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The Open 2025: third round updates on Moving Day at Portrush
Update: 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 Live official leaderboard | And you can email Scott 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! Updated at 12.34pm EDT 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) Updated at 12.29pm EDT 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 at 12.20pm EDT 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) Updated at 11.31am EDT 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 at 11.20am EDT 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 at 10.35am EDT 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. Updated at 10.13am EDT 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. Updated at 9.27am EDT 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. Updated at 9.25am EDT 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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08-07-2025
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Fluminense v Chelsea: Club World Cup semi-final
Update: Date: 2025-07-08T19:07:52.000Z Title: 5 min: Content: Minute-by-minute updates on the action in New Jersey Email Scott | Fifa cuts ticket price to $13.40 for semi Scott Murray Tue 8 Jul 2025 20.07 BST First published on Tue 8 Jul 2025 19.00 BST 8.07pm BST 20:07 Rene diddles Nkunku with a lovely spin out on the left touchline, then Guga probes down the right flank. Both of Flu's wing-backs showing promise early. 8.06pm BST 20:06 3 min: Rene makes his presence felt down the left and loops long. Cano slices a wild effort miles left of target. Rene tries to resurrect the move but Gusto deals with the situation. Flu clearly trying to hit Chelsea early, the tactic that did for Inter. 8.04pm BST 20:04 2 min: Chelsea pop it around the back for a bit. A low-key start. Fluminense get irritated and Arias clanks into Cucurella from behind, just to let him know he's there. 8.02pm BST 20:02 An ostentatious none-more-USA cry of 'Let's get ready to rumble!' and then – ding, ding, seconds out – Chelsea get the ball rolling for the first round half. 'Fifa and the Trump administration have announced today that His MAGAsty the King of Queens will be in attendance here in the MetLife for Sunday's final,' reports Justin Kavanagh. 'Given the mob that follows him around when he golfs (always winningly, because, well, he's their king), that should boost the attendance level to a somewhat respectable level. Signore Infantino will be happy.' Updated at 8.05pm BST 8.01pm BST 20:01 The teams come out, one by one. Fluminense in their famous maroon and green, Chelsea in a white effort that by all accounts has been designed to pay tribute to the famous 1950s side of Puskas, Hidegkuti, Kocsis, etc. (They've done this already, back in 1974, under orders from then-boss Dave Sexton.) We'll be off in a minute! 7.45pm BST 19:45 Enzo Maresca speaks to DAZN. 'We are very happy to be here … we have one more step to reach the final … that is the target in this moment …. Joao Pedro has quality against a low block … whenever [Moisés Caicedo] is on the pitch we are a better team … [Fluminense] have lots of quality and energy … it will be for sure another tough game.' 7.40pm BST 19:40 PRE-MATCH POSTBAG: Fifa-Fuelled Fume special!!! 'If there was any question about whether this tournament has been packaged specifically for European consumption, then scheduling the semi-finals at 3pm local time on workdays should pretty much clear that up' – Joe Pearson (gratefully retired) 'Hi from MetLife. I had to give up on public transit and share an Uber (which, even split three ways, was more than any of us paid for a ticket) to the stadium today. This is what you get when the tristate area's premier venue caters to the suburbs where cars reign. Anyway, I've lived here for 17 years, I'm sure it's going to be very easy for all the out-of-towners to figure it out for next year's World Cup! You know what does have ample (and easy) public transport? Fifa's new offices at our Dear Leader™️'s tower in Midtown. At least Infantino can get to work, if not a game' – Gerry, Queens NYC 7.17pm BST 19:17 The yellow-card situation ahead of the final. There isn't one. Fifa have wiped the slate clean after the quarters, so the only way a player will miss the final should their team get there is if they manage to get themselves sent off today. Your best behaviour, gentlemen, please. 7.10pm BST 19:10 Chelsea make three changes to their starting XI after the 2-1 quarter-final win over Palmeiras. Tosin Adarabioyo, Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro, the latter making his first start for his new club, replace the absent Levi Colwill, Liam Delap and Andrey Santos. Fluminense make four changes following their 2-1 victory in the quarters over Al-Hilal. Guga, Renê, Hércules and Thiago Santos come in for Samuel Xavier and Gabriel Fuentes, who drop to the bench, and the absent Juan Freytes and Matheus Martinelli. Thiago Silva – who won this competition for Chelsea in 2021 – plays against his old pals. Updated at 7.13pm BST 7.01pm BST 19:01 Fluminense: Fabio, Santos, Silva, Ignacio, Guga, Rene, Hercules, Nonato, Bernal, Cano, Vitor Eudes, Manoel, Samuel Xavier, Fuentes, Ganso, Soteldo, Lima, Lezcano, Isaac, Everaldo, Keno, Canobbio, Serna, Lavega, Paulo Baya. Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Cucurella, Chalobah, Adarabioyo, Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Caicedo, Palmer, Nkunku, Joao Slonina, Jorgensen, Penders, James, Sarr, Anselmino, Acheampong, Dewsbury-Hall, Santos, Madueke, Jackson, Guiu, George. Referee: Francois Letexier (France). 7.00pm BST 19:00 Brazil's clubs went into this competition with a damn sight more enthusiasm than most of the lads from Europe. And now Fluminense, having already seen off the Champions League runners-up Internazionale and Real Madrid-bothering Saudi outfit Al-Hilal, are two matches away from becoming the first Brazilian team to win this tournament since 2012 when Corinthians beat … of course they did … Chelsea. The Blues meanwhile have warmed to this new version of the Club World Cup step by step, and now they're just two games away from their second world title in four years and an eleventy-squillion pound jackpot. Which – yeah, yeah – may not sound quite so romantic as Fluminense's bid to win their first world title, striking a blow for their country, their continent, their federation and the whole southern hemisphere. But with glory now within touching distance, Chelsea and their fans are beginning to dream too. Note to enjoyment police: it's allowed. Kick-off in East Rutherford, New Jersey is at 8pm UK time, 3pm local. It's on!
CTV News
13-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
76-year-old Calgary graduate David Jackson proves it's never too late to learn
At an age when many are well into retirement, David Jackson is walking across the graduation stage at Calgary's Mount Royal University – and he's already planning his next degree. Jackson, 76, received his Bachelor of Arts in History on Friday, an accomplishment nearly two decades in the making. 'I always loved learning,' Jackson said. 'In high school, I taught myself calculus so I could do physics.' Originally earning a degree in mathematics from the University of Regina in 1975, Jackson's career took him from Gulf Oil in Calgary to contracts in British Columbia and Dallas, Texas. But after retiring, his curiosity led him to the MRU campus – initially for a math course. 'I thought, 'This is hopelessly boring. I'm going to take something fun and interesting.' So, I landed on history,' he said. That decision – all the way back in 2007 – then sparked an 18-year odyssey of part-time study. David Jackson David Jackson, 76, graduated from Calgary's Mount Royal University on Friday, June 13, 2025. 'My first class was with Scott Murray, and he got me hooked,' Jackson recalled. 'He went from one end of the classroom to the next for an hour and a half without consulting notes. I was enthralled.' Scott Murray, associate professor of history, remembers Jackson's impact. 'He was a terrific student, always full of questions and never afraid to ask hard questions. That's one of the things that really made him stand out,' Murray said. 'His enthusiasm for the things that he was learning was remarkable.' 'He epitomizes the idea of lifelong learning.' — Scott Murray Murray says Jackson's presence in class was a lesson in itself. 'Students are so worried today about getting called out, about saying the wrong thing. David is not afraid to say the wrong thing because he knows that the way that you're going to learn best is by making a mistake and working through it.' For Jackson, the joy of learning went far beyond textbooks. 'I use the atmosphere,' he said. 'I don't think I could do it online. There wouldn't be the people, the students, the profs, the coffee shop.' Classmate Simon Weintz, 50 years younger, says Jackson brought wisdom and humility to every interaction. 'He was always willing to admit when he was wrong and he was always willing to learn new things,' Weintz said. 'I learned from him that you can never stop learning… the pursuit of knowledge is something that you can take to as old as you want to get.' — Simon Weintz After Friday's ceremony, Jackson won't be leaving MRU for long. He's already enrolled for the fall semester. 'It means so much,' Jackson said of graduating. 'I was getting a little impatient because I wanted to study something else… so I did, and now I'm registered in the fall for an anthropology degree.' Jacson plans to take one class per semester over the next eight years. 'So, in 2033, we'll be up here again,' he said with a chuckle and a big smile.
The Guardian
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Sheffield United v Sunderland: Championship playoff final
Update: Date: 2025-05-24T12:56:39.000Z Title: Scott Murray is such a brilliant writer that he could make traffic entertaining. Content: Here he is on the origin story of the playoffs, and it starts way before 1987. The problem inherent in this scheme revealed itself during the 1898 Tests, and in some style. The play-off mini-league saw First Division failures Blackburn Rovers and Stoke take on the upwardly mobile Second Division pair of Burnley and Newcastle United. The first Tests panned out in such a manner that when Burnley and Stoke met in their final fixture, they knew that a draw would promote Burnley while also maintaining Stoke's first-tier status. And there wouldn't a single thing Blackburn or Newcastle could do about it. Goalless pact ahoy! Update: Date: 2025-05-24T12:56:39.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Hello and welcome to one of the biggest games in the English football calendar: the Championship playoff final at Wembley. Sheffield United and Sunderland will meet to decide which team gets the Premier League Experience next season. The good news for both teams is that somebody has to win. The two clubs have dreadful playoff records: Sheffield United have never been promoted in nine attempts, Sunderland only twice in seven – and one of those came after defeat in the 1990 final to Swindon, who were subsequently demoted because of financial irregularities. Sheffield United start as favourites, having finished 14 points ahead of Sunderland in the regular season, but that's rarely worth a damn in this fixture. May the best team win! Kick off 3.01pm. PS It's worth over £200m to the winners. And that's the first and last use of the pound sign today, because we're sick to the back teeth of glory being quantified.
The Guardian
08-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Liverpool v Southampton, Brighton v Fulham, and more: football
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature There's 20 minutes or so remaining at the City Ground in the big early kickoff and Scott Murray is all over it for us. Nottingham Forest v Manchester City: Premier League – live Share Welcome to another Saturday clockwatch – and what a glorious springtime Saturday this is (in most of the UK, at least). The football doesn't look too shabby either. In the Best League In The World (TM) there's top v bottom with Liverpool v Southampton, two middling sides in Brighton v Fulham and whatever you care to dub Crystal Palace v Ipswich, probably safe versus seriously unsafe in the case of the latter. Down the leagues there's no shortage of 3pm Saturday goodness, with promotion-pushing Sheffield United and Burnley in action in the Championship, while Birmingham, Wrexham and Huddersfield are among the second tier hopefuls playing in the, er, third tier today. There's lots more beside, include the Bundesliga, La Liga and more and more and more. Let's do this thing! Share
