
The Open 2025: third round updates on Moving Day at Portrush
Date: 2025-07-19T16:36:50.000Z
Title: Rory McIlroy gives his birdie putt a good rattle, but he hasn't set it far enough out to the right.
Content: Latest updates from third round at the 153rd Open
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Scott Murray
Sat 19 Jul 2025 12.36 EDT
First published on Sat 19 Jul 2025 09.20 EDT
12.36pm EDT
12:36
It's always swinging across the front of the cup. He swipes his putter through the air in frustration. He's piecing together a fine round, but he's only made one shot on Scottie Scheffler, who is beginning to find some higher gears. Scheffler splits the 9th fairway, and there's suddenly a bit of air taken from the atmosphere, as the best player in the world hits his straps. That's not the brilliant Scheffler's fault, but the gallery's collective heart is pulling for Rory, and the heart wants what it wants.
12.31pm EDT
12:31
Rory's back on it! He whip-cracks his tee shot at the par-three 13th straight at the flag. A gentle fade, maybe. He sets up a 20-foot birdie chance. But a little bit of energy drains from the gallery as, back on 8, Scottie rolls in his birdie putt without fuss. After a quiet start, the world number one is suddenly making golf look simple. Golf is not usually this simple, like that's breaking news.
-13: Scheffler (8)
-11: Fitzpatrick (8)
-9: Li (8)
-8: Hatton (9)
-7: Schauffele (16), McIlroy (12), English (10)
12.27pm EDT
12:27
Rory's second into 12 isn't all that. Ball at the back left of the green, the pin front right. He's 56 feet away. He sets his putt off down the slope. It's sliding gently right to left. It looks like stopping, ten feet away. It looks like stopping five feet away, too. But somehow it keeps on going, and going, and going, and in! He raises his right arm, fist clenched, in triumph as the stand behind the green goes ballistic. A roar that could be heard all across the course. Possibly as far as Belfast. An outside chance of Dublin. He's -7!
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12.24pm EDT
12:24
Matt Fitzpatrick is a quick player. He doesn't like hanging about. But he does here, discussing at length his 150-yard approach into 8 with his caddie. Eventually he pulls the trigger. Centre of the green, but nowhere close. Scottie Scheffler by contrast doesn't hang about, and pings his second pin high. He'll have a 15-foot look at birdie.
12.17pm EDT
12:17
Scottie Scheffler guides in the eagle putt on 7. Fairly straight, a little oscillation en route maybe. Fuss free, though. He wanders off, hand in pocket. Matt Fitzpatrick keeps him within sight by making birdie.
-12: Scheffler (7)
-11: Fitzpatrick (7)
-9: Li (7)
-8: Hatton (9)
-7: Schauffele (15), English (9)
-6: Henley (F), Gotterup (10), MacIntyre (9), Harman (7)
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12.13pm EDT
12:13
Rory can't rescue himself on 11 with a long par putt. Bogey, which to be fair he would have taken while watching his tee shot arc towards the bushes in which so many players have come a cropper this week. But he slips back to -5. Meanwhile back on 10, Chris Gotterup misses the green front right, and can't get up and down to save his par. He's -6.
12.12pm EDT
12:12
Scottie Scheffler has been super-quiet today. [Flicks through book of old movie clichés] Perhaps too quiet. A run of pars up until now. But from the middle of the 7th fairway, he gently swishes his second from 206 yards to ten feet. A soft landing and a serene roll-up. That's a trademark Scottie approach. Big eagle chance coming up!
12.08pm EDT
12:08
No, there's no problem there. Other than maybe his concentration has snapped, because having come up short of the green, he seriously underhits his chip, which rolls apologetically to a halt, 25 feet from the pin. Meanwhile while all that slapstick drama was unfolding, the defending champion Xander Schauffele guides in a long-range right-to-left swinger on 15 for birdie. That's off the back of his two-eagle whammy, and from nowhere, the hero of Troon is right in it again! He's -7.
12.05pm EDT
12:05
A big stroke of luck for Rory on 11. He hoicks his tee shot towards the bushes down the right of 11. Quite a few have lost their ball there this week. But he clears the bush and lands on some ground trodden down by the gallery. He's got a shot in … but then, when he takes it, and the ball disappears off towards the green, another ball pops up from under the grass! An old member's ball that's been buried there awhile, under the spot where his ball had ended up! What are the chances? Rory is half-amused, half-confused, and calls for a ruling. Pretty sure he can't be penalised for playing the wrong ball, but then the rules of golf are notoriously byzantine, so let's see.
Updated
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12.00pm EDT
12:00
On Sky, Sir Nick Faldo and Razor Riley come to the conclusion that Scottie Scheffler's 8-iron into 6 might have been a bit fortunate, on account of being nearly bladed. Because otherwise, they surmise, how would he get so much run? So birdie would be quite the bonus. Scheffler rarely looks a gift horse in the mouth, but his putt scoots past on the high side. Just the par. Matt Fitzpatrick can't make his birdie putt either, and we all move on.
11.55am EDT
11:55
Neither Scottie Scheffler nor Matt Fitzpatrick find the green with their tee shots at the driveable par-four 5th. Unwilling to take the flag on with their chips, OB lurking behind the green, they end up with unremarkable pars. But both players find the back portion of the par-three 6th, the pin tucked away there, and they'll have a look at birdie from 12 feet. Meanwhile bogey for Bob MacIntyre, the result of an unforced error, missing the green with wedge from close in. That's clumsy, and he slips back to -6.
11.51am EDT
11:51
Sensational eagle at 7 for Tyrrell Hatton as well! But in a very different fashion to Bob MacIntyre! He wedges from the centre of the fairway from 139 yards. A crisp clip to the front-right of the green. The ball takes one bounce up the green, landing pin, high, before rolling left at a 45-degree angle. It stops on the lip at the front, and for a second refuses to drop, before succumbing to gravity. Hatton spins around and celebrates his move to -8. Quite a few players making their move on the leaders, with the final pair not exactly tearing it up.
11.45am EDT
11:45
Eagle for Bob MacIntyre! He creams his second at the par-five 7th from 245 yards to seven feet, and makes no mistake with his putt. His playing partner Harris English gets on in two as well, albeit nowhere nearly so close. Two putts later and that's a more-than-acceptable birdie. The quiet, chewing-gum-fixated 35-year-old from Georgia going extremely well this week.
-10: Fitzpatrick (4), Scheffler (4)
-9: Li (5)
-7: Gotterup (8), English (7), MacIntyre (7)
-6: Henley (F), Schauffele (13), McIlroy (9), Finau (8), Hatton (6), Harman (5)
11.42am EDT
11:42
Another shank out of thick rough by Justin Rose! This time on 11. That's two shanks in four holes! He can't believe what's just happened, and holds both arms out, palms up to the sky, the international body-shape for what-the??!!?? With exactly that number of question and exclamation marks. Very strange. Once again he does extremely well to gather his thoughts and limit the damage to bogey, but at -4 his chances of hoisting the Claret Jug are receding. Not least because – and admittedly there are no official R&A stats covering this – I'm not sure how many people have won the Open after two or more hosel rockets during the week.
11.31am EDT
11:31
Par at the last for Russell Henley. He's the new clubhouse leader at -6. He's joined there by Xander Schuffele, who cards his second eagle in six holes (!) with a long rake across 12. The defending champion, who has been on the fringes of the action all week, has suddenly inserted himself slap-bang into the story! Birdie meanwhile for Chris Gotterup, whose chances of becoming the first person to do the Scottish Open / Open double in consecutive weeks since Phil Mickelson in 2013 are increasing at pace.
-10: Fitzpatrick (4), Scheffler (4)
-9: Li (4)
-7: Gotterup (7)
-6: Henley (F), Schauffele (12), McIlroy (8), Finau (6), Hatton (5), Harman (4)
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11.25am EDT
11:25
Bob MacIntyre started slowly. Three pars, then bogey at 4. But he's steadied the ship since. Bounce-back birdie at 5, having driven the green, then par at 6. He's where he started the day at -5. In the following group, Tyrrell Hatton finds himself in almost exactly the same place MacIntyre had sent his tee shot, and having studied the line from the tee, nearly drains a 72-foot eagle putt. He cleans up for birdie and makes his first move of the day, rising to -6.
11.19am EDT
11:19
Speaking of Dustin Johnson … he's in with a blemish-free 67 today. The ever-entertaining US star is -4 overall, sadly too far back to right the wrongs of 2011, when he whistled a 2-iron out of bounds from the middle of the par-five 14th fairway at Sandwich.
11.15am EDT
11:15
More frustration for Rory McIlroy. His second into the par-five 7th stops short of the green, and his chip up isn't particularly close. He can't make the birdie putt, and on a hole averaging 4.53 today, that's a fair bit of ground ceded to the field. Par not ideal when you're trying to make up ground on the world number one.
11.13am EDT
11:13
Scottie Scheffler looks to have hit a gorgeous iron into the par-three 3rd, landing a few feet from the pin tucked at the back-right of the green. But the ball takes one rotation too many, and topples off the back. The crowd woah and oh, clearly not wanting the co-leader to tear any further clear of their favourite Rory. It's not quite Brooks-v-Dustin-at-the-2019-PGA levels of partisanship, but it's audible, and you have to wonder if it'll affect the genial Scheffler at some point. Well, he hits a heavy-handed putt up from the swale, eight feet past the pin. But then again, maybe not. He makes the one coming back without fuss. Par, which Fitzpatrick makes as well. They remain at -10.
Updated
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11.08am EDT
11:08
… and Fitzpatrick still has a share of that lead, because Scottie rolls his long eagle putt four feet past, then pulls the one coming back. It horseshoes out, and that's a three-putt par that'll feel like a dropped shot. It's all happening … and that's without mentioning how Brian Harman, in the group before, made a bounce-back birdie at 2 … then handed it straight back again with an egregious bogey at 3, missing a par tiddler. Harman's partner Haotong Li picks up his first stroke of the day, and this leaderboard is going to move around quite a lot over the weekend, isn't it?
-10: Fitzpatrick (2), Scheffler (2)
-9: Li (3)
-6: Henley (16), McIlroy (6), Finau (5), Gotterup (5), English (4), Harman (3)
-5: Clark (F), Wallace (14), Fleetwood (12), Rose (8), Hatton (4)
11.03am EDT
11:03
Scottie Scheffler looks Zen. That's what happens when you keep golf in perspective, which is surely all he was saying during that pre-tournament press conference. Seemed unambiguous enough. He finds the centre of the par-five 2nd in two. But before he can line up his eagle putt, Matt Fitzpatrick – having paid his dues to the Golfing Gods at 1 – showcases his trademark moxie, bumping a chip from left of the green into the bank, and bouncing it gracefully into the cup for eagle! He joins Scheffler in the lead at -10, for a minute or so at least …
10.59am EDT
10:59
'Oh my god!' Justin Rose shanks his way out of thick rough down the side of 8, straight right. Miles right. Wedging in from nowhere-land, he can't find the green with his third, but gets up and down from the rough. That's a bogey that'll feel like … well, a bogey, but it could have been a hell of a lot worse. He was in enough trouble off the tee, never mind after the hosel-rocket that followed. Staunch work. He's -5 … as is Tommy Fleetwood, who birdies 12 to insert himself into the mix.
10.54am EDT
10:54
After Scottie tidies up on 1, Matt Fitzpatrick takes a worrying amount of time over a four-footer. It kinks out on the right. Opening bogey, and suddenly the gap at the top is two. Well that didn't take long. The Golfing Gods perhaps giving Fitzpatrick a kicking there for his buggering about over the handshake back on the tee. Scheffler held out his hand; Fitzpatrick had prepared for a fist-bump. Fitzpatrick then waved his hand around before finally offering it to a faintly amused Scheffler. All in good spirits, though considering the pseudo-matchplay situation we have here, you have to wonder whether the ice-cool Scheffler, who stood statuesque while his opponent was clowning around, concluded that he'd just won battle number one.
10.47am EDT
10:47
'Rory's going to get you!' trills some doofus in the gallery, as Scottie Scheffler pays no attention whatsoever, calmly sending his approach into 1 pin high. Two putts later and that's an opening par for the 36-hole leader. He's -10. As for McIlroy himself, he's able to whip his ball out of the bank at 5 to 11 feet, but the birdie effort slides by the hole. The first look of genuine frustration on his face today. He remains at -6.
10.43am EDT
10:43
Brian Harman gets too cheeky with his bunker shot at 1. The flag's only just behind the bank at the top of the trap, and he tries to land it close. Not close enough. Too close to the bank, though, and it gathers his ball back into the bunker. He's very fortunate that the ball doesn't roll into his deep footprint. He can't take any chances with his second attempt to escape from the pot, and whacks out to 30 feet. He nearly makes the long putt coming back, but that's a double-bogey six to start. He's -6.
10.38am EDT
10:38
We have a new clubhouse leader: Wyndham Clark, the 2023 US Open champion. Par at the last, and he's in with a 66. He's -6, a mark he's joined on out on the course by Justin Rose, who whips his fairway wood into the par-five 7th off a bank to the side of the green, then gets up and down from the swale in which he finds himself. That's three birdies in a row for Rose, and a fifth in six holes! Some response to a three-putt on the 1st.
-10: Scheffler
-9: Fitzpatrick
-8: Harman, Li
-6: Henley (14), Rose (7), McIlroy (4), English (2)
-5: Clark (F), Wallace (12), Finau (3), Gotterup (3), MacIntyre (2), Hatton (1), R Højgaard (1)
10.34am EDT
10:34
Rory takes a shy at the short downhill par-four 5th … but leaves his drive out left and his ball disappears into thick cabbage atop a bank. Fingers crossed for a lucky lie. A mistake by Brian Harman as well, the 2023 champion golfer getting a bit too aggressive with a flag tucked behind the bunker guarding the front-left of 1, his ball hitting the bank in front and toppling back into the trap.
10.27am EDT
10:27
Chris Gotterup is in The Zone right now, having won the Scottish Open last week. He finds the middle of the par-five 2nd in two, and nearly makes the 30-foot eagle putt, the ball sticking awkwardly on the right-hand lip. He taps in for birdie that moves him to -6. He's joined there by Harris English, who birdies 1. And the 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark, who has been struggling for form, is rediscovering it in style on the links. A tie for 11th in Scotland last week, and birdie now at 17, and he's in the group at -5. A lot of birdies being made on a course with its defences, like the wind, down.
10.23am EDT
10:23
Another birdie for Rory McIlroy! He arrows his approach into 4 from 166 yards to seven feet, and walks after it immediately. He liked that. And he walks in the putt too. A third birdie in four holes, and the crowd are chanting Ro-ree! Ro-ree! It's party time at the moment. Wild scenes. He's -6. And Justin Rose is on a charge as well! He three-putted the opening hole for bogey, and perhaps that was something that just had to happen, because the shackles appear to be off. Four birdies in the next five holes! Rose is -5.
Updated
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10.21am EDT
10:21
Yeah, John Parry's delighted all right! He has a quick word with Sky Sports, a huge smile on his face. 'It was just a perfect 8-iron … best moment of my life, probably, definitely on a golf course! … with all the grandstands around, it was amazing … phenomenal … definitely an experience I won't forget.' Even if there were no pictures, you'd know he was beaming anyway. You could hear the smile in every word. Such a sweet moment.
10.15am EDT
10:15
John Parry went 17 holes without dropping a stroke, making a hole-in-one along the way. But he couldn't take it home without a blemish. His tee shot at 18 found sand, and he was forced to chip out. He couldn't make up the ground, and that's a closing bogey. But the sting will subside soon enough: an ace at the Open, and a round of 67 that whisks the 38-year-old from Harrogate up to -3. Parry's best – indeed only – finish at the Open was a tie for 62nd at St Andrews three years ago; his best finish at a major is a tie for 28th at the 2013 US Open. He's got a great chance to better those tomorrow.
10.12am EDT
10:12
Russell Henley was many a pundit's dark-horse tip for this year's Open. The 36-year-old Georgian was tucked away just out of sight for the first two days, after rounds of 72 and 70, and started today at level par. But now he's troubling the leaders! Birdies at 2, 3, 7, 8 and 11, with just the one dropped shot at 6, and he's just eagled 12, raking in a 30-footer to move to -6. Eagle putt for the defending champion Xander Schauffele as well, at 7. And it was asking too much of Rory to sink that long birdie putt on 3, but he gets close enough to tap in for his par.
-10: Scheffler
-9: Fitzpatrick
-8: Harman, Li
-6: Henley (12)
-5: McIlroy (3), Gotterup (1), R Højgaard, Hatton, MacIntyre, English
-4: Conners (F), Clark (16), Wallace (10), Fleetwood (9), LIndell (8), Schauffele (7), Åberg (5), Rose (5), N Højgaard (2)
10.05am EDT
10:05
Rory comes up a club short on the par-three 3rd. He's on the green, but at the front, and the pin's at the back. On Sky, the ever-excellent Rich Beem speculates that he might have been factoring in the adrenaline that's surely pumping through his veins. He'll need to drain a 60-footer if he's to keep his birdie sequence going.
10.01am EDT
10:01
Rory McIlroy finds the heart of green at the par-five 2nd in two. He leaves himself a slow, uphill 28-foot eagle putt. He sets it off dead on line, but without exactly half-a-turn's-worth enough juice. He bends over in theatrical frustration, but looks happy enough when he taps in. A birdie-birdie start, and suddenly he's only five back at -5. Incidentally, he's wearing a red Nike shirt. A signal that he's determined to put in the sort of performance you'd normally associate with Tiger on a Sunday? Most of golf is played in the mind, so rule nothing out.
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9.57am EDT
09:57
Ludvig Åberg has also made a fast start. Birdies at 2 and 3 bring him up to -4. The 25-year-old Swede's short major career is very much one of contrasts: runner-up at the Masters on debut, tied for 12th at his first US Open, seventh on his second visit to Augusta. But he's missed the cut in both appearances at the PGA, again at last month's US Open, and last year at Troon, where he shot 75-76. A tie for eighth at last week's Scottish Open showcased his ability on a links, though, and now he's looking good for another of those high-placed major finishes. Will he ever finish in the middle of the pack?
9.49am EDT
09:49
Rory McIlroy's second into 1, from the middle of the fairway, is distinctly average. He's left himself with a tricky two-putt for his par from 36 feet. Well, that's how the average player would process it. The putt has a huge right-to-left curl, but he judges it to perfection, the ball dropping into the hole at four o'clock. The crowd – and it is a crowd, a huge following – erupts in wild celebration. There's barely a flicker on McIlroy's face. No histrionics, just one finger pointing in the air, as if to say: that's birdie number one, let's go looking for the next. The start of one of his trademark leaderboard charges? Let's see! He's -4.
9.45am EDT
09:45
While we're on the subject of Bryson, this is a magnificent piece by Andy Bull. Every line a gem. Get on it immediately, if not sooner.
DeChambeau, just over 6ft, square-shouldered, shaped like a linebacker, looks like he's been carved out of marble. In between shots, his body seems to fall like it's been positioned for him by a sculptor. MacIntyre, on the other hand, is built like the bloke working the till in the chippie.
9.42am EDT
09:42
It's been another good day for Bryson DeChambeau. Having shot 78 on Thursday, he followed it up with 65 yesterday, a difference of 13 strokes between rounds. He's carded a 68 today, and it would have been 67 had his brilliant snaky 50-foot birdie effort on 18 not stubbornly stopped on the lip. It deserved to drop. Back on Thursday evening, it was fair enough to wonder whether or not Bryson's style is compatible with Open success; he's since pretty comprehensively debunked any doubts. At -2, he's too far back this year, but these rounds will have boosted his belief ahead of Birkdale next year. Don't rule him out.
9.35am EDT
09:35
Rory McIlroy arrives on the 1st tee to the usual Ulster ululations. Bedlam, bedlam, glorious bedlam. And he further whips up the crowd by cracking his driving iron down the fairway. No drama yet. So with the nation's favourite son out on the course, and the leaders soon to follow, now's a good time to take stock of how the top of the leaderboard looks …
-10: Scheffler
-9: Fitzpatrick
-8: Harman, Li
-5: R Højgaard, Hatton, MacIntyre, English, Gotterup
-4: Conners (F), Parry (16), Clark (13), Wallace (7), Finau, N Højgaard
-3: Spaun (12), D Johnson (12), Henley (10), Im (8), Glover (7), Fleetwood (6), Lindell (5), Schauffele (3), Åberg (2), Burns (1), Westwood (1), Bradley, McIlroy, Smith
9.30am EDT
09:30
Having announced Sung-jae Im's blistering start with such a fanfare, the inevitable occurs. Bogey at 8. Just the one par on his card so far today. But John Parry is continuing in the right direction, following up his ace at 13 with birdie at 15. He's -4 for the tournament, alongside Wyndham Clark, who makes his fourth birdie of the day at 12, and Matt Wallace, who's made his fourth birdie of the round at 7! Yeah, there's a score out there all right, for anyone whose irons are dialled in. If Scottie Scheffler's driver behaves, say goodnight to the rest of the field.
9.26am EDT
09:26
… so there's a score out there, if someone wants it. Corey Conners is the best of the bunch back in the clubhouse right now, having shot 66. The 33-year-old Canadian, who has never really done it at the Open before, is -4 overall, and that's some good moving. And if that isn't illustrative enough, Sung-jae Im is currently four under for his round through 7. And that's with a bogey at 3. He's made five birdies, at 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7, and is clearly of a mind to match his top-ten finish last year at Troon at the very least. He's -4 for the championship.
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9.25am EDT
09:25
The weather report. Sunny intervals, not too much wind, and that's been reflected in the early scoring, which we'll get onto in a minute. There's a chance the wind will pick up later, and there could even be some rain, but don't bet the farm on any of this definitely happening, it's the Open, it's an Irish summer, the weather is what it will be. Rain very much likely tomorrow, mind.
9.23am EDT
09:23
Before we get into the thick of the action, let's kick-start our day with a sugar rush: news of a hole-in-one! It's already been a good season for John Parry: the 38-year-old from Harrogate won on the DP World Tour for the first time in 15 years, at the Mauritius Open; came second at the Kenya Open and the Alfred Dunhill, and tied for fourth at the Soudal Open. This might just be the highlight, though: a tee shot drawn into the 192-yard 13th which takes a couple of bounces and disappears into the cup! He's warmly congratulated by his playing partner, the 1997 champion Justin Leonard. That matches the feat of Emiliano Grillo, who aced this hole during the first round back in 2019. Parry is playing in only his second Open, having teed it up at St Andrews three years ago, finishing the week in a tie for 62nd. He's made a bigger mark this time.
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9.20am EDT
09:20
Welcome to Moving Day at the 153rd Open Championship! After 36 holes, the top of the leaderboard looked like this …
-10: Scottie Scheffler
-9: Matt Fitzpatrick
-8: Brian Harman, Haotong Li
-5: Rasmus Højgaard, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert MacIntyre, Harris English, Chris Gotterup
-4: Tony Finau, Nicolai Højgaard
-3: Keegan Bradley, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Smith, Lee Westwood, Sam Burns
… while these (selected) big names missed the cut …
Joaquin Niemann, Jason Day, Ryan Fox, Zach Johnson, Kim Si-woo, Tom Kim, Tom McKibbin, Patrick Cantlay, Stewart Cink, Cameron Young, Min Woo Lee, Patrick Reed, Louis Oosthuizen, Darren Clarke, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Cameron Smith, Adam Scott, and Padraig Harrington
… and that left us with a tee sheet that looked like this (all times BST, GB&I unless stated). It's on!
0935 Matti Schmid, Corey Conners
0945 Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama
0955 Takumi Kanaya, Adrien Saddier
1005 Sebastian Soderberg, Henrik Stenson
1015 Thomas Detry, Jacob Skov Olesen
1025 Nathan Kimsey, Bryson DeChambeau
1035 Maverick McNealy, Thriston Lawrence
1045 Justin Leonard, John Parry
1100 Andrew Novak, Sergio Garcia
1110 Jesper Svensson, Francesco Molinari
1120 Riki Kawamoto, Wyndham Clark
1130 Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm
1140 JJ Spaun, Dustin Johnson
1150 Phil Mickelson, Jhonattan Vegas
1200 Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth
1215 Russell Henley, Antoine Rozner
1225 Romain Langasque, Daniel Berger
1235 Sungjae Im, Dean Burmester
1245 Matt Wallace, Akshay Bhatia
1255 Jason Kokrak, Lucas Glover
1305 Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
1315 Aaron Rai, Rickie Fowler
1330 Marc Leishman, Oliver Lindell
1340 Ryggs Johnston, Xander Schauffele
1350 Kristoffer Reitan, Matthew Jordan
1400 Ludvig Åberg, Justin Rose
1410 Harry Hall, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
1420 Sam Burns, Lee Westwood
1430 Jordan Smith, Rory McIlroy
1445 Keegan Bradley, Nicolai Højgaard
1455 Tony Finau, Chris Gotterup
1505 Harris English, Robert MacIntyre
1515 Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Højgaard
1525 Haotong Li, Brian Harman
1535 Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler

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Oleksandr Usyk enters his fight with Daniel Dubois on Saturday night as the best heavyweight on the planet. In an era where giant heavyweights have largely dominated, Usyk has proved that it is not all about size in boxing 's blue-riband division. Over half a century ago, Muhammad Ali did the same thing. He was not the biggest or the hardest-punching heavyweight, but his skill and heart allowed him to become the very best. The heavyweight division has not seen anyone like Ali before or since, but there are a number of similarities between the 'The Greatest' and Usyk. Let's assess how they stack up against each other physically and in terms of achievements. Born on the same day Let's start with something purely coincidental – Ali and Usyk were born on the same day. Ali came into the world on January 17, 1942 and Usyk was born on the same date 45 years later. That specific date appears to be a special one for elite athletes as former female fighter Ann Wolfe was also born on January 17. Wolfe is widely regarded as one of the best women's boxers ever after holding world titles in three different weight classes simultaneously during her glittering career. Same height, reach and weight Usyk and Ali's physical attributes are also very comparable. At his peak, Ali stood at 6ft 3in tall, had a 78in reach and weighed around 220lbs. Usyk is the same height and has an identical reach. He has also resisted the temptation to bulk up too much since moving to heavyweight. The Ukrainian great has stayed around the 220lbs mark for most of his recent fights, giving up weight to his opponents. The likes of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois have all outweighed Usyk, but his skillset and boxing brain has got his hand raised time and time again. Olympic champions Ali went to the Rome Olympics in 1960 when he was only 18 years old. The teenager had still not finished growing at the time and competed in the light-heavyweight division. He came away with a gold medal after outclassing his opponents and turned professional shortly afterwards. Usyk also got to stand on the top step of the podium after claiming heavyweight gold at the 2012 Olympics in London. He was one division below Anthony Joshua who won gold at super-heavyweight. Usyk switched over to the professional ranks the following year where he started off at cruiserweight – a weight class that did not exist when Ali started boxing. Heavyweight kings Ali became heavyweight champion for the first time when he stunned Sonny Liston in February 1964 and he won their rematch in even more dominant fashion the following year. Ali had to relinquish his titles are refusing to sign up for the US army, but came back to regain them when he beat George Foreman in the 'Rumble in the Jungle'. As he moved into the final years of his career, Ali was no longer the same force, but he still had enough left in the tank to win his titles back from Leon Spinks to achieve three-time champion status. Similarly to Ali, Usyk was also written off when he first challenged for heavyweight gold. Usyk had looked unconvincing in beating Derek Chisora and many expected Anthony Joshua to deal with him. But Usyk delivered a classy display to outpoint Joshua and then repeated the feat a year later. He has since seen off Dubois and Tyson Fury twice, and will be looking to beat Dubois again on Saturday night at Wembley. It will be another huge occasion, the type of which Ali used to rise to every time. Usyk has done exactly the same throughout his career, and will expect to put on another masterclass to become undisputed champion once more.


The Sun
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- The Sun
Why Bryan Mbeumo's £71m transfer to Man Utd will massively benefit rivals Man City
BRYAN MBEUMO's £71million move to Manchester United has given rivals Man City a huge boost. The Cameroon star finalised his long-awaited move to the Red Devils from Brentford this week. He will now link up with his new United teammates for their pre-season tour of the US. And Mbeumo could make his debut in Sunday's clash against fellow Premier League side West Ham. Fans are delighted at finally getting the deal over the line, with United first making a bid for Mbeumo six weeks ago. However, it's not just Ruben Amorim who has benefitted from the forward's £71m switch. United's rivals Man City are also celebrating after pocketing £6.5m from Mbeumo's transfer, claims the Mail. The attacker previously played at French side Troyes, who are owned by City's parent company the City Football Group (CFG). Brentford paid £5.8m to sign Mbeumo in 2019, while also including a 10 per cent sell-on fee. It means that CFG have banked £6.5m from his move to Old Trafford, with star club City likely to benefit directly. But Mbeumo and United are unlikely to be bothered as they look ahead to the new season. Mbeumo, who will partner £62.5m Matheus Cunha up top, said: 'From the start, I wanted to join this massive club. Now I'm here, I'm just really happy. 'For me, it's the biggest club in the world. The fans are crazy, the stadium is amazing and every player wants to play here.' United could now complete their attack by moving for Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. The Senegal star has dropped down the pecking order after his side signed Liam Delap and Joao Pedro. It's reckoned Jackson is priced at around £80m. But United could look to offer wantaway winger Alejandro Garnacho in a swap deal.


BBC News
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- BBC News
Plymouth sign keeper Ashby-Hammond after trial
Plymouth Argyle have signed goalkeeper Luca Ashby-Hammond on a one-year deal following a trial at the club. The 24-year-old was released by Fulham at the end of last season having developed in the Premier League club's the past three seasons, Ashby-Hammond has had spells on loan with Aldershot, Crawley Town, Notts County and most recently Gillingham where he played four played for Plymouth in a pre-season 3-2 win against Truro City earlier this month. "He joined us in Austria, and it is not easy to come on a trip like that as a trialist, but he fit really well into the group," Plymouth head coach Tom Cleverley told the club website, external. "He has a calm, focused character, impressed us on the training ground, and adds depth to our goalkeeping department."Ashby-Hammond joins Plymouth with goalkeeper Conor Hazard in a race against time to be fit for the start of the new season on 2 August because of a knee injury.