The 2025 British Open is now underway. The last time the British Open took place at Portrush, Ireland’s Shane Lowry (pictured above) was victorious. Here are the live updates.
8:20 AM ET–Here is the current leaderboard: 1) Jacob Olesen–DEN and Haotong Li–CHN -4, 3) Matt Fitzpatrick–ENG, Sadom Kaewkanjana–THA, and Matthew Jordan–ENG -3, 6) Scottie Scheffler–USA, Lee Westwood–ENG, Riki Kawamoto–JPN, Nicolai Hojgaard–DEN -2, 10) Phil Mickelson–USA, Adrien Saddier–FRA, Takumi Kanaya–JPN, Stewart Cink–USA, Jesper Svensson–SWE, Jon Rahm–ESP, Xander Schauffele–USA, J.J. Spaun–USA, Shane Lowry–IRL, Nico Echavarria–COL, John Axelsen–DEN, Andrew Novak–USA at -1…currently 21 golfers under par…
8:26 AM ET–very rainy conditions to date…
8:35 AM ET–Rahm bogeys the 11th on a long par putt that comes up a little bit short and drops to even…
8:36 AM ET–Schauffele also bogeys the 11th hole and is at even…
8:44 AM ET–Spaun bogeys the 11th hole…drops to even par…
8:45 AM ET–Tough day for American five-time major champion Brooks Koepka, who is at +2 including a double bogey…
8:46 AM ET–Jesper Svensson birdies the fifth and improves to -2…
8:48 AM ET–American Rickie Fowler birdies the fifth and improves to -1…
8:52 AM ET—Scheffler bogeys the 11th which is playing tough…drops to -1…
8:56 AM ET–Now at -1 are Spain’s Sergio Garcia, England’s Laurie Canter…Canter had an eagle on the par four fifth hole…meanwhile Saddier and Echavarria have dropped to even par…
9:08 AM ET–Leaders Olesen and Li are in the clubhouse…
9:14 AM ET–Spaun birdies the 13th hole and improves to -1….
9:20 AM ET–England’s Matthew Jordan in the clubhouse at -3…
9:22 AM ET–Garcia birdies the sixth and improves to -2…
9:26 AM ET–Fitzpatrick birdies the 16th hole from the rough to improve to -4 and a tie for the lead with Li and Olesen…
9:27 AM ET–Lowry bogeys the 13th hole and drops to even par…
9:29 AM ET–Scottish amateur Connor Graham birdies the seventh and improves to -1…did Graham get inspiration from Lottie Woad last week…
9:33 AM ET–Spaun makes long par putt on the 14th hole and remains at -1…
9:34 AM ET–Rahm returns to -1 with a birdie on the 14th hole…
9:43 AM ET–Fowler birdies the seventh after narrowly missing an eagle putt and improves to -2…
9:46 AM ET–Jesper Svensson bogeys the eighth hole and drops to -1…
9:47 AM ET–Garcia improves to -3 with a birdie after barely missing his eagle putt…
9:53 AM ET–Kawamoto bogeys the ninth and falls to -1…
10:01 AM ET–New group at -1…they are Keegan Bradley, Brian Harman, Michael Kim and Justin Leonard of USA, Antoine Rozner of France, South Korea’s Sungjae Im, England’s Aaron Rai and South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence…
10:05 AM ET–Kanaya drops to even with bogey on 18th…Graham bogeys the ninth and falls to even…Canter bogeys the eighth and is at even…
10:13 AM ET–Kaewkanjana bogeys the 11th hole and drops to -2…
10:14 AM ET–Garcia bogeys the eighth hole and drops to -2…
10:15 AM ET–Cink birdies the 10th and improves to -1 after bogeying the ninth…
10:16 AM ET–Scheffler birdies the 16th hole and improves to -2…
10:27 AM ET–McIlroy bogeys the first and drops to +1…
10:28 AM ET–Kawamoto birdies the 12th and improves to -2, and Rai birdies the fifth to improves to -2…
10:33 AM ET–South Africa’s Christian Bezuidenhout delivers second straight birdies the sixth and has two straight birdies to improve to -2…
10:37 AM ET–Lowry birdies the 17th and improves to -1…
10:38 AM ET–Hovland eagles the second hole and improves to -2…
10:38 AM ET–Scheffler birdies the 17th hole and improves to -3…
10:42 AM ET–Spain’s Angel Hidalgo eagles the sixth hole to improve to -2….
10:48 AM ET–Fowler bogeys the 10th hole and drops to -1…
10:49 AM ET–those at -1 now are Americans Sam Burns, Matt McCarty, Lucas Glover, JT Poston, and Harris English, England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre…
10:56 AM ET–Scheffler enters the clubhouse at -3 and tied for fourth with Jordan…
10:59 AM ET–Currently 30 golfers under par…
11:08 AM ET–Garcia bogeys the 11th and now at-1…others at -1 now are New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier, England’s Justin Rose, John Parry and amateur Frazer Jones…
11:10 AM ET–Bezuidenhout birdies the seventh hole and improves to -3…
11:14 AM ET–Glover starts birdie, eagle…now at -3…
11:14 AM ET–Aaron Rai birdies the seventh and is at -3…
11:26 AM ET–Kaewkanjana birdies the 16th hole and improves to -3…
11:27 AM ET–Rai birdies the eighth hole, improves to -4 and is tied with Li, Fitzpatrick and Olesen for the lead…
11:27 AM ET–Hatton birdies the fifth and improves to -2…McNealy at -2 after birdieing the fourth and fifth holes, and English at -2 after birdieing two of the first three holes…
11:31 AM ET–Garcia birdies the 12th and improves to -2…
11:34 AM ET–English birdies the fourth hole and improves to -3…
11:43 AM ET–McNealy birdies the seventh hole and improves to -3…
11:46 AM ET–Rai bogeys the ninth hole and falls out of the lead…now at -3…
11:48 AM ET–McIlroy at -1 after birdieing the fifth…also at -1 are South Korea’s Younghan Song and American Justin Thomas…
11:55 AM ET–Hatton birdies the seventh hole and is at -3…
11:56 AM ET–Zach Johnson birdies the 15th hole and improves to -1…
11:59 AM ET–English bogeys the fifth hole and drops to -2…also at -2 is Robert MacIntyre and J.T. Poston…
12 PM ET–Leonard birdies the ninth hole and improves to -2…
12:08 PM ET–Rai bogeys the 10th hole and drops to -2…
12:10 PM ET–Poston bogeys the ninth and drops to -1….also at -1 are South Africa’s Dean Burmester, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, American Daniel Berger, Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard, and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann…
12:20 PM ET–English birdies the sixth hole and improves to -3…
12:28 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the seventh hole to improve to -2…
12:30 PM ET–Leonard bogeys the 10th hole to drop to -1…
12:33 PM ET–Bezuidenhout bogeys the 11th hole to drop to -2…
12:34 PM ET–MacIntyre birdies the eighth hole and improves to -3…
12:36 PM ET–English birdies the seventh hole and improves to -4…now tied with Fitzpatrick, Li and Olesen…
12:36 PM ET–Fowler birdies the 17th hole and improves to -2…
12:38 PM ET–Garcia bogeys the 16th hole and drops to -1…
12:43 PM ET–Thomas makes an incredible birdie putt on the eighth hole to improve to -2…
12:45 PM ET–MacIntyre bogeys the ninth to drop to -2…
12:47 PM ET–Bezuidenhout eagles the 12th hole to improve to -4 and in a tie for the lead with Li, English, Olesen, and Fitzpatrick…
12:47 PM ET–great stretch for France’s Romain Langasque to start the back nine as he goes par, birdie, eagle and is -3…
12:57 PM ET–South Korea’s Tom Kim delivers his second straight birdie…now at -2…
12:58 PM ET–American Tony Finau birdies the seventh and improves to -1…
12:59 PM ET–Glover birdies the seventh hole and improves to -4 and is in a six-way tie for the lead with Li, English, Olesen, Fitzpatrick, and Bezuidenhout…
1:03 PM ET–MacIntyre bogeys the 10th hole and drops to -1…
1:04 PM ET–Thomas double bogeys the ninth hole and drops down to even par…
1:12 PM ET–England’s Nathan Kimsey birdies the eighth and is now at -1…
1:14 PM ET–English bogeys the ninth hole and drops to -3…
1:16 PM ET–Hatton bogeys the 12th hole and drops to -2…
1:17 PM ET–Langasque bogeys the 14th hole and drops to -2…
1:20 PM ET–Si Woo Kim has three bogeys in the last four holes and drops to +3….
1:21 PM ET–Niemann birdies the 12th hole and improves to -2…
1:22 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the 10th hole and improves to -3…
1:26 PM ET–Rose birdies the 11th hole and improves to -2…
1:27 PM ET–Players who were at -1 and now at even par are Kanaya, Schauffele, Svensson, Hillier, Novak, Bradley, Im, Berger, Lawrence, Rozner, Thomas and Song…
1:37 PM ET–Hidalgo bogeys the 16th hole and drops to -1…
1:41 PM ET–Tom Kim bogeys the ninth hole and drops to -1…
1:45 PM ET–England’s OJ Farrell birdies two of the last three holes and improves to -2…
1:46 PM ET–Hatton birdies the 12th hole and improves to -3…
2 PM ET–American Harris English birdies the 11th hole and improves to -4…tied for the lead with Fitzpatrick, Li, Olesen, Glover and Bezuidenhout…
2:02 PM ET–McNealy bogeys the 13th hole and drops to -2…
2:12 PM ET–Lucas Glover bogeyed the 11th hole and dropped to -3…
2:17 PM ET–Rasmus Højgaard birdies the 17th and improves to -2…
2:19 PM ET–McIlroy records second straight bogey and drops to -1…
2:21 PM ET–Farrell bogeys the ninth hole and drops to -1…
2:29 PM ET–Bezuidenhout comes an inch from being the leader at -5…finishes at -4…
2:30 PM ET–Harris English birdies the 12th hole and improves to -5 and takes the outright lead…four way tie for second place–Li, Olesen, Bezuidenhout, Fitzpatrick at -4, 6) Scheffler, Hatton, Jordan, Glover, Kaewkanjana 11) Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, Westwood, Fowler, Rai, Harman, McNealy, and Rose -2…
2:41 PM ET–Glover bogeys the 12th and drops to -2…
2:42 PM ET–English makes great long par putt on the 13th hole and remains at -5 and in the lead…
3:04 PM ET–English bogeys the 14th hole and drops to -4…tied with Fitzpatrick, Li, Olesen, Bezuidenhout…still a four way tie for sixth place at -3…there you can find Scheffler, Hatton, Jordan and Kaewkanjana….those in 10th place at -2 are Rose, Fowler, Niemann, Westwood, Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, Rai, Harman, McNealy and Glover…those in 20th place at -1 at Lowry, Mickelson, Rahm, Johnson, Burns, Finau, Garcia, Kim, Axelsen, Hidalgo, Leonard, Kimsey and Farrell..
3:17 PM ET–Niemann bogeys the 18th hole and finishes at -1…
3:33 PM ET–Tommy Kim improves to -1 on the 16th hole…
3:40 PM ET–Finau birdies the 16th hole and improves to -2…
3:48 PM ET–Kim birdies the 17th hole and is at -2….
4:04 PM ET–Finau bogeys the 17th hole and drops to -1…
4:20 PM ET–English pars the 18th hole…at -4…
4:26 PM ET–Golf Channel’s coverage is done for the day….
