British Open Championship 2025 first round leaderboard, scores, live updates, how to watch
It's the 2025 British Open Championship, where 156 of the world's best players will tee it up at Royal Portrush in hopes of capturing the coveted Claret Jug and being named champion golfer of the year.
The stacked major field includes defending champion Xander Schauffele, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, who will look to create some magic in his home country of Northern Ireland, and Shane Lowry, who won this event the last time Portrush hosted it in 2019.
Keep up with all the action across the pond by following along below for live updates, scores, highlights and more from the first round 2025 British Open.
British Open Championship 2025 leaderboard, scores
See every score being carded with our 2025 British Open Championship leaderboard from USA Today Sports.
British Open Championship 2025 Thursday first round tee times
Click here for the complete list of tee times for Thursday's opening round. Here are some of the notable groups:
All times eastern
4:58 a.m. - Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, J.J. Spaun
5:09 a.m. - Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry
9:48 a.m. - Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose, Bryson DeChambeau
9:59 a.m. - Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Aberg
10:10 a.m. - Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
How to watch the first round of the 2025 British Open Championship
Streaming: 1:30 a.m. ET to 4 a.m. ET on Peacock
TV: 4 a.m. ET to 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network
Radio: 2 a.m. ET to end of play on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio
USA's coverage will also stream on the NBC Sports app. In addition, TheOpen.com official website has featured groups and a channel dedicated to Calamity Corner, the par-3 16th hole.
The R&A also announced this will be the first pro golf event with the Spidercam, which will by flying around the 18th hole all week.
British Open Championship 2025 Thursday first round weather forecast at Royal Portrush
Thursday is projected to be the windiest day of the week, according to forecasters, who are calling for cloudy conditions with winds at 15-25 mph from the southeast. Expect temperatures in the upper 60s and rain showers for most of the day.
Click here for the full weather forecast at Royal Portrush this week.
British Open Championship 2025 betting odds, picks, predictions
Scottie Scheffler enters the 2025 British Open as the favorite to capture his fourth major title. Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm have the next shortest odds.
See more betting odds and check out who the Golfweek staff is picking to win the Claret Jug this year.
British Open Championship 2025 prize money, purse
The 2025 payouts are the same as 2024's, with the winner receiving $3.1 million of the $17 million total purse. See the complete prize money breakdown here.
Who won the British Open Championship in 2024?
World No. 3 Xander Schauffele enters Royal Portrush as the defending champion. He was victorious at Royal Troon in 2024, edging out Justin Rose and Billy Horschel by two strokes.
Other past winners in the field this week include Brian Harman (2023), Cam Smith (2022), Collin Morikawa (2021), Shane Lowry (2019), Jordan Spieth (2017) and Rory McIlroy (2014), among others. There are 16 past champions in all playing in the 2025 Open.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: British Open Championship 2025 first round live leaderboard, highlights
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