
Home favourite Rory McIlroy is still in the mix at three-under but will need to go low on Saturday to close the gap to rival Scheffler.
The Open 2025: Tee times
The 153rd edition of The Open is being held from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July 20.
It is taking place on the Dunluce Links Course at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The third round action will get underway at 9:35am on Saturday with the leading pair of Scheffler and Fitzpatrick not teeing off until 3:35pm.
McIlroy will resume his tournament at 2:30pm.
Round 3 Tee Times
Starting at hole 1, GBR & IRL unless stated, all times local, (a) denotes amateurs
09:35 Corey Conners (Can), Matthias Schmid (Ger)09:45 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Sepp Straka (Aut)09:55 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Adrien Saddier (Fra)10:05 Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)10:15 Thomas Detry (Bel), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den)10:25 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Nathan Kimsey10:35 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Maverick McNealy (USA)10:45 Justin Leonard (USA), John Parry11:00 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Andrew Novak (USA)11:10 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)11:20 Wyndham Clark (USA), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)11:30 Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm (Spa)11:40 Dustin Johnson (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)11:50 Phil Mickelson (USA), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)12:00 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)12:15 Russell Henley (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)12:25 Daniel Berger (USA), Romain Langasque (Fra)12:35 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)12:45 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Matt Wallace12:55 Lucas Glover (USA), Jason Kokrak (USA)13:05 Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas (USA)13:15 Rickie Fowler (USA), Aaron Rai13:30 Marc Leishman (Aus), Oliver Lindell (Fin)13:40 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Xander Schauffele (USA)13:50 Matthew Jordan, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)14:00 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Justin Rose14:10 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Harry Hall14:20 Sam Burns (USA), Lee Westwood14:30 Rory McIlroy, Jordan Smith14:45 Keegan Bradley (USA), Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den)14:55 Tony Finau (USA), Chris Gotterup (USA)15:05 Harris English (USA), Robert MacIntyre15:15 Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den)15:25 Brian Harman (USA), Haotong Li (Chn)15:35 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler (USA)
The latest leaderboard from County Antrim can be found in full here.
Leaders after Round 2
1. Scottie Scheffler -10 2. Matthew Fitzpatrick -9 T3. Haotong Li China -8 T3. Brian Harman -8 T5. Chris Gotterup -5 T5. Harris English -5 T5. Tyrrell Hatton -5 T5. Robert MacIntyre -5 T5. Harris English -5The prize money for the 2025 event will be the same as last year’s record amount with the total fund standing at $17million and the winner taking home $3.1m.
Lowry made history at the 2019 OpengettyThe Open 2025: How to follow
talkSPORT 2 has live coverage from Portrush from 7am each day this week.
Our commentary team includes Marcus Buckland, Sue Thearle, Ron Jones, Matt Adams, Sophie Walker, Raymond Burns, Alison Walker, Paul Eales, Brendon de Jonge, Carl Paulson and Rupert Bell.
To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
Listen via the talkSPORT app here, or on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
The action will also be shown live on Sky Sports Golf throughout the week with their coverage beginning at 6:30am each day.
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Schauffele is the current Open championGETTYThe Open 2025: Course details
The Open has been held at Royal Portrush twice before, first in 1951 and then again in 2019 when Lowry claimed a famous victory.
Portrush was established in 1888 but the Dunluce Links Championship Course – as well as the surrounding town – underwent a major revamp ahead of the 2019 tournament.
The par-71 course was extended to 7,344 yards with two new holes added, a number of others changed and the greens redeveloped.
Portrush also benefited from new infrastructure works with the train station upgraded and other amenities improved.
Any further course changes for The 2025 Open will be announced in due course while 278,000 fans are set to descend on the famous old links during the week.
Drama awaits at Portrush’s ‘Calamity Corner’ – the devilishly difficult par-3 16th which can play as long as 236 yards over a huge ravine.
The fourth and fifth holes – named ‘Fred Daly’s’ and ‘White Rocksare’ – are two of the finest par-4s in world golf.
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McIlroy wants to embrace the expectations which come with starring at The Open in his native Northern Ireland after admitting he was ill-prepared for the outpouring of emotion which came his way in 2019.
Asked for his memories of 2019, the 36-year-old said his Thursday round remained ‘a blur’ but added: “I think I remember the ovation I got on the first tee on Thursday and not being prepared for it or not being ready for how I was going to feel or what I was going to feel.
“That walk to the first tee and that ovation – I was a little surprised and a little taken aback. I was like, ‘These people really want me to win’.
“I think that brought its own sort of pressure and more internally from myself and not really wanting to let people down. I guess it’s just something I didn’t mentally prepare for that day or that week.
“But I learned pretty quickly that one of my challenges, especially in a week like this, is controlling myself and controlling that battle.
“I think in ’19 I probably tried to isolate and I think it’s better for everyone if I embrace it. I think it’s better for me because it’s nice to be able to accept adulation, even though I struggle with it at times.
“It just makes for a better interaction and not trying to hide away from it. I think it’s more embracing everything that’s going to come my way this week and not try to shy away from it or hide away from it and I think that’ll make for a better experience for everyone involved.”
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