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Scheffler completes dominant Open win at Portrush

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Scheffler completes dominant Open win at Portrush

The Open Championship, final leaderboard-17 Scheffler (US); -13 English (US); -12 Gotterup (US); -11 Clark (US), Fitzpatrick (Eng); -10 MacIntyre (Sco), Schauffele (US), McIlroy (NI)Selected: -9 DeChambeau (US); -7 Rose (Eng), Hatton (Eng); -6 Aberg (Swe) Less than one hour after he teed off on Sunday afternoon Scottie Scheffler had effectively won his first Open Championship world number one was only walking off the fourth green but the game was already up. A starting four-shot advantage over the field had grown to seven at a sun-kissed Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.A third birdie of the round, on the fifth, further underlined his dominance and the only question left remaining was if he would surpass Tiger Woods' modern record of an eight-shot win, achieved in 2000 at St the end, he fell short of that but a 68 saw him win on 17 under par, four shots clear of fellow American Harris English, who closed with a week's surprise Scottish Open winner Chris Gotterup was one further back after a 67, while England's Matt Fitzpatrick, who hovered around the top of the leaderboard all week, birdied two of the last three to join Wyndham Clark (65) in joint fourth on 11 McIlroy looked emotional as he was welcomed on to the final green like the champion by thousands of adoring tapped in for a par that saw him finish alongside Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and last year's winner Xander Schauffele on 10 new champion golfer of the year though is Scheffler and given his recent dominance the comparisons with Woods are only going to grow stat adds to that feeling. A total of 1,197 days elapsed between Woods first major victory and his fourth (the 1997 Masters and 2000 Open). A total of 1,197 days have elapsed between Scheffler's first major victory and his fourth (the 2022 Masters and 2025 Open).It is a second major title of the year for Scheffler, after winning May's US PGA Championship, and a fourth in total, adding to his two Masters. He now only needs the US Open to become the seventh player to complete the career Grand on the Antrim coast is the American's second title outside of his home country, after also claiming gold at last year's Olympics in Paris, is not bad for a man who spoke at the start of the week about how professional golf was "not a fulfilling life" and questioned "the point" of pursuing victories with such to follow.

British Open leaderboard updates for Sunday's final round at Royal Portrush

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British Open leaderboard updates for Sunday's final round at Royal Portrush

At the conclusion of the 2025 British Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the Champion Golfer of the Year will be crowned. The Claret Jug will be hoisted and someone's name will be etched into the history books. Keep up with all the action with this Sunday live leaderboard updates for scores, highlights and more from the final round of the Open. British Open live leaderboard See every score being carded with our 2025 British Open Championship leaderboard from USA Today Sports. Here's a look at scores after 54 holes. Position Name Score 1 Scottie Scheffler -14 2 Haotong Li -10 3 Matt Fitzpatrick -9 T4 Rory McIlroy -8 T4 Chris Gotterup -8 T4 Harris English -8 T4 Tyrrell Hatton -8 British Open 2025 Sunday final round tee times Click here for the complete list of tee times. How to watch the final round of the British Open Streaming: 5 a.m. ET to 7 a.m. ET on USA Network TV: 7 a.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock Radio: 2 a.m. ET to end of play on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio USA's and NBC's coverage will also stream on the NBC Sports app. In addition, official website has featured groups and a channel dedicated to Calamity Corner, the par-3 16th hole. Final-round weather report Click here for the full weather forecast at Royal Portrush for Sunday. 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. Who won the British Open Championship in 2024? 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. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: British Open leaderboard: Sunday final round scores, updates

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Watch out for Matt Fitzpatrick

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler took The 2025 Open Championship by storm on Friday at Royal Portrush, with a stunning round of 64 Getty Images The second round of the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush saw world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler grab the lead with Matt Fitzpatrick one shot back. Scheffler finished Friday at 10-under after he added a brilliant round of 64 to his opening 68, while Fitzpatrick has now shot scores of 67 and 66. Former champion Brian Harman and Haotong Li are two shots back, with Harman going round in 65 today, while Li shot a 67. Local favorite Rory McIlroy (-3) is still in the mix after shooting a 2-under 69, with 33 players under par heading into the weekend. Share your views: live@ GO FURTHER Open Championship 2025 Round 2: What to know as Scottie Scheffler takes the lead Matt Fitzpatrick has never finished better than T-20 at The Open. His 67 yesterday was the lowest opening-round score of his major championship career. Fitzpatrick is coming off back-to-back top-10 finishes after just one in his first 14 of 2025. And here's a full look at the leaderboard entering today, with that aforementioned historic five-way tie at the top. World no. 1 Scottie Scheffler and English star Tyrrell Hatton are among those just one back of the lead. This is the second-highest number of players tied at the top of the leaderboard after a first round in the history of The Open. Only The Open at Royal St. George's in 1938 had more co-leaders after the first round, with six. The first day of the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club featured rain, windy conditions and a lengthy opening round. It produced a five-way tie for the lead atop the leaderboard at 4-under-par between Harris English, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li and Christian Bezuidenhout. Local boy Rory McIlroy weathered a tricky back nine and poor tee shots to finish 1-under 70, three shots off the lead despite only hitting two fairways. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is one off the lead and in a four-way tie for second after firing a 3-under 68, and he only hit three fairways. Two-time major winner Jon Rahm, who entered this tournament among the favorites to hoist the Claret Jug, also in the hunt with a 1-under 70. English had the best round among the afternoon wave of golfers, getting into a share of the lead. While the rain subsided, the wind started to pick up, leading to a long first round that was still going on after 9 p.m. local time. To catch up on Day 1 of The Open as it happened, check out our day one live blog covering all the action here. And here are when several notable trios will begin their second rounds at Royal Portrush in the late morning and afternoon local time. Again, co-leaders are noted in italics. 6:26 a.m. ET/11:26 a.m. BST: Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Højgaard, Tom McKibbin 7:09 a.m./12:09 p.m.: Jason Day, Taylor Pendrith, Jacob Skov Olesen 7:20 a.m./12:20 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Daniel Van Tonder, Ryan Peake 7:41 a.m./12:41 p.m.: Jordan Smith, Haotong Li , Dustin Johnson 8:15 a.m./1:15 p.m.: Thomas Detry, Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood 8:37 a.m./1:37 p.m.: Thorbjorn Olesen, Matthew Jordan, Filip Jakubcik (a) 9:26 a.m./2:26 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick 9:59 a.m./2:59 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm 10:10 a.m./3:10 p.m.: Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler 11:16 a.m./4:16 p.m.: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Riki Kawamoto, Sampson Zheng Here are when several notable trios will begin their second rounds at Royal Portrush in the early to mid morning local time. Co-leaders are noted in italics. 2:08 a.m. ET/7:08 a.m. BST: Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (a) 2:19 a.m./7:19 a.m.: Laurie Canter, Elvis Smylie, Sergio Garcia 3:36 a.m./8:36 a.m.: Rasmus Højgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout , Romain Langasque 3:47 a.m./8:47 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala, Harry Hall 4:25 a.m./9:25 a.m.: Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann 4:36 a.m./9:36 a.m.: Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee 4:47 a.m./9:47 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose 4:58 a.m./9:58 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, Viktor Hovland 5:09 a.m./10:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood 5:20 a.m./10:20 a.m.: Harris English , Nick Taylor, Tony Finau 5:31 a.m./10:31 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Kim Here's where each pin will be located at Portrush during the second round: Have a look. Take in those dunes. The medieval ruins down along the coastline. The clubhouse walls jammed with mementos of the legends of Portrush. When you're done, don't bother hurrying out the door. A table of chatty members and a pint of Guinness are waiting for you upstairs. Royal Portrush Golf Club might be the host of this week's Open Championship and a top 20 course in the world, but it can also be yours for the day. It will take some significant foresight and a few hundred quid in peak season, but yes, anyone can book a tee time at Royal Portrush, the final men's major championship venue of 2025. The Portrush philosophy is simple, and it echoes that of other golf clubs around the U.K. and Ireland. You don't need to pull any strings or solicit an invitation from an influential member. You just need to plan ahead, deploy your credit card, and brace for seaside gusts. Read more about how you can access the club below. GO FURTHER Open Championship host Royal Portrush is the rare golf major championship venue you can play Getty Images Royal Portrush Golf Club, founded all the way back in 1888. It's nestled right along the cliffs on the northern coast of Northern Ireland, and has hosted the Open twice before in its history — 1951 and 2019. England native Max Faulkner won the 1951 Open at Royal Portrush, while Ireland's own Shane Lowry took home the victory six years ago and is back for another try this year. The field remains wide open as we start the second round of the 2025 Open Championship. Can the momentum of playing at home carry Rory McIlroy to a second major championship this year? Will the current leaders build on their strong starts? And where will Scottie Scheffler finish? Send your thoughts on the above questions or anything else surrounding the Open Championship via email to: live@ and your response could be shared in today's blog. Getty Images That would be 6:30 a.m. BST, which translates to 1:30 a.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. PT Thursday evening on the east and west coast of the U.S., respectively. Quite an early morning (or late night) for those on both sides of the pond getting (or staying) up to watch! Hello! Welcome back to The Athletic 's live coverage of the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Antrim, Northern Ireland. We enter play on day two with five players tied atop the leaderboard at -4: Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. Yesterday, local legend Rory McIlroy shot a 1-under 70 despite only hitting two fairways, while world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is one off the lead after shooting a 3-under 68 — and he only hit three fairways! What will day two have in store? Follow along throughout the day to find out.

The Open 2025: third round updates on Moving Day at Portrush

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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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