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2025 British Open: The One Thing the TV Broadcast Can’t Show You

The Open at Portrush has been a visual spectacle this week. | Christian Petersen/Getty Images

SI Contributor Dan Evans is on site at Royal Portrush this week, where Scottie Scheffler leads through two rounds, the weather has been a factor, but not necessarily decisive, and the TV broadcast has been simple and effective.

But Evans reports there’s one thing TV is missing out on: the hills.

Portrush is a rolling landscape of humps, bumps and—at times—some pretty steep drops. See Evans’s report here for a better look at how Portrush's landscape is affecting play this week.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as 2025 British Open: The One Thing the TV Broadcast Can’t Show You.

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